Format: Kindle, 294 pages
Release Date: January 23, 2024
Publisher: Helen Harper
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Fantasy
Sure, I might be a low elf. But that doesn't mean I won't get up to high jinks.
I’m
not particularly special. I’m certainly not perfect. I’m just another
delivery driver with a smattering of elvish magic who's trying to make
an honest living on the mean streets of Edinburgh.
Go me.
However, my world changes when I cross paths with Hugo Pemberville, the celebrated high elf who’s well known for his accomplished work as a treasure hunter. He might be famous but he’s also an arrogant idiot who deliberately destroys my life.
I’m not the sort of person who’ll let anyone ruin me without a fight. But when I take my revenge on Hugo, I end up thrust into a treasure hunting adventure that I could never have dreamed of.
I’m determined to succeed against all the odds. Unfortunately, treasure hunting is more difficult and dangerous than I’d expected. I’ll need all my wits about me if I’m going to survive.
But, hey, who doesn’t love an under-dog?
Helen Harper's Tatter Huntress is the first installment in the authors Thrill of the Hunt series. Daisy Carter knows she’s not anyone special. She might be brave and resourceful. She's willing to save an unknown woman from a vampire. She might possess a touch more magic than your average low elf. But, when it comes down to it, she’s just another delivery driver trying to make a living who is addicted to a dangerous drug called spider’s silk which dampens an elf's magic.
However, on a delivery to a very exclusive castle for none other than high elf, and treasure hunter Hugo Pemberville, things take turn for the worse for her. Hugo takes an instant dislike to Daisy and consequently ruins her life because he despises elves who are addicted to spider's silk. Daisy is nothing but petty in her revenge. She manages to beat him at his own game and then to further irritate him by finding a missing Puca necklace, which she discovers contains two brownies who instantly attach themselves to her.
Because of her find, she ends up being part of a huge treasure hunting competition led by Sir Nigel Hannigan. Sir Nigel is searching for the treasure of Loch Arkay, and is putting up lots of money to whomever discovers the location. Daisy is determined to succeed, even if only to show Hugo that he’s not as good as he thinks he is. But treasure hunting is more difficult and more dangerous than she’d expected. Daisy isn't ready to give in to the more skilled hunters who will find that this treasure hunt, is more dangerous than you can imagine.
*Thoughts* So, this book is a little over the top, and Daisy's addiction will need to be addressed. Daisy is a good person overall, even with her addiction. She's also resourceful and intelligent. Lastly, I love when the author uses her native Scotland as a background. There is nothing I don't love about Scotland, including the people and the heritage.
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