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Summary: A very good book with lots of laughs and plot twists
Review: Being avid readers of this genre, we throughly enjoyed this book. We truly hope that Tanya Huff will further the adventures of the 3 very interesting characters and don't forget to add the sister in, wherever possible. Thanks for a super read!!!
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Summary: Delightfully entertaining,wonderful characters.
Review: This was a very entertaining book. The author has managed to capture the personalitys of the characters without going into long discriptions. Each character is delightful and funny. I have reccomended this book to several friends.
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Summary: Very funny, Great read!
Review: I really loved this book. It is absolutey hilarious, if you go for dry, sarcastic humor. The characters were ingaging, the plot, well written and the style was easily readable. I thought Hell was absolutely HILARIOUS! Tanya Huff was able to make even the most evil likeable. The only reason I didn't give this book five stars was because of some of the things that were left unsaid and up to the imagination. I felt there were some aspects that could have been more cleared up. All in all, though, I would reccommend this book to ANYONE!
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Summary: Love, lust, HELL IN THE BASEMENT, and a cat who TALKS!
Review: Who could ask for more?? I loved this book for so many different reasons. Claire was one the of the most amazing characters I've ever read and her life as a Keeper and everything was so fascinating! I've read this book 5 times now, since this past summer and plan to read it again! For all of those who loved this book, read Wizard of the Grove. I just finished it and it was incredible!
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Summary: One of the finest books by one of the finest fantasy writers
Review: Please, Miss Huff, can we make a series? Summon The Keeper is one of the best books I have read, by one of my favorite authors. Tanya Huff is witty as always and seamless in her plot. Austin, Claire, Dean, Jacques, Hell, and all the other characters are delightful, individual and amazingly developed. In most books there is always at least one character you don't like, one unrealistic name thrown in for fun, whom you never really want to read about. Not in this book! Everyone is delightful, definately not least of all the cat. Some criticize this book as too "light-hearted", not "deep" enough. So what? If you want a serious book, go buy something by Charles Dickens. If you want a *good* book, buy Summon The Keeper! (Sing the Four Quarters is also excellent). My recommendation? Feed the cat, and then buy this book. ::wink:: You'll understand it when you read it.
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Summary: An entertaining, delightful fantasy romp.
Review: I grabbed this book as something to read aloud to my husband on a long drive, and was delighted to discover that Tanya Huff had set her capable hand to an intriguing story that is also a delightful romp, full of jokes and references. As other reviewers have noted, her main character is Claire, with her cat, Austin. Claire is a Keeper, one of the folk who help humanity, and the universe, survive cosmic "accidents." But of course they do it quietly, kind of behind the scenes. In this case, Claire gets stuck with a rather "interesting" B&B-type house complete with a Sleeper you don't want to wake, a lascivious but appealing ghost (whose French provided me with a great challenge reading this book aloud!), a very hunky, good-hearted caretaker (whose name happens to be Dean and whose description immediately reminded me of a certain other Dean who played a good-hearted hunk not too long ago on television), and a Pit to Hell-which just happens to talk to itself. Of course, Claire comes to conclusion that the "accident" is that Pit, and that she must be there to close it. This problem (and its connection to that Sleeper in Room 6) is complicated by an obstreperous nosey neighbor and her dog, various eclectic visitors, and Claire's younger sister. Not to mention Austin (who talks). The humor had both of us laughing aloud. Highly recommended!
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Summary: An enjoyable urban fantasy by a very creative author.
Review: I am a fan of Tanya Huff, having read all of her books to date. She has a wicked sense of humor and a great dramatic sense. I enjoyed this book almost as much as the others. She told a very humorous story, creating wonderful characters. There is only one flaw that kept me from giving it 5 stars. Having two overly macho men fighting over one woman who can't make up her mind which one she wants is a plot device that is wearing very thin, especially after being used all through the Victory Nelson series. When the ghost showed up and both men began to argue, I almost gave up on the book. Still, I read it through and found it to be very satisfying except for that element. I will be looking forward to the sequel but I hope Ms. Huff will lose that formula. She is creative enough not to need it.
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Summary: delightful!
Review: This book was a fun, delightful read. It was chock full of great characters. Claire, the Keeper, finds herself the caretaker of the Bed and Breakfast from Hell. She inherits a sexy ghost, a guest in room six who has been asleep for 40 years, a hunky caretaker who happens to be the most trustworthy person in the world ("Total strangers probably handed him their packages while they bent to tie shoelaces"), and a gateway to Hell in the basement. With the help of her smarter-than-you-or-me cat, Austin, Claire deals with all of this plus the temptations of Hell and a slew of interesting out-of-this world guests. The overnight visit of the geriatric, ex-Olympic Gods and Goddesses is by itself worth a second read ("Aphrodite travels with more clothing than Ginger took on that 3 hour cruise"). I sincerely hope this is the beginning of a series. How many other books out there can I read where Hell laments that no one knows the classics anymore when his reference to Citizen Kane goes unrecognized? I recommend.
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Summary: Wonderful humour
Review: If you're looking for serious, skip it. If you want a book you can't put down, with interesting characters you want to meet (at least most of them - although not necessarily in a dark alley), get it. Just be prepared to lose a few hours or days chuckling at the antics.
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Summary: skip it and reread Fire's Stone
Review: Tanya Huff has been one of my favorite writers -- someone I read without ever needing to look at a review first, but this time I really wish I had. The characters are hackneyed and unchanging (there's more development in a Harlequin). Where is the nuanced self-discovery and growing understanding of the world that are a trademark of Huff's other books? I was sorely disappointed and hope that if in fact this book is the start of a new series, her characters do some growing up.
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