pretty decent urban fantasy and a believable take on the elite arrogance of immortal elves in exile

Great when is the next book out

Second in series about elves in our world, and a woman who finds out she was a changeling (an elf left in place of a human baby). She is also an ex-cop, disgraced because of a corrupt police official, now working as a private investigator. Her elf "friends" and human allies of the elves seem to be two-faced and continually scheming, using her as a pawn.

Much like the first book, I feel like this book is just a continuation of the series and cannot really stand on its own. It isn't bad, just has the feeling of being another installment in a mini-series.

Definitely an improvement on the previous entry in the series. The author took already strong characters and dialogs to the next level, focusing on what's good about the previous book. However, even though she focused on the fantasy a bit more in the sequel, it's still no more than an allegory. The rushed ending, even though a bit prolonged here in comparison to the Shadows in the Darkness, is still strongly felt once you reached it.

Aside from that, this book does not introduce any interesting characters, and one new fantasy element was weakly explored and IMHO not resolved in a satisfactory way - but that's just a feeling and does not necessarily reduce the quality of the work itself.

The second in Cunningham's dark urban fantasy series about a PI,Gwen Gellman, who isn't as human as she thought.
Now, will Cunningham ever get her pen in gear and finish the series??

Scattered thoughts: I didn't realize this was a second book and while I normally prefer to jump in cold, I was a bit overwhelmed with the number of characters and story threads going on.

There is a sex scene that doesn't fit the tone of the book and really feels like a stopgap measure to make the book fit in more with the Urban Fantasy genre.

I think that the main problem with this book, and the reason that I found it in the bin at an "Odd Lot" store, is the cover. The cover is wretched. If I had not already read this author, I would never have picked up the book. The cover screams cheap and confused, which is surprising considering that the publisher is Tor.

I enjoyed this book but the ambiguousness of the tale left me wondering who actually did what. There's a lot of finger pointing but nothing definitively stated. The tale is confusing enough without the author leaving it up to the reader's interpretation. I like Ian Forest but there is definitely something shady about his character and what the heck is Jason up to. I also like Gwen but she needs to get her head in the game and figure out what's up with her heritage. All the little hints are fine and dandy but they don't actually go anywhere. I guess we'll never find out now. I'm disappointed to find out that the author (for reasons not her own) has left this series dangling. What a shame as it really did have potential.

Extra 1/2 star.

I want more Gwen. :) I enjoyed the first two books in this series, but feel let down by the sudden ending of the series. (Not the author's fault.) I hope she will self-publish the 3rd book because I really want to find out how things turn out.

Took me a while to actually finish this once I started, probably because I knew that if it ended with a cliffhanger I would probably never get relief, being that the series is suspended indefinitely.

The book is cool, due to the fact that it is set in my birthplace and current residence of Providence, RI (woot woot!). I did enjoy the story and progression better with this installment. The true colors of all the players are peeping out. Too bad we might never get a conclusion to the story.

I'd say give the book a try.

I really like this series. It is set in Providence and the supernatural element is there but not over the top.