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Wild hunt par Margaret Ronald
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Wild hunt (édition 2010)

par Margaret Ronald

Séries: Evie Scelan (2)

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"Sure, six weeks earlier Evie--bike messenger, supernatural tracker, and avid Red Sox fan--had been instrumental in bringing down the Fiana, the organization of magicians that had ruled Boston's undercurrent for hundreds of years. But now they were gone, Boston could breathe easy again, the Sox had a chance at the pennant, and Evie was ready to relax. Except it turns out that when you take down the guy on top, everyone assumes you're going to fill his spot, and now Evie finds herself at the center of a whole lot of unwelcome magical attention. On top of that, a new client needs her to call up a family ghost and ask about a stolen inheritance; Evie's friend Nate has a supernatural problem of his own; and a legendary pack of hounds has been terrorizing Boston's undercurrent. And try as Evie might to deny the legacy that runs through her blood, when the Hunt is called, the Hound must run..."--P. [4] of cover.… (plus d'informations)
Membre:Julie_in_the_Library
Titre:Wild hunt
Auteurs:Margaret Ronald
Info:New York : Eos, 2010.
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After the events of the previous book, Evie’s getting noticed as a potential power in the area, which isn’t that great for her. A new client gets her tangled with ghosts—and she’s starting to explore new aspects of her powers that threaten to drag her under entirely. Again, quite enjoyable. ( )
  rivkat | Feb 9, 2014 |
The sequel to Spiral Hunt finds Evie trying to cope with the power vacuum left behind by the destruction of the Fiana. Since she was the one largely responsible for the destruction, various adepts and other more mundane individuals have been trying to get in contact with her. Meanwhile, Evie’s friend Sarah wants to organize a sort of “neighborhood watch” for the magic users of the city so that no new gangs decide to work their way into the “undercurrents” of the Boston magical scene. (A goal that is seemingly futile since generally speaking, magic users are about as easy to organize as cats. Paranoid junkie cats.)

Wild Hunt opens with Evie at the death bed of the owner of a Chinese grocery store. The owner, a Mr. Yuen is involved in Boston’s magical “undercurrent” and needs Evie’s help in making sure that his death also ends the “life” of the ghost of his grandfather, currently residing in a jar/funerary urn. Evie accomplishes the job successfully, but manages to get her foot stuck in her mouth up to her knee when talking to Mr. Yuen’s daughter Elizabeth after the fact. Not long after Evie is contacted by a mysterious and very slimy individual named Janssen who offers his services as a “muscle” and by an equally mysterious adept who wants to find out if her grandmother is guilty of having stolen a magical object.

Read the rest of this review at A Wicked Convergence of Circumstances ( )
  RenaMcGee | Mar 24, 2011 |
The premise: ganked from BN.com: Genevieve Scelan thought she was done with magic.

She was wrong.

Sure, six weeks earlier Evie—bike messenger, supernatural tracker, and avid Red Sox fan—had been instrumental in bringing down the Fiana, the organization of magicians that had ruled Boston's undercurrent for hundreds of years. But now they were gone, Boston could breathe easy again, the Sox had a chance at the pennant, and Evie was ready to relax.

Except it turns out that when you take down the guy on top, everyone assumes you're going to fill his spot, and now Evie finds herself at the center of a whole lot of unwelcome magical attention. On top of that, a new client needs her to call up a family ghost and ask about a stolen inheritance; Evie's friend Nate has a supernatural problem of his own; and a legendary pack of hounds has been terrorizing Boston's undercurrent. And try as Evie might to deny the legacy that runs through her blood, when the Hunt is called, the Hound must run . . .


My Rating

Worth the Cash: this book was a far stronger installment for me, and while I'm torn if that's because the author lightened up on the areas she needed to lighten up on or if it's because I'm just familiar with the world and characters (or both!), I found myself enjoying this book a lot more. It still passes the Bechdel Test in spades (which is something that not all urban fantasies can boast of), and the romance quotient is a wee bit higher than the previous book's 1%, but this book is far from something you'd call a paranormal romance. The overall mystery and focus on the magic system and how the hierarchy works in the city definitely takes the forefront, and I was pretty engaged in the story itself. I still think this is one of the more unique urban fantasies around (and it doesn't hurt that it takes place in Boston), and I'm glad I was able to connect with it more with this book versus the previous book. Fans of the first book, this second installment is a must have. And this time around, I'm looking forward to the third.

Review style: I've been remiss in my reviewing duties, so it's been a little while since I finished this book, and my brain's a bit fuzzy. That's okay. I want to try and pinpoint what grabbed me this time and how that compares to what didn't grab me in Spiral Hunt. Spoilers? Yep, because said spoilers relate to what works this go-around. If you've read the book and/or spoilers just don't bother you, feel free to check out the full review at my LJ. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome.

REVIEW: Margaret Ronald's WILD HUNT

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  devilwrites | Aug 15, 2010 |
This book starts six weeks after Spiral Hunt ended. This book starts off with a few different things going on.

First, Evie is summoned to Yuen's side was he passes on. But her job here is to verify, by scent, the ghost of his father is gone when Yuen passes too.

Then you start to see Evie seems to have a new found respect from... or at least response from the undercurrent now after taking out the top man of the organization named Fiana, of Magicians and ran the undercurrent (at the end of Spiral Hunt). Those of the undercurrent seem to be sizing her up, for one reason or another... Also, her world of normalcy seems to be colliding with the undercurrent work she does, which bothers Evie as she doesn't want to put her friends in harm.

Finally, Evie is visited by a potential client, an older woman who recently inherited chests of her Great-Great Grandmothers and believes they hold stolen items she would like to return to the rightful family.

The main thing I would like to say I enjoy about these books so far is the way Margaret Ronald starts off with a few different happenings and how they come together in the end. All the ties get connected and the lose ends tied up. And the mythology used in doing so.

Scent is Evie's ability to find anything, the descriptions used for scent are great. With Evie being part Hound and the way scent identifies everything to here I could really tell what she was smelling by the descriptions in words.

To me Evie seems to have grown more in this book. Not only does Evie seem to be accepting the Hound in her which is becoming stronger and helping those who need helping, but she seems to be starting to figure out what she is to do to help. Boston is changing or at least the undercurrent of Boston is. She still doesn't want to be involved in the undercurrent world, and the struggle to keep her normal life and the magic life separate is a big one for her. But she seemed to accept that the undercurrent is there and she is not going to be able to stay out of in completely. Although, Evie is a strong enough character in the end of this book that she decides the friend that don't want to know of this world or be around it, that she will protect them anyway she can - verbally not talk of it or physically fight to protect them.

In the end, I loved what happened with Evie and Nate. On all angles. ( )
  MelHay | Jun 13, 2010 |
Wild Hunt is Genevieve Scelan's second outing and I was very excited to pick it up. I adored the first book in the series, Spiral Hunt, and have been waiting for a chance to have a new adventure with this group of characters. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed with how it all went.

In Wild Hunt, Evie is dealing with ramifications of defeating the Fiana (in the last book). There's a power vacuum in Boston and all sorts of new players are coming to town. Some of them want to test her, some of them want to be employed by her, but everyone has an agenda.

Margaret Ronald does a fine job writing the story but the plot didn't capture me the way the first book did. I put it down a few times and didn't really mind the gap. I'm not sure why I liked this book less since the writing is still of the same quality, but I just didn't. Maybe it's what she's doing with Nate, maybe the plot wasn't as interesting, maybe my expectations were too high...in any case, it's still a good book but not one I'll rave about. Sadness.

Also published at http://ireadgood.wordpress.com ( )
  jthorburn | Apr 3, 2010 |
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"Sure, six weeks earlier Evie--bike messenger, supernatural tracker, and avid Red Sox fan--had been instrumental in bringing down the Fiana, the organization of magicians that had ruled Boston's undercurrent for hundreds of years. But now they were gone, Boston could breathe easy again, the Sox had a chance at the pennant, and Evie was ready to relax. Except it turns out that when you take down the guy on top, everyone assumes you're going to fill his spot, and now Evie finds herself at the center of a whole lot of unwelcome magical attention. On top of that, a new client needs her to call up a family ghost and ask about a stolen inheritance; Evie's friend Nate has a supernatural problem of his own; and a legendary pack of hounds has been terrorizing Boston's undercurrent. And try as Evie might to deny the legacy that runs through her blood, when the Hunt is called, the Hound must run..."--P. [4] of cover.

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