I do love Urban Fantasy and this book was also refreshing because of the simple fact that it was set in London.

Now I feel that I can't give justice to how good the book was. The good ones are always the hardest to write about.

To the story then. Genny is a Fae in a world where supernaturals walk among us. The vampires have gone for fame and "groupies", but Fae like her have it a bit harder. They never were human at all. There are also trolls, brownies, goblins, witches, and lots more. And they all bring something extra to the book.

Genny was a great character. She was also clouded in mystery and I was dying to find out mor about her. Why she was not happy mixing with vampires, or why she did not let passion take over when Finn, her boss was around. She was an enigma but little by little details came out.



The story was great. She was investigating a vampire that was said to have killed his lover. This brought her to many more vampires, and they all wanted something. On top of that something sinister was in the air.

The enigma, the mystery, loved it. I kept reading and reading, wanting to find out more. Not only about the story but about her too. The end left me wanting to read book 2 at once.

This is a book I would recommend to fans of UF. Great new world, nice setting, heroine with secrets, vampires with secrets, a bit of sexual tension all wrapped into one.

I read a short story from this series (in Home Improvement: Undead Edition) and it was very cool... the books; not so much. It was fun, but not enough to read any other books in the series

An interesting debut - I liked the London setting, and I really like the way so many traditional myths have been woven in to this story. Bean Sidhe, an assortment of fae, and vampires. The vampires are pretty nasty too - none of the modern tendency to make them cuddly or sparkly (although some seem to have a penchant for rhinestones and flash).

I'll definitely be reading more from this author.

I had this on the WWBL for a long while until I found a copy. Then it resided on Mt Git'r'Read for a while until I was in the right mood to read it.
AGH! What took me so long to get in the right mood? This was SO GOOD! Awesome, even.
I felt for Genny, the main character. She has a job she loves, people she likes helping. But things are going against her for reasons out of her control.
The mixture of sidhe, vampires, witches, goblins, all sorts of paranormal, all living among humans. Power struggles, evil versus good, things not as they appear, great setting in London. A superb blend.
I look forward to the next in series, COLD KISS OF DEATH.
Definitely recommend.

This was a bit of an odd reading experience. I felt confused throughout the book and am still not sure that I came out of it with a solid understanding of the world or the rules of magic and how all the supernatural species fit in with each other. That said, I still somehow ended up liking it.

I enjoyed the focus on the fae and Genevieve, London's only known sidhe fae, makes for a likeable heroine. I think there might be a love triangle on the horizon though which gives me pause. One of the potential suitors, Finn, is someone who already knows our heroine at the start of the book. I hate being cheated out of that all too crucial first meeting so when that happens the author really has to work hard to sell me on the chemistry. That didn't happen here as I didn't feel any heat between Finn, a satyr, and Genevieve. Love contestant #2 is Malik, an exotic and mysterious vampire. We do get the pleasure of his first meeting with Genevieve and there was enough chemistry there for me to be intrigued.


Set in an alternate, but modern, London, the story is populated with pretty much every supernatural creature there is. It's got vampires, trolls, goblins, satyrs, witches, brownies, kelpies. You name it, it's in there. It seems a bit ambitious and, again, I'm not sure that it was blended in all that seamlessly. However, despite the first book feeling a little all over the place I'm giving the second book a try. I should probably give this story a two star rating just because of the lack of clarity in the world building but a rating like that wouldn't accurately reflect how much I did end up enjoying it. Hopefully the magic rules and the world will feel a little less nebulous with more story under my belt.

Extraordinary attention to detail! If I knew how to draw, I could totally draw all of the characters, plus all of the houses, parks, streets and offices as well. Very well written, with a lot of suspense, a little romance, some big-time scary vampires, and a huge betrayal. I loved this book, and for the first time ever, I really, really loved a fae! Gen is wonderful, strong and funny, and a little bit sneaky too, but she had to be in order to try to make it. Exciting read, and a page-turner through-out the whole book.

Urban fantasy set in London, cool accents and all. Vampire and fae-centric, this one has a half-fae "spellcracker" who gets caught up in vampire politics despite the fact that she's got vampire venom in her that makes her very wary of the vampires.

The main character is kind of cool, as well as some of the bad guys/gals. However, nothing new for me in the vampire department, as well as confusing array of characters, motives, and plots (not one but FIVE master vampires and their desire to get their hands on a mysterious spell, not to mention police and various fae, as well as flashbacks to important parts of her backstory)kept me from really investing myself in the story.

And then there's the strange black market magic spell she just happens to have that confuses things more.

Interesting imagination and characters, but the story didn't hang together for me.

This Book's Food Designation Rating: A bag of cool ranch and regular doritos all mixed up. Everytime you reach in the bag you're never sure what combination of tastes you're going to get, but you keep reaching in the bag anyway.

The book was just too confusing to follow for me. You have lots of characters to keep track of. Then heroine would say that she recognized something about a person but instead of explaining it right then 10 pages later you get a vague explanation about who they were or why she recognized. To compensated for that the ending felt rushed and awkward at times. Although having everyone and their brother used as a hostage against the heroine did not help matters either. No romance to really speak of although there is multiple possibilities presented in the book. Overall this book just was not my cup of tea.

3.7

There was a lot going on in this book. Maybe too much. But it was pretty entertaining.