Brimstone Bound by Helen HarperMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Entertaining
I’d probably give this book 3.5 ⭐️ if I could.
It’s always nice to see some Urban Fantasy based in the UK. However, I’ve grown so used to reading US fiction it’s actually quite disorientating hearing about warrant cards and boroughs of London. It is however nice to recognise most of the landmarks talked about and understand the transport system!
Emma is a police officer training to qualify for her detective ranking. She’s doing really well when she finds out her last rotation is with the Supernatural Squad, the place they send the people they don’t want to see again. Within 24 hours of starting work with the squad she is murdered, only to rise again in the mortuary the next day.
Trying to solve your own murder, when you know nothing really about the world into which you’ve been thrust is a tricky proposition, however, Emma is determined, clever and has a vampire to help out.
There is plenty to like in this book. The plot and the world-building are interesting but I feel that the characters were subservient to the plot. This is fine if you prefer to have a strong plot to strong characters but I’m the other way around. I prefer my characters to drive my plot, not be driven by it.
We really see very little of Emma’s personality throughout this book, other than her intelligence and determination. She has a friend but there is no real connection there except for plot reasons. Her boyfriend is someone she doesn’t seem to have very deep feelings for and she just feels shallow. All the characters are like this. As I saID, if you want to read a good story that’s all about the plot, this book is pretty good, but I like a little bit more meat on the bones of the people I read about.
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