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(More customer reviews)I bought this novel because the reviews were really positive about the story and Mel, the main character. I was not disappointed!Loosely based on Amazon myths and legends, this is the story of Mel, an Amazon who left her people ten years ago. According to tradition if an Amazon is pregnant with a boy the child is either aborted, given away (and forgotten) or crippled physically to prevent the child from growing stronger then his female kin. Mel left because she had a suspicion that one of the stronger high priestesses had a hand in the death of her newborn son; a son she had planned on keeping and raising despite her traditions and culture.
The only outcast of her people, she has been doing great on her own mingling with the humans. Her mother and grandmother, who followed her all those years back, still practice their traditions and are on Mel to start teaching her daughter, Harmony, about who she is, where she comes from, and what powers she will inherit. But Mel just wants her daughter to live a normal life first before she inducts her daughter into a world she still holds a lot of anger for.
But the deaths of Amazon girls left on Mel's doorstep have taken that decision out of her hands. Before she knows it she has the queen of the Amazons moving in with a bunch of her warriors, a police detective hounding her because he suspects she knows more than she's telling, and a connection with the murdered girls because she was the one to release their spirits after their death. If that's not enough she's not only hired a male tattoo artists for her tattoo shop (against her better judgement), but she's starting to feel this attraction for him. There's an even bigger suprise waiting for her as she works to solve these murders.
I thought Lori Devoti did an awesome job creating this urban fantasy world that had nothing to do with vampires or werewolves, but everything to do with a fresh approach and a really good mystery. I thought I knew who was responsible for the girls' murder and it turned out I was so wrong! There's nothing better to a mystery that has great twists and turns and you can't see what's coming. I also like the idea of this whole family of women, four generations, living all together and loving each other despite some really big differences. I'd recomend this for fans of urban fantasy who are getting a little tired of the vampire/werewolf scene.
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Product Description:
Meet Mel: Business owner. Dedicated mom. Natural-born Amazon.
It's been ten years since Melanippe Saka left the Amazon tribe in order to create a normal life for her daughter, Harmony. True, running a tattoo parlor in Madison, Wisconsin, while living with your Amazon warrior mother and priestess grandmother is not everyone's idea of normal, but Mel thinks she's succeeded at blending in as human.
Turns out she's wrong. Someone knows all about her, someone who's targeting young Amazon girls, and no way is Mel going to let Harmony become tangled in this deadly web. With her mother love in overdrive, Ms. Melanippe Saka is quite a force...even when she's facing a barrage of distractions -- including a persistent detective whose interest in Mel goes beyond professional, a sexy tattoo artist with secrets of his own, and a seriously angry Amazon queen who views Mel as a prime suspect. To find answers, Mel will have to do the one thing she swore she'd never do: embrace her powers and admit that you can take the girl out of the tribe...but you can't take the tribe out of the girl.
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