Series: Thrill of the Hunt # 2
Format: Kindle, 296 pages
Release Date: March 22, 2024
Publisher: Helen Harper
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Yeah, I’m a treasure hunter. No, I’m not rich. Or busy. Or successful.
Not yet.
I’m doing my very best at making a living in my newfound career. I’ve got magic, a pair of brownie sidekicks and enough ambition to fill every chilly corner of Edinburgh castle.
What I don’t have is any actual treasure to hunt.
However, when a young girl asks me for help, I end up embroiled in a deeply dangerous search for an ancient magical artefact. Unfortunately, I’m not the only one who wants to find it. Between fire-breathing dragons, vicious vampires and lethally powerful fiends, I’ve got my work cut out for me if I’m going to locate the treasure first.
At least this time I’ve got help. Hugo Pemberville might be as provocative as ever but he has also attached himself to my side. Sure, I’ve got a few teeny tiny problems of my own to deal with - but I’ve got everything under control.
Sort of.
Fiendish Delights is the second installment in author Helen Harper's Thrill of the Hunt series. Daisy Carter, our protagonist, is an elf living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Daisy is doing her best to make a living in her newfound career as a treasure hunter. She’s got a pair of brownie sidekicks (Hester & Otis) and bucket-loads of ambition. What she doesn’t have is any actual treasure to hunt. She recently started carrying a sentient sword called Gladys.
On the downside, Daisy is addicted to a drug known as spider's silk which gives her a ring of silver in her eyes. She claims she needs it to mute her magic. After being approached by what appears to be a 9-year-old girl looking for her doll, Daisy once again finds herself in a race with Hugh Pemberville, Elf Treasure Hunter, in searching for the legendary Thirteen mythical treasures of Britain. While Daisy and Hugo work together to find the 13 legendary treasures, they also have to deal with the arrival of powerful Fiends.
If that weren't interesting enough, Daisy's mysterious sentient sword begins doing things that will surprise you and make things interesting. Unfortunately, she’s not the only one who wants to find it. Between fire-breathing dragons, vicious vampires, and lethally powerful fiends, Daisy has her work cut out for her if she’s going to locate the treasure first. Daisy learns some intriguing things in this book, especially about Hugo, even as her wild magic starts to become less predictable and her addiction places her in more danger.
Plus, it was inevitable that the author was going to leave readers with not only an important clue and a new villain, but a cliffhanger ending that we now need to wait until the sequel is released. I would ask you to pay attention to the clues that the author provides, especially when you consider that both of the important clues key you into what is likely to happen in the next installment.
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