Elizabeth's Reviews > Unshapely Things

It's nice to see another author trying out the Urban Fantasy genre from a male perspective. Especially when we're talking about the fae - I felt while reading that it sort of gave it a more realistic feel, by integrating it into the main character's reality versus constantly having him point out how pretty/different/unreal they might be. My biggest disappointment was that the whole story really feels slow for the first half of the book. Things don't really get going - like the author doesn't really break into his stride until that point - but it's like a downhill run where things move along better and more swiftly after the halfway mark. And other than the male main character, I enjoyed some of the descriptions the author used throughout the story more than I enjoyed the story in some points. There were even a few that I went back and reread a few times because they really seemed to pull me further into the scene.

Fans of Jim Butcher's Dresden files will probably like this author though. And I know I'm looking forward to reading the next installment.