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| Touch of Twilight, The | 
 enlarge | Author: Vicki Pettersson
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Category: Book
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Pages: 406
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ISBN: 0007270232
EAN: 9780007270231
ASIN: 0007270232
Publication Date: June 2, 2008
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 The Third Sign's the Charm - Mostly! May 29, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've enjoyed this series since its beginnings, and the third installment doesn't disappoint, despite a few nagging issues that have been pretty much present since book one.
The good:
- More is revealed about Zane and his fascinating post as the comic book artist/archivist. The comics-as-superhero-history angle in Pettersson's series is a great touch, and its very satisfying to see more about the comics and Zane revealed in "Touch."
- The significance of the third "sign" and how it ended up playing out at the climax was pretty much a complete surprise that I did not see coming at all. Pettersson does a very good job of building suspense yet hiding her cards.
- Lots of great Vegas flavor throughout, and as always, the author gives us glimpses of the city that a tourist would know little about.
- Joanna still has a lot of bravado and impulsiveness, but she appears to be getting better about knowing when she's really messed something up. She's also playing nicer with others. In particular, I loved the unique partnership that is forged between her and Chandra, the would-be Archer she was so unkind to in book 1. Chandra is a character who becomes really well-developed in "Touch," and now I can't wait to see more of her in future books.
- Another great new character: Skamar! I wonder what Skamar will be up to in the next book...
- A painful decision Joanna makes at the end of the book show that she really has matured and is ready to move past certain personal roadblocks.
The bad:
- Pettersson knows how to create a very unique and fascinating fantasy world, but in all 3 books theres a sense of over-reaching, at times. Scenes and phenomenon are described that I can barely get a mental grasp on. In the book's opening, for example, a fight scene involving a black hole left me boggling at the impossible visual that her prose created. Perhaps this is the point - to create a world that is so fantastic it can't actually be replicated in prose - but it does leave me with a bit of head-strain.
- I remain persistently skeptical about the Olivia/Joanna identity and how its been kept a secret for so long. The troop knows her as Olivia, but the Shadows and the Tulpa know her as Joanna. Sometimes she's wearing a mask, but at other times one isn't mentioned. Even more confusing is the fact that Joanna herself can clearly recognize a number of Shadow agents by sight - so shouldn't they by rights recognize her, too? I just don't understand how anyone's identity could really feasibly be a secret at this point.
The identity questions and overblown descriptions are mostly easy for me to get past, though, as these are good books, and really do present a pretty unique and compelling fantasy world. I look forward to book 4!
And you just thought the Zodiac was the way of predicting your future June 11, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
Las Vegas isn't quite all it seems. As if being Sin City wasn't enough, it's the front for major battles between Dark and Light.
Heiress Joanna Archer is the Saggitarian (Archer) in Zodiac Troop 175. It's only been a year since she discovered this superhero identity and lost her sister, Olivia, as well.
Right away, she discovers there's a doppelganger of her in an alternate dimension, first appearing as a creature of bubbles who plans on taking over Joanna's life. Just as she's trying to deal with that, one of the Shadow agents is dating her former boyfriend, Ben. Throw in that her father, the Tulpa who is head of the Dark Side, is working his utmost to recruit her, too.
Probably the one big issue with these novels is how interconnected they are. You can read this third book without reading the first two, but you may struggle more than you have to. The action's interesting and Ms. Pettersson knows how to throw you a curve. These books are going to fascinate fans of urban fantasy, romance, and comic books.
The Scent of Shadows (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 1)
The Taste of Night (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 2)
Rebecca Kyle, June 2008
 3rd Installment in the Sign of the Zodiac Series May 27, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Joanna Archer has been masquerading as her (dead) sister Olivia and moonlights as the Archer for the Light Zodiac troop. But she also has ties to the Shadow side. Her father is the evil master of the Shadow troop. As the 3rd sign of the Zodiac is revealed, does it mean that Joanna will turn to the Shadows? And a terrifying and deadly doppelganger seems to be want something from her as well. Joanna has difficult choices to make that will affect her personal life and all those around her.
Joanna is thrust into the most difficult situations imaginable - from her ex-boyfriend dating an agent of Shadow to dealing with her fellow agents of Light that hate her as well. But she's tough as well as vulnerable, a wonderfully complex character. And as always, the action is a roller coaster ride of thrills and surprises. As the story and Zodiac signs are revealed, the odds continue to grow against the side of Light. But Joanna has a few tricks up her sleeve.
Comic book fans as well as urban fantasy fans would all fall in love with this series. Definitely one of my favorites, Pettersson combines comic book super heroes with zodiac legend, which blends flawlessly into an exhilarating story.
Part urban fantasy, part mystery and part pulp June 1, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Light and Shadow are constantly are war with one another. In Las Vegas, Zodiac Troop 75 keeps the Shadows in check; protecting mortals from adversaries who would harm, kill, or convert them to evil. One of the newest members of the unit is Joanna Archer, who now looks physically like her dead sister Olivia. No longer mortal, she cannot have a relationship with the love of her life Ben, but she refuses to let her evil Shadow counterpart Regan lure him into something malevolent.
A doppelganger is being formed in an alternate reality, but is investigating Joanna before coming to our realm by tearing holes in reality and if not stopped the world will cease to exist. Her father, the evil Tulpa, meets the doppelganger and knows Joanna who is part light and part shadow can stop it. He wants them work together to destroy it. The troop leader wants Joanna to let him change Ben's memories forgetting Joanna from the time she changed into a superheroine. The moves Joanna makes will determine who rules. She must find the strength to let Ben forget her, but doesn't know if she can.
Part urban fantasy, part mystery and part pulp add up to a tale that is impossible to down as the audience will want to know how the problems are resolved. Vicki Petterson keeps readers' attention with several red herrings and unexpected twists. Fans will feel for the heroine who has so much on her plate topped off with what to do with the man she loves.
Harriet Klausner
dark urban fantasy with a touch of romantic angst May 28, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is not quite my genre of choice. Our 1st person narrator is a bit caught up on the men in her life, considering she's at the center of a battle between the forces of light and dark. I seriously admire the risks Peterson takes in creating such a unique world and reading this was good quick fun. I like the emphasis on comics and their tropes. I like that the fantasy leans lightly toward science. I LOVE the little tastes we get of Vegas and wish there were more. There's a lot of action, a large cast of interesting characters and plenty of world left to return to in future books.
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