Irene L H. (NonExistence) - reviewed on 4/29/2010 + 239 more book reviews

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Joanne Walker, aka Siobhan Walkingstick, is back in the second installment of The Walker Papers. Unfortunately, the force of
her personality and the awesome cast of secondary characters introduced in Urban Shaman and back in this installment isn't
quite enough to put Thunderbird Falls on my "must not be missed" list.

There's good stuff here, most significantly the growing emotional tension between Joanne and Captain Michael Morrison. I
swear, I just love every second they're in each other's company.

I adore Gary - and there's a comforting sense of continuity in the faux-familial bond between them. It's nice to see two
characters who genuinely adore one another like they do and not have it be in any way romantic.

Billy Holliday is back, too, and while not quite as out there as he was in the first book, he's definitely one of the
most joyously unique characters I've read in a book in a long time.

And I love Joanne's internal monologue. She's sarcastic and self-deprecating and her observations often make me chuckle.

I'm going to give Coyote Dreams a try because the parts I did like in this book I liked very, very much. I still think
CE Murphy has a unique gift for writing secondary and ancillary characters, and I truly like Joanne when she's not going
the "poor me" route. Plus, I've just GOT to see what develops between her and Morrison. I just hope for a cleaner, less
meandering, tauter plot.

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