<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/97a519ec-8e85-4c2e-a6de-da4c77a50e25/FE11C062-9E1B-48A8-9F01-6F3A82E794D0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://readpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/06/lilith-saintcrow-dead-man-rising.html" href="http://readpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/06/lilith-saintcrow-dead-man-rising.html" style="font-size: 11px;">readpleasure.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://readpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/06/lilith-saintcrow-dead-man-rising.html"><A href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446616710?ie=UTF8&tag=readforplea-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446616710"><IMG border="0" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_j59npxAenFo/Rnrmhr_ezwI/AAAAAAAAAJI/AtyBrz0JlAo/s200/LilithSaintcrow_DeadManRising.jpg" /></A><I>Dead Man Rising</I> is tantalizing. So much is good... and could have been much better.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://readpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/06/lilith-saintcrow-dead-man-rising.html">Necromancer Dante Valentine is reeling from the death of her demon lover, Japhrimel. She copes by focusing on her bounty hunting business.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://readpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/06/lilith-saintcrow-dead-man-rising.html">The action writing is great, but Dante's thoughts wander at such length that time seems to expand and contract like a scene from <A href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000K19E?ie=UTF8&tag=readforplea-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00000K19E">The Matrix</A>. Dante stalks a killer... <I>oh, Japhrimel</I>... the place could blow up at any moment... <I>this reminds me of Tijuana</I>.... Her drifting breaks the action and makes it hard to believe she survives as a bounty hunter.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://readpleasure.blogspot.com/2007/06/lilith-saintcrow-dead-man-rising.html">Dante is a badass heroine with issues. She's also... perfect. She "has the face of a holovid model" (she tells us constantly). Her golden skin and black claw/nail polish come up even more often. She makes powerful allies wherever she goes. She's half-demon, so she's nearly indestructible. She can kick any ass, including her sensei's. You get the picture.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FE11C062-9E1B-48A8-9F01-6F3A82E794D0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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