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The cover art for Nicole Peeler's Jane True series is a perfect fit for the books: eye-catching, cartoonish, charmingly goth-lite. Also like the books, the covers would be improved by a bit less cuteness and sharper teeth, but we should give credit where credit is due—both Ms. Peeler's books and their covers are much more fun than the majority of today's supernatural romances.
The first installment in the series, Tempest Rising, introduces Jane True, a lonely bookstore clerk living in a small town in Maine. Jane has always been a remarkable swimmer, but it isn't until she meets some very strange people that she realizes her aquatic skills are literally superhuman—her long-lost-mother was actually a selkie. Jane's new friends (a gnome, a kelpie, a barghest, and an extremely flirtatious vampire) give her a crash-course in supernatural relationships, but they are unwilling or unable to explain why half-humans like Jane have been turning up dead. ...
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Having read Nick Hornby’s novel High Fidelity, I can understand why The New Yorker asked him to be their pop music critic. Many people feel this was mistake, but you can see why they made it: Hornby’s constant references to pop culture could easily be mistaken for enthusiasm… if only the moral conflicts in his books didn’t so frequently hinge upon the main character realizing that they had frittered away huge chunks of their lives obsessing over completely frivolous crap. Still, Hornby describes his decidedly mixed feelings about pop culture with enough humor and charm to entertain readers....
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