Sinister: Unhallowed by John P. Logsdon & Christopher P YoungMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Enjoyable and Different Urban Fantasy
This is a bit of a different take from my usual Urban Fantasy reads. This is because the heroine, isn’t exactly working for the good guys.
Evangeline Sinister is an Hellion. Hellions are a race formed from demons crossed with dragons. They are formed into Houses and Evangeline is an House Guard for House Sinister. She is the daughter of a concubine who happened to catch the eye of the Head Guard and he became her mentor, giving her a way our and a determination to succeed that many of higher birth didn’t have. So when her house was wiped out in one night, leaving her the sole member of her House she had no other option to run, because if she could survive for a year after the Rite of Decimation was started the Heads of the Houses involved in attacking her House would be executed and Evangeline would take them over. For the Rite to be a success all of the attacked House must be dead.
In order to stay alive, as her mentor would wish, she escapes to the Topside, which I’m assuming is meant to be mundane Earth, except there is complicated technology and magic and supernaturals. There is also all sorts of corruption throughout society, including the Paranormal Police Department, which has a Black Ops team, which essentially is made up of assassins who are controlled by a group of very wealthy and powerful people. They discover Evangeline and blackmail her into becoming part of their Black Ops Team, so begins work with an hellwolf and a vampire.
I love that Evangeline is so ruthless and practical. She admits she’s going to do whatever it takes to stay alive for a year, no matter who she has to kill. She’s not a bad person, she’s just ruthless. She’s actually a gifted soldier and leader. The vampire she’s working with, Q, is a bit useless and quite unpleasant, but he makes a great foil for her sense of humour. Kayson, the hellwolf, is a complete meathead and gung-ho to the extreme, which makes their interactions pretty funny. Though there are no sex scenes in this book there is plenty to imply there will be in future books.
The world building is fun and the plot is different and entertaining. This is not a book that inspires deep thinking, but it is a great light read, perfect for taking your mind off work, or doing chores.
I will definitely be reading the next in the series.
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