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Welcome to a secret world hidden behind shadowy fairy glamour, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerize you with their song, big green trolls kick heads at nightclubs and vampire Mafiosi rule the streets. Here a seductive magic mirror lies hidden deep in a demon's lair, with a simple warning: don't stare at the glass...Ice is a light-fingered fairy who can't resist a look at the powerful mirror. The mirror offers her a chance to achieve everything she's ever dreamed of. But when she pilfers it, she discovers that its power comes with a price: the mirror is a gateway to obsession and madness...and it will take every trick in her arsenal just to survive.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Shiny
2 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
In debt to Melbourne's paranormal mob, waterfae Ice steals jewels and other shinies, then pawns them for cash. She's also screwed-up when it comes to relationships - she's jealous of her friend Azure, who's secretly in love with their other friend Blaze, who has a thing for Ice, and she's kind of into him, too...All very daytime soap opera until the prime-time bitchiness comes out. Ice acquires a magic mirror of sorts, which communicates with those it meets. Squidgy, as Ice affectionately names it, gives its owners the courage to live out their secret desires, whether that's picking a fight with a bloke on the tram, or shagging the bloke with whom your BFF is in love. This is the more interesting plot.
And then there's Indigo. He's metalfae, which means it's difficult to discuss him without snark. Even his hair is "sharp", and bleeds Ice when she rakes it. The LSD-like descriptions are evocative, and don't cross the line into purple prose as often as one might assume. But when the time comes for Ice and Indigo to shag...the "logic-fail" really pulled me out of the story. Remember, Indigo is metalfae, but while his wang may be hard, it's still flesh. It's not a Wang of Steel. Indigo is not Iron Wang. It's a human wang, with real feelings.
Urban fantasy does require a reader's suspension of disbelief, but face it: Don't give us a metalfae's wang and tell us it's not an iron rod. Seriously.
But enough wangst about wangs, and onto the heavy stuff. Everyone has their period in this book, even the men. Not in those words, but it's evident in the characters' behaviour. So is the mirror really evil, or simply surfacing the owners' secret desires? It could be the latter, because everyone's a bitch.
On another psychological front, a major character is often possessed by a darker being. It's an interesting concept, but would've been much more powerful had the possessed character instead actually had a real split personality. Often that's the trouble of urban fantasy - the paranormal is used to distance characters from real life, and thus the reader has to dig deeper to get the crux of the matter. It's a valiant effort, but it comes across a bit shallow.
SHADOWGLASS remains shiny, from the hallucinogenic descriptions to its vivid friendship dramas. And though shallow on the surface, there's greater depth behind the colours and sparkles.
And then there's Indigo. He's metalfae, which means it's difficult to discuss him without snark. Even his hair is "sharp", and bleeds Ice when she rakes it. The LSD-like descriptions are evocative, and don't cross the line into purple prose as often as one might assume. But when the time comes for Ice and Indigo to shag...the "logic-fail" really pulled me out of the story. Remember, Indigo is metalfae, but while his wang may be hard, it's still flesh. It's not a Wang of Steel. Indigo is not Iron Wang. It's a human wang, with real feelings.
Urban fantasy does require a reader's suspension of disbelief, but face it: Don't give us a metalfae's wang and tell us it's not an iron rod. Seriously.
But enough wangst about wangs, and onto the heavy stuff. Everyone has their period in this book, even the men. Not in those words, but it's evident in the characters' behaviour. So is the mirror really evil, or simply surfacing the owners' secret desires? It could be the latter, because everyone's a bitch.
On another psychological front, a major character is often possessed by a darker being. It's an interesting concept, but would've been much more powerful had the possessed character instead actually had a real split personality. Often that's the trouble of urban fantasy - the paranormal is used to distance characters from real life, and thus the reader has to dig deeper to get the crux of the matter. It's a valiant effort, but it comes across a bit shallow.
SHADOWGLASS remains shiny, from the hallucinogenic descriptions to its vivid friendship dramas. And though shallow on the surface, there's greater depth behind the colours and sparkles.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
An erotic paranormal romance series like no other - dark, sexy, and intense
22 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
Plot Summary: Ice is a water faerie with a predilection for shiny baubles and late nights at the club. She years for a literal man-of-steel, a metal faerie named Indigo who constantly brushes off her advances. After a wild night spent in a demon lord's bed, Ice filches a magic mirror that poisons everyone it comes into contact with. After behaving even more wildly out of character than usual, Ice realizes that she must get rid of the wicked thing. Indigo is charged upon pain of eternal torment to get it back, and he manipulates Ice's attraction for him, but along the way he falls for her intoxicating personality.
This is a paranormal romance series like no other, and it's dark, scary, and incredibly erotic. It's also not afraid to get dirty, and it stinks of desperation sometimes. There are drugs, and drinks, and blood, and vomit, and stains of all kinds, and it's gloriously messy and vivid. I can't think of another author who drags me down to the seedy underbelly of a dark fantasy world in quite the same way, and for that reason I'll keep reading Erica Hayes' novels. She just blows me away in that regard.
The unconventional characters and their tortured romances may be tough for fans who want things a little cleaner, a little more predictable, but speaking as someone who OD'd on paranormal romances a few years ago, the Shadowfae Chronicles persuade me to dig into this genre again. The way that the faeries are portrayed is almost too realistic; they're clearly not human, and in fact, they were so alien at times that I had trouble connecting with Ice and Indigo. So that's what's holding me back on the rating, if you were wondering. I admire it like crazy, but I didn't emote with their story like I wanted to.
Incidentally, I feel compelled to mention that Ms. Hayes refers to herself as an urban fantasy author on her website, but I prefer to call her novels paranormal romances, because they do wind up with a 'happily-ever-after' for the couple (albeit, it's usually twisted and strange too). For that reason, I personally don't think of them as urban fantasies, although that term could certainly apply.
Book one, Shadowfae, had at least one sex scene that made my jaw drop and hit the floor. Book three, Poison Kissed, will be released on September 28, 2010.
This is a paranormal romance series like no other, and it's dark, scary, and incredibly erotic. It's also not afraid to get dirty, and it stinks of desperation sometimes. There are drugs, and drinks, and blood, and vomit, and stains of all kinds, and it's gloriously messy and vivid. I can't think of another author who drags me down to the seedy underbelly of a dark fantasy world in quite the same way, and for that reason I'll keep reading Erica Hayes' novels. She just blows me away in that regard.
The unconventional characters and their tortured romances may be tough for fans who want things a little cleaner, a little more predictable, but speaking as someone who OD'd on paranormal romances a few years ago, the Shadowfae Chronicles persuade me to dig into this genre again. The way that the faeries are portrayed is almost too realistic; they're clearly not human, and in fact, they were so alien at times that I had trouble connecting with Ice and Indigo. So that's what's holding me back on the rating, if you were wondering. I admire it like crazy, but I didn't emote with their story like I wanted to.
Incidentally, I feel compelled to mention that Ms. Hayes refers to herself as an urban fantasy author on her website, but I prefer to call her novels paranormal romances, because they do wind up with a 'happily-ever-after' for the couple (albeit, it's usually twisted and strange too). For that reason, I personally don't think of them as urban fantasies, although that term could certainly apply.
Book one, Shadowfae, had at least one sex scene that made my jaw drop and hit the floor. Book three, Poison Kissed, will be released on September 28, 2010.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
superb Australian erotic urban fantasy
5 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
In Melbourne, Ice the water fairy loves partying and petty thieving especially with her best friend Blaze the firefae. They heist some cash and diamonds from an apartment to pay their protection tab to the Valenti mob.
At a club where her beloved metallic fairy Indigo ignores her, Ice meets demon lord Kane. She steals a small mirror from him; an artifact he warned her not even look into, but the temptation proved too much. The mirror brought across from hell eliminates inhibitions as Ice learns first hand; everyone from mortal to supernatural want it. When she loses it, Ice fears Kane, rival demons, the mob and angels are coming for her and the missing mirror. Indigo, who stared at the mirror offers to find it, but to do so means betraying contractual partners,which Ice fears might leave her below the supernatural ooze since he has no inhibitions to adhere to any celestial code.
The second Shadowfae Australian erotic urban fantasy makes the supernatural and mafia landscape seem genuine. The story line is fast-paced from the moment the strawberry scented anti-heroine proudly wears the ice she stole and never slows down for a contractual moment. Fans will enjoy this entertaining tale as the mirror from Hell opens the soul to enable the viewer to seek what they wish for since nothing inside them will prevent them from trying.
Harriet Klausner
At a club where her beloved metallic fairy Indigo ignores her, Ice meets demon lord Kane. She steals a small mirror from him; an artifact he warned her not even look into, but the temptation proved too much. The mirror brought across from hell eliminates inhibitions as Ice learns first hand; everyone from mortal to supernatural want it. When she loses it, Ice fears Kane, rival demons, the mob and angels are coming for her and the missing mirror. Indigo, who stared at the mirror offers to find it, but to do so means betraying contractual partners,which Ice fears might leave her below the supernatural ooze since he has no inhibitions to adhere to any celestial code.
The second Shadowfae Australian erotic urban fantasy makes the supernatural and mafia landscape seem genuine. The story line is fast-paced from the moment the strawberry scented anti-heroine proudly wears the ice she stole and never slows down for a contractual moment. Fans will enjoy this entertaining tale as the mirror from Hell opens the soul to enable the viewer to seek what they wish for since nothing inside them will prevent them from trying.
Harriet Klausner
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