Night Myst (Indigo Court, #1)

by Yasmine Galenorn

Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the Dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they imagined. Now Myst, the Vampiric Fae Queen of the Indigo Court, has enough power to begin a long prophesied supernatural war. And Cicely Waters, a witch who can control the wind, may be the only one who can stop her-and save her beloved Fae prince from the Queen's enslavement.

• ISBN10: 0515148148
• ISBN13: 9780515148145
• Publish Date: 23 September 2010 (first published 1 June 2010)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Jove Publications
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 342
• Language: English

Reviews

[Hixxup]

I am very partial to books about Faeries, Vampires, Shifters, witches etc etc. This one had them all over the place. Cicely a magic born witch, had been a drifter since her childhood, due to her bloodwhore junkie mother. A call home brings Cicely back to New Forest, back to her home, her family, and her lover Grieve. But when she gets there she doesn't know that magic born folk are disappearing all over the place, but then soon learns that the Queen of the Indigo Court Myst, the first Vampiric Fae, has made her home in New Forest, and has transformed most of the Fae living in the forest into her legion of Vampiric Fae, including Grieve. Cicely and her cousin Rhianna, and Rhianna's boyfriend Lee, and a Dreamwalker called Kaylin. Gather together to form a small band of magic users on the side of good, to help stop Myst taking over New Forest. Along with the sly backhanded help of the Vampires, and the Fae Queen of the Rushes and Rivers, she gets into deeper waters than she ever intended. SO while, trying to rescue her friends and family, and her lover, helping out the vampires and the rest of the fae not transformed, Cicely also has to learn about her own background. Man, if you ever think you got it rough, imagine what its like for Cicely. This book was intriguing, and a new world to explore. It reminded me of a modern day version of the 80's movie "Legend" except without Darkness and just add more Faeries into the mix. This is a series I will continue to read, and from how this book ended I will continue to enjoy. I hope if you read this book you will enjoy it too. :)

[Quirky Cat]

Very very strange book..but hey! It got me through the lunch breaks where I forgot another book, so that is always a huge plus. I don't think I'll continue with the series though.

[inlibrisveritas]

Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn, is book one in her new Indigo Court series. It revolves around Cicely Waters, a witch who can control, and her fight against a thing called the Indigo Court. The Indigo Court is made up of the powerful vampiric Fae, who have decidedly become the enemy of all. Cicely must join forces with both the normal Fae and the Crimison Court (vampires) to take down the vampiric queen Myst before she completely destroys the town of New Forest. All the while Ciciley is finding about about her heritage and trying to hang on to her relationship with a Fae called Grieve.

I've given this book a 4 out of 5. As the start of a new series it does it's job of introductions wonderfully making them both interesting and informative. Also for a first in the series it puts in a great amount of action and advancement as far as the plot goes. The writing style was to me like a mix of Laurell K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris. The story is new and refreshing when it comes to paranormal fantasy, it introduced a concept that I have never read before called the Vampiric Fae. There were a few things that irked me to the point of my dreaded eye roll, such as: The tattoos on both Cicely and Grieve which came off as just stupid and also the "dirty" talk which just got plan old as well as stupid after the first few times. Overall Galenorn has done a wonderful job with this book and I thoroughly look forward to the next in the series.