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Book 88, 2017
Oct. 14th, 2017 03:57 pmSince it was storming this morning, I finished reading a book instead of getting online. The book was Grave Visions by Kalayna Price, and it's part of her "Alex Craft" urban fantasy series.
Alex is a grave witch, as well as a fae who is not aligned with any one court. All of the courts are vying for her, because she is a rare and vaunted planeweaver, who can meld realities. And, Alex has recently learned that, because she has no affiliation with a Faerie court, she is slowly fading away. She requests independent status from the Winter Queen, but nothing in Faerie is granted without a price.
Humans have been dying due to a new drug on the streets, called Glitter. When it becomes obvious that a fae is distributing it, while trying to undermine the Winter Queen, she tasks Alex with finding out who is behind the plot. If Alex succeeds, she will be granted independent status for a year and a day.
The assignment is difficult, because the shades of the dead humans are surprisingly weak, and when Alex tries to raise the shade of a murdered fae, she finds the woman's soul still trapped in her body. In the meantime, Alex's one-time lover, Falin, the Queen's Knight, has been ordered to keep an eye on her and return her to Faerie if Alex fades too far. The Queen may be a master manipulator, but she won't easily relinquish her dream of having a planeweaver in her court. Complicating matters is the fact that Alex is visited several times by her current lover, a soul collector she knows only as Death.
Fascinating story, as every one in this series has been. I enjoy Alex's spirit, even as her health is failing at an alarming rate. Her stilted dealings with her father are interesting, as are her interactions with her friends, both human and fae.
Favorite line: There were no Hallmark condolence cards with sympathetic phrases for when your wedding turned into a crime scene.
Very good, four stars:
****
Alex is a grave witch, as well as a fae who is not aligned with any one court. All of the courts are vying for her, because she is a rare and vaunted planeweaver, who can meld realities. And, Alex has recently learned that, because she has no affiliation with a Faerie court, she is slowly fading away. She requests independent status from the Winter Queen, but nothing in Faerie is granted without a price.
Humans have been dying due to a new drug on the streets, called Glitter. When it becomes obvious that a fae is distributing it, while trying to undermine the Winter Queen, she tasks Alex with finding out who is behind the plot. If Alex succeeds, she will be granted independent status for a year and a day.
The assignment is difficult, because the shades of the dead humans are surprisingly weak, and when Alex tries to raise the shade of a murdered fae, she finds the woman's soul still trapped in her body. In the meantime, Alex's one-time lover, Falin, the Queen's Knight, has been ordered to keep an eye on her and return her to Faerie if Alex fades too far. The Queen may be a master manipulator, but she won't easily relinquish her dream of having a planeweaver in her court. Complicating matters is the fact that Alex is visited several times by her current lover, a soul collector she knows only as Death.
Fascinating story, as every one in this series has been. I enjoy Alex's spirit, even as her health is failing at an alarming rate. Her stilted dealings with her father are interesting, as are her interactions with her friends, both human and fae.
Favorite line: There were no Hallmark condolence cards with sympathetic phrases for when your wedding turned into a crime scene.
Very good, four stars:
****
