Published: May 22nd 2015 by Amazon Digital Services
Genre: paranormal/Urban Fantasy
Format: ebook
Source: provided for honest review
Goodreads Summary
Why me? Why couldn’t I ever just keep my head down and mind my own friggin’ business? I felt like kicking my own ass for being such a gullible, softhearted mook.
Shit, the least I could do was be a little more selective. Tell people I’d only do them favors if the location was somewhere nice and beautiful … like say, sunny, sandy, not-cold-as-balls Honolulu.
Why me? Why couldn’t I ever just keep my head down and mind my own friggin’ business? I felt like kicking my own ass for being such a gullible, softhearted mook.
Shit, the least I could do was be a little more selective. Tell people I’d only do them favors if the location was somewhere nice and beautiful … like say, sunny, sandy, not-cold-as-balls Honolulu.
The Good
This is one of my favorite environments. I love the Hub where all the magical creatures go to pass from one dimension/world to another. Yancy has my type of good guy personality. He’ll kill if he has to but he tries not to. Well until you piss him off then all bets are off.
Cold Hearted, just like
Strange Magic has new creatures for me discover that are different from the usual vampire/werewolf story. I love that magic has a cost and no one is exempt from that cost.
The Romance
We get introduced to Agent Ferraro who at first just pisses Yancy off, but then slowly wins him over. Of course he kind of pisses her off as well since she thinks he’s a serial killer.
Conclusion
I may like
Cold Hearted even more then
Strange Magic. Bring on book 3 ASAP. Action, humor and romance coupled with a well-developed world and exciting storyline. What more can I ask for?
Excerpts
We wily human folk might be outgunned in the magic and muscle department, but damn if we aren’t tricksy little hobbitses. Maybe I couldn’t kill this glorified snowstorm, but he’d be feeling the burn for a good long while. Score one for team awesomesauce.
I didn’t have time for fear, though, this wasn’t the place to let myself be scared. No, this was the time for action, brainless heroics, and adrenaline. Lots of adrenaline. I could have nightmares later
I shrugged again. “People see what they want to see, and ignore everything else, I guess. In the West, we believe in science, we believe in the rational— and this”— I flashed a hand across the window—“ is not rational, this is not science. So people make excuses not to believe. But yeah, you’re right, shit’s crazier than a friggin’ psych ward.”
“Fairy Land?” She shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. “Always something new with you. Yes. Yes— if Fairy Land is where we have to go to apprehend Shelton, then I’m on board. Though, I swear, if we run into a unicorn I’m done.”
“Me too,” I said. “Unicorns are the worst. Half of ‘em are downright evil sons of bitches and the other half are all cynical jackasses.”
I, Yancy Lazarus, had minions. I’m the guy who always gets stuck fighting minions, always; the shoe had never been on the other foot before and it felt pretty badass. I wanted to scream something appropriately melodramatic, like maybe: Go forth my doom beasts, slay my foes … Bwahahaha. I didn’t, of course, because how embarrassing and tacky would that be— but it was still really cool.
