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Iron & Velvet
Iron & Velvet
Iron & Velvet
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Iron & Velvet

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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.

This book is approximately 77,500 words
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCarina Press
Release dateOct 7, 2019
ISBN9781488056994
Author

Alexis Hall

Alexis Hall is a pile of threadbare hats and used teacups given a semblance of life by forbidden sorcery. He sometimes writes books. For more information, visit www.quicunquevult.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book has a little bit of everything. The variety of characters was impressive and it didn’t take a long time to set them up. It was fun to read and I can’t wait for the next one.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    4.5I have heard so many great things about this series and I'm pleased to say most of them held true. I really enjoyed this. It was funny, irreverent, witty and occasionally just a little naughty—all good things in my books. But I had a few complaints.There is a lot of backstory that left me feeling like I had missed a first book or something. I eventually caught on, but the details were a bit slow in coming. I'm never overly joyed to start a book and find repeated references to characters I don't know.Also, though I appreciate that this is F/F paranormal romance slash urban fantasy (the first such book I've ever read), I thought that the lesbian card was over played. It seriously felt like every woman, or at least every powerful woman in London must be Sapphic and every one of them was extremely forward and trying to seduce Kate. It kind of felt like the same shtick played over and over.Plus, if I'm honest, I don't think the sex contributed as much as it should have. It all felt a little abrupt and abortive in the end—kiss, kiss, maybe lick, pinch, BITE, done; no significant build up or notable climax. meh.What I liked, I really liked though. Kate was sarcastic and clever in a self-deprecating kind of way. She's self assured and willing to admit she's winging it most of the time. She's strong without being unbelievably so. (Characters often become caricatures if they're guaranteed to win every battle with ease.) Mostly I just laughed a lot. I really fell for Hall's writing style and sense of humour. It's as acerbic as Kate is and I'm a sucker for that. Plus, all of the running jokes, like "here lies Kate Kane..." and repeat/compounding lists, for example cracked me up.An all out success. I can't wait to read book two, Shadows & Dreams.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I like this book. It's sarcastic, banter-y, and openly mocks Twilight and other poorly written paranormal books. The main character has good boundaries (as opposed to thinking stalking is romantic) and kills lots of icky monsters. Yes, the prose gets pretty overwrought at times (particularly sex scenes) but it's all good fun. Additionally, the world-building was very cool.That *all* of the most powerful vampires/werewolves/witches are lesbians seems like a bit of an unlikely coincidence, but I'm willing to overlook that.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Pure-dee fluff. If Jim Butcher and Chelsea Handler had a literary love child...

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