Review: Flight from Death by Yasmine Galenorn

Item: Flight from Death
Rating: 4.5
Author: Shannon

Posted August 9, 2015 by Shannon in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review: Flight from Death by Yasmine Galenorn

Flight from Death by Yasmine Galenorn
Series: Fly by Night #1
Published by Berkley Publication Date: July 7th 2015
Pages: 300
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From New York Times bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn comes an all-new series set in the realm of her Otherworld novels. I’m Shimmer, a blue dragon shifter. Thanks to a mistake, I was exiled from the Dragon Reaches and sentenced to work for Alex Radcliffe, a vampire who owns the Fly by Night Magical Investigations Agency. Now, not only do I have to adapt to Earthside culture, but every time I turn around, somebody’s trying to kill us. And worse, Alex is as gorgeous as he is exasperating. But you know what they say: All’s fair in love and bounty hunting… When an old friend of Alex contacts him about a haunting at the High Tide Bed & Breakfast in Port Townsend, Washington, we think we’re on a simple ghost hunt. But our investigation quickly transforms into a deadly fight as we uncover an eighty-year-old murder, a cursed house, and a dark force trapping the spirits within. To stop impending disaster we must break the curse and lay the angry spirits to rest.

I fully admit, I’ve never read Yasmine Galenorn before this book, so I was happy to see it was a brand new series. I can also say that I wish I had picked her up sooner, the characters, the world building, and the plot all hooked me in. Ms. Galenorn is definitely being added to my list of go to Urban Fantasy authors. I look forward to more adventures of Shimmer and seeing how her relationship with Alex and her time on Earth progress.

This story is first person, which is something I’m accustomed to with other Urban Fantasy stories, and since Shimmer is so snarky and fun in her thoughts, that made it easy to keep the pages turning. First person might not be everyone’s favorite but it really helps move and carry this story along.

It’s not a romance per se, but there is romance happening between Shimmer and Alex, and some pretty steamy scenes. It’s their dynamic and all the other characters that really help flesh out a great cast of characters. As well as that old school detective feel, and a mystery coupled with some action packed scenes that kept me reading until the end.

I definitely recommend this for fans of Ms. Galenorn, and for new fans as well. I think this book could easily convert someone into loving Ms. Galenorn’s style of writing. I know it hooked me in.

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.