A Kiss of Shadows

I would have given it 3 stars (because of predictedness) but it seems to have gotten me out of a reading slump and made me laugh more than once at the erotic scence which were actually quite good if a little bit too imaginative/diffrent to what I usually read when I want something...spicy. I will get myself the second part to see where the story is going and I'm looking forward to it.

Obviously I didn't know what I was getting into when I picked up this book. As a part of Barnes & Noble's free ebook offer I picked this one because it looked different and I was really surprised that I enjoyed it. I'm the first to say that I'm not into the supernatural/fantasy genre. The most I've ever read is Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit. But, this book kept me interested because it's a very dark, adult book. This is not for Twilight fans, this to me, almost felt like it had the potential for an r-rated movie. This book kind of lost me a couple of times though. One example is Merry's job as a detective: first it was about a detective agency and then it was obviously not about a detective agency, and then it brought the element back in glancing in the last few pages.

Another element that didn't weird me out like I thought it would was all of the references and scenes that were sexual in nature. I didn't feel like I was reading someone's attempt at writing soft-core porn or anything to that extent. The scenes were well placed and as she described how the Faerie courts worked the sex scenes were almost necessary.

So overall, I really enjoyed the book and will be continuing the series.