Carolyn Crane & The Disillusionist Series
I have a
confession, I failed myself miserably for a year when I chose to pass up
reading a book because (gasp!) I was not impressed by a cover. Now I will not
call myself a cover wh(shhhh!next three letters!) but I did fail to read a book
sent to me for review just because I did not like its looks. I read a few pages
but was not immediately captured, and in fact had several reader friend types
recommend the series to me. It was always, oh yeah I have that in the TBR pile
I will get to it one of these days, but I soon find it that I was kicking
myself as I delved into the Disillusionists Series.
It is the future,
and no we still don’t have teleportation!, but some people have some specials
skills people would be killing for. Before you get in line for the supernatural
traits we have a warning for readers that there will always be someone more
manipulating and powerful than you, sorry. What Carolyn Crane did so well with
this series is that there are some powerful people out there, and revenge is a
dish best served on multiple occasions, and there are some fantastic heroines
who are tired of their crap.
Justine Jones is
just your average lady trying to win over some like and keep a job, but what
separates us from her is some head trauma drama. Mind Games gave me a slow
start at first because while it is fine to have a disease drama, Justine harped
on her Star Vein disability a lot and I think that was what originally drove me
to put down mind games. Crane saved us readers from all of that by the fabulous
introduction to Parker which caught us readers in the headlights as he mastered
out his fabulous plan all the while he is contained in a restaurant. Contained as in magically imprisoned no less,
but still he is an evil hawt mastermind genius who knows how to talk to a lady.
Justine finds herself useful in all of her pent up fear and through some
training from Parker she can basically inject someone with her fear and they
manipulate clients into what they are paid to do. Someone murder someone you
knew? Go find yourself a Disillusionist and they will warp them back into shape
with some touching techniques.
The twists of
fate are what really caught me into this series. What if the power of touch was
something that you could use against someone? Some characters in this book do
not ever have to get that close but can twist reality into whatever they want.
Would you use this kind of power for good, or for a price, or would it corrupt
you into something else entirely. What is love or fear but an emotion and how
far would you twist someone emotions and memories to create something to your
advantage. The concept of mind games is intriguing and Carolyn Crane played it
well in this trilogy through her heroine and great cast of supporting
characters that weaved the plot so well together through all three books. With your friends to help you sometimes
anything can become possible, except when you don’t always remember them. Through some double crossing and sleight of
mind/hand techniques these characters will take you into a world of mind
bending action, murder and subversion that will leave you wanting one of those
aluminum foil hats and a safety room.
Books In The Series:
Mind Games
released 3.23.2010
Review: HERE
Double Cross
released 9.28.2010
Review: HERE
Head Rush
released 12.6.2011
* All copies of book for this series were purchase personally and read and reviewed.
* All copies of book for this series were purchase personally and read and reviewed.
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