A review by cacia
Between Jobs by W.R. Gingell

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I don't usually go in for vampires, or fae lords, or urban fantasy, or grisly murders, but Gingell's other work (and some City Between one-shots on her blog, which gave me a taste of the personalities of the leather-jacket-clad ice-and-silver fae lord, the elegantly homicidal and perennially amused fae steward, and the Korean vampire with the hauteur, childishness, fashion sense, and pulchritude of a K-drama chaebol) made me confident enough and curious enough to give this a try.

I am delighted by all three of them, fae blood and vampirism notwithstanding, and I love the Pet's moxie and sass and how she can take on each of them in their own way. Athelas may find fascinating the Pet's effect on JinYeong's psychopathy, but <i>I</i> am fascinated by her effect on all three of them. I am also fascinated by how various tropes, such as the Sexy Vampire, are subverted or deconstructed here, and I'm curious to see how these things develop over the course of the series.

Because, yes, I'm going to read the entire series. Before I had even finished this book, I bought the second and third books in the series, and books four through eleven (plus the two side stories) are now on my wishlist. I have a few inklings about the fae politics running under the surface here, and there are several other plot threads that I have my suspicions about too — I can't wait to see where this goes.
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