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Summary: Wiccan detective novels
Review: A collection of three occult detective stories. Best, most accurate description of Wiccans and other pagans I've ever read, likeable heroine, wonderful sense of place and atmosphere (New York City). The mysteries aren't really all that mysterious, but the novels are just so much fun to read that you don't really care!
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Summary: A breath of fresh air
Review: A friend recommended "Speak Daggers to Her" to me, as she knew I was a fan of the Diana Tregarde mysteries. The recommendation proved to be accurate, though the two trilogies have nothing to do with each other.
Where Tregarde exists in a contemporary fantasy world of Mercedes Lackey's making, Bast exists here. In our world. No levin bolts, vampires, Aztec gods, or immortal body-thieves.
Bast herself is uncomplicated and unpretentious-- even when she is being what she jokingly refers to as "The Lone Ranger of the Wicca." Her commentary on the Pagan community is dead-on, and if you are a Pagan, you'll spot people you know.The novels are each independent of each other; certain characters come in and out of the three novels, and there's a continuity to them, but each plot is self-contained. I do recommend reading them in order, though, so you can see how her relationships with the various characters change. All-in-all, they are an excellent read.
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Summary: Dead on (no pun intended)
Review: Accuracy is the watchword for this trilogy - accuracy in setting (NYC), accuracy in representing the Pagan community (including some of the things we'd rather weren't there), accuracy in her realism. While this is a fiction book, it's not fantasy - anything out of the ordinary can be chalked up to "freak coincidence" by skeptics, while still retaining the mysterious aura that surrounds ceremony and magick. An amazing series.
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Summary: Finally, a real Wiccan
Review: Bast is a graphic artist and practicing witch -- a real Witch, not the Hollywood version. She is completely human; no magic sparks flying from her fingertips, no psychic battles with bad guys. Bast relies on her own wit, experience, and faith in the Goddess to solve the mysteries she becomes embroiled in. Not all pagans are portrayed in a flattering light, reflecting the all too true pitfalls of following a religion outside the mainstream. I only wish there were more in the series...
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Summary: Finally, a real Wiccan
Review: Bast is a graphic artist and practicing witch -- a real Witch, not the Hollywood version. She is completely human; no magic sparks flying from her fingertips, no psychic battles with bad guys. Bast relies on her own wit, experience, and faith in the Goddess to solve the mysteries she becomes embroiled in. Not all pagans are portrayed in a flattering light, reflecting the all too true pitfalls of following a religion outside the mainstream. I only wish there were more in the series...
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Summary: Compelling...
Review: Bast is a strong woman with actual human characteristics. Wow. This book is (as others have said before me) Ms. Edghill's three Bast novels bound togeter in one portable volume. I too guessed whodunit early in a few of the books, but I found that watching Bast come to the same conclusion many pages later was highly entertaining. This book is lovely and enjoyable.
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Summary: Bast totally rocks!
Review: Edghill's stories on Bast are great! I couldn't put this book down. I finished it in two days. Edghill gives great insite to the Pagan community. The way she writes Bast is so cool. Like the "I'm a witch, and you can stop doing that Elizabeth Montgomery bit right now" as well as others. It's a GREAT book! I love the fact it's a Pagan fiction. I don't find many of those that I like. I LOVE this book. And the charactors in the books are just like real people. (I'm a lot like Glitter!) No doubt, it's a must read!
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Summary: Inside a twisted pagan community
Review: I finally finished reading it. (which three books that make up 448 pages in a month... is the fastest and probably longest amount I've read.) Anyhow.... I have to recommend this book to anyone who loves murder mysteries and to those that have been in the pagan community for over years. If I hadn't gotten involved with the BS and bliss of the things that come with being in the pagan community over time, I wouldn't have understood these novels so much. I mean, wow... it's one way to summerize the life in the pagan community, particularly the city folk, in so many pages. I've learned more about what I know of the community itself rather than the religion... and knowing the community is a better tactic for survival among us magickal folk. I have to say of any specific group of people, it's who you know, hang out with, and where you came from that gets you a certain fate... That is to say... we seem to give most respect to those that were closest or closer to the original pagans than we do someone who recently reformed a Wiccan Tradition, but otherwise wasn't acknowleged among the pagan community. Well now i'm probably not making much sense... but if you want to have a few laughs and journey your imagination into the irony of a pagan murder mystery... get yourself a copy today! :)
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Summary: A real Wiccan's Wiccan
Review: I love Bast! These books (now put into one volume) portray a real Wiccan in a real Pagan community, with all its beauty and hangups. I enjoyed trying to figure things out and what was going to be done. This is in my top three favorites!
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Summary: A real Wiccan's Wiccan
Review: I love Bast! These books (now put into one volume) portray a real Wiccan in a real Pagan community, with all its beauty and hangups. I enjoyed trying to figure things out and what was going to be done. This is in my top three favorites!
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