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Waking the Moon
Waking the Moon
Author: Elizabeth Hand
Steeped in the explosive passion and seductive power of Anne Rice, this novel is an unforgettable tale of modern love and ancient ritual. Within the imposing towers ofWashington, D.C.'s University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine, a clandestine order prevails. The Benandanti has secretly manipulated every government, every church, ev...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061052149
ISBN-10: 0061052140
Publication Date: 7/1995
Pages: 390
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Harper Prism
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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tracey13 avatar reviewed Waking the Moon on + 310 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Part Buffy-the-vampire-slayer, part the UK's "Hex" series, and other recognizable fan/cult themes dealing with a secret world under the skin of the one we knowingly inhabit. Ancient religion of moon worship, female power, and goddesses. For millenia, men have had the upper hand but now women are taking back the world. Secret societies, prophecies, destinies, inherited powers, suspicious or auspicious births and deaths, and the lives of a few ordinary people get caught up in the web of plots and counterplots, deceipt and treachery starting from their time together at a bizarre university. But it is really an accident that these particular people meet one another? Originally written in 1995 some of the shock value seems weak given many other more explicit films, tv, and books on similar themes since then but it is well written and fast paced with some good twists. I will look out for more by this author and wish I'd heard of her back in '95!
Lenore avatar reviewed Waking the Moon on + 193 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I realize that I'm in the minority...but I felt this was overwritten and wordy...and not in a good way. Ugh. Unreadable...author WAY too enchanted with the sound of her own voice. Trying to be super-descriptive and poetic...like classic Anne Rice, and somehow, failing miserably...at least for me.
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reviewed Waking the Moon on + 241 more book reviews
Love is ancient but evil is eternal.... A modern gothic tale with convoluted religions with religions back through the fall of Rome to present day. Secret socities and college students unwittingly walk into the maze of secrets within secrets...
jasoncavallaro avatar reviewed Waking the Moon on + 92 more book reviews
great dark academia feel, but sooooo boring
ehines avatar reviewed Waking the Moon on + 29 more book reviews
Hand's "college novel" and a good one. I was pretty young in the 1970s, but Hand seems to capture the feel of the era pretty well. But the campus portions of the novel are actually the weakest, much better is the late-80s-ish later portions, where her magical young people have grown up into much more plausible middle-agers. Not that there is no magic, a revived goddess cult (a la The White Goddess) is planning on wresting control of our civilization from the boys club of sky-god worshipers, with much attendant blood sacrifice. One of the better novels I've read along these world-historical-conspiracy lines.
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FAntasy thriller. Captivating, hard to put this one down.


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