Kinda fun story line... Total fantasy. Characters are good though, keeping me interested. ( )

I absolutely love Jacqueline Carey's writing style, and the Eldrich community is fantastic. Great sequel and the Buffy references made me fangirl squee :D ( )

as with everything from this author, loved it. ( )

Fun, light. Higher-3 stars range. ( )

This story begins with Daisy being called to local gay bar to deal with a rutting satyr which is not the usual sort of thing done by a normal file clerk who works for the police department. But neither Pemkowet, Michigan, or Daisy Johanssen are normal.

Pemkowet sits about a haven for the eldritch and Daisy is the goddess Hel's liaison to the human world. Daisy is uniquely qualified for this job given that she is half-demon. Her eighteen-year-old mom inadvertently called a demon by using a Ouija board while on vacation with friends in Pemkowet. Daisy is determined not to realize her demon heritage given that it could bring Armageddon.

In fact, Daisy tries to be normal which includes dating a cute guy who runs a supernatural bus tour. Sinclair Palmer is hiding some secrets though. His mother is an obeah woman from Jamaica and she wants him to come back home and help her in her political career. She sends Sinclair's twin who excels in dark magic to convince him.

Between hexes and the promise to unleash a powerful duppy on the town, Daisy is kept very busy. Things get even busier when the bones of a local legend Tall Man Brannigan are stolen from his crypt and Daisy needs to find them and return his spirit to his grave before Halloween.

Daisy needs to enlist all her allies for this one. From the local coven who is teaching Sinclair about his powers to the local ghoul population led by Stefan who has a thing for Daisy, and Cody Fairfax an in-the-closet werewolf who also works for the Pemkowet Police Department, it is all hands on deck if the world is to be saved and Daisy's job as Hel's liaison is also to be saved.

This is an interesting world populate by all sorts of eldritch characters. I like the complex mythology and Daisy's desires to keep the peace and figure out her own life. Daisy isn't the usual kick-ass urban fantasy heroine but she is brave and determined and knows how to gather friends.

This is the middle book of a trilogy and I recommend beginning with DARK CURRENTS to get some of the backstory referred to in this book. I thought the narrator did a great job with Daisy amply demonstrating both her human side and her paranormal world. ( )