[HPFGU-OTChatter] Bone for the Lupin Lovers

[Bernadette M. Crumb]

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From: "Amanda Geist" <editor at texas.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Bone for the Lupin Lovers


> For all you poor folk out there mooning over Lupin, who do not
have the
> luxury that we Snape people do of seeing your man in every
book, here's
> something to help tide you over. In finally going through all
the paperbacks
> in the garage, I found one that I recommend to you: Wolf Moon
by Charles de
> Lint. Has a wonderful romantic misunderstood werewolf, a
sinister harper, a
> love interest, etc. And Charles de Lint! What more could you
ask for? It's
> copyright 1988, but probably a Half-Price Books could scare it
up.
>
> --Amanda, halfway through it again

Oh, THAT is a good one!  But then again, so are every one of
DeLint's fantasies.  For those not in the know, Charles de Lint
writes some fantastic urban-fantasies that are set in places like
Ottawa and British Columbia where the other world meets our world
in particularly interesting ways.  He's touched on Native peoples
legends, the stories of the Rom, as well as Celtic folklore to
work into the lives of his characters and there's a depth of
richness to his prose that I, at least, find very satisfying.

Please note that these are books you may not necessarily want
your younger teenager to read without your reading through first.
They can be very violent and the bad guys are some of the
nastiest I've ever encountered... but, in all the ones I've read
so far (Moonheart is one of my faves), the good guys do come out
on top, even if they are bloody, battered and bruised.

Nice to see someone else likes his stuff!
Bernadette/RowanRhys

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."
- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862