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Archeologist Taryn St. Giles has spent her life mining the ruins of the elves who vanished from the Four Kingdoms a thousand years ago. But when her patrons begin disappearing too— and then turning up dead— she finds herself unemployed, restless, and desperate. So she goes looking for other missing things: as a bounty hunter. Tracking her first fugitive— the distractingly handsome and strangely charming Alric— she unearths a dangerous underworld of warring crime lords, demonic show more squirrels, and a long-lost elven artifact capable of unleashing a hell on earth. Chased, robbed, kidnapped, and distressingly low on rent money, Taryn just wants one quiet beer and to catch her fugitive. But there's more to Alric than his wicked grin— is he a wanted man or the city's only hope? With menacing mages in pursuit and her three alcoholic faery sidekicks always in her hair, Taryn's curiosity might finally solve the mystery of the elves... or be the death of her and destroy her world. show lessTags
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DNF at 25% after the FMC (an archeologist turned bounty hunter) was trying to escape yet another set of unknown enemies.
I found the backstory inconsistent and a little off-putting. Most residents didn't believe in "mythological elves" but there were lizard people and fairies. The FMC committed some SA on what seemed to be the MMC love interest? And the FMC's TSTL behavior was too much to continue to read about - the MMC warned her to be quiet multiple times and yet she kept talking to ask questions.
I apparently enjoyed another sci-fi series of this author which is why I had downloaded this book, but it seems like the writing quality isn't as consistent or my tastes have changed.
I found the backstory inconsistent and a little off-putting. Most residents didn't believe in "mythological elves" but there were lizard people and fairies. The FMC committed some SA on what seemed to be the MMC love interest? And the FMC's TSTL behavior was too much to continue to read about - the MMC warned her to be quiet multiple times and yet she kept talking to ask questions.
I apparently enjoyed another sci-fi series of this author which is why I had downloaded this book, but it seems like the writing quality isn't as consistent or my tastes have changed.
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- Canonical title
- The Glass Gargoyle
- Original publication date
- 2015-03-23
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