Truthseeker
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ACROSS TWO EXTRAORDINARY WORLDS, TRUTH IS THE DEADLIEST MAGIC
Gifted with an mysterious intuition, Lara Jansen nonetheless thinks there is nothing particularly special about her. All that changes when a handsome but mysterious man enters her silent Boston tailor shop and reveals himself to be a prince of Faerie. What’s more, Dafydd ap Caerwyn claims that Lara is a truthseeker, a person with the rare talent of being able to tell truth from falsehood. Dafydd begs Lara to help solve his brother’s murder, of which Dafydd himself is the only suspect.
Acting against her practical scenery, Lara agrees to step through a window into another world. Caught between bitterly opposed Seelie forces and Dafydd’s secrets, which are as perilous as he is irresistible, Lara finds that her abilities are increasing in unexpected and uncontrollable ways. With the fate of two worlds at stake and a malevolent entity wielding the darkest of magic, Lara and Dafydd will risk everything on a like that may be their salvation—or the most treacherous illusion of all.
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In this quick-moving tale, the heroine, Lara, has the ability
to detect the truth. Lara is a likeable very precise sort of
person. I won’t go through the whole tale about how she ends
up in Faerie, but her ability starts to mature so that she can
not only detect truth, but force the truth she “wants” to
take place.
There are some defects. The romance in it seems a small
confused: there are two brothers (Faerie royalty) and the
presentation suggests the leader is not completely clear which
one Lara is interested in. Also, though I like a hero or
heroine gaining powers, at the rate Lara ia gaining power, she
will be a “goddess” in another book.
I have read Murphy’s additional books. This book is better (and
certainly much quicker-moving) than the books in the Negotiator
series. I like it a slight bit more than the Urban Shaman
series.
Agreed that I loved the book, I liked the heroine, I was sorry
the book finished, and I will certainly buy the next book in the
series, I give it a rating of 5.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve been reading C.E. Murphy since the publication of Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers, Book 1) and I’ve loved the books in that series as well as the first book in her Negotiator series, Heart of Stone (The Negotiator). I find Murphy a levelheaded writer who makes memorable characters and her work has agreed me hours of enjoyment. Sorry to say, her newest book, Truthseeker, didn’t work the same magic for me.
I didn’t despise Truthseeker, but there were a number of issues with the tale and the writing that momentously lessened my enjoyment. First, and most surprising to me, I had distress warming up to the main characters, particularly Lara. I had issues with her sitting in on AA meetings as a sort of lie detector to participants and the instances early in the tale where she made personal comments about how people were dressed bothered me, too. I couldn’t imagine her being much fun to hang out with and I reflect that made it more hard for me to immerse myself in the tale. (I know she talked about being very careful with the first and trying to avoid the second, but both things still bugged me.) Second, the tale “felt” more like a past romance to me than the Urban Fantasy I’m used to and was expecting from Murphy. (My guess is that much of that “feel” can be attributed to the Barrow-lands setting.) In addition, I establish the pace slow and the tale itself a small dull. Even the faery (or elf if you prefer) storyline, one I generally delight in, couldn’t get my imagination fired up or keep me wanting to turn the pages. Finally, by the time I was mid-way through the book, I reflect I would have killed for just a small more dialogue. Pages and pages pass with none at all and, on top of that, what dialogue there is seems repetitive. I establish myself longing to end just so that I could go on to something else and I despise feeling that way when the book is by an leader I admire.
A sequel, The Wayfinder, is plotted. It’s not going on my Wish List.
I’m still a fan of C.E. Murphy and I’m counting this as a one-off miss for me. If you haven’t read anything by Murphy yet, I’d suggest you give The Walker Papers series a try first, beginning with Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers, Book 1). IMHO, it’s a vastly more entertaining read and a much better introduction to this talented writer.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
In Boston Lara Jansen trusts her intuition so while effective at a tailor shop, her hairs leap up when a handsome man enters. He insists he is Prince Dafydd ap Caerwyn of the faerie and she is a Truthseeker; a rare individual who is more accurate than a lie detector in determining truth from fabrication. She believes him as he stinks at his day job of meteorologist. He pleads with her to come to his home to help learn who murdered his brother.
She accompanies the attractive prince through a portal into faerie. There she is stunned when she finds herself in the middle of a Seelie civil war as her irresistible companion failed to reveal this and rumor has it that there are additional secrets he hides. Meanwhile a name in the shadows uses magic to further the dispute, which leaves two realms, Faeirie and Planet, in peril.
Truthseeker, the first of a two book fantasy, is a terrific opening act as C.E. Murphy sets the stage with a strong secretive royal and a special pragmatic human. The tale line is quick-paced from the moment the heroine steps through the window into Faerie and never slows down. Fans will appreciate this strong fantasy due to Lara, a wonderful Red Sox in a Faerie prince court.
Harriet Klausner
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This new series has a fascinating world set up. The leader does a excellent job with details and background. She also took the concept of an “additional fairy world” and gave it her own twist. The main problem I establish was too much description and narrative that wasn’t really necessary. It leaves the reader wishing the tale would just continue. Despite this, the plot is excellent and keeps the reader guessing. The main and secondary characters are well developed and most of them rather likable. There is not much mushiness or romance in this first book though it seems to be building up for consecutive books. The take in for this book is misleading as the main character, Lara, starts out a shy woman who would not be caught wearing leather. By the end, though, she is transforming into that type of heroine.
Do not be surprised that this one ends on a cliff hanger. It left me craving more. I do judge the tale will be worth my alternative up the next book when it comes out.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5