Debbie B. (orchid7) - reviewed on 1/17/2012 + 265 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Initially, I had a hard time both getting into the story, and liking the heroine. The storyline is a bit all over the place for the first half of the book, and I wish that the author had done more with the actual killer fairies plot, and with the whole magic storyline in general. She kind of drops the ball with this until the very end, and then left me with a lot of unanswered questions.

Annabelle is a strange character. I really didn't like her at all at first, and had very little sympathy for her "problems", as they mostly seemed to be of her own making. She is a very "prickly" character with an alcohol and attitude problem. I found myself liking her more towards the end of the book, because the author lets us see into her life and lets us in on her secret do-good projects, like her saving a cat, donating huge amounts of money to an orphanage, looking out for a young girl, etc. I really didn't get that into either of her love interests either, as I didn't find the emotions all that believable. I hope the author can do more with this in the next book.

I think the story was a strange cross between a thriller, a paranormal, and a fantasy. The author should have chosen one genre and tried to stick with it a bit more, because it would have made things a bit less confusing. There were also parts of the story that really didn't even need to be there, like Annabelle's relationship with her "second mother". It really just bogged things down.

Overall, though, I found myself glued to the second half of the book- staying up until 2 am to finish it. I think the author left off with some potential for an interesting and different series. I just hope that she can follow through with a more developed story.

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