Peter Darbyshire

Something is haunting the play Hamlet, every time faeries put up the show someone dies...for real! It's up to the immortal Cross; a rogue and a drunk to stop the curse.

This was one hell of a ride! I enjoyed this story very much. Cross has to stop this curse or else his daughter Amelia could be the next victim of the curse, and he also has to fight a personal curse put on him by the fairy queen Morgana that makes him love her. To find out how to stop the curse he has to get help from quite different "people" like Christopher Marlowe, Alice (from the Alice in the Wonderland books), Frankenstein (the monsters actually not the doctor, but it's his name) The Scholar and so on...

I loved the story, the characters, the cameos of known fictional and not fictional characters. It was a great book that I recommend warmly!

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a free copy for an honest review!… (més)

Something is haunting the play Hamlet, every time faeries put up the show someone dies...for real! It's up to the immortal Cross; a rogue and a drunk to stop the curse.

This was one hell of a ride! I enjoyed this story very much. Cross has to stop this curse or else his daughter Amelia could be the next victim of the curse, and he also has to fight a personal curse put on him by the fairy queen Morgana that makes him love her. To find out how to stop the curse he has to get help from quite different "people" like Christopher Marlowe, Alice (from the Alice in the Wonderland books), Frankenstein (the monsters actually not the doctor, but it's his name) The Scholar and so on...

I loved the story, the characters, the cameos of known fictional and not fictional characters. It was a great book that I recommend warmly!

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a free copy for an honest review!… (més)

Went into this book knowing it's the first of a trilogy... so you'll most likely be left hanging. Other than that I knew nothing much.
A *very* different storyline... well, no. Story is really not that uncommon (VERY simplified: boy meets girl, they fall in love, they are torn asunder)but the characters now. Hm. There might be a lot of folks who take offense.
Me, well, I figure if I can read paranormal/supernatural/fantasy/urban fantasy... what are some twisted angels to me?
Decide for yourself. Remember, it is fiction.
I give it a 3.5 - liked the characters, the story... meh.… (més)