A review by i_hype_romance
Conspiracy of Ravens by J.C. McKenzie
4.0
I absolutely loved this book, and can't wait to read the rest of the series.
Raven Crawford is saddled with her ex-boyfriend's debit, works in a dead-end diner poring coffee for abysmal tippers, and finds lost things. She's just trying to keep her head down, put her weary feet up every night and focus on moving on with her life once this nightmare of drudgery she's stuck in comes to an end.
She senses the Underworld coiling around the dark fae that walks into her diner. Honestly, he's very difficult to ignore and she calls him TDD. She's disappointed when he orders a cup of coffee and nothing else. Of course he would be a Camper. Even if his voice tingles up and down her spine and he makes her wish for things she shouldn't, she cannot forgive him for hacking her delusions to bits.
But he's not there to make small-talk, or really to even drink the cup of coffee he just ordered. He wants to question her about the whereabouts of her elusive brother. She refuses to divulge any details and orders him to leave. Amazingly, he does so. She's relieved to have escaped that close encounter. And then he kidnaps her from the alley after her shift is over.
Soon, Raven is the prime piece of real estate in an elaborate tug-of-war, a pawn caught between powerful fae. She knows her brother is in trouble, and she is determined to save him from his bad decisions. But the Lord of Shadows and the Lord of War are also determined to coerce her into acting as their lead - because of course her brother used his larcenous skills to obtain something he has no business trafficking.
If you like Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson Guardian series, or Patricia Briggs' Mercedes Thompson series, you'll love the world-building and snarky heroine in this urban fantasy.
Raven Crawford is saddled with her ex-boyfriend's debit, works in a dead-end diner poring coffee for abysmal tippers, and finds lost things. She's just trying to keep her head down, put her weary feet up every night and focus on moving on with her life once this nightmare of drudgery she's stuck in comes to an end.
She senses the Underworld coiling around the dark fae that walks into her diner. Honestly, he's very difficult to ignore and she calls him TDD. She's disappointed when he orders a cup of coffee and nothing else. Of course he would be a Camper. Even if his voice tingles up and down her spine and he makes her wish for things she shouldn't, she cannot forgive him for hacking her delusions to bits.
But he's not there to make small-talk, or really to even drink the cup of coffee he just ordered. He wants to question her about the whereabouts of her elusive brother. She refuses to divulge any details and orders him to leave. Amazingly, he does so. She's relieved to have escaped that close encounter. And then he kidnaps her from the alley after her shift is over.
Soon, Raven is the prime piece of real estate in an elaborate tug-of-war, a pawn caught between powerful fae. She knows her brother is in trouble, and she is determined to save him from his bad decisions. But the Lord of Shadows and the Lord of War are also determined to coerce her into acting as their lead - because of course her brother used his larcenous skills to obtain something he has no business trafficking.
If you like Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson Guardian series, or Patricia Briggs' Mercedes Thompson series, you'll love the world-building and snarky heroine in this urban fantasy.