![]() ![]() ![]() Williams handles this very skillfully, and seeing how McKenzie negotiates her place among the Fae – who, at Court, don’t think very highly of humans – was one of my favorite parts of the book. The rebels, and her protector/captor Aren, make McKenzie reconsider everything she’s ever learned abut the Fae. It’s probably not a good sign that she’s decided, given that knowledge, that she wants out: she’s about to quit and try living a normal human life when she’s kidnapped by the fae rebels, who want to make use of her skills…or at least keep the Court from continuing to benefit from them. McKenzie thinks she understands the Fae and her place in their world. For about a decade, she’s worked for the Court and suffered through a star-crossed love affair with Kyol, the King’s sword-master. That makes her sort of like a living instrument of military intelligence. When one of the fae teleports, she can read the traces of their passage and determine where they’ve gone. ![]() So McKenzie is a human with a particular skill. ![]() The best urban fantasy debut I’ve read in a while – though, just to be snarky about it, pickings have been thin for the past few months – with a vivid, sympathetic heroine who deserves the love of the two handsome fae trying to win her loyalty. ![]()
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