Iron & Velvet
Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator Book 1
by Alexis Hall
Previously published; newly refreshed by the author
I like my women like I like my whiskey: more than is good for me.
Name’s Kane, Kate Kane. I’m a paranormal private investigator, which is like a normal private investigator except—and stop me if you’re having trouble following this—more paranormal. This business comes with a few basic rules: don’t start drinking before noon, don’t get your partner killed, don’t sleep with the woman who killed him.
Last year I broke all of them.
The only rule I didn’t break was the one that said don’t work for vampires. But then a dead werewolf showed up outside the Soho shag palace of Julian Saint-Germain—a bloodsucking flibbertigibbet who’s spent the last eight centuries presiding over an ever-growing empire of booze, sex and hemoglobin.
I shouldn’t have taken the job. The last thing I needed was to get caught in a supernatural smackdown between a werewolf pack and a vampire prince. Even if the vampire prince was dangerously my type. But what can I say? I was broke, I’m a sucker for a pretty face and I gave up on making good decisions a long time ago.
Momma Says: 1 star⭐
I tried, I really did. I wanted to like this book. I did like the premise, but the reality of it was thoroughly disappointing. Part of that can be chalked up to world-building by way of info dumps. Then, there's the unlikable main character. I can and often do appreciate snark and wit, but Kate just wasn't likable, which could also be the reason I couldn't get on board with the romance. Either that, or there really was no chemistry. All of that aside, I think the biggest annoyance was all the borrowed elements. I sat this book aside a number of times and kept coming back to try again, but it finally reached a point that I was merely tallying up things I'd seen in other urban fantasy/paranormal stories. In the end, it felt like a mish-mash of so many other stories. If you're completely new to the genre and been living off the grid for some time, maybe you'll like this one better than I did. For me, I think it's safe to say that I won't be recommending this one, nor will I be continuing with the series.
I tried, I really did. I wanted to like this book. I did like the premise, but the reality of it was thoroughly disappointing. Part of that can be chalked up to world-building by way of info dumps. Then, there's the unlikable main character. I can and often do appreciate snark and wit, but Kate just wasn't likable, which could also be the reason I couldn't get on board with the romance. Either that, or there really was no chemistry. All of that aside, I think the biggest annoyance was all the borrowed elements. I sat this book aside a number of times and kept coming back to try again, but it finally reached a point that I was merely tallying up things I'd seen in other urban fantasy/paranormal stories. In the end, it felt like a mish-mash of so many other stories. If you're completely new to the genre and been living off the grid for some time, maybe you'll like this one better than I did. For me, I think it's safe to say that I won't be recommending this one, nor will I be continuing with the series.
❃❃ARC provided by NetGalley and Carina Press
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