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When I read fiction, or see a fictional movie, my primary criterion is I must feel better when I finish the book, or the movie, than when I began it. I loved this book. Our heroine, Jessie Shimmer, may not be to everyone's liking, but I enjoyed the heck out her. Talk about a take no prisoners attitude! And her "ferret" familiar is a hoot! Even when, or maybe especially when, we find out he's really something else (and right out of my nightmares!)

OK, it starts out she and her boyfriend were out to cast a simple rain spell to help the farmers when, literally, all hell breaks loose from the underground. Well, a portal opened and sucked Cooper into Hell, and his familiar, a cute little dog reverts to its demon self and goes berserk, and downtown is destroyed, and Jessie badly wounded and....

Because Jessie won't play by the rules, and leave her boyfriend in Hell, but wants to rescue him, even though she is wounded, has no real resources, and has had an anathema spell placed on her which warns anyone away from helping her, Jessie is pretty much on her own.

The head honcho of the local ruling circle of Talents wants her to leave well enough alone. Leave Cooper in Hell. Behave herself. Study hard. But Jessie doesn't always play nice with others. Especially when those she knows and loves are being mistreated.

If you're a fan of Jim Butcher, check out this series. Great fun, especially if like me, you have a slightly warped sense of humor. Now, I'm off to read Shotgun Sorceress....


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Spellbent Jessie Shimmer Lucy A Snyder Books Reviews

Lucy Snyder's first urban fantasy novel, Spellbent, is a hoot because it takes a heroine from the wrong side of the tracks and turns her into a force to be reckoned with. Jessie Shimmer (she doesn't even find out her real name and some of her true father's background until this novel, so how blue collar is that?) is a rednecked heroine for the masses (And yes, I know she's in Columbus, but that's not where she's from). As I read the book, I couldn't help hearing Gretchen Wilson's songs playing in the background.

Not to say that Jessie isn't a real person and not just a walking, talking caricature, but Gretchen Wilson came along and rewrote a lot of today's country & western music for the female singers when she hit the stage. I think Jessie Shimmer might just do the same thing for the urban fantasy pull it right out of the big metro areas and slam it into a screaming faceplant in small western towns.

The first part of the book is a mix of raucous language and situations that somehow meanders for too long, then takes off like the proverbial jet. Once I got through some of the setup involving the history of Jessie and her main squeeze, Cooper, who also happens to be her teacher, the action rolled steadily. And I had to settle in for the long haul to find a comfortable resting place even though I'd stayed up way past what I had planned.

Jessie goes through a lot of upheaval in this novel. Even though she's a heroine and the book has some serious magical powers floating around, I couldn't help but be flummoxed by how much damage she takes without some kind of emotional breakdown. SPOILER I mean, she gets an arm eaten off, loses an eye, and ends up looking like a Halloween freak show. Personally, I don't know any women that could go through something like that and walk through it without flinching.

Further on that score, this book isn't for readers with weak stomachs. There's a lot of description of violence done to flesh, pus, oozing wounds, etc. But what really caught my attention was the way Jessie had to go looking through trash for used women's products to magically throw a false scene trail. I enjoyed the inventiveness, understood what Synder was doing and even logically embraced it, but the actions were a definite step over some lines other writers have kept intact. The whole "babies" origin story was way more than I personally wanted to know.

Jessie¡¦s friends are great. I loved the witch Karen who takes in so many children she doesn¡¦t know what to do. º I also enjoyed the relationship Jessie has with her ferret familiar, Pal. Those two are obviously gonna get into some whacked out adventures.

I have to admit to some confusion about her boyfriend, Cooper. I just don't like the guy. He's a layabout, a guy who takes advantage of others. Jessie can do better, or she's going to need to grow him up a little to get him on track.

So far this is supposed to be a trilogy, but I can easily see Jessie having more adventures.
Plot Summary Jessie Shimmer is a novice sorceress involved in a hot love affair with her mentor, Cooper Marron. When their passion-fueled spell to call down some rain for the local farmers opens a portal to a hellish dimension, Cooper is sucked into the void, and Jessie is left alone to battle the demon who appears. She is severely mangled and just barely survives, but once she regains consciousness Jessie learns that she's being ostracized. With no help to heal herself, Jessie mounts a rescue operation on her own, because there's no way she's leaving her man in hell. Lucky for Jessie she's got a smart ferret in her corner.

Spellbent is an urban fantasy that has it all. If this book were a contestant in the Miss America pageant, it would score high in all the categories and take the tiara. It's pretty on the outside, it has real substance on the inside, but most impressively, it has a superb sense of humor! What a rare feat it is to find a story that entertains as an adventure, a mystery, a romance, and a comedy. Lucy A. Snyder has done what few authors can pull off successfully, and saying that I'm looking forward to her next book is a serious understatement.

Jessie is a ferocious firecracker who needs to give lessons to some of the wimpy heroines I've come across lately. She's everything I look for in an urban fantasy lead, and I'm still amazed at how this story chewed her up and spit her out, and yet she never quit. Her counterpart, Pal the ferret, is the straight-man, or straight-mammal of the story. I love that furry little guy, even when he turns into something else that's not quite so lovable. These two drive the story and take the main stage for most of Spellbent. Jessie's lover, Cooper, exits early and we don't see much of him until the end, so their relationship still feels fresh and unfamiliar to me.

I don't care how big your TBR pile is... if you're an urban fantasy fanatic, you won't want to miss Spellbent. It'll be one of the highlights from this year. The second novel in the Spellbent series, Shotgun Sorceress, will be released in October 2010.
When I read fiction, or see a fictional movie, my primary criterion is I must feel better when I finish the book, or the movie, than when I began it. I loved this book. Our heroine, Jessie Shimmer, may not be to everyone's liking, but I enjoyed the heck out her. Talk about a take no prisoners attitude! And her "ferret" familiar is a hoot! Even when, or maybe especially when, we find out he's really something else (and right out of my nightmares!)

OK, it starts out she and her boyfriend were out to cast a simple rain spell to help the farmers when, literally, all hell breaks loose from the underground. Well, a portal opened and sucked Cooper into Hell, and his familiar, a cute little dog reverts to its demon self and goes berserk, and downtown is destroyed, and Jessie badly wounded and....

Because Jessie won't play by the rules, and leave her boyfriend in Hell, but wants to rescue him, even though she is wounded, has no real resources, and has had an anathema spell placed on her which warns anyone away from helping her, Jessie is pretty much on her own.

The head honcho of the local ruling circle of Talents wants her to leave well enough alone. Leave Cooper in Hell. Behave herself. Study hard. But Jessie doesn't always play nice with others. Especially when those she knows and loves are being mistreated.

If you're a fan of Jim Butcher, check out this series. Great fun, especially if like me, you have a slightly warped sense of humor. Now, I'm off to read Shotgun Sorceress....