Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here

The Others #3

by Christine Warren, Kate Reading

Danice Carter is not one for glass slippers. A stilettos-wearing lawyer at one of Manhattan's most elite establishments, Danice has a very strong grip on reality. So when she's asked by one the firm's founding partners to take on a personal case, Danice knows she's in for the opportunity of a lifetime. All she has to do is convince her top boss's granddaughter, Rosemary, to file a paternity suit. Sounds simple enough...until Danice arrives at Rosemary's home and is pounced on by a handsome stranger.

Private investigator McIntyre Callahan was only following his powerful client's orders: Find Rosemary—at all costs. Instead, he's found a super-hot lawyer prowling around looking for answers he can't give. The half-human, half-Fae Mac tries to warn Danice that she's way in over her head—that Rosemary may roam among the Others, and may have dangerous ties to the Unseelie Court—but she won't be deterred. Even if that means following Mac to the ends of the earth to find Rosemary...or surrendering to his supernatural powers of temptation...until death do they part.

Genres: Paranormal Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Fae, Urban Fantasy, Vampires

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Born and raised in coastal New England, Christine Warren lived in the South and the Mid-Atlantic before hopping to the other side of the country to take up the life of a transplant in the Pacific Northwest. She completely bypassed those states in the middle due to her landlocking phobia. Hmm, need to research a scientific term for that...

When not scrambling frantically to complete her latest writing project, Christine spends most of her time as a crazy animal lady, hanging out with her dog Levi (he’s the one with the hair) and pretending to train him to have some manners. She also hangs out with her horse, Cal—a thoroughbred with a craving for strawberry licorice twists—her goddog, Merlin; and her best friend, fellow author Hannah Murray. In addition to playing with her pets, Christine’s hobbies include identifying dog breeds from photos of their underbellies, appreciating fine and not-so-fine wines, shopping for the perfect pair of Christian Louboutin shoes, and most of all reading things someone else had to agonize over.

She enjoys hearing from readers and can be reached via email sent to Christine@christinewarren.net or by postal mail to Christine Warren, PO Box 871900, Vancouver, WA 98687-1900.

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Reviews

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

With Christine Warren, you have to be careful you know which book you've got. Although this is new, it is also an older book re-worked that fits in around book 3, rather than as book 10.
This is the full-length novel version of her erotic short "Faer Fetched" from her "Fixed" series.
Since I haven't read that one, I'm not sure where the different parts are, but I have read a few of her "fixed" series, and let's just say that woman writes amazing erotica!

here is straight from her website: http://www.christinewarren.net/index....

Fantasy Fix (now expanded and retitled One Bite with a Stranger)
Fur Factor (now expanded and retitled Big, Bad Wolf)
Faer Fetched (now expanded and retitled Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here)
Fighting Faer (coming soon, date TBD)
Fur For All (coming soon, date TBD)
Fur Play (at Ellora’s Cave)
Wolf at the Door (St. Martin's Press)
She’s No Faerie Princess (SMP)
The Demon You Know (SMP)
Any Witch Way She Can (in the anthology No Rest for the Witches)
Howl at the Moon (SMP)
Walk on the Wild Side (SMP)
You’re So Vein (SMP)

Fantasy Fix - Reggie and Misha, now re-released as One Bite with a Stranger
Fur Factor — Missy and Graham, as Big, Bad Wolf
Faer Fetched — Danice and Mac
Fighting Faer — Corinne and Luc
Fur For All — Tess and Rafe
Fur Play — Logan (Graham’s former beta) and Honor

Okay, some of the confusion might be cleared up. :)

Moving on to the story. I liked it. I enjoyed Mac (a Private Investigator) so so much. I liked Danice, a strong multi-racial woman. she got picked by the senior partner to handle a paternity suit with his spoiled selfish brat of a granddaughter (like Paris Hilton but from Manhattan). The girl was telling tabloids that she was knocked up but refused to tell her grandpa who the man was. I won't spoil who, or any of the other cool twists, but I WILL say that Danice and Mac got stuck in Faerie together and it was both cool, and frustrating.

Mac is half-sidhe. His mother is the Unseelie King's mate (I use that term more as meaning consort). So the meetings with his mother were just off the chart in tension and frustration. See, she dumped him on his human daddy's doorstep when he was a toddler.

The only reason I marked this down from a 4 to a 3.5 is that Danice was one of those stubborn women who is way too intelligent to ignore the fact that she's in Faerie, and since Mac is half-fae, she ought to let him handle the talking. I realize she's the best attorney in NY, but come on, she's smart enough to know when to shut her mouth!

It was often. Mac would squeeze her hand and tell her to shut up, well no man tells Danice Carter to shut up! Then they are hauled off by the king's guard to a cell. grr...I hate intelligent heroines who act like that!

But plot-wise, great plot, I enjoy Christine Warren's writing, so good writing, and I love her Others world. while I'm glad that her erotica shorts are being made full-length, I'd love to see some newer ones, more in keeping with the timeline. I really enjoyed Born To Be Wild last Spring, but I think that this one fits more with what we know of Christine Warren's Others world.

A good read, with a strong heroine and a hot, intelligent, fae hero.


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[Heather · Rating 1 out of 5]

Prince Charming Doesn’t Live Here was a DNF. I made it through just over halfway, but I found Danice so obnoxious that even Mac couldn’t save the story for me. Mac is a half-fae private investigator looking for Danice’s client. Mac knows the ins-and-outs of this part of the Other, but Danice is confident that she can keep pace with him in both the human and faerie worlds. While she says she’ll respect what he says she should do, she never listens to him, constantly questioning him, and each time he has to save her butt. Strong, independent, fearless unless necessary – I get that. I even like it. But she was stupid. Flat. Out. Stupid. He keeps trying to explain to her why it’s not safe for her to go with him, that there are so many problems with being a human in a world that dislikes them, but does she care? No. And when he tells her to run, does she listen? No. It’s “Why?” When he’s saying RUN, you run. Period. He keeps trying to protect her, and she yells at him and blames him for the mess they're in. If I were him, I’d forget the hot sex and let her be a faerie plaything. Ridiculously disappointed in this story.

[Alaina · Rating 4 out of 5]

lmaoo.. went out of order for this series and I have ZERO regrets people!

Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here was a nice little audiobook to listen to. If I had known that it was book 3 and not 1.. then maybe I would've started with the first book. However, since this was listened to days ago.. I can calmly say that I haven't looked for book 1 or 2 yet.

Maybe soon.

Anyhoo, in this book you will meet Mac. No, not Mac & Cheese - even though weirdly enough I am baking mac and cheese for dinner right now. I'm sure me writing this review and baking the delicious cheesey dinner are in no way tied together.

Maybe?

Back to the book - Mac was a lot of fun in this one. He is a P.I. and was a joy to meet. Then there's Danice, who ends up working with him. Now these two were a handful that every reader should meet. A P.I. and an attorney walking throughout the Faerie lands defeating whoever gets in their way.. legally.

Totally false but still loved it all. Danice could be annoying from time to time because she was too stubborn to realize that maybe, just maybe, the half fae guy she was working with should've been dealing with the damn fae (and not her).

Overall, it was indeed enjoyable and I will definitely have to pencil in time to find the other books in this series. Hopefully I will enjoy them as well.

[Brandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been following Warren's Others Series for a while and I have liked it very much so far. However...............this books left me confused. The plot was clear and followed along with the rest of the series, but here is where my issue lies: Danice Carter's physical description was quite murky. I was so caught up in trying to figure out what she looked like that I kept having to go back a few pages every ten minutes or so. The descriptions of McIntyre Callahan were spot on. I could totally picuture this lean, long haired hot half Fae, blond.
I guess I have an issue when authors try and incorporate a little multiculturalism in their books but fail to meet the challenge. I don't know if it's because they're afraid of offending their audience by being too specific? Not sure . But it's annoying. Ms. Warren is not the first author that I have noticed that does this; even multicultural authors do this in their mainstream work. No one will be offended. If the characters are Black, then say so.

So, other than my tangent about phyisical descriptions, I really did enjoy this book and will be watching for others in the series.

[Daffodil · Rating 3 out of 5]

For those that have read the Ellora's Cave series The Others is based on, this book isn't really an expansion of Faer Fetched (Fantasy Fix #3). Rather, it's a total rewrite. The story features Danice, a lawyer, and Mac, a half-Fae Changeling. That's about where the similarities end. :D

Entertaining read despite a few problems. Nothing spectacular here and not really anything that adds to overall The Other universe. (Except maybe a curse cast on another character at the end of the book.) I didn't quite get the relationship between Mac and Danice; something was missing and it felt more like a friendship than a passionate romance. When I found myself wanting to skim through the sex scenes to pick out the conversation, I knew something wasn't working. Additionally, for a hot-shot attorney, Danice sure doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut. There were a few times I really had to question her intelligence; she was walking into a dangerous situation, not knowing the power or strengths of the Fae involved, and she got smart with them. I'm supposed to believe she's able to hold her own in a courtroom or negotiations? But, those were the main problems and for the most part I enjoyed the book.

[Jacqueline J · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a high 3 star. This book is sort of a prequel to the main series. I think she is going back and reworking and reissueing older short stories that were only in ebook before the series hit the mass market world. So maybe not a prequel to her but to readers. The story was well written and made sense. No glaring errors or absurdities like the last mass market which came out. The characterization was okay. You knew who the people were without knowing too much of their backstories. You didn't spend a lot of time rolling around in their thought processes. The action was pretty much the focus of the story and while not riveting did keep my interest. I liked her version of the Unseelie Court. I did think the book ended with a life change for the heroine that, while it had been suggested by the hero, it kind of came out of left field just a bit for the heroine to accept it without more thinking/persuading. Still that is a very minor issue. Fans of the series will be pretty happy with this one I think.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here
2 Stars

On assignment from her boss to locate his wayward granddaughter, Danice Carter has no idea that she is about to have a close encounter with a hunky PI with ties to the Others. McIntyre “Mac” Callahan is a Changeling, half-human and half-tae, hired by a mysterious Other to track down Danice’s client. Soon these two unlikely allies will have to work together to survive the machinations of some rather vicious Fae …

Prince Charming Doesn’t Live Here is another of Warren’s novel length re-writes of a novella first written for the Fixed series. Similar to the first two attempts, the plot is mediocre and the characterization virtually non-existent. There is also absolutely no connection between the title and the contents of the book.

While there is sufficient foundation for Danice and Mac to be interesting characters (Danice’s struggles with her ethnicity and her job, and Mac’s issues with the Fae side of his nature are both promising plot points), neither is adequately fleshed out. Moreover, their relationship lacks chemistry and their sudden “I Love Yous” makes no sense at it is unclear what exactly they see in each other.

The journey into Faerie storyline also has potential but develops too slowly, and Danice has a bad case of “foot-in-mouth” disease and TSTL syndrome once they get there. That said, the climax is well-written and exciting, but the ending returns one again to the realm of the boring and the mundane.

All in all, an uninspired addition to the series.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another Audio book.

I don't think it was terrible but it was kind of a let down for me over the previous 2 in this series. I ended up zoning out at about 2/3rds through the story. I just wasn't that interested in the background plot. I finished it but just barely and probably only because it was an audio book. I think I will still continue on because they are audio books from my library but I'm feeling less excited. I loved loved Big Bad Wolf, this was disappointing in comparison.

[Jessica (a GREAT read) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Christine Warren's Other series is definitely an interesting one. Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here, now follows Danice, yet another member of the group of ladies we first saw in One Bite with a Stranger. It seems that each of them will be hooking up with an Other. Kind of odd, but hey, that's what happens in fiction, so it doesn't really matter to me!

Danice is a little more levelheaded than her other friends. She's a lawyer and is always super busy. So when this particular case comes her way, she can't really say no. Like, seriously, she can't or else she's out of the job. When she goes to Rosemary's house, she isn't immediately pounced on like I had thought she'd be. No, Mac actually watches her for a bit before he does the pouncing and it didn't take much effort since he was already attracted to her. More of the lust at first sight. But yet, in this one--and in the other two books as well--the lust may come first, yet the love follows shortly after. Not enough of a buildup for my romantic side, but still a nice touch.

In this one things don't get romantic right away either. It's not til we're past the halfway point that Mac and Danice get to that point. And that was kind of shocking based on the last two. But again, I liked that!

Mac tries his damnest to get Danice to stay off the Rosemary case, but he doesn't know her all too well, because once Danice sets her mind on something, there's no turning back. And she will see this case through. It just so happens that Mac is looking for Rosemary as well. She's pregnant as we know and it's highly possible that her pregnacy has ties to Faerie.

Danice has to get a crash course in all things Faerie, which wasn't too hard for her to accept since she knows of the Others. Which I loved that moment when she told Mac that she knew of "other" things among us. He went slackjawed! But the Fae are a whole knew breed and are very tricky as we know.

The two journey into Faerie and are immediately put into danger once arriving in the Unseelie Court. From that point on, things get crazy dangerous! And we learn a thing or two about Mac and his background.

The pacing to this one was pretty good. Although it took a little while for the action--mostly being the journey to Faerie--to happen. But there was some nice mystery buildup surrounding the whole Rosemary deal. And there were quite a few surprises at the end.

Naturally, this one has its own happy ending as PNR novels tend to have. It was quite nice too. I have to admit to being a sucker for HEA endings. Although with my Urban Fantasy reads, I do not mind one bit that it takes awhile for the characters to reach their HEA ending in the final book. There are usually some scattered HEA-for nows thrown in the books too. Just the calm before the storm as it can also be known as.

Since this one wasn't too bad, I think I might keep going further into this series. I have I think another 3 or 4 books from this series in my TBR pile. So I'll just keep tackling it one book at a time and decide if I want to keep going all the way. It's not too bad for my UF tastes in reading, although the romance can be a little too heavy, I knew that going in! Another irrelevant point, I cannot figure out why there is a wolf on this cover when it didn't deal with werewolves, odd and the dude on the cover doesn't even come close to looking like Mac since his hair isn't long. But yeah, cover analysis tends to happen with me while reading the book.

And another odd point, there were times I had to force myself to remember that Mac is McIntyre, not the beloved Mac from the Fever series. It was a struggle just because this book was dealing with the Fae as well, albeit a different kind of Fae, but again that's just me being weird! :)


Overall rating 3.5/5 stars--not quite a 4 star, but close. There were times that I felt the action dragged a bit before it picked back up, but still an overall enjoyable read!

[Tammy Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! Loved the writing style of the author. Found this book at a second hand book store and wasn't familiar with the author but so glad I picked it up and gave it a chance!Had the perfect combination of romance, humour and fantasy. Definitely will be reading more of Christine warrens books!

[Melindeeloo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Danice Carter, sharp and determined up-and-coming lawyer, and hunky half Fae private investigator MacIntyre (Mac) Callahan both need to find the same missing woman. Their hunt will draw Danice even further into the world of the Others - two of her friends already have Other mates. When Danice and Mac's search leads them into the land of the Fae, failure suddenly doesn't mean that Danice will simply risk losing a chance at a junior partnership in her prestigious firm, the consequences are potentially much more fatal. Fortunately though, the magical attraction Danice feels for Mac may provide the edge that they to need to survive the trip.

Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here starts out well, the first chapter is absolutely hilarious, but the book doesn't up having as many chuckworthy moments as the promising opening led me to hope. The plot here is not terribly complex, but I did like both leads. Danice is one of Warren's better heroines and feels more like a real person than either of Danice's fantasy fix friends Ava(You're So Vein) or Regina (One Bite With A Stranger.) And I really like Mac, his admiration for Danice - he not only lusts for her but also likes her - adds even more appeal to his already captivating Fae mojo.

An expanded rework of the novella length Faer Fetched from Warren's Ellora's cave 'Fixed' series, the story itself is still fairly short for a novel, and even lengthened still had the heart of a short story. That in and of itself bother didn't me. My issue was more that I was surprised when the story ended on page 288 and the last 60 pages were filler material - recycled excerpts from rest of the Other series stories and there wasn't even a preview to her next book Black Magic Woman.

From a series perspective, the story works pretty well as a standalone - it doesn't really go much into the world building of the series or the Others' mythos, and characters from previous stories are mostly only mentioned in passing (the story would have really benefited from a brief tag up with the friends and their mates as an epilog.) I didn't read the original Faer Fetched, so I can't say how Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here compares to the original (which was apparently was a super short 40 pages), but I suspect from my experience with the reworked One Night with a Stranger (formerly Fantasy Fix) that the sensual language has been toned down a bit.

I enjoyed, not loved, Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here, which has pretty much been my reaction to Warren's last few books - I think I would have liked this better if it would have been published (sans filler) as a novella in an anthology. But I still have high hopes for Warren's next book, Black Magic Woman - it feels like I have been waiting for ever for Tess and Rafe's story (the former Fur For All).

[Stephanie Bolen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Warren's writing style it's quirky and clever. I loved the sex scenes they were so hot they made me burn. What I didn't love was Neicie, which was pretty bad because she was half the book. And I didn't love his reactions to her, they weren't real. If she acted to me like she acted to him I would be pissed, he doesn't even get angry. I hate it when authors tell me characters are smart because invariably they then spend all their time proving to me just how much of a dumbass this character really is. She says point blank 'I won't do anything stupid', and these are apparently famous last words. I won't spoil the story, so instead I will present an analogy. If she was a hiker, she would be the one that search and rescue has to save after she was repeatedly warned that snow was coming. Not because she lacks intelligence but because she doesn't trust that someone knows better than her. It's stubbornness and ego, and this is the biggest part of her character. And no one calls her on it certainly not Mac, who I so totally ride like a pony. It irks me that Mac ignores the character she actually presents and instead attributes values to her that she doesn't even have. She certainly isn't the type to think that he's just using her, because she doesn't have a problem with self-doubt. And as far as her morality goes there really isn't a situation where it ever comes into question. And frankly when she says that she trusts him after all the times she showed that she didn't trust anything about him, he never calls her on it. If it has been me I would have went to sarcasm the last bastion of the damned. Sure, you do.

[Shan ~A~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Danice is the most self assured out of her friends so far who have gotten their own story. She didn't take any crap from Mac at all. I think that's one of the things he loved about her. They say you are supposed to start how you intend to go on and that is what she did.

The story itself wasn't 5 star, it was a 4 instead. Why did I give it 5 you ask? Well, my main reason..No Ava. This woman drove me crazy in the other books, so the lack of her presence he was a star in and of itself.

The author did manage to replace Ava with an even more annoying character, but we only had to see her at the end so I want take my star back for that one.

I liked the chemistry between Danice and Mac and their story was very different from the two that came before, but I kept thinking that there was more to Danice than anyone was expecting. Maybe there will be in future books.I though that it would come out that maybe she was the Kings daughter, since the fact that someone was trying to stop her from going to fairie. The reason she was going wasn't reason enough for a halt to be put to it, since the King himself didn't even know that the woman Danice was looking for was supposed to be pregnant by a fae.

Anyway, the books should be read in order, but you want miss much if you don't at this point.

[Lynda Tatad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is more of a 3 1/2 star book. :-)
Danice Carter is a lawyer working at a prestigious law firm in Manhattan, and she's given an assignment by the senior partner that might help land her a junior partnership if she can find his pregnant granddaughter and find out who the father of her unborn child is. When she makes arrangements to meet with Rosemary out in Connecticut, Rosemary is a no-show. She ends up encountering a very sexy private eye (Mac Callahan), who is also looking for the missing Rosemary. Their first initial meeting didn't go so well, but they end up working together to find the missing girl, especially after they discover that it is someone from Faery who had hired him to look for the girl. Danice is trying to keep their working relationship on a professional level, while Mac is having a much harder time fighting his attraction for the beautiful lawyer who knows her way around an argument!

This is another fun read in Christine Warren's Other's series!

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

The GR description seems to be from the original Ellora's Cave short story that inspired this very revised novel. That short story was pretty forgettable, so of all the revisions CW has done with this series, this one makes the most sense to me.

Overall, it is light and entertaining. It had some continuity errors and occasional TSTL behavior from the heroine (especially in the vicinity of chapter 14), but she was otherwise pretty smart. I do wish there had been more depth and development to Mac and Danice's relationship; like the initial version, the story seems to start when the book ends.

Rant: When I think of Christine Warren, at her best, I think of words like charming, light-hearted, sexy. When I look at the cover of this book, I think confused and possibly has-the-flu. Neither image seems to have anything to do with the story and there are what? 5 different typefaces used? I'm guessing this was a result of cover design by committee. Not sure who on CW's pub team okayed this cover, but they're not doing her any favors.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I typically enjoy Ms. Warren's series about The Others, this particular installment felt . . . rushed? And not in that "You have to suspend belief because the book is less than 400 pages long and who falls in love with a supernatural being in just a week" kind of rush, but in that "Let's just get this sub-story over with" kind of rush.

Maybe I just couldn't connect with the characters, as attractive as their appearances and personalities are described, or maybe it's the pregnancy hormones causing my lack of concentration lately, but I just did not love this book like I have loved others. I will admit, however, that the sleepy sex scene was totally hot and one of my favorite scenes in the whole book. The scenes with Rosemary, though, I could have done without. I know her character is supposed to rub the reader the wrong way, but I just could not wait for Danice to smack her silly.

Overall, Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here was a decent read, but I doubt I would re-read it.

[Lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wish that I could say that the story
was as interesting and good as the title
of this book, sadly its not and I so
wanted it to be. If your curious I would
borrow it from your local library, its not
worth shelling out cash for.

I got hooked in by the title
saw it in our library and thought that looks interesting,
how wrong you can be, glad I never bought it.

A well read copy so I thought this looks promising.
About a third into the book showed signs of wear pages well fingered.
Then suddenly it like reading a new unread book,
in pristine order and still tightly bound,the last quarter of the book
of the pages returned to being in a poorer state. I realise then
that most of the previous readers had got fed up so far along and skipped
to the last two or three chapters to see how it ended up.

[Kirsty · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn't finish this book, I found it so boring and the characters annoyed me.
Usually in a romance novel I want more interaction between the two love interests but I just found that the interaction between Mac and Danice irritating.
They were just both too pushy. Danice was trying too hard to be a women that doesn't need a man and all in your face, to the point where you could tell that this is how she's supposed to be acting but it didn't feel natural, and she was just rude.
Then there's McIntyre 'Mac' Callahan. First of all, I like my male characters to have sexy names! Mac just doesn't do it for me. So Mundane. Secondly, I found his character too pushy, as well. He was basically drooling over her in a non comprehensive way, which I found annoying.
I tried but not a book for me.

[Barbara ★ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I usually love Christine Warren's Others but this book was just a rehash of every other book I've ever read about Fae royalty. The heroine is TSTL. The hero should have known better than to bring her into Faerie but succumbs to her lawyer-speak. The King is crazy, mean and nasty. Though for the sake of the story, the heroine really does have to go to Faerie. It just made for a very similar story to everything else written on the subject.

If you've ever read any book pertaining to the court of the Unseelie Fae, you can skip this book since there is nothing new here just a retelling of the same old story.

[Ann Lorz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been reading Christine Warren for a long time. I always like her books but don't always love them. This story I had a rough time getting into. When I did then the story moved but I still have to say it's not a favorite. I did like both Danice Carter and MyIntyre (Mac) Cullahan. Both brought something to the story. I even liked Quigley. The end of the book was the best part to me. I felt that it was missing something in the middle. It was light on story. I would still read it so you keep up with the series but know its not her best work. Her earlier books Wolf At the Door, She's No Faerie Princess and The Demon you know were some of her best books.

[Amy Softa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think I’m done. This is the last book offered through my library in audio format but beyond that, I’m done with series. It just isn’t working for me and it is time to move on. I have about an hour left to listen to in this book and I don’t even want to finish it.

Most of my problem with this book in the series has to do with that the plot revolves around the Fae. I’ve never been a fan of the Fae in paranormal stories. Most of the time they tend to be shallow, easily offended, and only out for themselves. None of these characteristics describe a race of beings that I want to spend any time with. Essentially they are the mean girls of the paranormal world. The plot was also pretty weak and the point I’m at currently makes me want to smack all the characters and tell them to grow up. Danice needs to get over herself. Mac is just not all that charismatic and the granddaughter is a spoiled brat. Ugh. Why am I listening to this?

I’m just not thrilled with this world. It focuses too much on the sex and too little on the plot. So I’m done.

[Elaine Kirby · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very good in that it had romance, a fight scene & some sex scenes.

Danice Carter is 1 of the 5 women who are friends (Regina Book 1 & Missy Book 2) that give each other fantasy fixes expect now there will be only 2 left as Danice meets her love in this story. Danice works for a prestigious law firm & was asked by the top senior partner to get some information from his granddaughter, Rosemary, about who she had sex with to make her pregnant so that he could sue him on her behalf. While trying to do what her boss asks she runs into MacIntyre Callahan who is a private investigator who was hired to also find Rosemary but for an unknown client.

MacIntyre "Mac" Callahan is a changeling as he 1/2 human & 1/2 Fae; he was raised by his human father as his Fae mother didn't want anything to do with him. Mac after spending some time with Danice has fallen in love with her stubborn ways & finally takes her on adventure into Faerie as that is where he believes Rosemary is.

But, you will have to read the book to see what transpires there & with their relationship.

[Arlinda Ibezim · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m only a few pages in, and the whole “I don’t see race”spiel abruptly followed by the thinly veiled dig at affirmative action that seems to suggest that the only way she could have attendee these prestigious schools was because of her non-whiteness. As if grants and scholarships not aimed at minorities specifically would be the only kind she could get. Chile. I had a sneaking suspicion after the way black people have been depicted in the previous books (One Bite and Big Bad), but this cemented it for me. This was a book series I used to love as a teen before I learned about little things like systemic racism and micro aggressions. Thoroughly disappointed that these books failed to hold up to my adolescent adoration. Alas, c’est la vie. Another one bites the dust. Good riddance.

[Nikki T · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF

It would appear as though the author has definitely changed from when the previous books were created. No big surprise, I suppose. We all change. Some for the better, some for the worse.
I preferred the older writing style and will not be continuing this series. I also made the realization that this is the author that somewhat recently wrote another series that I had the displeasure of reading a book from (Hard Breaker - Gargoyles #6).
I will not be actively seeking any more books written by this author, finishing this series (Others), or this book.

I also do not recommend this book as I have not found the portion I have read enjoyable.

[Monika · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were some consistency problems with the story. The description of Danice seemed to have changed about halfway through the book, Mac said the last time he was in Faerie, he was an infant and then reneged that at the end of the story by saying he went back for two weeks as a teenager.

I did like that it wasn’t instant love and sex. I love building up of sexual tension. I didn’t like that their first sexual encounter was rape because she was pretty unconscious, nor did I like how it was suddenly thrown in the story.

[Feather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was definitely better than the last two. Danice didn’t automatically jump into bed with her Others man. I don’t think she would’ve honestly, the only reason she did initially was because of Fae dust.

This one had more of a storyline than just sex. Yes it still had some sex scenes, but majority of the story was a mission. Danice tracking down her main boss’ granddaughter after rumors of a pregnancy with the unknown identity of who fathered the child.

However nothing seems to ever be that simple with Others especially when they’re fae.

[Missy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay so I don’t like when characters are being unreasonable. The whole I’m coming with you to a different world even though it’s dangerous, and I’m a human, and I’ve literally never interacted with any fae, I demand I go with you to the unseelie court. If only the author constructed it so that there was a genuine reason for her to go I’d believe it…. But it doesn’t so I can’t. I started of so strong too!

[Avery Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like everything that was happening in this book until she just had to go to Fairy. Why couldn't there be a compelling reason added to the story idk. Maybe her sister could have been kidnapped as well leading us into the next book. My problem with most of this series is how isolated these characters feel sometimes they never talk to their friends regularly enough or visit their very local families who their oh so close to.

[Zee · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like a 3.5. Not Warren's best book. Granted, the more I read about fairies the more I dislike them. I might be biased; however, my main complaint about the book is that I don't really ship Danice and Mac. Their personalities don't seem like the best fits. I also think the whole issue with Danice questioning her job was unnecessary and/or poorly executed. It's a mehh book, overall.

[banji banjo · Rating 2 out of 5]

the heroine is annoying. her "bravery" makes no sense. she's the type who will stop and ask "why" when a serial killer or a gun-totting freak is about to kill her and then cry & wonder why she got killed when she's in a foreign land and people don't understand her. Poor Mac. He's gonna spend his life life with someone who have no regard or value for her life or any sense of self-preservation