Review: Action-Packed Urban Fantasy with a Healthy Dose of Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2013
Great world-building with detailed, well-written physical and emotional descriptions that pull you into the story. In spite of the exceedingly bleak (dystopian) setting, the brisk pace and frequent-enough upturn in events (and graphic, steamy love scenes) kept this book from being a downer. Although the story’s told only from the heroine, Aislinn’s, perspective, I was grateful it’s not in the first-person (so common in UF). She is a highly independent and bitter heroine. There’s a strong (ooh, SO strong—terribly handsome, and somewhat mysterious) love interest in Fionn. Animal bond-mates (a wolf, a crow, and a dragon (!)), along with other secondary characters round out the story nicely. The inclusion of Celtic gods and lore (and a bit of dialect) added interest, too. Although the ending is a cliff-hanger, the author was kind enough to include half of the first chapter of the next book in the trilogy to peak my interest rather than disappoint me. I recommend this for fans of paranormal romance, fantasy, and urban fantasy and am looking forward to the next book.