Preita Salyer profile

Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Now living: Ridgefield, Washington, USA

3 favourite authors

  • Tad Williams
  • Jim Butcher
  • Patrick Rothfuss

3 favourite books

  • Memory, Thorn, & Sorrow (series)
  • Name Of The Wind
  • Frankenstien

3 favourite films

  • The Princess Bride
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Robin Hood

Preita Salyer's 8 reviews

Never Knew Another by JM McDermott (Dogsland Trilogy)

Never Knew Another is a stunningly beautiful novel.There are few other words that I can think that would be describe reading this quick 200 + page book besides them although I would add eloquent, original, and intriguing.The reader is invited into the world of two walkers (humans that can change into wolf form with the help of a sk...

9.5/10

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The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington

The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington is many things. It is profane, disgusting, perverted, stomach turning, rude, dark, funny, and I loved it. In the same vein of Joe Abercrombie’s Best Served Cold the reader is given a “hero” that isn’t the characteristic likable do-gooder we are all used to. In Jes...

8.0/10

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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson)

Percy Jackson is just a normal twelve year old boy. Sure he's got problems with school, bullies, and authority but at that age who doesn't?  Getting kicked out of school after school does have a way of making one think he's a screw up though.  One day though on a seemingly innocent visit to the beach with his mother Pe...

8.7/10

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Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson)

Car mechanic and sometime shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has learned, the hard way, why her race was almost exterminated. When European vampires immigrated to North America, they found Mercy's people had a hidden talent - for vampire slaying. Unfortunately for Mercy, the queen of the local vampire seethe has discovered her true identity. Sh...

9.0/10

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Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson)

It wasn't hard to follow the scent of blood to the living room where the fae had been killed. It had been a violent death, perfect for creating ghosts. Mercy Thompson enjoys life as a mechanic, but life is never simple given her increasing closeness to the local werewolf pack, and her ability to change into coyote form at will. And when ...

8.5/10

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Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson)

Like most people who own their own business, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying... Mechanic Mercy Thompson is woken at 3am by a vampire calling in a favour. He has to deliver a message to a fellow undead and needs a witness that won't be notic...

9.0/10

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Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson)

"I didn't realize he was a werewolf at first. My nose isn't at its best when surrounded by axle grease and burnt oil..." Mercedes Thompson runs a garage in the Tri-Cities. She's a mechanic, and a damn good one, who spends her spare time karate training and tinkering with a VW bus that happens to belong to a vampire. Her...

9.0/10

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Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

Let me start by making one thing very clear: Joe Abercrombie has a very special gift with words. He is capable of writing beautifully vivid or dangerously horrific scenes with the same quality. I enjoyed ‘The Blade Itself’ well enough, though sadly not enough to continue reading the following two books in the trilogy (“one day&...

7.2/10

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