Finder : A Novel of the Borderlands

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Summary: Trouble in the Borderlands
Review: Another Borderlands novel from Emma Bull, this one gives the reader new insight into the Borderlands. Bull's edgy book features characters whom you will care about and find interesting. It was as satisfying as War for the Oaks. When you finish with her Borderland books, try Will Shetterley's -- they feature some of the same characters.

Rating:
Summary: Trouble in the Borderlands
Review: Another Borderlands novel from Emma Bull, this one gives the reader new insight into the Borderlands. Bull's edgy book features characters whom you will care about and find interesting. It was as satisfying as War for the Oaks. When you finish with her Borderland books, try Will Shetterley's -- they feature some of the same characters.

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Summary: Evocative and magical-with sharp edges and great talent.
Review: Emma Bull suprises you. She continually finds new paths to explore and new emotions for the reader to experience. FINDER literally takes a fantasy realm and drops it into your backyard to explore. Within she mixes a werewolf, an absent-minded artist, an elven mechanical genius, and our hero, whose talent for finding things cannot help him in a crisis where his courage and his friends are all he has. What is best about her books is that in a few lines she makes you care about the people within; you may love, pity, or despise some of them-but you won't be indifferent about any of them.

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Summary: War For The Oaks by Emma Bull
Review: Excellent Urban Fantasy!!! It actually got me hooked on reading Urban Fantasy's. This is Emma Bull's best book and I recommend it to fantasy fans everywhere. A definite must read.

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Summary: War For The Oaks by Emma Bull
Review: Excellent Urban Fantasy!!! It actually got me hooked on reading Urban Fantasy's. This is Emma Bull's best book and I recommend it to fantasy fans everywhere. A definite must read.

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Summary: Nothing better then a good story
Review: I loved this book. I've read it so many times I've lost count. The characters are so well developed we start thinking to ourselves, I Wonder where they are now, even though we know they are fictional. I would and have recommended this book. An inspiring read that makes you want to "Do great things" in a sometimes not so great world.

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Summary: help! Orient, where are you when I need you??
Review: I mean, really. I never thought it was possible to crush on a fictional character, until I read "Finder." If I could somehow slip into Bookworld--where all the worlds in books are real--I'd head straight for Bordertown (after a lengthy visit to Pern, perhaps) so I could marry Orient. I mean, he's perfect! He's handsome, he's friends with the best mechanic in the universe (vive Tick Tick!), you'd never lose anything again, and hey! he's even Jewish. Dig this: we have here the only man who could possibly locate the socks that disappear in the dryer! Hmmmm. OK, sex drives aside, this is a fun book. Bordertown: a sleek, hip world where magic melds with technology and bohemians dabble with royalty. (Kinda makes me homesick for NYC, mmmm?) Anyway, the Elves have returned...and they're cool, not a jot like the deified Tolkien-esque elves found in epic fantasies nowdays. Orient, our hero, is a fugitive from the regular world, who has found Bordertown a haven from his dark, secret past. He's friends with Tick Tick, a runaway elven princess who is the best mechanic known to man, a werewolf named Wolfboy (who stars in "Elsewhere" and "Never Never" by Will Shetterly, which were fun but not great), and a determined, mysterious cop named Sunny Rico. Anyway, the book centers around a mystery--some strange disease is turning humans into elves and killing real elves--and how Orient comes to grips with his past. Fast-paced, sleek dialogue, interesting characters, cool locale, strong plot, and Orient. Definately a great find! (Sorry about that last 8-)!)

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Summary: help! Orient, where are you when I need you??
Review: I mean, really. I never thought it was possible to crush on a fictional character, until I read "Finder." If I could somehow slip into Bookworld--where all the worlds in books are real--I'd head straight for Bordertown (after a lengthy visit to Pern, perhaps) so I could marry Orient. I mean, he's perfect! He's handsome, he's friends with the best mechanic in the universe (vive Tick Tick!), you'd never lose anything again, and hey! he's even Jewish. Dig this: we have here the only man who could possibly locate the socks that disappear in the dryer! Hmmmm. OK, sex drives aside, this is a fun book. Bordertown: a sleek, hip world where magic melds with technology and bohemians dabble with royalty. (Kinda makes me homesick for NYC, mmmm?) Anyway, the Elves have returned...and they're cool, not a jot like the deified Tolkien-esque elves found in epic fantasies nowdays. Orient, our hero, is a fugitive from the regular world, who has found Bordertown a haven from his dark, secret past. He's friends with Tick Tick, a runaway elven princess who is the best mechanic known to man, a werewolf named Wolfboy (who stars in "Elsewhere" and "Never Never" by Will Shetterly, which were fun but not great), and a determined, mysterious cop named Sunny Rico. Anyway, the book centers around a mystery--some strange disease is turning humans into elves and killing real elves--and how Orient comes to grips with his past. Fast-paced, sleek dialogue, interesting characters, cool locale, strong plot, and Orient. Definately a great find! (Sorry about that last 8-)!)

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Summary: oustanding, mesmerizing, heartbreaking
Review: I picked up Finder without having read any "Borderlands" stories.Not knowing waht to expect, I was overcome by the story. I fell in love with the characters immediately.The humor was infectious, the mystery exciting, and the relationship between Orient & Tick Tick, and it's outcome, literally broke my heart. This is a book not only for sci-fi and fantasy buffs, but for everyone who loves the possibilty of magic and believes in love and friendship

Rating:
Summary: oustanding, mesmerizing, heartbreaking
Review: I picked up Finder without having read any "Borderlands" stories. Not knowing waht to expect, I was overcome by the story. I fell in love with the characters immediately. The humor was infectious, the mystery exciting, and the relationship between Orient & Tick Tick, and it's outcome, literally broke my heart. This is a book not only for sci-fi and fantasy buffs, but for everyone who loves the possibilty of magic and believes in love and friendship