There is no problem in the hands of this author for the personal politics and family warfare of Mercy's household being to the fore. But the urban fantasy side of this series is not without its dangerous characters – as Mercy is forced to bring the worried, frantic yet exceedingly manipulative figure of her husband's first wife into the shelter of their household…Īgain, that might sound like cause for alarm, but is easily assuaged. If anything, the fantasy side of this series is following on from book six – River Marked and the fae implement that was so much a feature of that book is being requested by a dangerously powerful character. Well, book seven was that dip, and this time round things have changed – for the first time the British market gets a hardback. As the quality had hardly ever dipped in the past you might be wondering why I sounded particularly anxious this time. That's the sound of relief I gave when I found this book, the eighth in this lengthy genre series, was on form. The balance of domestic detail and sheer fantasy threat shows this to be one of the more successful urban fantasy volumes available. Summary: The latest adventure for Mercy the mechanic and the werewolf family she married into.
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