The blurb is right; the hero is to die for, dark and
handsome and Irish – man that accent is so cool, shame I had to imagine it not
having an audio version - I could almost hear it while reading those few times
the author allowed it to roll off our hero’s tongue. (Pity that it would have detracted from the
easy flow of the reading if all the Irish dialogue couldn’t have been couched
the same way).
Lex, the heroine, on the
other hand - to die for? Not so
much. Most of the time I actually wanted
to slap her for jumping to erroneous conclusions, but then I was in the know
and she was not. Jeez, I trusted Kellach
Dunne immediately – he’s the hero, duh!
Although if she’d taken a moment to think about it she should actually have
known better, she was supposed to be a level-headed cop. I know, I know she’s been emotionally
compromised by her hideous father’s behavior but still…
It was an action packed romp, however, fiery and
dangerous. Drugs (Apollo, a drug based
on the witch killing mineral PK), guns, murder, betrayal, motor cycle clubs and
cops, and a sexy male, but yes he, like most of Zanetti’s male protagonists, still
hadn’t gotten over that annoying possessive ‘mine’ phrase they all seem to
use. One day I’m looking forward to a
female saying it as she saves her mates arse for him – Simone I’m hoping. When she gets her own place in the spotlight
she better not be overcome with uncontrollable passion for some hot demon, but
actually have him on his knees (so to speak) or I’ll be really pissed off. I don’t mean I want a gun toting, magic
welding female who puts males in their place either, brute strength isn’t
everything and not the only way to rescue someone. I’m just a wee bit over a dude looking at the
female and she turning into a pile of lusty mush!
It was a good read, kept the attention, and worked well as a
set up book for what is to follow with the real baddie still roaming loose and
fancy free to wreak havoc on the witch population.
Looking forward to the next in the series. Daire’s?
Will definitely keep an eye out for it.
PS, The little snippet at the end of the book from Zanetti’s
‘The Scorpius Syndrome’ was intriguing too.
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