Along with Badger, her childhood companion and once lover/love, she is carving a life for herself despite being a political and genetic experiment that never quite panned out for her mother, who never loved Cady and had no qualms about using her daughter to cover her own gruesome acts.
Yes, Cady carries with her a serious load of mommy issues, but they’re well deserved, and she recognizes a responsibility there that she’s been hiding from, only one of her maturing moments throughout this complicated, thrilling book.
I started reading Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood during my crazy November. Even then, I couldn’t help getting sucked in and had to make the decision to put the book down so I could finish my NaNo. It says a lot that I finished so quickly after November. I never quite moved beyond the grasp of this book and am now eagerly waiting to see the next stage.
From a purely mechanical perspective, Holly Lisle is a master at making the people in her novels live and breathe. She did something I hate, but I forgive her because it was necessary for Cady to continue. Still that wasn’t good enough. She had to dig the knife in and twist a few times first.
Corrigan’s Blood is a conspiracy novel with real costs tied to each choice, and twisted loyalties, unexpected allies, betrayals at every turn… Let’s just say it was a wild ride with pieces falling into place even as you hoped they wouldn’t but kind of knew they had to. It isn’t pretty, it isn’t rainbows and flowers, but this novel touches on what it means to be human and how choices can corrupt even the most basic parts of humanity, and it does that in the midst of space battles, daring rescues, risky sacrifices, and crazy adventures.
My older sister first recommended this book when Holly released it on her site the first time. I didn’t get around to it then, but I can’t say the wait harmed this book at all. And besides, with WARPAINT right around the corner, I get to visit with Cady again, and see how she takes to her new ventures.
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Me? No way! I’ve read the first section – up until she gets back to her ship, I think – and that’s all. I may have said something like “Holly’s got a new book out”…but you’re the one that loves her stuff. I love her concepts, but the stories are just too depressing for me. I guess I need more rainbows and flowers than she provides…
Are you sure? This is the one you’d read years and years ago. I don’t consider this one depressing at all, not like the modern elves series, but then my line is certainly in a different place than yours :).