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
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one