Format: Kindle, 246 pages
Release Date: March 23rd, 2015
Publisher: Marie Andreas
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Fantasy
Magic. Mayhem. Drunken faeries.
Archeologist Taryn St. Giles has spent her life mining the ruins of the elves who vanished from the Four Kingdoms a thousand years ago. But when her patrons begin disappearing too—and then turning up dead—she finds herself unemployed, restless, and desperate. So she goes looking for other missing things: as a bounty hunter.
Tracking her first fugitive—the distractedly handsome and strangely charming Alric—she unearths a dangerous underworld of warring crime lords, demonic squirrels, and a long-lost elven artifact capable of unleashing a hell on earth.
Chased, robbed, kidnapped, and distressingly low on rent money, Taryn just wants one quiet beer and to catch her fugitive. But there’s more to Alric than his wicked grin—is he a wanted man or the city’s only hope? With menacing mages in pursuit and her three alcoholic faery sidekicks always in her hair, Taryn’s curiosity might finally solve the mystery of the elves… or be the death of her and destroy her world.
The Glass Gargoyle is the first installment in author Marie Andreas The Lost Ancients series. Archeologist Taryn St. Giles has spent her life mining the ruins of the elves who vanished from the Four Kingdoms about 1300 years ago. But when her patrons begin disappearing and then turning up dead, she finds herself unemployed, restless, desperate, and a bad reputation as getting people killed. So she becomes a bounty hunter. Tracking her first fugitive-the distractedly handsome and strangely charming Alric; she unearths a dangerous underworld of warring crime lords, demonic squirrels, and a long-lost elven artifact capable of unleashing a hell on earth.
Chased, robbed, kidnapped, arrested for murder, and distressingly low on rent money, Taryn just wants one quiet beer and to catch her fugitive. But there's more to Alric than his wicked grin. With menacing mages in pursuit and her three alcoholic faery sidekicks (Crusty Bucket, Garbage Blossom and Leaf Grub) always in her hair, Taryn's curiosity might finally solve the mystery of the elves or be the death of her and destroy her world. Taryn never asked to be the caretaker of faeries, but now that she is, keeping them in line is a job and a half.
Taryn's three little fairy friends prove to be full of surprises. They flutter perilously on the edge of cuteness, but they are exasperating at times as well as secretive. Taryn isn't sure why she ended up with them. Taryn has been fascinated by the Elven ruins since childhood, and all she has ever wanted to do is learn about the elves. How they lived, how they thought. But without a patron, there is no digging for Taryn. When a well-respected professor decides to be her patron, Taryn is at first thrilled. But then things get really weird. The one predictable thing about the story is that nothing is predictable. Characters morph in and out of various forms, physical settings get tweaked without warning, and good guys become bad guys on a whim.
Conclusion: The plot was a fairly predictable rehash of several standard fantasy themes. An ancient prophecy of doom, a clueless innocent heroine stumbling into a complex conspiracy and suddenly turns out to have amazing powers. And, then you have the alleged love interest who is all that and a large bucket of chicken.
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