Shadowglass

by Erica Hayes

Book Overview

Welcome to secret world hidden behind shadowy fairy glamour, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerize you with their song, big green trolls kick heads at nightclubs and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312578016
• ISBN13: 9780312578015
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An erotic paranormal romance series like no other - dark, sexy, and intense

Plot Summary: Ice is a water faerie with a predilection for shiny baubles and late nights at the club. She years for a literal man-of-steel, a metal faerie named Indigo who constantly brushes off her advances. After a wild night spent in a demon lord's bed, Ice filches a magic mirror that poisons everyone it comes into contact with. After behaving even more wildly out of character than usual, Ice realizes that she must get rid of the wicked thing. Indigo is charged upon pain of eternal torment to get it back, and he manipulates Ice's attraction for him, but along the way he falls for her intoxicating personality. This is a paranormal romance series like no other, and it's dark, scary, and incredibly erotic. It's also not afraid to get dirty, and it stinks of desperation sometimes. There are drugs, and drinks, and blood, and vomit, and stains of all kinds, and it's gloriously messy and vivid. I can't think of another author who drags me down to the seedy underbelly of a dark fantasy world in quite the same way, and for that reason I'll keep reading Erica Hayes' novels. She just blows me away in that regard. The unconventional characters and their tortured romances may be tough for fans who want things a little cleaner, a little more predictable, but speaking as someone who OD'd on paranormal romances a few years ago, the Shadowfae Chronicles persuade me to dig into this genre again. The way that the faeries are portrayed is almost too realistic; they're clearly not human, and in fact, they were so alien at times that I had trouble connecting with Ice and Indigo. So that's what's holding me back on the rating, if you were wondering. I admire it like crazy, but I didn't emote with their story like I wanted to. Incidentally, I feel compelled to mention that Ms. Hayes refers to herself as an urban fantasy author on her website, but I prefer to call her novels paranormal romances, because they do wind up with a 'happily-ever-after' for the couple (albeit, it's usually twisted and strange too). For that reason, I personally don't think of them as urban fantasies, although that term could certainly apply. Book one, Shadowfae, had at least one sex scene that made my jaw drop and hit the floor. Book three, Poison Kissed, will be released on September 28, 2010.

superb Australian erotic urban fantasy

In Melbourne, Ice the water fairy loves partying and petty thieving especially with her best friend Blaze the firefae. They heist some cash and diamonds from an apartment to pay their protection tab to the Valenti mob. At a club where her beloved metallic fairy Indigo ignores her, Ice meets demon lord Kane. She steals a small mirror from him; an artifact he warned her not even look into, but the temptation proved too much. The mirror brought across from hell eliminates inhibitions as Ice learns first hand; everyone from mortal to supernatural want it. When she loses it, Ice fears Kane, rival demons, the mob and angels are coming for her and the missing mirror. Indigo, who stared at the mirror offers to find it, but to do so means betraying contractual partners,which Ice fears might leave her below the supernatural ooze since he has no inhibitions to adhere to any celestial code. The second Shadowfae Australian erotic urban fantasy makes the supernatural and mafia landscape seem genuine. The story line is fast-paced from the moment the strawberry scented anti-heroine proudly wears the ice she stole and never slows down for a contractual moment. Fans will enjoy this entertaining tale as the mirror from Hell opens the soul to enable the viewer to seek what they wish for since nothing inside them will prevent them from trying. Harriet Klausner