Murder of Crows by Anne BishopMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Book 2 of Anne Bishop's The Others series doesn't really bring too much new to the table, but it does continue in the first book's strangely addictive style blending paranormal romance with urban and contemporary fantasy. Though the world-building underpinnings are still a bit uncomfortable because of the parallels between human-terra indigene relations and ongoing real-world colonialism issues (even if the indigenous-coded shifters are dominant), they're nothing compared to the highly disturbing main plot involving what basically amounts to the trafficking of cassandra sangue. Not only are they sold for sex (it seems there's a pretty widespread underground CS fetish community in-universe), but for drugs made from their magic blood. In between all of this, Bishop fills the story with tons of small character moments, usually involving Meg getting to know Simon and all the Wolf pups a little better (the cookie scenes, in particular, are pretty funny, as are, to an extent, the scenes highlighting Simon and Meg's unresolved sexual tension), and all contributing to my need to keep on reading the rest of the book. So, while it's not really my favorite series by a long shot, I'm still invested enough to keep on reading. Pretty soon I'll be picking up the third book!
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