#38 House of the Rising Sun by Kristen Painter

Set in an alternate future in New Orleans the Fae are out to the rest of the world and they are in control of the supernaturals in the world. This is actually set in an previous world but none of that is needed by the reader for this book. Set in a New Orleans that Fae rule and witches are lower on the social standing due to a curse set by a grief stricken witch several centuries before the city has been forgotten by vampires. The story starts with a famous retired Fae actress being murdered by the vampires that draws her adopted Fae son into taking a leadership role in defending the city and informing her estranged daughter about the other half of her heritage and a battle with her previously unknown father.

A good tight story all around and I enjoyed it that I will be looking for the second book and just might backtrack to the previous books that are set in this universe.


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#39 The Given by Vicki Pettersson

The final book of the series finally wraps up the mystery of who killed Griffin Shaw. Grif and Kat have been estranged for six months after the events of the previous book but things come to a head when the Pure get involved to get Grif into gear and fix things with Kat and fix things for Francis. The downside is he has 48 house to find out what happened to Evie all those years ago and once again prevent Kat's death. Will true love win in the end triumphing over all the bad in Las Vegas? Not every part of Kat's life is magically fixed by the end of the book but it is a good ending none the less. The rockabilly aspect is pretty much toned down in this book in favor of wrapping up the plot and moving the story along. A good ending to the series and nice to see that is isn't dragged out.


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