4 Stars
I started reading this book without expecting much. I had never heard of the author and it was a
fairly cheap book, but I am a sucker for books about the fae. I am really glad I ran across it because I devoured
the entire series (so far, books 1-3, but at least 2 more are supposed to come
out).
The main character is Synthia Mckenna. She is a witch for The Guild in Spokane,
Washington. The book opens up with Syn
taking a job that is nearly impossible.
She has to break into the Dark Prince’s abode and steal his crown. Synthia ends up in a binding contract with
the fae, working with the same Dark Prince (Rider) to catch a killer. They are after a serial killer who can take
out both witches and the immortal fae with very little resistance.
Syn has her own reasons for hating the fae which make this
assignment particularly difficult. Her
parents were murdered by the fae when she was very young. She trusts very few people and is finding
this number shrinking more each day.
This is a great starter to a series. I have two complaints. One is there was too much sex! Often when you see that kind and amount of
sex it is covering up the lack of a storyline and/or writing skills. But the author is clearly talented and the
storyline is A-MAZING. I could have cut
out 75% of the sex and built up more of the sexual tension and been happier
with this book. My second complaint is
that the story seemed to just off in the middle. There was a point in the book where it would
have made sense to end the book and leave it open knowing there is more. This is so far beyond a cliff hanger. It is like the editor (or author, not sure
who to blame) opened up the pages at random and said, “we will end it here.” It was a very odd place to end the book.
Overall, when I finished it, I went right online and bought
the next book (which is my favorite so far), and started it right away.
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