Siobhan Quinn is half werewolf, half vampire; she was
bitten by both on the same night. She was a messed up
junkie before she was bitten and now well, she just fixes
on blood not heroine. Quinn--calling her Siobhan will get
you killed--is an assassin and doesn't feel one bit bad
about it. She goes though life taking out whoever she's
sent after and kills people every time she gets hungry.
Her boss B, yes just B, has sent her to find the missing
daughter of a powerful magic-using human. In the process,
Quinn discovers she is actually searching for an extremely
old and powerful object, and she is not the only one
searching. There are attempts on her life, and she kills a
few monsters along the way as she tries to stop her
inevitable death, again.
RED DELICIOUS by Kathleen Tierney is told with Quinn
speaking directly to the reader, and though Quinn's thoughts
are a little ADHD sometimes, RED DELICIOUS is a great idea,
with a strong anti-hero as the lead character, and fun
supporting characters. Quinn's unapologetic style and shoot-
first attitude are fun to read. Quinn tends to literally
tell you she is pulling you out of the story, that she
doesn't care, and then she goes off on a tangent. This does
more to pull you out than just telling the story would. RED
DELICIOUS is a great concept and funny. It's just a little
overwhelming at times.
Meet Siobhan Quinn--half werewolf, half vampire, and
completely screwed. After successfully transitioning from
being a notorious junkie demon hunter into a notorious
werepire hit man, she's become a full-fledged member of the
world of horrors. But her initiation into the underbelly of
supernatural society hasn't earned her any friends. Not
only is she being hounded by a former priest with a vendetta
against the undead, but her boss, Mr. B, has no qualms about
sending her on missions pretty much guaranteed to end her
life...again.
When the daughter of a prominent Rhode Island necromancer
goes missing, Quinn is given the thankless job of tracking
her down before her father finds out and raises (literal)
hell. The only problem is that the girl is caught up in
something much bigger than a simple vanishing act. Something
related to an ancient magical totem so powerful a host of
distinctly unsavory folks in three dimensions would kill to
get their hands on it. And Quinn's the lucky monster caught
in the cross fire.
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