Review: No ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Unsatisfying loose ends never tied up. This book did not end so much as peter out. It was like the publisher gave Conneely a word limit, when that limit was reached the story stopped. Really unsatisfying.The world building was very good. And witches as police consultants was a new and interesting use of the character. But there's a widower Elf wandering through the plot who does absolutely nothing to move the plot along, nor illuminate history. He and the witch Michelle were supposedly at swords point, I never got that tension. The rooming house with varied magical people at the table was quite interesting. The characters were window dressing, but they were interesting window dressing. A nice healing witch asks Michelle for coffee, is this foreshadowing of problems? WHere does he fit in? One cup of overpriced coffee and we never hear from him again.A father, Michelle didn't know existed, pops up and and there is almost no upheaval in this woman's world. Very strange. Witch clans, misunderstandings and why the parents hid was never played out. An interesting plot point not pursued.A bunch troll turned loose, but by the time they were rounded up, I didn't care much. I wanted to know what the Elf was up to, why the parents hid, is the guy who asked Michelle to coffee a good guy or bad guy. Meandering plot with lots of loose ends.