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Frost Moon by Anthony Francis
5.0
Technically(if one should need a technicality and genre label), this could be called a paranormal amateur sleuth mystery since Dakota Frost is a tattoo artist who gets pulled into the mystery. But mostly what this is, in actuality, is a kickass Urban Fantasy.
I am so glad that this is the beginning of a series. It took me a bit to get comfortable reading it in the beginning, the story felt a little rough around the edges. Once I got past page 20 or so, I was right at home with Dakota Frost and her urban fantasy world of vampires and were-kin and, best of all, magick filled tattoos. That’s what Dakota does, she creates tattoos, most of the magick-filled in the tattoo palace, The Rogue Unicorn. She’s tattooed her own and what I wouldn’t give to see the flowers, butterflies and especially the dragon that moves and reacts to stimuli.
Dakota is brought into a police investigation of a serial killer whose targeted victims have magical tattoos. She also has been hired to ink a specific magical tattoo on a werewolf who wants more control at the full moon. Both of these events soon yank her all the way into a murky world of human and the Edgeworld of paranormal creatures.
She meets up with police investigators, a ‘man in black’ Fed who work for the Department of Extraordinary Investigations, and has to deal with her ex, now the Queen of Little Five Points Vampires and working for the Vampire Consulate of Little Five Points. There is also the werewolf who needs her help, and possibly her companionship, to work the tattoo that will perhaps help him control his beast side.
There are so many possibilities of who could be the serial killer, but not irritatingly so. No, it was suspenseful each time a possibility showed up.
This is a SUPERB Urban Fantasy/paranormal amateur sleuth start of a series!!
MORE SOONEST, PLEASE sparkly diamonds!!!
I am so glad that this is the beginning of a series. It took me a bit to get comfortable reading it in the beginning, the story felt a little rough around the edges. Once I got past page 20 or so, I was right at home with Dakota Frost and her urban fantasy world of vampires and were-kin and, best of all, magick filled tattoos. That’s what Dakota does, she creates tattoos, most of the magick-filled in the tattoo palace, The Rogue Unicorn. She’s tattooed her own and what I wouldn’t give to see the flowers, butterflies and especially the dragon that moves and reacts to stimuli.
Dakota is brought into a police investigation of a serial killer whose targeted victims have magical tattoos. She also has been hired to ink a specific magical tattoo on a werewolf who wants more control at the full moon. Both of these events soon yank her all the way into a murky world of human and the Edgeworld of paranormal creatures.
She meets up with police investigators, a ‘man in black’ Fed who work for the Department of Extraordinary Investigations, and has to deal with her ex, now the Queen of Little Five Points Vampires and working for the Vampire Consulate of Little Five Points. There is also the werewolf who needs her help, and possibly her companionship, to work the tattoo that will perhaps help him control his beast side.
There are so many possibilities of who could be the serial killer, but not irritatingly so. No, it was suspenseful each time a possibility showed up.
This is a SUPERB Urban Fantasy/paranormal amateur sleuth start of a series!!
MORE SOONEST, PLEASE sparkly diamonds!!!