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Urban Shaman by C. E. Murphy
Mar. 4th, 2022 12:03 amThe Blurb On The Back:
Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed WILD HUNT.
No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams.
And if all that’s not bad enough, in the three years Joanne’s been a cop, she’s never seen a dead body - but she’s just come across her second in three days.
It’s been a bitch of a week.
AND IT ISN’T OVER YET.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
C. E. Murphy’s debut novel (the first in an urban fantasy series) is packed with ideas and mixes Celtic and Cherokee mythology and makes interesting use of astral projection. However the plot is overly busy, with too much set up and main character backstory for it all to feel cohesive and at times it tips into being contrived. That said, I enjoyed Joanne’s relationship with Gary and there’s enough potential for me to read the next book.
Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed WILD HUNT.
No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams.
And if all that’s not bad enough, in the three years Joanne’s been a cop, she’s never seen a dead body - but she’s just come across her second in three days.
It’s been a bitch of a week.
AND IT ISN’T OVER YET.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
C. E. Murphy’s debut novel (the first in an urban fantasy series) is packed with ideas and mixes Celtic and Cherokee mythology and makes interesting use of astral projection. However the plot is overly busy, with too much set up and main character backstory for it all to feel cohesive and at times it tips into being contrived. That said, I enjoyed Joanne’s relationship with Gary and there’s enough potential for me to read the next book.
