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Fall of Light

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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ISBN13: 9780441014682
ISBN10: 0441014682
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Opal LaZelle is a special effects make-up artist, transforming actors into fantastical and grotesque creatures. Unknown to the casts and crews of the films she works on, Opal is gifted in the art of magic-and she applies more than make-up when altering an actor's features.

Her latest job requires turning Corvus Weather into a dark god of the forest. But when Corvus's performance becomes too convincing-on set and off-Opal realizes he's not acting. Something has taken possession of Corvus. Something sinister tied to the town's past, with the ability to absorb the very essence of life. Something Opal doesn't have enough power to confront, much less drive from the man she has fallen in love with.

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"Hoffman (Spirits That Walk in Shadow) infuses this entertaining supernatural thriller with cozy, sexually explicit scenes of reawakening and personal growth. Opal Lazelle's magical gifts and her talent as a makeup artist have earned her a career in the movies, most recently on the set of Forest of the Night. She soon discovers that actor Corvus Weather is being transformed in both appearance and soul by Phrixos, a mysterious being with designs on Opal and the rest of the cast and crew. Although Phrixos seems generally helpful, Opal wonders whether its ultimate goal is benevolent. Opal's struggles to anticipate and stymie Phrixos are undermined by her failure to act decisively and Phrixos's inability to deliver on any of its veiled threats, but Hoffman manages to sustain the tension to the slightly bizarre end." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of "A Fistful of Sky" presents her second novel, hailed as lyrical to the point of poetry . . . and replete with urban magic that seems . . . quite natural ("Sunday Oregonian").

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crowyhead, December 5, 2009 (view all comments by crowyhead)
My initial impression of this book turned out to be accurate. It just didn't grab me at all. I didn't feel like I had a good sense of the characters, and by and large the book felt weirdly incomplete, almost as though it was missing a few introductory chapters and a chapter or two of conclusion. It almost felt like a massively expanded short story.
This is disappointing, because I normally really enjoy Hoffman's novels, even the ones that don't seem entirely promising at first blush. This was sort of like Hoffman-lite. I didn't hate it, but I was totally fine with only reading it during my lunch hour, as opposed to the way I usually devour Hoffman's books like they're going to disappear if I don't read them fast enough.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780441014682
Author:
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki
Publisher:
Ace Books
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Magic
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Publication Date:
May 2009
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
307
Dimensions:
8.10x5.46x1.09 in. .85 lbs.
Age Level:
18-17

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