26 December 2009

Review pt. 4: Holidays are Hell - Vicki Pettersson

imageThere’s no place like home for the horrordays – unless you’d prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard . . . or a sexy vampire of your dreams. The (black) magical season is here – and whether it’s a solstice séance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshapen Christmas with the remarkable Lynsay Sands, a blood-chilling-and-spilling New Year’s with the wonderful Marjorie M. Liu or a super-powered Thanksgiving with the phenomenal Vicki Pettersson, one thing is for certain: in the able hands of these exceptional dark side explorers, the holidays are going to be deliciously hellish!

Review:
"The Harvest" by Vicki Pettersson. Vicki's story focuses on Zoe, the mother of the main character Joanna in her Signs of the Zodiac series as she tries to rescue her infant granddaughter from the evil Shadow agents during Thanksgiving. The Zodiac series has an extremely complex and unusual paranormal world involving an endless battle between good and evil personified in comic book-like heroes of the Light and Shadow. I wouldn't recommend starting this series with this prequel novella as the paranormal elements will likely be confusing (and there are a few spoilers from the main series in here). But if you have at least read Scent of Shadows already, you should enjoy the back-story this provides and a deeper look at the inner workings of both sides of the Zodiac.

Sexual Content:
A reference to a rape. A non-graphic sex scene

Click HERE to read an excerpt of "The Harvest".

*Note* The Harvest is part of the Holidays are Hell anthology.


Product Details

  • imageMass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Harper (October 30, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061239097
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061239090
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches

2 comments:

  1. This story is how I actually found out about Vicki and her Zodiac series. I actually really enjoyed it and bought The Scent of Shadows shortly after. There were a few spoilers but I enjoyed the fact it was about Joanna's mom after I learned her Zoe was =)

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