This book appears to be the first in a series in that although it reaches some sort of a conclusion, thereĪre many ends left open. Is she destined for something more than just exorcising spirits? With the help of her reluctant and potentially murderous bound spirits, with her rather foxy boyfriend, with a fairy King who has an unusual taste for tying people up, can Eugenie uncover her full powers, and can she understand her role in the history of war between the gentry and humans? For a start, most of the spirits and fey seem less interested in killing her and more in romancing her secondly, they all seem to know her name now thirdly, the hot man she's just met is definitely something out of the ordinary.Įugenie is discovering that there's more to her than she originally thought. However, Eugenie has begun to find that things seem to be different in her world. She's been trained by her stepfather, Roland, to help dispose of the odds and ends that can irritate people's lives - running shoes that are possessed, that kind of thing.

Eugenie is a powerful shaman, someone who banishes the gentry (spirits, fey and otherworldly beasts) to the Underworld, or the Otherworld. 'Succubus' series and introduces us to a very different heroine - Eugenie Markham – living in a different world. Her latest book, Storm Born, takes a break from her

Writing style marks these books above many others. Although her books look like lots of others in this genre - indeed, they often follow similar patterns in terms of plot and action - this author's interesting and well-paced Book review: Richelle Mead's *Storm Born (Dark Swan, Book 1)*

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