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This series is colloquially known as the adventures of Genevieve, but a more appropriate title might be 'adventures happening in the general vicinity of Genevieve'. Rather than focus my review on each novella in turn, I wanted to focus on some patterns and commonalities that emerged between them, and including it's predecessor, Drachenfels. Genevieve undead is a collection of three novellas of varying quality, and to reflect that I have rated the whole book as the average of the three (3, 1, 2, respectively).
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But they work on their own two as effective and entertaining horror and adventure stories set in the time where the Warhammer world was wild and only partially formed. Mr Newman's love of film really comes through. They are clever parodies of existing properties including 'Phantom of the Opera', 'Dr Jeckle and Mr Hyde' and 'Bleak House' as well soap operas. Meanwhile in the theatre itself the Trapdoor Daemon has decided to mentor the young upcoming star Eva.įleeing her life in Altdorf Genevieve gets wrapped up in the curse of a noble family in Telia until freed by the arrival of a revolutionary upsets the balance of the place, in 'The Cold Start House'.Īt a hunting lodge deep in the Drakenwald Forest a group of nobles and Genevieve are hunting one of the most dangerous of prey in Unicorn Ivory. While he is putting on one of his most challenging plays of his career their old foe Drachenfels has sent his revenge on them from beyond the grave. In 'Stage Blood' Genevieve is living with Detlef in his theatre in Altdorf. These stories certainly grasp the grim-dark setting of Warhammer Fantasy, but where are the "mighty heroes," "bold deeds," and "great courage"? The grim-dark is good, but the setting explicitly describes itself in the opening paragraphs of every book as a place too of adventure and heroism, which unfortunately the stories in this book do not really deliver.Ī trilogy of stories featuring the vampire Genevieve. They are fundamentally stationary tales, with any branches moving towards the central character with minimal sense of movement. While all these stories have fun concepts and are delivered competently, they largely lack the sense of adventure and heroism of the first book. The last story follows Genevieve's stay at a hunter's lodge where a unicorn hunt is taking place.
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The second story finds Genevieve in a spellbound mansion and is just wonderfully eclectic. Hyde with Beauty and the Beast that makes good use of the setting. Maintaining the themes and highlights of the first novel, this novelette follows a mystery-drama unfolding at Detlef's playhouse alongside a grotesque revenge plot of escalating focus. Picking up some years after the first book, the novelette is probably the highlight of the three tales. Not a full-length novel, but rather a novelette and two short stories. This story is the one that featured Genevieve the most out of the three, although I’m not sure of her final decision at the end regarding a certain creature. Two best friends, a neglected son, an aging mistress and an assassination plot. The hunt for a second unicorn horn, only found on a mare. An eerie and strange story that only just features Genevieve. 4/5Ī house, a fortune, a will, family drama and a dark stormy night.
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I sometimes forget that these stories are set in the Warhammer universe, this story reminded me of that with the mention and use of wrapstones and agents of chaos gods. This had strong “Phantom of the Opera” vibes. A young actress reaches for stardom with the help of The Trapdoor Daemon. * As with Drachenfels, this collection can be titled “short stories of things that happened in close proximity to Genevieve.” I have no idea why the author chose to make her an extra in her own story line.Īn entity called the Animus, that resides in a mask, seeks to destroy Genevieve and Detlef. This is the first time I was able to listen to a book at 2.5x speed and still understand what was going on. * The audiobook really helped move things along.