And then things got weird and annoying. First there's the history of a bio-engendered virus escaping its lab and killing most of the human race to the point that all those otherworldly creatures find themselves at level numbers with the humans so they don't feel they needed to hide anymore. I was fully on board with suspending reality and believing this was a world where humans and otherworldly creatures co-exist with each other without needing any further explanation. Having the back story of every apocalypse movie ever didn't add anything for me. It just felt out of place. (And I have a hard time believing humanity would boycott pizza for all eternity just because the virus was transmitted by an infected tomato.)
The main character's interactions with Ivy drove me up the wall. They've worked together for 10 years. I was under the impression they were supposed to be good friends. And yet Rachel scrutinizes her every word, every move, and every look (and I mean every single one) like she's just waiting for her to attack. Why do you hang out with this woman if you don't trust her that badly? Even after Ivy goes all vampire and freaks Rachel out, the scrutinizing just got on my nerves. Ivy apologizes and Rachel just can't get over it. And after the two of them have a heart to heart, Rachel still scrutinizes her every move. Through the entirety of the book Ivy's just trying to help, and all Rachel can do is accuse her of wanting to drink her blood.
Rachel is annoying. Aside from the condescending way she treats Ivy, she is constantly running head long into things, never thinking them through. Through the whole beginning of the book, people are removing death charms off of her that she admits she should have seen but was too preoccupied to notice. She comes up with the idea of breaking into the office of the biggest drug dealer in the city (while in a disguise she knows most people can see through), gets caught, and makes a plan to go back the next day, knowing she's likely to get caught again, which she does.
The writing in this book is a little disjointed. There were several points where I had to go aback and re-read the last paragraph because I didn't understand how we had gone from one point to another. The main plot line also just seemed a little weird to me. Rachel is in law enforcement, not the mafia. Why would they kill people who decided to leave the agency? And if you have enough money to buy out of your contract, you're free to go with no strings attached? They aren't going to hound you for the rest of your life to get more money? There doesn't seem to be any reason to this. It just is.
I enjoyed the different creatures in this book. The vampires, the pixies, the weres. I liked the different forms of magic. I wanted to keep reading just to say I'd gotten through it all. But after skimming through the third quarter of the book, I just had to give up. I couldn't take it anymore.
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