ONE FELL SWEEP is book 3 in the Innkeeper
Chronicles by the fantastic Ilona Andrews. This is an
urban fantasy authorial duo composed of husband and wife,
who can do no wrong in this reader's eyes. ONE FELL SWEEP
began, as have all the Innkeeper
Chronicles books,
as an online serial published every Friday. Hats off to
the authors, who have kept up on online posting of the
serial come hell or high water. This series has always
given me something to eagerly look forward to on Fridays,
and it's an autobuy for me as soon as Andrews publishes
each in the series once it's complete.
Dina DeMille is a fantastical Innkeeper who runs the
Gertrude Mills Inn, a magical bed and breakfast that serves
alien guests from other worlds. Dina's main directive in
life as an Innkeeper is to preserve to safety of her inn's
guests. Dina agrees to host a Hiru at her inn, a stinking
clanking bucket of metal junk, who is trying desperately to
stay alive and save the others of his race. The Hiru are
being hunted to extinction by the Draziri, who believe that
the murder of the Hiru will lead themselves and their
Draziri clans to heaven. Dina knows that opening her doors
to a Hiru as guests puts herself, her Inn, and the rest of
her guests squarely in the crosshairs of a galactic crusade
by the Draziri. But Dina is not about to let the Draziri
bullies extinguish the last of the existing Hiru, since
Dina is on the side of angels.
Assisted by Sean Evans, her dreamy yet frightfully
dangerous werewolf lover, as well as her newly rescued
sister and Arland, a vampire warrior, Dina sets out to
provide the Hiru with the tools they need to escape and
survive their genocide. I adore Dina. She is a badass
with a heart of gold. Her magical capabilities are always
astonishing, and I love to see all the wacky situations she
gets herself in (and out) of! The worldbuilding in this
series is exquisite, and I'm always astonished by the
amazing things in this world that the authors dream up. I
adore Sean and Dina together, and the budding relationship
between Dina's sister and the forbidding vampire Arland
rocks too.
ONE FELL SWEEP contains plenty of snark and humor that
keeps the tension of the battles from becoming too
overwhelming. Some of the pop culture references made me
laugh out loud in public as I read, as they are so clever!
This paranormal story has everything one could desire:
action, suspense, comedy, and romance. ONE FELL SWEEP
joins the other Andrews book companions on my keeper shelf
as another fantastic winner.
Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red
Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of
guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know
about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an
impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a
powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot
werewolf; so don’t stand too close, or you may be collateral
damage.
But what passes for Dina’s normal life is about to be thrown
into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older
sister, Maud, who’s been exiled with her family to a planet
that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany
Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at
saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to
all Dina holds dear. Now Gertrude Hunt is under siege by a
clan of assassins. To keep her guests safe and to find her
missing parents, Dina will risk everything, even if she has
to pay the ultimate price. Though Sean may have something to
say about that!
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