Book 54, 2016
Jul. 24th, 2016 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeI've spent a better part of the weekend engrossed in Grave Dance by Kalayna Price, which is the second book in her "Alex Craft" urban fantasy series.
When Alex is called in to consult on a case involving a potential serial murder, she is confronted with only left feet, all that remain of several bodies. Without a full body, she is unable to raise a shade, and she must start relying on her newfound abilities as a feykin to unravel the mystery. Soon after Alex begins to investigate, someone sends a deadly construct after her. Now Alex is deeply involved, and the only way out is to bring down the person or persons responsible for the murder and mayhem.
To complicate matters, handsome fae Falin has returned, as has the soul collector that Alex knows as Death. In the meantime, she is blamed for a rift opening between the mortal realm and the Aetheric, and a wealthy mortal wants to hire Alex to open another for himself and his followers, and he's not keen on taking 'no' for an answer.
There was so much going on in the story, but of course, it all tied together, from mysterious deaths to the curse that is clinging to Alex's friend Holly to cryptic warnings from the local gargoyle, to the fact that the Winter Queen has also dispatched her goons to bring Alex to Faerie, in an effort to get her to join the Winter Court.
*stops to catch breath*
No wonder I was so caught up in the book!
Favorite line(s):
♦ "How much do you want to bet the appearance of a TIDS is bad news?"
"TIDS?"
"Thug in Dark Suit."
♦ ...if I didn't take the dagger, I'd feel like that ditzy blonde in every horror movie who goes out unarmed to check on strange noises. Nothing ends well for those girls.
♦ "No chance we're just dreaming at this point, huh?"
"The same dream? You, me and the dog?"
Exceptional story, five stars!
*****
When Alex is called in to consult on a case involving a potential serial murder, she is confronted with only left feet, all that remain of several bodies. Without a full body, she is unable to raise a shade, and she must start relying on her newfound abilities as a feykin to unravel the mystery. Soon after Alex begins to investigate, someone sends a deadly construct after her. Now Alex is deeply involved, and the only way out is to bring down the person or persons responsible for the murder and mayhem.
To complicate matters, handsome fae Falin has returned, as has the soul collector that Alex knows as Death. In the meantime, she is blamed for a rift opening between the mortal realm and the Aetheric, and a wealthy mortal wants to hire Alex to open another for himself and his followers, and he's not keen on taking 'no' for an answer.
There was so much going on in the story, but of course, it all tied together, from mysterious deaths to the curse that is clinging to Alex's friend Holly to cryptic warnings from the local gargoyle, to the fact that the Winter Queen has also dispatched her goons to bring Alex to Faerie, in an effort to get her to join the Winter Court.
*stops to catch breath*
No wonder I was so caught up in the book!
Favorite line(s):
♦ "How much do you want to bet the appearance of a TIDS is bad news?"
"TIDS?"
"Thug in Dark Suit."
♦ ...if I didn't take the dagger, I'd feel like that ditzy blonde in every horror movie who goes out unarmed to check on strange noises. Nothing ends well for those girls.
♦ "No chance we're just dreaming at this point, huh?"
"The same dream? You, me and the dog?"
Exceptional story, five stars!
*****
