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This ongoing fantasy written by Faith Hunter features the strong and sexy Jane Yellowrock, the last of her kind, a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires and hunts vampires for a living. Back from hiatus, she’s hired by Katherine Fontaneau, one of the oldest vampires in New Orleans and the madam of Katie’s Ladies, to hunt a powerful rogue vampire who’s killing other vamps in which she gets caught up in the vampiric politics which cascades her into a series of unwanted adventures. This is a series of [[Urban Fantasy]] novels that are half romance, half [[Transformation Comic]]. The series was written by Faith Hunter, it is on going and recently had a new book published.
This ongoing fantasy written by Faith Hunter features the strong and sexy Jane Yellowrock, the last of her kind, a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires and hunts vampires for a living. Back from hiatus, she’s hired by Katherine Fontaneau, one of the oldest vampires in New Orleans and the madam of Katie’s Ladies, to hunt a powerful rogue vampire who’s killing other vamps in which she gets caught up in the vampiric politics which cascades her into a series of unwanted adventures. This is a series of [[Urban Fantasy]] novels that are half romance, half [[Transformation Comic]]. The series was written by Faith Hunter, it is on going and recently had a new book published.


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* ''Raven Cursed''
* ''Raven Cursed''


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=== Provides the following tropes: ===
* [[Domino Revelation]]: Well we have vampires, shifters, and witches...so all other things are probably real too!
* [[Domino Revelation]]: Well we have vampires, shifters, and witches...so all other things are probably real too!
* [[Last of His Kind|Last of Her Kind]]
* [[Last of His Kind|Last of Her Kind]]
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* [[Skin Walker]]: Jane is a good kind, not based on the skin-thievery of legend.
* [[Skin Walker]]: Jane is a good kind, not based on the skin-thievery of legend.
* [[Shapeshifting]]: The whole superpower Jane has.
* [[Shapeshifting]]: The whole superpower Jane has.
* [[Shape Shifter Baggage]]: She can't assume larger forms with out stealing mass and can't take smaller forms with out storing it.
* [[Shapeshifter Baggage]]: She can't assume larger forms with out stealing mass and can't take smaller forms with out storing it.
* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: She ends up fighting a another skinwalker who has taken on the traits of a vampire in addition to animal traits.
* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: She ends up fighting a another skinwalker who has taken on the traits of a vampire in addition to animal traits.
* [[The Big Easy]]: The setting for the first two books.
* [[The Big Easy]]: The setting for the first two books.
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Latest revision as of 20:24, 3 January 2020

This ongoing fantasy written by Faith Hunter features the strong and sexy Jane Yellowrock, the last of her kind, a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires and hunts vampires for a living. Back from hiatus, she’s hired by Katherine Fontaneau, one of the oldest vampires in New Orleans and the madam of Katie’s Ladies, to hunt a powerful rogue vampire who’s killing other vamps in which she gets caught up in the vampiric politics which cascades her into a series of unwanted adventures. This is a series of Urban Fantasy novels that are half romance, half Transformation Comic. The series was written by Faith Hunter, it is on going and recently had a new book published.

So far there are four published books in the series:

  • Skinwalker
  • Blood Cross
  • Mercy Blade
  • Raven Cursed
Tropes used in Jane Yellowrock include:
  • Domino Revelation: Well we have vampires, shifters, and witches...so all other things are probably real too!
  • Last of Her Kind
  • Magical Native American: Jane Yellowrock herself.
  • Our Vampires Are Different: As opposed to most vampire stories, these guys go all beast-like and kill with out indiscretion until they are tamed after a few years..sometimes a few decades or centuries to make them less beast and more human.
  • Skin Walker: Jane is a good kind, not based on the skin-thievery of legend.
  • Shapeshifting: The whole superpower Jane has.
  • Shapeshifter Baggage: She can't assume larger forms with out stealing mass and can't take smaller forms with out storing it.
  • Shapeshifter Showdown: She ends up fighting a another skinwalker who has taken on the traits of a vampire in addition to animal traits.
  • The Big Easy: The setting for the first two books.
  • Totally Not a Werecat
  • Vampire Hunter: Her job is often to hunt down and kill Vampires.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: Jane can change at will with only a little concentration.
  • Wild Wilderness: A slight aversion of this troupe, Jane has some recollection of her past and the fact that she was undiscovered in cat form for a long while.
  • Unstable Genetic Code: She is a skinwalker who must study the DNA of other creatures via meditation in order to copy their forms.
  • Urban Fantasy: True to form, its a modern day adventure of the paranormal.
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