Yasmine Galenorn

Ember Kearney, half Light and half Dark Fae and rejected by both, spends her life taking investigative work ridding humans of pesky paranormal creatures. Until her best friend's 10 year old brother runs into a couple of Fae who intend to end his life. She kills 2 of the 3 Fae with the help of a Silver Stag. Then the stag shifter turns up at their door offering her and her friend, Angel, jobs with the Wild Hunt agency and a sanctuary for Angel's brother. The alternative is being hunted by the Fae. They, of course, join and then begin working cases. I found this a little lite on the world building. It took more time to explain the office set up and job benefits than what the job entailed. Will not read more of this series.… (more)

Meh. Another over-reaching paranormal romance, too much going on too many characters and not enough consistency in the world-building or development.

Fairies, vampires, shape-changers, dwarves, and witches of course, and that's just the good guys. Some adversaries include elementals dragons (woefully underpowered) more demons and various fairy queens. You're a much more devoted reader than I am if you can hold all that straight. I'm not sure the author could either. There is a couple of vanilla humans in there too, but mostly for the others to dismiss despite everyone wanting to live in the human world. Apparently it was sundered away apart from a few convenient Portals, but now the demons are looking to find the magic trinkets that will let them rejoin. The fairy queens are too self-involved to intervene so a trio of 'sisters' form different mothers are all that's standing in the way.

Wasn't terrible but I have no interest in the rest.… (more)

Sloppy writing! Freaking 3 pages ago you talk about the chick wearing pants and now her legs are showing from the slit in her skirt? Sloppy, people, sloppy. Especially for a fully priced $7.99 Kindle book.

I am done with this book. I have absolutely no interest in this character or her 'voice'. IMO, there was no emotion to her. The entire book felt like the inner voice that was used just listed off a series of things she was doing. This-happened-and-I-was-scared. THere didn't seem to be any expansion of the emotion after that. Ugh and double-ugh.

I stopped after a scene where a woman comes in to get a protection charm and when Cicely 'sees' that she is a victim of spousal abuse, she didn't even try to put any extra into the charm (although she did return her money) and there was zero feelings of sisterhood. She actually did a can't-save-everybody mental shrug that turned me so far off that I may not even pick up another of the writer's books.

My Goodreads Updates

"Is it me?
"...Cicely. I'm afraid that if you don't have sex tonight, you'll get sick." Really? Seriously, is Ms. Galenorn a Laurell K. Hamilton wannabe?

Ugh, ugh and double ugh. Cause Cicely already drowns her sorrows in sex to the point of imagining what an unconscious friend (who needs help not to die) would be like in the sack. I'm stuck because the plot/story premise is so good, but she's about to lose me"

"I don't like making the character do stupid things to serve the plot. This book seems to take that as the main model. Big ugh to that.
I also need to like the characters a bit more. They seem so...flat. 'I did this and he did that". "I love him so much so let's f*#k". Really? Thats all the emotion the writing has conveyed so far. Definately not Cat & Bones or Barron & Mac whemo"

My Kindle Notes and Highlights (expressing much frustration)

And whatever I could do to keep Myst from destroying the joy of summer, I would willingly do.
Note: Lets hope she starts being MUCH more of a thinker from this point. She hasnt been the brightest bulb

I found myself walking off the path, mesmerized by her sudden appearance. Krystal, my mother.
Note: What an idiot

I know that Lannan just wants to watch me in something like this.
Note: So why wear it? The dumbass moves that are put in to advance the plot don't work for me

As she held the sign, I pounded it into the ground, first scooping away a good foot of snow to reach the dirt.
Note: Wow, they must be strong. Its the middle of winter and the ground is frozen


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