Shadow's Messenger by T.A. WhiteMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Enjoyable Urban Fantasy
Aileen Travers is a vampire. She’s not been one for very long. She came home on leave from the army and got bitten in a nightclub and left for dead. Waking up in a morgue was a little shocking for the staff there, almost as much as it was for her.
Now out of the army, she works as a bicycle courier in the supernatural world. They have a system whereby the courier pays a penalty clause if the delivery is not made on time. This time she makes a mistake in taking a job for a sorcerer, because none of the other couriers are stupid enough to take the job.
I like how Aileen is a seriously underpowered. She’s a baby vampire, with nobody teaching her and she’s having to guess at half of the things she needs to do. But also like that she has a iron will that has helped keep her family safe in a way that is very unusual. I also like that she has army training and knows how to think laterally to get things done. I love her sense of humour.
““You have a smart mouth,” (he) observed. Not usually, it was just that facing hopeless situations brought out the sarcastic in me. I blamed TV. Too many plucky heroines when facing the big bads. It had affected my behaviour, I swear.”
Her personality makes so much sense when you take into account that she’s intelligent, went into the army, spent a year in a Forward Operating Base, and therefore she saw action. She’s adapt at getting around orders, without breaking them, which is useful considering she’s dealing with much older and more powerful supernatural creatures than herself.
It’s good world building, great plot that sucks you along and a set of characters you want to know more about. I really enjoyed the book and can’t wait to read the next one.
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