Eve of Destruction, by S.J. Day

[kethlenda.livejournal.com]

1) Eve of Destruction, S.J. Day

In one of my other online "lives," I'm a reviewer for FantasyLiterature.net. I had the chance to read an ARC of S.J. Day's first Marked novel, Eve of Darkness a few months ago, before I was counting. You can read my review of Eve of Darkness here.

Eve of Destruction is book 2, and there is a third book in the works. Book 1 comes out this month, and books 2 and 3 will be released in June. S.J. Day kindly sent me an ARC of Eve of Destruction recently, and this is my review:

It's not every day that a trilogy's second installment is better than the first, but S.J. Day has done it.

Eve of Destruction continues the story of Evangeline "Eve" Hollis and her adventures as a "Mark," a sinner drafted into God's demon-hunting army. ( Possible spoilers behind the cut )

The Marked series is urban fantasy. Ms. Day also writes romance under the names Sylvia Day and Livia Dare. I've tagged her under her full first and last name.

Roma literature

[triestine.livejournal.com]

Greetings,

I have already gone on about this in my LJ and other networks so apologies to those I know from other places who will be seeing similar posts twice.

Today is the International Day of the Roma.

Now, my SEE country hasn't got a fantastic record in its treatment of our Roma compatriots, so when I try to keep up I do so through immediate means: newspapers, journals, debates, or other involvement. To my shame I have not, before I came across this community, thought of looking for fiction as another way of learning about the culture(s). Amazon is offering me "The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers" (no reviews) and Ian Hancock's - himself Romani - "We are the Romani People", and I am getting those, but I much prefer hearing recommendations from people in focused forums than from bookstores. Has anyone read something by a Romani author?

Thank you!