Previous SFF Author: Patrick Hemstreet
Barb & J.C. Hendee live in a quirky small town just south of Portland, Oregon. They are the authors of the Noble Dead Saga. Learn more at: www.nobledead.org. Barb is also the author of the Vampire Memories series and the upcoming Mist Torn Witches series. Learn more at www.barbhendee.org. J.C. and Barb share a home office with their desks pushed up against one another. They garden year-round and grow a good deal of their own food. They also seem to spend a good deal of time researching myths and folklore about vampires.
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Originally published in 1998, Blood Memories is an odd book. In some ways, it’s more in line with the gothic vampire-fiction trends begun by Anne Rice, while in other ways it’s more reflective of the newer urban-fantasy trends influenced by Joss Whedon and early Laurell Hamilton.
On the Rice side of the scales: Barb Hendee’s vampires kill, but are presented as sympathetic characters who don’t enjoy killing. (In current urban fantasy,
Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3 | Barb and J.C. Hendee | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Mist-Torn Witches by Barb Hendee
The Mist-Torn Witches is a book that kind of leaves me torn. In some aspects, it’s a really great fantasy book and in others it just lacks… something. The Mist-Torn Witches is a rather short, fun little murder mystery with some magic thrown in for good measure. It’s the kind of fantasy that is a lot of fun to read, but ends up being not quite so memorable.
The two main protagonists in The Mist-Torn Witches are sisters,
Sarah Chorn´s rating: 3 | Barb and J.C. Hendee | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Previous SFF Author: Patrick Hemstreet
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