Smoke and Mirrors by Tanya Huff
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- Pub. Date: June 2005
- 400pp
- Sales Rank: 529,384
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- Pub. Date: June 2005
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 400pp
- Sales Rank: 529,384
- Series: DAW Book Collectors Series, #1330
- ISBN-13: 9780756402624
- ISBN: 075640262X
Synopsis
When Tony and his TV crew find themselves shooting in an actual haunted house, all hell threatens to break loose. Locked into the house overnight, can Tony keep the diabolical controling spirit from turning the crew against one another in an orgy of blood?
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Poor Tony Foster with his burgeoning wizardly powers. No matter how many times he and his undead ex-boyfriend battle malevolent spirits to save the cast and crew of Darkest Night (the most popular vampire detective TV series in North America), everyone else on the set regards him as only a lowly production assistant. Having fended off evil shadows from another world (in 2004's Smoke and Shadows), Tony now has to contend with filming haunted house scenes in a house that's actually haunted. When all the doors slam shut, he finds himself trapped with ghosts repeatedly reenacting their deaths, his painfully cynical and egotistical colleagues and-worst of all-the boss's bratty daughters. Huff delights in simultaneously bringing out the worst and best of her characters, and she's really found her stride here. Underneath the supernatural trappings and the nonstop wisecracks is a whodunit full of devious plot twists and genuine character development, and the fine-tuned mockery of (and occasional indulgence in) horror novel/film clich s adds spice. Little time is spent explaining things for new readers, so this is best enjoyed after catching up with the previous volume. Agent, Joshua Bilmes. (June 7) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Smoke and Mirrors, The Smoke Trilogy, Book 2by toon_boi
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December 31, 2009: This was a VERY good story. One of Tanya's best. I read it from cover to cover in less than 2 days. I found it impossible to put it down. The story is fast paced and keeps giving you more and more all the time. The only problem I had was keeping seperate who was saying/doing what with 13 people in the haunted house. I was great reading Tony grow into becoming a great wizard.
I Also Recommend: Smoke and Shadows, Smoke and Ashes, The Blood Books, Volume I, The Blood Books, The Blood Books, Volume III.
Hokey Plot, Fun Charactersby Anonymous
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July 28, 2005: The characters are so much fun that I was about halfway through the book before I realized the plot has been done to death. It's almost like Ms. Huff is poking fun at her own genre. Tony is an unlikely hero, and the other characters--even minor characters--are interesting in their own right. They may not all be likeable (Mason Reed tops my list), but it's fun to see what kind of mess they can get themselves into. It's more fun to see them get out of it. I hope she writes more in this series. It's brain-candy, and it's a great way to kill a few hours.
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