Shadow's Messenger

3.75 stars This rating is for the whole series. Overall it's a solid Urban Fantasy series with good worldbuilding and a heroine that is not TSTL, mostly. While reading it I had strong feelings of déjà vu to the point I had to double check I had not read it before somewhere. The feeling eased somewhat......more

3 1/2 I loved this author's other books, but Shadow's Messenger lost the freshness of her other works. It was standard UF. Still nice, but with an eerie deja read feeling. My biggest problem was, as usual, the heroine. I liked everything about her but her stupidity which drove the story forward. [ I d......more

Right all I can say is that when a Mexican cartel comes for you in the middle of the night, and delivers you to my cellar to spend the rest of your days writing books for me, it's your own DAMN fault, T.A.!!! When I started this book, I sat thinking, this is a really great book, why have I taken so l......more

This was a nice escape for a lazy afternoon. The book reads as a paranormal mystery, which is fun. It is also the first in a series and at this point there isn’t any real connections between characters, just Aileen muddling through on her own as werewolves, vampires and sorcerers try to claim her. I......more