CRIMSON VEIL, book fifteen in Yasmine Galenorn's convoluted yet vastly entertaining Otherworld series is told from Menolly's point of view. Galenorn's device of telling each book from a different sister in turn helps keep each book in the series fresh, while remaining true to the central narrative carried throughout the series. This, in my opinion, makes the Otherworld series one of Galenorn's best. (She also writes the Indigo Court and Fly by Night series, and wrote the now-complete Chintz n' China and Bath and Body series.)

With their father missing, war rampant in the Otherworld and more problems from a powerful demon Earth-side, the D'Artigo sisters barely have time to breath between scenes, as usual. This frenetic pace is broken here and there with time at home with extended family and there is also a lovely bit of growth within Menolly's relationship with Camilla to add to the pleasure of a new book in a favorite series. It is very much worth backtracking if you have not read earlier books, even though there are a staggering fourteen previous installments because the full pleasure comes from watching the stories of the sisters and their loved ones unfold, book by book.

Yasmine Galenorn just doesn't miss. CRIMSON VEIL adds to the intensity without shortchanging the overarching story lines previously explored in the Otherworld series' earlier books, bringing a reader just as much escape with its scenes of kick-ass fighting against immeasurable odds, while still exploring more of the relationships between characters we have grown to love. Book sixteen, Priestess Dreaming is due out in September 2014.