Covenant of
Thorns #1
Carina Press,
July 2012
ebook
Obtained
via: publisher
ISBN: 1426894066 (ISBN13: 9781426894060)
Fantasy
Dr. Jennifer
McGee has been waking from strange dreams involving a black dog. She is tired and bored to death with her
life, her job and her fiancé. One night
she drives off from all three, drawn to an Inn
where she ends up passing into the world of the Fae. There her life is saved by the sexy and
mysterious Lord Rogue only to find that she now owes him for that boon. He wants her first born child. But can she afford to pay? Does she want to?
The world
building was wonderful. Fairytale creatures
come to life, magic is real for an elite group of citizens and wishing
something can make it so. Humans are
second class citizens here and magic wielders have all the power.
Jeffe
Kennedy’s unique writing style is perfect for the world of fantasy. He manages to build a world both magical and somewhat
frightening. The people there are so
very alien while also hauntingly familiar.
The effect is something of an Alice
in Wonderland feel to the story. Just
as Jennifer/Gwynne wonders what has happened to her, how she got there and what
exactly her feelings are for Rogue, readers will constantly wonder if this all
going to end up as a bad/strange/erotic dream that our heroine would eventually
wake up from (and perhaps then meet Rogue in her world?). Or maybe we will find that she has died and
this is her afterlife. That would be a
cool twist, right? That sense of
confusion that follows throughout the storyline and beyond is what earned the
fourth star from this reader. What a
great way to leave readers wanting more.
Of course,
we will have to wait for the next book in Kennedy’s Covenant of Thorns series
to see if the sudden HEA ending was intentional or just plain out of left
field.
Reviewed by
T. Barringer
"This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this
book."
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