Review: I love Keri Arthur
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
I'm a Keri Arthur fan but not a fan of this book.  I just didn't like the characters and felt it was a little too bleak for me. Harrietta the main character is a half elf half siren. She is hated by her elf family who are a race that do not condone emotions and constantly scheme. They are very hateful and don't appreciate Harri's existence. This alone doesn't make the story bleak but when Harri is constantly verbally abused by an elf uncle who she thinks has some care for her it makes for a depressing read.The crimes that Harri is trying to solve involves the murder of a siren. Harri is asked to solve because she was part of that community and supposedly the police can't get enough information. Then you learn in the book the police have figured out who killed the siren and have all sorts of information Harri doesn't know.Maybe I'm sick of main characters being detectives who really don't seem to have any abilities. Or I'm sick of weak characters that allow themselves to be abused by poisonous relatives they should have dumped long ago. I guess this just wasn't the storyline for me and I want suspense and drama with some backbone. I want my characters to have struggles but not so bad that I wonder how they can deal with such an existence.