Vicious Vampyres: Skinwalker

So dear readers, I have started a new series of books --  I know I know, such a hussy for a group of paranormal series.

This new series is the Jane Yellowrock series from a Southern author named Faith Hunter.  I think I'm noticing a trend of Southerners on my bookcase...hmmm....  As you may imagine from the title of the first book, she is a skinwalker - a Native American shape changer.  As you may imagine, this has fostered an interest in learning more about the stories of the People, but I have yet to get myself in gear to go learn about it.  I want to though as there is such a rich heritage of the Cherokee / Native American tribes about their past and their spirits.

So, back to Jane and her story.  Jane is a skinwalker but her day job is a rouge vampire hunter.  She in fact is hired by the big kahuna of the New Orleans Vampire Council to hunt down a rogue that threatens their safety.

In this world, the vampires have come out of the coffin as well.  They had to do so because Marilyn Monroe was a vamp and bit Kennedy and was staked by the FBI.  Thought it was  a great way for them to go really.

As you may know from my other posts, while I do enjoy the surface story about the paranormal, I really enjoy some of the bigger picture stuff - for instance, the socio-political implications of the paranormal in the everyday lives of the people in these worlds - the convoluted power plays and internal politics of vampires in their kisses - the supernatural as a trope in the collective unconsciousness - blah blah blah.

Faith Hunter does an admirable job with the vampire politics of her vampires in New Orleans.  I totally think that the political plays and the major families not only harken back to an earlier time in our own human history, she deftly weaves them back into false history......PS - False History is one of my favourite things, dears.  Can't even.......don't even get me started on Kiki & Herb...... another time......

Jane is down in New Orleans looking for the threat, and finds herself embroiled in vampire politics and power plays, and getting the hot eye from a mysterious fellow by the name of Rick La Fluer.

She also learns more about her own personal past and the spirit she shares a body with, her Beast.

I like the sassy mix of Jane's internal dialogue and the external adventure.  Definitely a worthwhile read for you dears.  Drop a bitch a note about what you think after you read it.

Talk soon,
RHW






Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, Book 1)
By: Faith Hunter
Published: July 7, 2009, ROC
ISBN: 978-0451462800