Long Hot Summoning: The Keeper's Chronicles #3 [Mass Market Paperback]

Tanya Huff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 6, 2003 | Series: Keeper's Chronicles (Book 3)

In Tanya Huff's delightful new follow-up to her acclaimed bestsellers, Summon the Keeper The Second Summoning a force from the Otherside threatens to break through to our world and destroy the balance between Light and Darkness. Unless, of course, the Keepers Claire and Diana-two sisters who are able to reweave the possibilities of time and space-can prevent a permanent rift between worlds...at the local shopping mall.

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"Unexpected magic and humor...contemporary fantasy that''s lots of fun." -Locus

About the Author

Although she left Nova Scotia at three, and has lived most of her life since in Ontario, Tanya Huff still considers herself a Maritimer. On the way to the idyllic rural existence she shares with her partner Fiona Patton, six cats, and a Chihuahua, she acquired a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic—an education she was happy to finally use while writing her recent Smoke novels. Of her previous twenty-three books, the five—Blood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact, Blood Debt—featuring Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII, romance writer, and vampire are among the most popular.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: DAW (May 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756401364
• ISBN-13: 978-0756401368
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The coming of age of Diana, June 27, 2003

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K. Maxwell "katmax1" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Hot Summoning: The Keeper's Chronicles #3 (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed the previous 2 books in this series, however I would have to say that this installment has been a distinct disappointment for me. The focus of the novels have now shifted to Claire's younger (and most powerful of the keepers as we are constantly reminded) gay sister Diana. Claire is still part of the story, but more of a sub plot, with Dean and Austin as a back story to the save-the-world-from-the-mall main storyline.

Huff has tried to split the story between the two sisters, and in the process you feel like the novel lacks focus. A great deal of time is spent crawling around the mall trying to work out what is wrong and with a rather heavy handed "romance" developing between Diana and Kris, one of the street-people-turned elves inhabiting the mall. The whole Diana romance subplot seemed rather a waste in many ways as you never really do get to know much about Kris aside from the fact that Diana is attracted to her and in now way does it compare to the Dean/Claire storyline of the previous books.

I'm sorry to say, that if this series continues to focus on Diana I'll probably drift away from it. As a character I like her much less than Claire, and in this particular novel I found the sub-story of Dean/Austin and the Mummy more interesting than what was happening at the mall, and Diana's constant little sister put downs of Claire didn't help me make like her any more as a person.

For a novel that tries desperately to be witty and fast moving and contemporary I would have to say that the cats and Hell probably are the funniest bits of the story and this is the weakest installment in the Keepers series so far.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mall elves, angel-cats, and King Arthur, oh my!, May 25, 2003

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Jonathan Burgoine "bookseller" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Hot Summoning: The Keeper's Chronicles #3 (Mass Market Paperback)

So, what do you do when you're a Keeper who is just graduating High School? You're one of a valiant few who can alter reality and make sure that the various other worlds don't intrude on Earth too much. You keep mystical forces in balance. You have a talking former-angel, now-feline sidekick, and the whole world is opening up for you.

Well, you go save the world, of course. But when you're a young lesbian Keeper and the Otherside has decided to take an entire suburban mall and cram it full of evil, things might get a little out of control. Especially with the forces of good being made up mostly of runaway street teens who are turning into Mall-Elves, and being led by an Archetypal King Arthur (with boy-band looks and a leather ensemble). Definitely bring the cat.

This is the third in the "Keeper" series by Tanya Huff, and it's a blast. Diana, the heroine, just blasts out contemporary sarcasm throughout the tale, and as usual, the humour and punny nature of Evil is just a joy to read. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish you too could find a saucy leather-clad Mall Elf.

'Nathan

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars if you REALLY liked the first two, July 3, 2004

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Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Hot Summoning: The Keeper's Chronicles #3 (Mass Market Paperback)

otherwise a whole lot less. I thought that SUMMON THE KEEPER was one of the funniest, most original books I had ever read, I enjoyed the sequel, THE SECOND SUMMONING, although, like many sequels, it was not quite as good as the first. This third entry into the series has much of the off-the-wall humor of the first two but just isn't as good as the earlier books.

The action picks up a few weeks after THE SECOND SUMMONING, Claire and Dean (and Austin) are back at the Elysian Fields Guest House while younger sister Diana is finishing her last few hours of high school. Her first summoning arrives immediately after the last bell rings and takes her to a mall. It sems as though the mundane and magical worlds are overlapping here and need to be separated. Claire also arrives at the mall, the two set out to sort out the mess, meeting King Arthur along the way. Meanwhile back at the guest house Dean and Austin are dealing with their own problems.

The action is split among the two sisters and Dean which gives the book a lot of plot to deal with, maybe too much. At times it is difficult to keep the various threads straight, particularly between Claire and Diana.

If there is another in the series I hope that it returns to the standards of the first book. It is possible that this is the end of the series, and if so it was fun while it lasted. In any case, if you have read and enjoyed the first books by all means read this one. If the series sounds interesting to you start with SUMMON THE KEEPER. I will be looking for additional books by this author either in this series or one of her others.