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A review by slcansian
Caledonia by Amy Hoff
3.0
Amy Hoff needs a new editor. Some parts read as if they were out of order, and the wrap up at the end was a lot of exposition that wasn't compelling enough for me to continue with the series. The series premise is compelling: a freshly divorced PI and folklore enthusiast gets summoned by the Fae to assist them in catching a murderer.
There are a few things that stuck out to me as not being fleshed out enough:
1) In the story, she rarely uses any of her folklore skills. When she does the act isn't framed in the context of her using her specialized knowledge. It's are more of a sidenote. This was a big reason she was picked for this job, why not make a bigger deal out of it?
2) Since I had no prior knowledge of selkies, some of their skills kind came off as "Deus Ex Machina". and I had to check Wikipedia to confirm.
3) Dylan's entire side story was completely unnecessary and should have been in another book.
4) From my best guess, this was written in the style of someone who likes to visit Scotland often but doesn't consider themselves living there. There was a disconnected feel to the description.
Amy has a good story here, but the entire thing could have been written just a little better.
There are a few things that stuck out to me as not being fleshed out enough:
1) In the story, she rarely uses any of her folklore skills. When she does the act isn't framed in the context of her using her specialized knowledge. It's are more of a sidenote. This was a big reason she was picked for this job, why not make a bigger deal out of it?
2) Since I had no prior knowledge of selkies, some of their skills kind came off as "Deus Ex Machina". and I had to check Wikipedia to confirm.
3) Dylan's entire side story was completely unnecessary and should have been in another book.
4) From my best guess, this was written in the style of someone who likes to visit Scotland often but doesn't consider themselves living there. There was a disconnected feel to the description.
Amy has a good story here, but the entire thing could have been written just a little better.