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Last Car to Annwn Station Kindle Edition

by Michael Merriam (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
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One week to save the child, bargain with Death and get the girl…
Child Protective Services Attorney Maeve Malveaux is sure that Chrysandra Arneson needs to be rescued from her rich, powerful and abusive family. But how? Her boss won’t listen to her and neither will the judge. But after she gets taken off the case and sent on involuntary leave to get her out of the way, she’s determined to find out what’s going on.

She’s not counting on joining forces with Jill, the gorgeous law librarian from work, and a mismatched collection of fairy folk. Or getting the ghostly assistance of the long-defunct Minneapolis streetcar system. And, perhaps, even a hand from Death himself. Mae and Jill are about to be caught up in a supernatural power struggle that will take them on an adventure from the Uptown neighborhood in Minneapolis into faery realms and beyond. All they need is a dime for the streetcar fare and a little help from their new allies to be on their way. But will it be enough to save a little girl and get them where they need to go? They’ve only got a week to find out…
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B38C452C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Queen of Swords Press (July 7, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 7, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 953 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
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    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

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Michael Merriam

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Michael Merriam is an author, performer, poet, and playwright with fourteen books and over 100 pieces of short fiction and poetry published. His stories and essays have appeared in such places as the Hugo Award winning Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction issue, and the Ditmar Award winning Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. His scripts have been produced for stage and radio. Michael is a co-founder of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers. www.michaelmerriam.com.

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Sarah E. Olson
5.0 out of 5 stars An Urban Fantasy that won't disappoint!
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2012
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In fairness, I will admit I know Michael through the MinnSpec writers group, but this is the first time I've read any of his work.

I thought this was a great Urban Fantasy with strong pacing. I started reading it yesterday afternoon and couldn't put it down. I stayed up late, even though I had a cold and a nasty headache, because I just had to find out what happened at the end. I was happy to find the ending didn't disappoint. It surprised me just enough and tied everything together.

One thing I loved about the book was how it dealt with lesbian protagonists. They're just like any other couple. There's no explanation of why they're gay (some SciFi and Fantasy feels the need to invent a reason for it), they just were who they were. They went on dates and fell in love just like everyone else. Jill's painful family backstory was also well done, plausible and not too cliche.

Another great thing about the book was the connection to Minneapolis. It's obvious Michael lives here and used actual places for his setting. I loved all the references to local coffee shops, buildings, parks, etc. I also loved how he brought back our lost streetcars and how he showcased them in the story.

There were a couple issues I had with the book. For me, the POV switch between Mae and Jill was a little jarring at first, so it took me a while to catch on to it. I also would've liked more details on Mae's background to make the ending more real.

Overall, it was a great read!
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Eric D. Honaker
4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful blend of magic, myth and adventure
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2011
In the interests of fairness, I must disclose that I am a personal friend of the author and his family.

I like many different kinds of books and authors, and I like them for different reasons. One thing they all have in common is that the books are interesting. Other strengths and weaknesses vary from book to book.

Where Michael Merriam and Last Car to Annwn Station shine are in the realms of story and character. The story sets a good pace, and feels neither rushed nor plodding. There are really three storylines at work. Two are intimately related, and the third is tangled up in their dance. Mae Malveaux is a CPS case worker who has stumbled across something hidden while trying to protect a young girl named Chrysandra Arneson. She's warned off the case, which has been closed irregularly by the county attorney. Shortly afterward, she begins to see strange things that have no right existing in the staid world of the Twin Cities. A ride on a ghostly trolley car changes her life forever.

At the same time, we learn of a young girl being held captive and writing letters to a wall in her room with a smuggled pencil. It quickly becomes apparent that the girl is somehow connected to the Arnesons, and whatever strange activity Mae has tripped over.

In the midst of this chaos comes Jill, a fellow county employee and long-time friend of Mae. With timing that couldn't be worse, she begins to pay serious court to our confused heroine, getting herself involved in the mystery as well.

The story unfolds well, with revelations and events coming along quickly enough to keep it interesting but no so fast as to feel chaotic and confused. The story ties romance, mythology and mystery together in an enjoyable package. The use of the unknown kidnapped girl as a viewpoint character removes some of the mystery, but allows us to know in a vague way what the Bad Guys are up to, and prevents many things in the final confrontation from feeling like a convenient deus ex machina.

The romantic subplot is handled in a believable and appropriate fashion. Romance and its attendant dramas are not the motivating factor for the overall plot, though they have a predictable effect on the actions of some characters. The choice to make the main character's love interest a long-standing friend was a good one: there is no way a relationship budding this quickly between strangers would have been believable.

The characters in the novel are very well realized, including many that have relatively little active time in the book. Motivations and relationships are complex, and some are pleasantly left vague instead of being artificially tied up in a neat package. The antagonists, though quite vile in sum, are not two dimensional and have their own multi-layered reasons for their actions. I would like to have known a bit more about the personalities and motivations of some of the supernatural entities, but at the same time their vagueness lent them an air of inhumanity.

The only real issue I had with the book was an occasional area where the language felt stiff. Merriam's prose is straightforward and to-the-point, rather than beautiful or lyrical. This works for his style of storytelling, getting the words out of the way of the story and its characters. However, there are times when I felt like the dialog in particular was begging for more shorthand or contractions, and the text's more formal tone interrupted the rhythm in my head.

All told, an excellent and easy read. Recommended for any fans of urban fantasy without the overwhelming preoccupation with romance and sexuality.
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Terry Faust
5.0 out of 5 stars Last Car to Annwn Station Review
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2011
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Last Car to Annwn Station - by Michael Merriam

Child Protective Services worker Mae Malveaux is on track for the shock of her life when she's pulled off the case of abused twelve-year-old Chrysandra Arenson. Disobeying her superior, Mae decides to investigate further only to find the songs of Roy Orbinson inviting her to take a ten-cent trolley ride to another dimension.

Merriam establishes a magical world just a step around the corner, a blink away from sunlight, where dog-headed demons and parsimonious pixies might help, hinder, or even kill Mae in her quest for the truth. It's urban fantasy at its best--with a lesbian love interest.

Terry Faust - author of Z is for Xenophobe
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5.0 out of 5 stars This reminds me somewhat of 'War for the Oaks', which is a great complement
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020
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I love the characters and the plot. The author doesn't make things too easy for Mae and Jill, just hard enough to give them a great challenge.

It is sad that there is so much evil in the book, but at least it was overcome.

I like the epilogue, books usually need a good epilogue
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zenabuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Imaginitive Romance story, with Lesbian as the main focus.
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2014
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Last Car plunges you into a fancy world where all sorts of magic folk live and in the middle of this action packed adventure is a very sweet lesbian romance with only kissing in the story. The character don't go beyond first base really but the adventure is so great and keeps you on your seat you don't really care that much, you just want them to survive the night and then to live happily ever after together. It is that kind of story.
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