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Murder of Crows

A Novel of the Others

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Murder of Crows

By: Anne Bishop
Narrated by: Alexandra Harris
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Return to New York Times best-selling author Anne Bishop’s "phenomenal" (Urban Fantasy Investigations) world of the Others - where supernatural entities and humans struggle to co-exist, and one woman has begun to change all the rules.…

After winning the trust of the terra indigene residing in the Lakeside Courtyard, Meg Corbyn has had trouble figuring out what it means to live among them. As a human, Meg should be barely tolerated prey, but her abilities as a cassandra sangue make her something more.

The appearance of two addictive drugs has sparked violence between the humans and the Others, resulting in the murder of both species in nearby cities. So when Meg has a dream about blood and black feathers in the snow, Simon Wolfgard - Lakeside’s shape-shifting leader - wonders if their blood prophet dreamed of a past attack or a future threat.

As the urge to speak prophecies strikes Meg more frequently, trouble finds its way inside the Courtyard. Now, the Others and the handful of humans residing there must work together to stop the man bent on reclaiming their blood prophet - and stop the danger that threatens to destroy them all.

©2014 Anne Bishop (P)2014 Penguin Audio
Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Literary Fiction City Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Wolf Shifter
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Critic reviews

“Anne Bishop is so good at writing character development...that I found I felt like I was there in the story.... I love this series, and I NEED MORE!" (USAToday.com)

“Fully satisfying.” (Kirkus Reviews)

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Great to revisit Meg

What did you like most about Murder of Crows?

The evolution of Meg's character, how she is getting more confident and stronger.

What did you like best about this story?

same as above?!

What about Alexandra Harris’s performance did you like?

I'd got used to her narrating in the last book and hope she will be narrating the rest of them.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I couldn't wait to get listening again.

Any additional comments?

I'm looking forward to the next one coming out.

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addictive

The next installment of Meg's story. A story rich in characters that you can't help but become invested in their outcome. I love that the story continues on from where the ladt book ended and can't wait to see what happens next.

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Mixed feelings

Book 2 did pass by very fast but sometimes a little too fast. The major action at the end took just a few minutes to unfold and was anti-climatic.
In terms of romance, no major developments either.
I want the series to work.I bought book 3 before reading the reviews, which says book 3 reads like a filler book with no major developments. If it is like book 2, I'm wondering if I should find a summary online and skip to book 4, which apparently moves faster.

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Fabulous

Fabulous story and narrator really brought the story on. Lots happening I'm now ready for the next one.

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Entertaining

The second Simon-&-Meg story, carrying on from Written in Red. The Wolf shifters are, as before, entertainingly written - I really enjoy how they think. So Other....

One major narration failing, alas - the howling is RUBBISH

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Brilliant in a quiet way

What made the experience of listening to Murder of Crows the most enjoyable?

The story follows on well from the first book 'Written in Red'. As with the first book nothing is frenzied but the story is lively and I really enjoy this invented world so completely different from any other book I have read.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Murder of Crows?

I loved the bedroom scene where Simon changes from Wolf to man and does not understand why Meg is so upset.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I just loved it - the slowly developing relationship between Meg and Simon, I find particularly lovely - no raw sex or innuendoes. I so want them to end up together but in a calm and open way.

Any additional comments?

Beautiful book beautifully written with lots of space for more in the series which I will watch out for. I will read both Written in Red and Murder of Crows again and again.

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Humans deceitful and poisonous

Super story, exciting, intriguing and full of sorrow. How Meg remains so sweet and kind after all she has been put through is puzzle. Man’s greed knows no bounds and Meg and her fellow girls pay the price continuously. Time to pay the piper.

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Wonderful sequel

You just got to love Meg and Simon! The most endearing characters and love story in ages.

It's a wonderful sequel and will leave you jumping up and down for book 3.

Meg is a Cassandra Sangue - a prophetess - who lands in a 'Courtyard' run by the Wolfgard. It's set in an alternate universe where the Earth is run by creatures called the Terre Indigene who can change to humans.

Book 2 gives more information about the Cassandra Sangue and their link to the tide of death that's threatening humans and Terre Indigene both.

The narrator is terrible. I gave a 3 star because I don't want you to avoid the story because to poor narration. She pauses in the wrong places, places emphases in the wrong places and mispronounces words. (in book one, she pronounces Sangue as Sangway instead as Sang).

Do read it - you'll love it!

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brilliant

a bit of fantasy that's pure indulgence, love it. a story that holds you from the beginning and let's you down with a happy sigh at the end

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A beautiful yet horrific fairytale.

I can't think of another author quite like Anne Bishop her worlds are so different to anything else out there. Her characterisation is so good that you're often seeing the world from several conflicting points of view and often sympathizing with all the main characters. Her description and sense of her world is so real that many other writers feel bland in comparison.

She contrasts the engaging almost childlike hope and innocence of her heroine with a complex world where fairy tale creatures fluctuate between benevolence and horrific actions, many humans are worse still and the socio-economic climate is ruled by a powder keg of racial and political tensions.

I'd put this series in my audiobook top ten. I've already re-listened to the previous novel before this came out and found it to be one of the few that I enjoyed just as much the second time and it will be the same with this book. You do need to read this series in order.

Alexandra Harris is a brilliant narrator not only does she draw you into the story like any good narrator but she is so good at voicing the male as well as the female characters, that I often forgot that I was listening to just one woman.

Anne Bishop clearly writes for a female audience but although I heard the first book in the series referred to as young adult, having read the second I personally wouldn't put such a tag on this series. I'm in my late thirties and can see the book appealing to a much wider audience. The heroine is 24 not a teenager and Bishop doesn't flinch away from any of the harder issues which although not gratuitous are clearly spelt out.

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