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The Scent of Shadows (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 1)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780060898915
ISBN: 0060898917
Label: Eos
Manufacturer: Eos
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: March 01, 2007
Publisher: Eos
Release Date: February 27, 2007
Studio: Eos
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Editorial Review: When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert.
By rights, she should be dead.
Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset—a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow—seeking answers to whom or what she really is . . . and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure.
But the nightmare is just beginning—for the demons are hunting Joanna, and the powerful shadows want her for their own . . .
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Rating: - Great start to the series
I didn't know much about this from the back cover, but it looked interesting. The story is about Joanna Archer, daughter to a millionaire in Las Vegas. When she was 16, she was raped, strangled, and left for dead. Now, she takes martial arts classes and wanders alone at night for her attacker.
She starts by having a date that gets nasty, then her father that really doesn't care for her tells her that she is not his daughter and all of her inheritance goes to her sister Olivia. As she ... Read More
Rating: - Great start to a new and different series.
I love that this book is different from the typical paranormal romance coming out recently. The idea of super heroes and parallel universes is great and refreshingly unique. I enjoyed reading about a heroine coming into her power, embracing both the dark and light inside of her. The only small problem is that the beginning of the book is a little slow and a bit depressing. I hope the rest of the series continues along the lines of finding more zodiac signs and training new people, yet I doubt it ... Read More
Rating: - Great new heroine and very creative ideas!
The Scent of Shadows is the First Sign of the Zodiac; the first book in Petterson's Zodiac series. This book exceeded my expectations. I was braced for yet another paranormal series featuring an angsty heroine; but what I got was so much more than that. This book is something both men and women would greatly enjoy; it is much more of a super hero story than a paranormal romance.
Joanna Archer is an heiress. Her father Xavier Archer is a Las Vegas tycoon who owns a number of casinos in Las ... Read More
Rating: - Unsettling, but Good
Although I really liked it, I found this book a bit unsettling. This is because whenever I think of 'Superheros' in an adult story, I'm thinking it HAS TO be campy, fun and/or superficial.
But while having 'campy' elements, this had some very gritty and hardcore moments -- totally NOT what I was expecting, and I had a hard time reconciling the two. I would be laughing at a funny, light part and the next moment someone would be getting seriously tortured.
I also had a hard time ... Read More
Rating:  - Imaginative but falls way short.
The Sagittarius, or the Archer, in the Zodiac is a symbol of individual prowess, fire as well as uncivilized behavior and temper. And encompasses a dual relation between things, especially being both Light and Shadow, and not becoming consumed by either. This fits Joanna Archer to a tee. And it should, since that is not only her Sign, but her birthright. Born to a mother of the Light and a father, the Tulpa, who is the hellfire leader of the Shadow Zodiac side, Joanna isn't just special: she's destiny and ... Read More
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