Review: No gamble whatsoever - Fey is a winner!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2011
Like the others, my love affair with Mike Lee's writing came from reading Horker's Law last week - and Horker's Law is a great book.  After I read HL, I went to look for more by Mike Lee and Fey was the only choice.A book about a Fairy isn't really my cup of tea, I almost skipped it, but I wanted to thank the author with my hard earned money, so I plunked down my dollar.Well darned if I didn't find Major Lombard, Blondie and Fay to be as, or even more, enjoyable than Spiv and his friends.  We've got a professional gambler that's part James Bond and part Jason Bourne.  There's a woman who is beyond beautiful, but she's really down to earth--and she is on some kind of illicit adventure, one that is never explained (she pretends to be a drink serving hologram, she is a stowaway on the ship, and only one of her partners is reveled.)And then there's Fay herself.  Fay is actually the least developed character.  She only spoke one line and she replies to queries by flying up and down for "No" and side to side for "Yes" and she dances a dance that only a few hundred humans have ever seen since the beginning of time.While I'm looking forward to the next Spiv book, I really want to visit with Major Lombard, Blondie and Fay again - this is going to be a great series.(PS - I agree with the other reviewer that the cover could use some improvement.  The Fairy on the cover is too serious and stodgy, Fay is much more lighthearted, mischievous and whimsical than the cover art betrays.)Mike Lee - Thank you for writing some really great books!