Gigi is now a PI. Her friend asks her to help the friends ex husband find his missing wife. The trouble is the ex had physically abused her friend and Gigi isn't certain that the wife didn't vanish to avoid the same treatment and this is further complicated by her finding evidence that the missing wife is an elf. Meanwhile, someone starts a series of increasingly deadly attacks on Gigi.

Not as good as it's made out to be.

I started reading this book after I finished the first in the series. This book was again enjoyable but I did start to get annoyed with how little the author developed Gwen's new elfish background and how the Elder Folk were involved. Seemed to be too much left to guess at for the sake of finger pointing the wrong persons. I had hoped to read more of IanForest in this book but even though his character and actions were developed more he was overshadowed with all the other characters mentioned. Even Gwen's character it felt like it was all about the cases she had going and did not delve too much into her emotional makeup and there were often convenient interruptions with her phone ringing and her casual romantic involvements with just about every man she meets is starting to grate. Hopefully this will settle more in the next book. After the build up from page one, again the main plot was resolved too quick and simply. I don't expect it to drag on but I was still at a loss with who did what at end.

A different take on elves. I thought the books (this is the 2nd) were enjoyable and very readable, but apparently the publisher didn't see reason to keep going with the series. The author's website mentions trying to put together some longish short stories to wrap up the loose threads, which would certainly be nice. I think this may have just become the first series I _should_ remove from my spreadsheet (since it is technically finished), but, I'll leave it in for now in the hopes of noticing when those short stories are published (in paper or electronically).

(The Net acted up, so my longer review disappeared before it was saved... ARGH... I'll try and write something again another day, okay?)

This book was great! Everyone was so wickedly deceitful. You never knew who was going to kill who.... and there was a lot of killin' going on. Gwen is a smartass with a "don't fuck with me" attitude that I love. There is no romance in this book. Gwen sleeps with a few friends when she feels the need to, but otherwise her love life is non-existent. Normally that would turn me off from a book, but there was so much going on that I didn't mind her lacking a relationship. I am disappointed that Cunningham didn't continue this series.

3.5. If I give it a 4 I’d want to read it again and be sad all over again that there aren’t more books. This book wasn’t anything really exciting plot-wise, and I could do with a few fewer crime bosses, but the characters are fun. I want more of Gwen and Sister Tamar.

The follow-up to Shadows in the Darkness is just as compelling. Gwen is getting more answers, but that just pulls her in deeper. I couldn't put it down until I was done.

This book is a bit better than the first. I think some parts are a little predicatable while others were a bit cliche. But in whole, it was better.

I still wonder why it never takes too long to get anywhere and still have the feeling like the author may have taken some of her elf cues from vamp movies. But this book does dig into Gigi's background a bit more and we see how she really is. We also learn her motivation, which is important, because it makes the story more realistic.

Still, i think I will purchase the third. It may not be the best book, but if you have time on your hands or are in a dry run you may enjoy this book. I recommend that you start with the first book though.

Gwen's dealing with the new knowledge that she's of the Elder Race and trying to learn as she goes along. A new friend is killed, a new friend brings her into his family, another new friend isn't what he seems to be.

Ian shows her what an elven oath means and takes away her ability to eat french fries. Elves can be cruel. ;^) So if someone asks you to swear a oath "by moon and star, wind and word" beware what you say.

Hopefully in the third book we'll learn more about the 'Qualities' that the Elder Race have. Better yet that this isn't just a trilogy but the making of a series.

For those of you uptight about sex - Gwen does have sex - once. Nothing like the Anita Blake sex scenes so shouldn't be any compliants.

interesting characters and premise. I have to warn readers though that there wasn't a 3rd book published, so unless she's gotten a new publisher, it cuts off just as its getting super interesting. If a 3rd book did come out, I'd be on it in a heartbeat.

Fun read