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Six year-old Zoe York has been taken and her mother has come to Remy for help. She shows him crude, childlike drawings that she claims are Zoe's visions of the future, everything leading up to her abduction, and some beyond. Like the picture of a man with wings who would come and save her-a man who is an angel.
Zoe's preternatural gifts have made her a target for those who wish to exploit her power to their own destructive ends. The search will take Remy to dark places he would rather avoid. But to save an innocent, Remy will ally himself with a variety of lesser evils-and his soul may pay the price...
The pedestrian third novel in Sniegoski’s Remy Chandler series (after 2009’s Dancing on the Head of a Pin) finds the Seraphim-turned-PI drawn into the case of a missing little girl with prophetic gifts. Also searching for the child is the biblical character Delilah, now cursed to endless life without love. Naturally, the blind but still powerful Samson also gets drawn into the mix, as do the followers of the ancient god Dagon, leading to an inevitable (and interminable) showdown in Dagon’s West Virginia lair. Chandler is a great lead, but the interesting supporting characters take a back seat to the generically villainous Delilah, the blustering Samson, and the missing girl’s bland parents. Fans of Chandler will enjoy his developing character, but there’s little to distinguish the book within the paranormal PI genre. (Mar.)
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Curtis Johnson
reviewed Where Angels Fear to Tread on March 27, 2011
Where Angels Fear to Tread
3.5 stars
Deryn York comes to Remy and asks him to help finding her six-year-old daughter, Zoe, who has been taken by her father. The new case brings Remy to a child with autism who seems to be able to see the future, Church occult who tries to ressurect an ancient God, an army of men without soul with the mark of a kiss, a succubus who wants to take God's power to bring back her paradise, and a blind man whose sole goal is to kill the succubus.
The third Remy Chandler book strays from the ending of book two, Dancing on the Head of a Pin; as it lacks addressing the outcome of Lucifer resurrection. In one hand, I'm a bit dissapointed for the fact. I think since Lucifer is now back in restoring Hell, it provides a great basis for a more sinister story. In the otherhand, this story is a whole lot creepier (first chapter alone makes me shudder) AND it takes a new spin to Samson and Delilah (yes, THAT Samson and Delilah).
The story is pretty well-paced; this time it switches back and forth from Remy's point of view, to other characters, including the villains, which I kind of like. The idea of an autistic child, who actually sort of a "vessel" of God's power is not really new -- I think I remember watching movies or TV series with that sort of plot -- but it's still entertaining.
Marlowe remains adorable. I miss Francis as he was Remy's alliance when they're fighting the power of fallen angels. I'm not sure I like the tease of Remy with Linda, since Linda is sort of the woman Francis had a crush with. It diminishes my hope that Francis is still alive.
All in all, a good addition to the series. And by the way, the cover ROCKS!
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