Reception
Critical reception to Thurman's work has been mostly positive, with Romantic Times rating her books from three to four and a half stars and nominating her 2011 book Blackout for "Best Urban Fantasy" in their RT Reviewer's Choice Award contest. Monsters and Critics positively reviewed Nightlife, praising the "broad range of unlikely antagonists and protagonists". The News and Sentinel has also praised Thurman's work in their review of Doubletake.
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