Shotgun Sorceress [Mass Market Paperback]

Lucy A. Snyder (Author)

Book Description

Release date: October 26, 2010

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
 
For Jessie Shimmer, everything changed when she went to hell and back to save her lover, Cooper Marron. After tangling with supernatural forces and killing an untouchable spirit lord, Jessie finds herself gifted—or perhaps cursed—with dark powers. And when she and Cooper make love, her pleasure throes light the whole house on fire. What is a sorceress to do?

Jessie is about to find out. The circumstances of her birth, the mystery of a father she never knew, and the help of a cuddly ferret turned fearsome monster have made Jessie not just an outlaw from mundane society, but an accidental revolutionary in the magic realm. Encountering portals stitched into thin air and a fiercely sexy soul harvester, Jessie rushes headlong among enemies, horrors, wonders, and lovers into a place of self-discovery—or destruction.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for Lucy A. Snyder’s Spellbent
 
“[A] thrilling trial-by-fire debut . . . constantly surprising.”—Christopher Golden, author of The Lost Ones
 
“An exhilarating ride of magic and mayhem.”—Sèphera Girón, author of Mistress of the Dark

“Gripping . . . marks the debut of a real talent . . . I couldn’t put it down!”—Sarah Langan, author of Audrey’s Door
 
“With a cast of unforgettable characters and relentless action and suspense, Lucy A. Snyder masterfully weaves a fantastical plot into a real-world setting, never once breaking stride.”—Deborah LeBlanc, author of Water Witch
 
“Wildly imaginative and intensely gripping.”—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Lucy A. Snyder is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Spellbent and Shotgun Sorceress, and the collections as well as the story and poetry collections Sparks and Shadows, Chimeric Machines, and Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Her writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, Hellbound Hearts, Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Chiaroscuro, GUD, and Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. A Texas native, she lives in Worthington, Ohio, with her husband and occasional co-author, Gary A. Braunbeck.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (October 26, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345512103
• ISBN-13: 978-0345512109
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lucy A. Snyder is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Spellbent, Shotgun Sorceress, and Switchblade Goddess. She also authored the collections Sparks and Shadows, Chimeric Machines, and Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Her writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, Hellbound Hearts, Dark Faith, Masques V, Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Chiaroscuro, GUD, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.

She was born in South Carolina but grew up in San Angelo, Texas. She currently lives in Worthington, Ohio with her husband and occasional co-author Gary A. Braunbeck.

Lucy has a BS in biology and an MA in journalism and is a graduate of the 1995 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop. She has mentored students in Seton Hill University's MFA program and coordinates the writing workshops at the annual Context conference.

You can learn more at her website: www.lucysnyder.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Book 2 Kicks an Already Excellent Series Up a Notch November 6, 2010

By Daniel R. Robichaud II

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I was pretty well captivated by Spellbent, the first volume in the Jessie Shimmer series of urban fantasy novels. That one was a thrill ride and a half, which used humor and some sharply drawn characters to really kick some fantasy fiction butt. What do we have with Shotgun Sorceress? More of the same...

Butt kicking characters? check.

Dark fantasy doings? Check.

Humor to leaven the mood? Check.

A thrilling plot? Check.

Some emotional honesty? Check.

Good writing? Check.

Plotwise, this book picks up shortly after the first one leaves off (readers might be best served starting with that one before coming to this). The first half of Shotgun Sorceress deals with the repercussions of Jessie's actions in the previous book. Lots of fun and some weird twists I never anticipated.

Then, things ship from Columbus, Ohio down to Texas and the book really kicks into overdrive. A strange creature called Miko is doing some nasty stuff, and it's up to Jessie and her cast of colorful friends to put a stop to it. I read this novel in a flash, and am already hungry for part 3.

Lucy Snyder has a way of blending urban fantasy, the macabre, a love story, intense action, lucid writing, and quirky characters into incredibly entertaining fiction. I highly recommend this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Shotgun Blast of Awesome November 6, 2010

By Scott Slemmons

Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Lucy A. Snyder's sequel to her debut novel "Spellbent" picks up just after the end of the first novel. Jessie Shimmer has successfully rescued her lover Cooper from Hell after the worst week of her life, and come out of the experience with a magic eye, a hellfire arm, and a formerly cute ferret familiar that's now a giant spider monster. All she wants to do is curl up and recuperate from her efforts, but first she has to make nice with the local wizard's council in a nasty corner of the faerie realm, and after that, the vengeful alien gods of magic send her to Texas -- specifically, a corner of the Lone Star State bled dry of magic and ruled by a monstrous but impossibly sexy soul harvester named Miko. Can Jessie beat the odds a second time and save her friends and an entire town from horrific evil? Or are her magically debased emotions going to see her spending eternity as Miko's girltoy?

Snyder's story here is a great deal darker than her previous one. Already stressed out after the first novel's adventures, Jessie's emotions are on a hair-trigger now, even considering Miko's power to artificially exaggerate the emotions of humans. In fact, all our lead characters are on edge and snappish for most of the novel, with only Pal, Jessie's familiar, on a fairly even keel. Snyder's character work here really knocks things home, with even minor characters given full and fascinating personalities. The mood and settings are great, too -- from the beautiful but dangerous Faery to a cramped, besieged, and paranoid college campus to a makeshift pup tent in the backyard, all the settings make you feel like you're right there watching the action. And there's a ton of action, too -- Jessie may be a spellcaster, but she spends a lot of her time beating people up, shooting zombies, and running to catch up with the bad guys.

If you loved "Spellbent" -- and you better have, or else -- you're going to love "Shotgun Sorceress," too. Go pick it up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars couldn't put it down September 23, 2011

By T. N. Tozier

Format:Kindle Edition

i found lucy snyder at a bookstore closing. i love fantasy novels,but had never heard of her. i finished both Spellbent and Shotgun Sorceress in record tine.
likable characters, fastpaced action, an all aroumd great escape.
I can't wait for the next book.