Swing Shift by William D. ArandMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Really Interesting Urban Fantasy/Harem Romance
I came across this book and thought it looked interesting and I was right. This was quite a different book to the one I was expecting. The main male character is named Gus. Gus is a Boogieman, a creature that feeds off the fear of others and is able to do magic with that area of the psyche.
Gus was in the military and got into a really bad situation in the Middle East, which only he and two other people came out of. Mark, his boss, is the only other one who survived in the long term. As well as being his boss, Mark is his best friend and one of the only people he truly trusts, as his race has been hunted virtually to extinction.
Gus’s job is working as a detective for the Paranormal Investigative Department. He works to help keep humans unaware of the paranormal world, which he does by solving crimes. The telepathy he inherited from his father helps in his work.
Gus has been mainly going through the motions of life since he got back to the US until he comes across a Contractor on a job. The Contractor, Melody is a genius, beautiful, determined and a little unhinged. Meeting Melody has the effect of completely overhauling his life.
This book is written from Gus’s point of view, however, the women in his life are very strong, almost dominant. This is harem novel, ie one man and several women, however Melody is the real centre of the harem, as she is the main force in it's construction.
This book has great world building and the characters are fascinating. The plot was interesting, though it seemed to take a while to get going, initially. The romance aspect of the book is very sweet. There is little steam and the harem doesn’t actually have sex in this book. It’s more about the emotional connection than the physical one.
I really enjoyed the book and hope to read more by this author.
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