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| Title | : | Heart of Stone (Negotiator Trilogy/Old Races Universe #1) |
| Author | : | C.E. Murphy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | October 23rd 2007 by Luna |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Romance. Fiction. Vampires. Paranormal Romance |
C.E. Murphy
Paperback | Pages: 448 pages Rating: 3.7 | 4308 Users | 307 Reviews
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WHAT SECRETS LIE SHROUDED IN DARKNESS?
Okay, so jogging through Central Park after midnight wasn't a bright idea. But Margrit Knight never thought she'd encounter a dark new world filled with magical beings—not to mention a dying woman and a mysterious stranger with blood on his hands. Her logical, lawyer instincts told her it couldn't all be real— but she could hardly deny what she'd seen…and touched.
The mystery man, Alban, was a gargoyle. One of the fabled Old Races who had hidden their existence for centuries. Now he was a murder suspect, and he needed Margrit's help to take the heat off him and find the real killer. And as the dead pile up, it's a race against the sunrise to clear Alban's name and keep them both alive.…
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| Original Title: | Heart of Stone |
| ISBN: | 0373802927 (ISBN13: 9780373802920) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Negotiator Trilogy/Old Races Universe #1 |
| Characters: | Margrit Knight, Alban Korund |
| Setting: | New York State(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.7 From 4308 Users | 307 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books Heart of Stone (Negotiator Trilogy/Old Races Universe #1)
Margrit "Grit" Knight (ugh, the name!) is a public defender with too little time and too much courage. A chance encounter with a handsome stranger in Central Park entangles her in a web of lies, power games and revenge. And not all the people pulling the strings are human...I'm torn in how I feel about this book. On the one hand, it's not well written. The plot rests on a precarious tower of coincidences, each more unlikely than the last. The dialog is like what middle schoolers thinkI love the C.E. Murphy Urban Shaman series so I picked up this one. It lacked the punch and witty commentary that I found in that series. I'll leave you to read the synopsis as so many other reviewers have summed it up very nicely.Some of the things I liked:1. The mythology behind the Old Races is very unique and I thought it was well laid out2. I really liked Alban. He seems very old world, kind and considerate.3. I liked Margrit but thought that she has a definite chip on her shoulder. She was
The pacing is fairly slow, but it was interesting enough that I wanted to keep reading. I'm not sure that I'll be continuing the series. Margrit irritates me. Her relationship with Tony is not impressive. They are clearly wrong for each other. I don't know why she still gave him the time of day by the end of the book. This has a love triangle vibe because she is kinda sorta with Tony but is clearly into Alban. Margrit makes a few bargains without truly giving thought to the potential
2 1/2I'm a bit late catching up on some of the more popular urban fantasy books of today. After taking a break from the paranormal genre, I'm slowly dipping my feet in a little at a time.Heart of Stone is apart of my book discussion group and I've been meaning to check it out. I thought this was as good a time as any to dive into this series and check out Harlequin's Luna line as well.This first entry of the Negotiator series focuses on hardcore lawyer Margrit Knight. During a night jog in
Basic story Margrit (Grit) is a legal aid defense lawyer of mixed race, she's diminutive in height & size, confrontational, has balls of steel who uses her negotiation skills with a sharp intelligence, intuition, that is enough maybe to give a dragon a run for his money. And boy oh boy does she need it. Women of the same hair & eye colouring are being murdered & Al a gargoyle is the chief suspect who wants Grit to trust him & figure out who is the real murderer & act for him.
DNF around 60% through. A largely unobjectionable if boring urban fantasy about the lawyer who encounters the supernatural while out jogging at night. But you know how we all have these specific things that a book has to get right? Like, the author can invent a magical creature out of nowhere, no problem, but she better get the details of how the heroine bakes biscuits exactly correct?Well, it turns out one of mine is poverty legal services. Who knew! And this book gets that so completely and
This one's a great variant on the modern fantasy genre. Not because the world is unusual--it's completely stock: supernatural races in hiding in the world and our female protagonist discovers them and falls instantly in lust with the one trustworthy one in the lot--but because of the strength of the protagonist.Our protag isn't beautiful (well, she probably is; they all are), she isn't strong physically, mentally, psychically, or magically (although she has some cojones and she's in good shape
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