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Book Reviews of Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1)

Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1)
Smoke and Shadows - Smoke, Bk 1
Author: Tanya Huff
ISBN-13: 9780756401832
ISBN-10: 0756401836
Publication Date: 4/5/2005
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Daw Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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8 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on
Helpful Score: 6
Tanya Huff is a unique author who does the unexpected in this fairly lighthearted, but occasionally dark vampire series. The humans and vampires are friends--not victims and prey, which is a refreshing change. Both "species" show vulnerability and strengths.
greenman avatar reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 26 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Loved it. Easy read. No jargon, except for some television production lingo. Fun romp even without any romance. Dialog fast and clever. Suitable for teens.
JK avatar reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 139 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Henry and Tony, who have relocated to Vancouver (without Vicky and Mike), help a good wizard from an alternate universe defeat an evil one and once again save the world from disaster.
mpmarus avatar reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 133 more book reviews
Fans will probably like this book. It was my first encounter with Huff's work, and it didn't do much for me. I'm a fan both of GLBT fiction and romantic/erotic vampire novels. so I expected to like this book but didn't, really.
reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 25 more book reviews
Vampires and soap operas? It's in here.
cyndij avatar reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 1032 more book reviews
First in the series, but a spin-off from the "Blood" series with Henry Fitzroy. I think it might take a bit to figure out the relationship between Henry and Tony if you haven't read the earlier. On to this book, which just dragged on and on for me. Tony, Arra, and Henry chase a shadow. Then they do it again. And again. The first quarter moves, the last quarter moves, but the middle 50% just drags on and on with no forward momentum. We don't really get just WHY the Shadowlord has such a fixation about Arra; we don't have curiousity from Tony or Henry about this whole other world Arra comes from. I could go on. There are good bits of course, some good chase scenes and a lot of nice snarky dialogue, plus a bit at the end which leaves you with enough interest in Tony to maybe pick up the next. Oh, and if it matters to you, Tony is gay and Henry the vampire is bi, but there are no "scenes" to speak of.
wallja99 avatar reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 56 more book reviews
I tried to read all three but he could of taken 4 chapters out and still had good books
ocnsangel avatar reviewed Smoke and Shadows (Smoke, Bk 1) on + 224 more book reviews
Story was good although i liked the story line in the first
books better.