Read December 2023 Recommended for fans of UF/PNR games ★ ★ Alas, this really didn't work for me.
Ford's angle is twofold: the unusual premise of merged modern/fae worlds and a bisexual protagonist. (Pauses to reflect). Yep, pretty sure that's the hook.
Kai is the twenty-something protagonist who is working as a dangerous fae animal-killer. Circumstances, or course will soon be forcing him to take a gig escorting someone to an Elf Court and thus uncovering both his forgotten and also hidden past (Reclaiming One's Heritage). The road trip is the most fun, reminding me in parts of Zelazny's Damnation Alley. But alas, there's more to the book than that.
The tone bothered me too. It could be the protagonist and the age--so very many ups and downs. Horny, depressed, self-sacrificing, prudish, self-pitying, selfish, generous, arrogant, wounded--quite dizzying for me. Let's stabilize the mood and focus on the plot.
And the writing. Sometimes I liked it; other times I was just confused.
"The dance floor set half a story below had me trembling like a newborn. If the group outside made me flinch, the dancing throngs under the flashing lights made my stomach churn. I couldn't imagine the money spent to alter the bodies writhing to the cacophony pouring from the speakers... The monsters were rubbing up against one another, some nearly fornicating through their clothes as they danced."
Oh yes, the third thing Ford brings to to her story is descriptive past torture. Definitely not my jam. I'll pass.
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