Review: 4.5 STARS
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2013
This is the first book in the Duke of Brimstone series.  It sets up the mythogical land of CHALYS, a Monaco type place where modern technological is not allowed and there's a forbidden area shielded by dark woods where things that go bump in the night live and no human has survived to tell tales.The author certainly knows how to set an intriguing scene and this story is no exception.  This forbidden area is ruled by Brimstone and his friends include werewolves, vampires and other paranormals.  It's got a dark brooding Hero and a feisty heroine like others in this genre but the author knows her way around dialogue and writes a compelling story.  So why not 5 stars?  Maybe Marian Tee set too high a bar (I've read several of her books,PARK and VIOLETandSUIT and FANGSwere amazing) or maybe too much time is spent setting up this new world when it's around 150 pages but either way, it still works.The writing is witty and hot and worth the price and time to read it. I will be looking for the next book in this series.