Kadomi reviewed Dark currents by Jacqueline Carey
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2 stars
I keep banging my head against urban fantasy series, and have yet to find one aside from the Harry Dresden and Peter Grant books that I actually enjoy. Usually, they have a first-person narrative that is supposed to be modern and cool, and often bores me to tears. I had hopes that Jacqueline Carey would wow me, but alas, this is no amazing prose à la Kushiel.
Our protagonist is Daisy, offspring of a human mother and a demon. She lives in a cozy small town which has the peculiarity that it has an eldritch community, including an underworld where the goddess Hel lives under a smaller version of Ygdrassil. Daisy works as her Agent, a go-between between mundane folks and the eldritch.
At the beginning of the story, a college boy is found dead, and all signs point to eldritch involvement. The trail leads to a couple of ghouls. …
I keep banging my head against urban fantasy series, and have yet to find one aside from the Harry Dresden and Peter Grant books that I actually enjoy. Usually, they have a first-person narrative that is supposed to be modern and cool, and often bores me to tears. I had hopes that Jacqueline Carey would wow me, but alas, this is no amazing prose à la Kushiel.
Our protagonist is Daisy, offspring of a human mother and a demon. She lives in a cozy small town which has the peculiarity that it has an eldritch community, including an underworld where the goddess Hel lives under a smaller version of Ygdrassil. Daisy works as her Agent, a go-between between mundane folks and the eldritch.
At the beginning of the story, a college boy is found dead, and all signs point to eldritch involvement. The trail leads to a couple of ghouls. As Daisy investigates, she spends a lot of time lusting after Cody, her cop partner who is a werewolf, Stefan Ludovic, an attractive ghoul, and some fairly random mundane guy with a fake Jamaican accent who was so forgettable I don't remember his name.
The basic premise sounds exciting, and the story has its moments, but then Daisy lusts after another guy or has to mention multiple times that she keeps her tail between her thighs and my eyes can't roll hard enough.
I think I'll give the rest of the series a pass.