Nocturnal Book Reviews

4.5/5!
always thought that Spellcrackers.com was a little gem of a series. The latest creation from Suzanne McLeod is one of her finest.


Wonderful, complex and very imaginative world-building, London packed by an amazing range of paranormal creatures all living in the open, cohabitating with humans and legally having their own rights, - witches, sidhe, vampires, shifters, dryads, nyads, kelpies, gnomes, fairies... There are so many of them, and yet in each book I learn something new.

As usual the intricate plot is impossible to predict. Poor Genny is a permanent fixture between a rock and a hard place, she just can't catch a break from all the trouble that follows her.

Plenty of surprises in book #4, plenty of yummy Malik, a little bit of Finn and Tavish, and of course hilarious flatmates of Genny - nyad Ricou who impersonates Johnny Depp, his pregnant dryad-wife Sylvia and their ever so biteful giant eel Bertha.

Genny is under a lot of pressure to crack the fertility curse for the good of the supernatural community, and a "clever" idea from Tavish forces her to use sidhe-made Taro cards to find the answers to her questions. As soon as she opens the first card, she is up for a wild ride involving an ancient vampire Emperor, Malik's past, Bastien games, werewolves and a huge danger to her nearest and dearest. Oh, dear! And she still has four cards to go...

Fabulous, brilliant story in a sparkling urban fantasy series from a British author. Very much recommended, especially for the fans of Karen Chance, Kim Harrison and Seanan McGuire.