So there were a couple of books that I’ve now read a
while ago. And I didn’t have a lot to say about them, I guess. So I thought I’d
do like some small, simple reviews, or just thoughts.
This is a new adult book. It’s about a young lady
named Mia Strong, who is a gamer and gamer blogger. She is a virgin, and she is
basically flat broke, and so she auctions off her virginity, as you do. And
then there will be no contact after that. A young billionaire, Adam Drake, buys
it, and they write a contract, and all that and he finds a loophole, which
makes him able to spend more time with her.
I liked it. It was okay. I thought it was funny. I
thought Brenna managed to make a lot of tension, and she was good at that. I
was very impressed. I thought the whole virginity auction was a bit creepy, but
it’s not like Brenna Aubrey put it forward as being a good idea. I thought Mia
and Adam were believable and fun, and cool. Anyways. I liked it. I also liked
how it was… I don’t know, solved, in reference to Mia’s virginity. I did think
Adam’s behavior was a bit creepy at times. He was sort of trying to control
Mia, and trick her into the way he thought she should behave. I thought the way
she handled him made up for that. She’s tough and gutsy and she doesn’t let
Adam get his way all the time. I don’t have much more to say, but I liked it.
Dark Currents is an urban fantasy set in the US. In a
small town where there are supernaturals living there. The book is about a
young lady named Daisy Johansson, daughter of an incubus, raised by a single
mother, who is the agent of the Norse god Hel. She works with the police of her
small Midwestern town when there’s a supernatural problem. And then a person is
killed and the police realize there is magic stuff involved. Daisy has to
balance the supernatural and the mundane.
I really loved this. It’s fun, and kooky. It’s a good
detective story, and the solution was both great and sort of repugnant.
Jacqueline Carey is such a good writer. Daisy is spunky and cool and tough.
She’s very no nonsense. She has a tail, yeah! She’s a badass. I loved that it
used mythology and that it used Hel, because I’m obsessed with Norse mythology.
The characters are well developed, the world is impressive, the Jacqueline
Carey-ness is there and it’s awesome sauce. I really liked it. I thought it was
amazing. Yeah, that’s basically it. It was fun.
So those were my thoughts on At Any Time and Dark Currents. There we go.
Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey