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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2018
*I received an ecopy of this book from the author. This has not influenced my review.*
Set in a post-apoc world ruled by powerful fae, this urban fantasy about a half-fae ex-cop had me gripped from start to finish. The pacing was balanced with just the right amount of action-packed and magic-filled fight scenes, intriguing moments of mystery and creeping around, and slower scenes of character introspection.
The main character, Vince, was one I could root for. He was just a tiny bit snarky, but not too much. He wasn't overly perfect, but he was a good guy. He clearly has some emotional scars in his past, but the reader didn't get to learn much about that yet. I'm hoping to get to know him a bit more in the next book. Saoirse was also easy to root for. She was kind and understanding but also kicked butt and didn't back down against all the fae bad guys, even though she was just a human.
There was no romance in this book, but it's still early in the series, so there's always a possibility of a future romance subplot, whether with Saoirse or someone else. (I wasn't clear on whether Vince had ever had feelings for her or not.)
I can tell you what this book did have though: faeries! And these were some intense, scary, powerful fae. The main character included. It was also clear that the author did some research to create her version of things, with the different types of fae and their homelands and histories.
As for the setting, it was a post-apoc world with some safe cities that are protected and run by the faeries. Society was a little different, but not drastically so since there was still an economy and homes and businesses within the safe cities. This is another thing I'm hoping to get to know more about in the next book.
Also, as I'm finding is typical for this author's books, there was some relevance to the real world. Not in a preachy way, just things like prejudice.
Overall, this was a solid start to a new post-apoc urban fantasy series!
Rating: 4 Stars
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight (link in profile)
Set in a post-apoc world ruled by powerful fae, this urban fantasy about a half-fae ex-cop had me gripped from start to finish. The pacing was balanced with just the right amount of action-packed and magic-filled fight scenes, intriguing moments of mystery and creeping around, and slower scenes of character introspection.
The main character, Vince, was one I could root for. He was just a tiny bit snarky, but not too much. He wasn't overly perfect, but he was a good guy. He clearly has some emotional scars in his past, but the reader didn't get to learn much about that yet. I'm hoping to get to know him a bit more in the next book. Saoirse was also easy to root for. She was kind and understanding but also kicked butt and didn't back down against all the fae bad guys, even though she was just a human.
There was no romance in this book, but it's still early in the series, so there's always a possibility of a future romance subplot, whether with Saoirse or someone else. (I wasn't clear on whether Vince had ever had feelings for her or not.)
I can tell you what this book did have though: faeries! And these were some intense, scary, powerful fae. The main character included. It was also clear that the author did some research to create her version of things, with the different types of fae and their homelands and histories.
As for the setting, it was a post-apoc world with some safe cities that are protected and run by the faeries. Society was a little different, but not drastically so since there was still an economy and homes and businesses within the safe cities. This is another thing I'm hoping to get to know more about in the next book.
Also, as I'm finding is typical for this author's books, there was some relevance to the real world. Not in a preachy way, just things like prejudice.
Overall, this was a solid start to a new post-apoc urban fantasy series!
Rating: 4 Stars
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight (link in profile)
