Review: Enjoyable paranormal romance with an intriguing background world
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
Author Regan Black creates an intriguing mythology peopled with elves, werewolves, magical matchmakers and more, and sets it all against a background of a very real Charleston, with beautiful descriptions clear enough to make me long to visit. The matchmaker, of course, is someone who matches people (and others) to their true loves. But the protagonist, a Halfling, can’t find romance since she can’t find herself. Instead she offers hints of magic through flowers as she hides away in a Charleston florist’s store.The story moves swiftly, adding characters and mysteries as the plot progresses. Who is the strange mermaid? Why has Amy kept her aunt’s letters? And what propelled Lily into the human world? Not all these questions will be answered, but enough is shown as the story progresses to give depth and the promise of more in a series to come, and the story itself is nicely complete.I really enjoyed the use of letters to provide hidden information. And the contrast, between Amy’s swift acceptance of the unseen and Halfling Lily’s pretense at normality, is nicely drawn. It’s a romance that keeps you reading and guessing, smoothly written, sensual, lighthearted and fun. And it’s a world well worth revisiting in the rest of the series.Disclosure: I met the author online and was pleased to find a free ecopy of the novel.