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    Autumn Bones
    Autumn Bones
    Autumn Bones
    Audiobook12 hours

    Autumn Bones

    Written by Jacqueline Carey

    Narrated by Johanna Parker

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Fathered by an incubus, raised by a mortal mother, and liaison to the Pemkowet Police Department, Daisy Johanssen pulled the community together after a summer tragedy befell the resort town she calls home. Things are back to normal-as normal as it gets for a town famous for its supernatural tourism and presided over by the reclusive Norse goddess Hel. Not only has Daisy now gained respect as Hel's enforcer; she's dating Sinclair Palmer, a nice, seemingly normal human guy. Not too shabby for the daughter of a demon. Unfortunately, Sinclair has a secret. And it's a big one. He's descended from obeah sorcerers, and they want him back. If he doesn't return to Jamaica to take up his rightful role in the family, they'll unleash spirit magic that could have dire consequences for the town. It's Daisy's job to stop it, and she's going to need a lot of help. But time is running out, the dead are growing restless, and one mistake could cost Daisy everything.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9781470379551
    Autumn Bones
    Author

    Jacqueline Carey

    New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Carey was born in 1964. After receiving BA degrees in Psychology and English Literature, she embarked on a writing career. Kushiel’s Avatar is her third fantasy novel, completing the Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy, which also includes Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen.

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    • 5/5
      This story begins with Daisy being called to local gay bar to deal with a rutting satyr which is not the usual sort of thing done by a normal file clerk who works for the police department. But neither Pemkowet, Michigan, or Daisy Johanssen are normal. Pemkowet sits about a haven for the eldritch and Daisy is the goddess Hel's liaison to the human world. Daisy is uniquely qualified for this job given that she is half-demon. Her eighteen-year-old mom inadvertently called a demon by using a Ouija board while on vacation with friends in Pemkowet. Daisy is determined not to realize her demon heritage given that it could bring Armageddon.In fact, Daisy tries to be normal which includes dating a cute guy who runs a supernatural bus tour. Sinclair Palmer is hiding some secrets though. His mother is an obeah woman from Jamaica and she wants him to come back home and help her in her political career. She sends Sinclair's twin who excels in dark magic to convince him. Between hexes and the promise to unleash a powerful duppy on the town, Daisy is kept very busy. Things get even busier when the bones of a local legend Tall Man Brannigan are stolen from his crypt and Daisy needs to find them and return his spirit to his grave before Halloween.Daisy needs to enlist all her allies for this one. From the local coven who is teaching Sinclair about his powers to the local ghoul population led by Stefan who has a thing for Daisy, and Cody Fairfax an in-the-closet werewolf who also works for the Pemkowet Police Department, it is all hands on deck if the world is to be saved and Daisy's job as Hel's liaison is also to be saved.This is an interesting world populate by all sorts of eldritch characters. I like the complex mythology and Daisy's desires to keep the peace and figure out her own life. Daisy isn't the usual kick-ass urban fantasy heroine but she is brave and determined and knows how to gather friends.This is the middle book of a trilogy and I recommend beginning with DARK CURRENTS to get some of the backstory referred to in this book. I thought the narrator did a great job with Daisy amply demonstrating both her human side and her paranormal world.
    • 4/5
      3.5/5 stars. An enthralling story of family dramas, ghosts, and tourism. I absolutely loved Bethany's part of the story and really hope to read more of her bonding with Jen and helping Daisy. Daisy's chaotic lovelife borders in the distracting but doesn't reach annoying levels.

      One thing I don't enjoy about these books is the slut-shaming of Bethany.
    • 3/5
      Fun, light reading, perfect for just-before-Halloween.

      I miss JC's deeper writing, though. Autumn Bones is fun and fast paced, but it's no Terre D'Ange book.
    • 5/5
      Even better than the first book of the series.
    • 1/5
      I so rarely don't finish a book. Especially urban fantasy, no matter how much it relies on over used conventions. While this book (second in a trilogy) actually has some interesting variance in genre conventions, I have some problems with the sexual politics.

      We all know that Carey has written some of the most sex positive high fantasy out there with her Kushiel series. It is really amazing stuff, touching on love, kink, consent and alternative relationship arrangements. Which is why this book is such a let down for me. I know Carey can write sex positive characters and relationships, so why this book sets up a non-consensual mass orgy is beyond me. What this means is that no one is consenting to what is going on. Carey makes it very obvious that people would not choose to be having this sex. And Daisy, riding the wave of the eldritch funk, goes to have sex with her new boyfriend for the first time, thus also bringing consent issues for her onto the scene.

      Sometimes, this kind of rhetorical move is made to explore or to highlight problematic aspects of our society. But the opening scene seems to have little to do with the rest of the book or its themes. Worse, Daisy struggles with whether, or to what extent, this makes her "slutty," using the term several times to describe herself and reflecting that she will have to do the "walk of shame" past her boyfriend's buddies in the morning.

      I don't know if this is a reflection of midwestern ideas about sexuality, or an attempt at characterization via that ideology, but it grates on my nerves and disappoints me profoundly as a fan of Carey's work. If I wanted to read about self righteous sexual denial and guilt, I'd go for the Sookie books.

      Several reviews describe this book as light urban fantasy reading, and I can agree with that assessment, this isn't the gritty gray-lined world of Hamilton or Butcher. But the first book had some really heavy stuff going on behind the veil of that lightness regarding who counts as human and the ramifications of sexual consent that fall from where one draws that line. Dealing with issues of rape and humanity is not light, and I was impressed by how Carey handled the material in the first book of this series. Which, again, leaves me disappointed by this installment. One of the best conventions in urban fantasy are the ways that protagonists often can enjoy their desires and their bodies and re-write those larger social conventions without guilt, and without narratives about true love getting in the way. I can appreciate the multiple relationship interests that Carey is setting up, and I would like to find out more about Stephan. But I don't want it enough to subject myself to interior monologues fraught with sex-negativity.
    • 5/5
      What an awesome book! But then again I love everything by Jacqueline Carey. The whole book was filled with entertainment, never a sleepy day in Pemkowet. The problems that Daisy has to face throughout the entire book are interesting and exciting. Jacqueline has a way of pulling you into the story and never wanting to leave the pages. Being the 2nd book of the trilogy she set up for the final story arcs. Who is the mysterious demon lawyer? While Daisy claim her birthright? Who will be with, the forever wolf crush, the outcast or neither? Ah I can't wait for the final book!
    • 4/5
      The second book in the series is just as fun as the first one. Daisy has started dating Sinclair, a guy she helped in the previous book start a bus tour of the "safer" supernatural stuff in town. Turns out that his sister and mother want him back in Jamaica to follow in the family's magical tradition and he doesn't want to. This causes a throw down between Daisy as the above world Agent of Hel. With the town being threatened Daisy uses almost everyone she knows in town to come together to fight the ghost that Sinclair's mother has released on the town in order to make Sinclair come home. I liked how the groundwork is being laid down for the the future of the series and where Daisy is trying to use every resource she can in order to protect order in the town. A good fun read and not necessary to have read the first book but there are some spoilers in this one for the previous book.
    • 4/5
      Daisy, who’s part-demon, is Hel’s agent in her small Michigan town (and can I digress about how annoying it is that this is called “urban fantasy” because it’s got a heroine with powers in the modern world, even though a huge part of the plot here turns on the tourist townishness of the setting?). As she navigates the multiple cute boys in her life—one’s a werewolf who likes her but doesn’t want to mate outside his species, one’s a human with a few unfortunate secrets, and one’s a ghoul who subsists off of human emotions—she also deals with various challenges, from visiting hostiles to old high school wounds. It’s a lot of atmosphere and coziness and possible worldbuilding for later, despite the occasional life-threatening emergency. Carey is a very good writer who strikes me as having, like Patricia Briggs, made the decision to write urban fantasy for the sake of making more money; I don’t feel that her heart is in it quite as much as in her other works.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the Agent of Hel series by Carey. I was a huge fan of Carey’s Kushiel’s books and enjoyed her Santa Olivia series as well. I don’t like this series quite as well as those two, but overall this is a well done urban fantasy series. The third book in this series, Poison Fruit, is scheduled for an October 2014 release.Things are settling down for the town of Pemkowet. Daisy has gained respect as an Agent of Hel and is continuing to work as a liaison with the police department. She is also happily dating normal human Sinclair Palmer. At least she thought Sinclair was normal, until his secrets start coming to light. Ends up Sinclair’s family has a history of Obeah sorcery and they want Sinclair to come back to Jamaica. They will destroy Pemkowat if necessary in order to gain Sinclair’s cooperation.There are some other side storylines going on as well. There is a mysterious lawyer of demonic origin who is trying to buy up property and of course Daisy's struggling to balance her good and evil side.Daisy has grown some as a character from the first book. She is more comfortable in her role of Hel’s Agent and is learning how to protect herself better from outside influence (both physical and magical). She’s a mostly happy go lucky girl, who just happens to be half-demon. She is continually struggling with her demonic nature, although we never see much of that in the story. Honestly she is probably the least interesting character in the bookHowever the side characters are very interesting. Sinclair obviously has some deep secrets and those are revealed in this book (although they aren’t as deep and dark as I had hoped). Cody is your typical werewolf, but him and Daisy have some history and I am interested in why he refuses to get serious with Daisy. We also spend a lot more time with the local coven and that was enjoyable as well.The best side character by far is Stefan. He is the ghoul that has been helping Daisy out. I love the way ghouls are done in this book. They are basically emotional vampires, but it is more complicated than that. They are Outcast, stuck between heaven and hell forever. They cannot die and they cannot fully live. We learn more about Outcast and how Outcast become that way. There is a lot of tension between Daisy and Stefan. However, Daisy always holds back because she is worried about the temptation outing her demonic side.This is a decently written and overall enjoyable urban fantasy (but set in a small town). It’s definitely a light urban fantasy (not really fluffy, but definitely not dark). There is some romance and some action as well; mostly this is a mystery though. The story can get a bit scattered at times. There is a lot going on here and it’s not tied together as well as it could be.Overall a decent urban fantasy. There are a lot of elements I like here. I like the different races, the mystery, and some of the side characters. However, I am not a huge fan of Daisy. Daisy complains about struggling against her demonic nature, but we don’t see this a whole lot in the story….things stay pretty light throughout. The writing is not nearly up to the same beautiful quality as the Kushiel’s books, it is much more casual...which I guess fits this type of story a bit better. Still you can write something that is more casual and still generate good imagery (which is not done here). I do love the world of little town Pemkowet. I would recommend to urban fantasy fans. Give the first book a read and if you like it, this book is more of the same.
    • 4/5
      I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "Jacqueline Carey and Urban Fantasy? Yes, please!" Being a big fan of Ms. Carey's epic fantasy, it didn't take much convincing for me to dive into the first Agent of Hel novel when I found out she was working on this new UF series. And I was not disappointed; the first book called Dark Currents can stand on its own next to all of the great urban fantasy and paranormal titles I've ever read, and in many ways it even sets itself apart. Now comes the highly anticipated sequel Autumn Bones, and in my opinion it is even better than the first. I loved returning to our half-demon protagonist Daisy Johanssen and revisiting her role as an agent of Hel, the Norse goddess who presides over an eldritch underworld located in the quaint Midwestern resort town of Pemkowet. As ever, Daisy is busy with her duties as the liaison between the local police department and the supernatural community, but at the moment her love life is proving even more complicated than keeping faeries, hobgoblins and vampires in line.Thinking it would be nice to settle down into a normal relationship for once, Daisy is shocked when it turns out her new beau Sinclair Palmer is more than he seems. Descended from a long line of Obeah sorcerers, Sinclair has been keeping his past and his family a secret, but it all blows apart when his twin sister breezes into town bent on taking her brother home to Jamaica with her. Emmeline Palmer badly wants Sinclair to take up his rightful role in their family, so badly that threatening Daisy and her beloved home of Pemkowet is only the first step.Apart from this main story line, there are also many other sub plots, and I like how something crazy is always happening in Daisy's life but she juggles everything from supernatural disasters to personal dramas without missing a beat. Her half-demon background and the dire consequences that would result if she ever gave in to the temptation to claim her birthright is a constant worry that hangs above her head, but this aspect of Daisy is also a point of uniqueness about her and serves as a main interest for readers. Strangely enough, though, while Daisy struggles hard every day not to fall prey to any of the seven deadly sins, the one vice she does not seem too concerned about is lust! Still, the potential suitors for Daisy are all equally fascinating, sexy, well-written and fun to read about, and there's a powerful yet effective undercurrent of romance and sexual tension in this series which makes me think it would be an awesome choice for fans of paranormal romances. Even I was addicted to this book, and I'm generally ambivalent towards romantic drama in my urban fantasy!But of course, the best things about Jacqueline Carey's books are her characters and world-building. I adore Daisy, who is wonderfully flawed and all too human, despite her dodgy demonic heritage. Sometimes I feel her naivete, inexperience, and the fact she's prone to distraction and self-doubt only serve to emphasize her internal conflict to be a good person and stay on the right path. She's also surrounded by a diverse cast of friends and family, making these books not just about her but the whole living, breathing eldritch community in Hel's domain and Pemhowet. Using a cozy little tourist town as a setting gives these books a whole different flavor than other series that take place in big cities, not to mention Carey has always been great at writing fantasy worlds, blending history, mythology, and eschatology (yes, I looked it up!) while doing it. Her unique take on the genre first impressed me in Dark Currents with the introduction of her version of ghouls, or the Outcast, and I'm happy to see her unconventional yet intriguing ideas continue in Autumn Bones.A very enjoyable read overall, and exactly what I'd been looking for when I picked this up. I think Jacqueline Carey is on the right track with this series, and I have a feeling she has a lot more planned for it just based on how much is already currently happening in these books. With this sequel I see her getting more into the urban fantasy rhythm of things, and I'm amazed at her versatility.