Gate of Darkness Circle of Light eBook Tanya Huff
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First published in 1989 and taking place in downtown Toronto, one of the earliest of the modern urban fantasies, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light is the story of a fight against encroaching darkness by a developmentally handicapped young woman, a street musician with no idea of his potential, a bag-lady who's tired of picking up the pieces, and an adept of the light. Mixing actual Toronto ghost-stories with traditional Faire, a police procedural, and a cat, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light opened a gate at street level to the urban fantasy that followed
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"A mentally disadvantaged young woman who sees what other people don't, a street musician, a social worker, and a bag-lady join forces with an 'Adept of the Light' to fight the encroaching darkness that stalks the streets of modern Toronto. In a departure from the 'strict' fantasy of Child of the Grove (LJ 5/15/88) and The Last Wizard, Huff's real-world fantasy presents an enlightened, compassionate view of the forgotten heroes of urban society. Highly recommended." --Library Journal
Gate of Darkness Circle of Light eBook Tanya Huff
If one wishes to read a polished, refined, well thought thing of literary beauty, this is not it.Literature was clearly far from Ms Huff's intentions: the writing is no more than proficient and the storyline flows unhindered along, which should be the rule and not worth mentioning but unfortunately is not.
The story itself is hardly original but once again this is no wonder in this genre and perfectly fine with me as long as it makes sense: here it does, even if all this stuff about the Goddess, her triple aspect, about the need for balance etc. etc. sounds very New Agean and therefore dated. This book is in fact no longer on sale and available only second-hand; I recommend you pick it up without hesitation if you see it in a shop and wish a fun read. Ignore the lousy cover.
The novel is set in a modern day Toronto where a group of people who can SEE beyond the obvious fight the usual battle of good VS evil, the latter being completely black and the first... well, not entirely white
Characterization is definitely an asset her: all the good characters are alive, real in their great and petty moments and they are likeable if just a little trite.
Be it as it may, with no peaks of unbearable tension, the plot runs to its nearly satisfying end, avoiding any excess in saccarine and leaving discretely a couple of threads that could but need not ask for a sequel.
Though the novel is never ever graphic, sex is mentioned in a New Agean sort of way, meaning the utmost freedom is allowed as long as consent is there. It involves a slightly retarded girl -one of said main characters- too and describes one other character's coming to terms with the fact that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality.
This might disturb some readers, I hope very few and very prudish ones.
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Gate of Darkness Circle of Light eBook Tanya Huff Reviews
Rebecca, who is mildly [handicapped], is on of the nicest young women you will ever meet. Despite her handicap, she has a rich life with a job and many friends. And, she can see the wee folk. So it is with great horror that she finds that the little man who lived in the tree next to her apartment has been killed with a ritual knife. Unsure of what to do, she goes to Roland, a street musician and bard-in-training for help. Together, they go to Mrs. Ruth, the bag lady, who understands these things. The little man, they discover, has been slain by an adept of Darkness, recently crossed over from the shadow world.
Mrs. Ruth realizes that their only hope of defending this world from the adept is to send a message to the Light asking for help in restoring the balance. When Evantarin, Adept of the Light, arrives in tight jeans, earrings, tee shirt and a happy face button (yes, I said a happy face button), the adventure begins. There are more characters, such as Daru, Rebecca’s social worker and Tom, a very special cat. A ghost, the usual minions of evil, and two bewildered police officers. If the world cannot be brought into balance it will fall under the Dark, triggering the kind of battle between Light and Dark which leaves neither side very satisfied and our plane pretty much destroyed.
“Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light,” written in 1989, is fairly early Tanya Huff. Not only is it very good in it’s own right, it also foreshadows much of her later work, especially the Summoner series. Huff takes a fairly common fantasy plot device and turns it into a novel and engaging tale. Rebecca and Roland are unlikely heroes, but soon our heart goes out to them as they team up with a very unusual crew to save the world. Huff’s characters keep up an ironic yet gentle banter that quickly wins the reader over. We are drawn in and can do little but go with the flow of the story, laughing with the characters, and sharing their pain as well. These are not perfect people, taken individually. But as a whole, they are a delightful metaphor for something very fine.
Many years ago I was in the middle of reading my way through the Blood books and went to a con in Glasgow, Scotland where to my surprise Tanya Huff was attending. It was such a great experience to enjoy a coffee clatch with her, and to meet an author whose works I not only enjoyed but was reading at that moment. I've been a fan of hers ever since, and while I have not read all of her material I have read most of her urban fantasy works. I will say that her Summon the Keeper books are my favorites followed closely by the Enchantment Emporium books (which I hope continue). This book seemed to me to be a prototype of the Summon novels. It has all the right ingredients, Darkness and Light, quirky characters, and Tanya's unmistakable humor. This book doesn't have quite the same polish as her later novels, but that is not a knock on this book. It was after all written back in 1989 presumably early in her career. If you are a fan of urban fantasy with a good dose of humor than pick this book up now and give it a read. Then move on to the rest of her works and get her to write more.
I started exploring the books by this writer only recently and this is just the second work I have read by her. It looks like this is also one of the earlier ones, I have not chosen the book by chronological order, but because I always like to read about GBLT characters and one of the main characters in this book is struggling to accept his sexuality (when he is not working to save the world from evil with his friends that is -)). It is not a romance, however, I want to be very clear, it is an urban fantasy. I have read urban fantasy stories with more sophisticated plots than this one, but this one was okay, as it was in the first book I have read by this writer it appears that characters are her main strength, she puts them in the simple enough plots and shows them having interesting personalities, shows their strength and weaknesses revealing in their struggles against evil. I thought Rebecca was a pretty unusual fantasy heroine especially for when the book was written and I really really adored Roland and Daru and Evan. Yeah, I would have loved to see a sequel for this one for sure.
If one wishes to read a polished, refined, well thought thing of literary beauty, this is not it.
Literature was clearly far from Ms Huff's intentions the writing is no more than proficient and the storyline flows unhindered along, which should be the rule and not worth mentioning but unfortunately is not.
The story itself is hardly original but once again this is no wonder in this genre and perfectly fine with me as long as it makes sense here it does, even if all this stuff about the Goddess, her triple aspect, about the need for balance etc. etc. sounds very New Agean and therefore dated. This book is in fact no longer on sale and available only second-hand; I recommend you pick it up without hesitation if you see it in a shop and wish a fun read. Ignore the lousy cover.
The novel is set in a modern day Toronto where a group of people who can SEE beyond the obvious fight the usual battle of good VS evil, the latter being completely black and the first... well, not entirely white
Characterization is definitely an asset her all the good characters are alive, real in their great and petty moments and they are likeable if just a little trite.
Be it as it may, with no peaks of unbearable tension, the plot runs to its nearly satisfying end, avoiding any excess in saccarine and leaving discretely a couple of threads that could but need not ask for a sequel.
Though the novel is never ever graphic, sex is mentioned in a New Agean sort of way, meaning the utmost freedom is allowed as long as consent is there. It involves a slightly retarded girl -one of said main characters- too and describes one other character's coming to terms with the fact that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality.
This might disturb some readers, I hope very few and very prudish ones.
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