In this thrilling and suspenseful fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her shape-shifting lodger find themselves enmeshed in danger and dark secrets.
Human laws do not apply in the territory controlled by the Others--vampires, shape-shifters, and even deadlier paranormal beings. And this is a fact that humans should never, ever forget....
After her divorce, Vicki DeVine took over a rustic resort near Lake Silence, in a human town that is not human controlled. Towns such as Vicki's don't have any distance from the Others, the dominant predators who rule most of the land and all of the water throughout the world. And when a place has no boundaries, you never really know what is out there watching you.
Vicki was hoping to find a new career and a new life. But when her lodger, Aggie Crowe--one of the shape-shifting Others--discovers a murdered man, Vicki finds trouble instead. The detectives want to pin the death on her, despite the evidence that nothing human could have killed the victim. As Vicki and her friends search for answers, ancient forces are roused by the disturbance in their domain. They have rules that must not be broken--and all the destructive powers of nature at their command.
You would think these books would be perfect for me. I want to like them so bad, and I think I have finally figured out part of why they don't do it for me. The writing seems very child-like. That doesn't mean that the stories are kid-appropriate, they are not, just that none of the characters are complex. They are either good or bad, with no middle ground. It is a simplistic view of the world and it just doesn't do it for me. I think I will stop this series here, since this isn't the kind of thing that typically changes over the course of connected books.
I don't have anything else to say really, I do like the world Bishop created here, and think it is wonderful and unique, I just can't get past the writing style. Just not for me. However a lot of other people really love these books, so read the blurb and see if it sounds good to you. Give it a shot and come back here and let me know what you thought!
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