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In article <v6hfbh$10bmh$2@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hell For Hire: Urban Fantasy Action with Witches and Demons
>> (Tear Down Heaven Book 1)
>> by Rachel Aaron
>> https://amzn.to/3zDevEk
>> 
>> <some snipping>
>> 
>> To my mind Aaron continues to get better with each series.  Early on she
>> had a tendency to over-explain her magical systems, but she has that well
>> under control here, and doing something with Gilgamesh and Sumerian demons
>> is a bit of a nice switch up from usual UF tropes.  She also has a knack for
>> writing complementary heroes & heroines who each bring something to the
>> table that the other does not.  Her romances  tend to be rather slow-burn,
>> but I don't think there's any doubt where this relationship is headed.
>> There's still plenty to do after the partial victory in the final battle
>> here, so I would expect probably two more books, which I will follow.
>
>Aaron has been on my "try something some day" list - given the paragraph 
>above, is this one of hers that you'd recommend starting with?
>
>
>Tony
>

It's starting well, but we'll have to see how it progresses.  Right
now I would recommend the DFZ Changeling trilogy starting with _By
a Silver Thread_.
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