Incubus (Fairwick Chronicles)

by Carol Goodman

'This is where all stories start, on the edge of a dark wood...'

Ever since moving to Fairwick to take up a teaching post at the local college, Callie has been having vivid, erotic dreams about a man made out of moonlight and shadows. Dreams she begins to fear as well as anticipate...

She learns that her home - a Victorian cottage at the edge of a wood she bought on a whim - is supposedly haunted. And then her new - and rather strange - colleagues tell her a local legend about an incubus demon with a human past who was enchanted by a fairy queen...

• ISBN10: 0091940184
• ISBN13: 9780091940188
• Publish Date: 21 July 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Imprint: Ebury Press
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

There were some very believeable parts of this story, young PhD student Cailleach (Cally) McFay looks for job in a small college, would like something bigger but something attracts her to this one. When she discovers that her favourite guilty secret of her youth author's house is available to buy, with a lot of her papers there for her to research, the conclusion was foregone. Then she discovers that in fact her house is haunted, by an Incubus, and that there are more supernatural creatures around her, including herself.

There were also some bad moments, the supernatural creatures were pretty paranoid but not paranoid enough, nor did they really notice when someone started feeding on staff and students, or start making a list of possible suspects. One minute people are typical researchers and in the next they're behaving against character. Oh and Cailleach McFey, seriously, the fact that she has abilities was in her name, it's more than a little obvious.

It's not a paranormal romance, it's a paranormal story with some romantic elements, leaning more towards the urban fantasy realm of story. The main character needs to grow a little more backbone and learn a bit more about herself before long. Faerie could spit her out in pieces. If I was faerie I'd be inclined to put her in a safe place and ensure she doesn't put herself in harms way, and possibly find her a nice person to have babies with so her abilities could possibly be passed on to a few others.

Not a bad read, lacked a certain something to bring it out of the ordinary.