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Vicious Grace de M.L.N. Hanover
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Vicious Grace (edició 2010)

de M.L.N. Hanover (Autor)

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When you're staring evil in the eye, don't forget to watch your back . . . For the first time in forever, Jayné Heller's life is making sense. Even if she routinely risks her life to destroy demonic parasites that prey on mortals, she now has friends, colleagues, a trusted lover, and newfound confidence in the mission she inherited from her wealthy, mysterious uncle. Her next job might just rob her of all of them. At Grace Memorial Hospital in Chicago, something is stirring. Patients are going AWOL and research subjects share the same sinister dreams. Half a century ago, something was buried under Grace in a terrible ritual, and it's straining to be free. Jayné is primed to take on whatever's about to be let loose. Yet the greatest danger now may not be the huge, unseen force lurking below, but the evil that has been hiding in plain sight all along--taking her ever closer to losing her body, her mind, and her soul. . . .… (més)
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Títol:Vicious Grace
Autors:M.L.N. Hanover (Autor)
Informació:Pocket Books (2010), Edition: 1st, 384 pages
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Things get Darker ( )
  DesertMoon | May 11, 2022 |
In Vicious Grace we once again follow Jayné and her crew as they battle evil. This time however, there are a lot more complications. As if Jayné's life couldn't get anymore complicated, right? M.L.N. Hanover throws the reader a ton of new information to digest in this installment. Love triangles, hidden secrets, possessed hospitals anyone? It's all here to be discovered. I opened the book and dove right in to the newest fight.

Being honest? Definitely not my favorite installment in this series. Where the first two books unabashedly grabbed me by the waist and pulled me into the story, this one just seemed...well...weaker. There were long portions of tedious explanations and research, it all just slowed things down. I felt bogged down during the beginning portion of this book. What kept me reading on, above all else, was the fact that I knew something epic was going to happen. All this had to do with something big, and I wanted to know what.

I still saw a lot of growth in Jayné in this story. There is, of course, the ever present question of who she really is. However everything else that kept the story line flowing so beautifully just kind of ended. Our love triangle starts to fall apart, new information rocks the foundation of the group, and honestly Jayné felt really whiny to me. I think I understand why Hanover chooses this book to do all this. It's time for Jayné to let go of the past and come into her own. Let's hope she owns up to it!

Still, Vicious Grace just didn't do it for me. The story picks up a lot during the last half of the book, and the ending will knock you on your butt. I honestly didn't see it coming at all. What I will say is that no matter how much I thought this was a weaker installment in the series, it won't keep me from reading on. I'm still madly in love with Jayné and her story. I have a deep stake in her character. I'm just hoping that the next book is going to blow me away like the first two did. I'm excited! ( )
  roses7184 | Feb 5, 2019 |
I suppose the best way to describe this book is to say that it is about the loss of Jayné's innocence. With Y.A. you get young protagonists and if the author is good, over a series of books you get to see the protagonist mature to someone who is less angst ridden and sure of themselves. When we first met Jayné she was a college drop out who discovered that her uncle had left her as the sole heir to his fortune. Jayné spent the last year with her associates traveling the globe trying to unravel Eric's secrets. So much of her life plan was absolutely dependent on completely Eric's work that when it became clear that Eric may not have been the man she thought.

It all began with a call from Kim, the ex wife of Jayné's current lover Aubrey. Buried under the hospital that Kim currently works at, a creature is trying desperately to escape. Jayné must decide between freeing the creature as her uncle Eric wanted, or entombing it again. Jayné is at a complete loss because it becomes clear that the end of the mission will mean the end of the comfortable little family that she has embraced for the past year and all good faith in Eric.

Honestly, I found the entire thing to be angst ridden. We have Jayné struggling to defeat an uber demon, but falling apart over the revelation that Eric caused the end of Kim and Aubrey's marriage, as well as raping Kim and nearly destroying her career in the process. She is racked with guilt for actions that she did not commit, and at the same time worried about losing Aubrey. When she should be focusing on the task ahead, she focuses her attention on Aubrey. I will however through in that I was glad that M.L.N. Hanover did make a point of saying repeatedly that Kim was raped, because she did not consent to what Eric did to her. That was a pleasing surprise, because woo woo is often used to over look acts of violence against women in this genre.

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  FangsfortheFantasy | Sep 20, 2013 |
I'm pissed, royally pissed, (as in angry, not drunk) and I can't tell you why because it doesn't happen until the end of the book. But I'm angry enough that I may not read the next one; I hated the ending that much. I was close to tears with anger and sorrow.

Until the end, this was a solid story although it did play head games. I liked that the heroine wasn't constantly doing stupid things, only sometimes, which wasn't unrealistic with her age, her past, and her current situation; wasn't constantly being saved by men; wore normal clothes unlike on the cover; wasn't always angry and hateful, although she had a lot of angst she did see when she was being unfair; and she grows from book to boom. Cool that the series is written by a guy.

I like the premise, but I don't always like the plot and this one was so-so. Some of the characters are kind of caricatures and unfortunately these are the ones the author likes the best I think. Aubrey's ex-wife Kim makes a reappearance and I can't stand her. We FINALLY get a hint about the series name although is it the right direction? I'm not sure.

But the ending was wrong and unnecessary for two reasons AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY!! Suffice to say it was way too dark for this series. This is not dark and gritty UF it's got frickin' romance. And the second reason is just shitty but playing dirty soap opera crap.

3.5 stars but I'm taking off a star for the ending. I'll be nice and round up though partially because of this great line from the book: "A dog was barking somewhere nearby in a lazy, conversational way." I've heard that bark and I know exactly what Hanover is describing.

But--I'm so pissed! ( )
  maybedog | Apr 5, 2013 |
I'm pissed, royally pissed, (as in angry, not drunk) and I can't tell you why because it doesn't happen until the end of the book. But I'm angry enough that I may not read the next one; I hated the ending that much. I was close to tears with anger and sorrow.

Until the end, this was a solid story although it did play head games. I liked that the heroine wasn't constantly doing stupid things, only sometimes, which wasn't unrealistic with her age, her past, and her current situation; wasn't constantly being saved by men; wore normal clothes unlike on the cover; wasn't always angry and hateful, although she had a lot of angst she did see when she was being unfair; and she grows from book to boom. Cool that the series is written by a guy.

I like the premise, but I don't always like the plot and this one was so-so. Some of the characters are kind of caricatures and unfortunately these are the ones the author likes the best I think. Aubrey's ex-wife Kim makes a reappearance and I can't stand her. We FINALLY get a hint about the series name although is it the right direction? I'm not sure.

But the ending was wrong and unnecessary for two reasons AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY!! Suffice to say it was way too dark for this series. This is not dark and gritty UF it's got frickin' romance. And the second reason is just shitty but playing dirty soap opera crap.

3.5 stars but I'm taking off a star for the ending. I'll be nice and round up though partially because of this great line from the book: "A dog was barking somewhere nearby in a lazy, conversational way." I've heard that bark and I know exactly what Hanover is describing.

But--I'm so pissed! ( )
  maybedog | Apr 5, 2013 |
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When you're staring evil in the eye, don't forget to watch your back . . . For the first time in forever, Jayné Heller's life is making sense. Even if she routinely risks her life to destroy demonic parasites that prey on mortals, she now has friends, colleagues, a trusted lover, and newfound confidence in the mission she inherited from her wealthy, mysterious uncle. Her next job might just rob her of all of them. At Grace Memorial Hospital in Chicago, something is stirring. Patients are going AWOL and research subjects share the same sinister dreams. Half a century ago, something was buried under Grace in a terrible ritual, and it's straining to be free. Jayné is primed to take on whatever's about to be let loose. Yet the greatest danger now may not be the huge, unseen force lurking below, but the evil that has been hiding in plain sight all along--taking her ever closer to losing her body, her mind, and her soul. . . .

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