Book 18, 2016
Feb. 26th, 2016 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeYesterday, I finished reading Darklands by Nancy Holzner. It's the fourth book in the author's "Deadtown" urban fantasy series.
Demon slayer Vicky Vaughn is losing clients, because demons have been disappearing from Boston. Vicky soon learns her old enemy, Pryce, is trying to regain his full powers, and it involves demons, a missing cauldron, and a ritual.
Not only does Vicky consider it her duty to stop Pryce, but now she must also contend with a female werewolf trying to poach Vicky's werewolf boyfriend, Kane, and...oh yeah, family day with her mother, sister, niece and nephews. Vicky can't be everywhere at once, especially when she lands in quarantine. In order to break out of quarantine and enter the Darklands, Vicky must summon the Night Huntress and enter into a fool's bargain with her.
As usual, there was a lot going on in the story, and Vicky was being pulled in several different directions. It was fast-paced and exciting, with generous dollops of angst, doubt, and guilt on Vicky's part. Enjoyable, but not my favorite of this series.
Favorite line: I was not going to be disemboweled as the finale to Career Night.
Four of five:
♦♦♦♦
Demon slayer Vicky Vaughn is losing clients, because demons have been disappearing from Boston. Vicky soon learns her old enemy, Pryce, is trying to regain his full powers, and it involves demons, a missing cauldron, and a ritual.
Not only does Vicky consider it her duty to stop Pryce, but now she must also contend with a female werewolf trying to poach Vicky's werewolf boyfriend, Kane, and...oh yeah, family day with her mother, sister, niece and nephews. Vicky can't be everywhere at once, especially when she lands in quarantine. In order to break out of quarantine and enter the Darklands, Vicky must summon the Night Huntress and enter into a fool's bargain with her.
As usual, there was a lot going on in the story, and Vicky was being pulled in several different directions. It was fast-paced and exciting, with generous dollops of angst, doubt, and guilt on Vicky's part. Enjoyable, but not my favorite of this series.
Favorite line: I was not going to be disemboweled as the finale to Career Night.
Four of five:
♦♦♦♦
