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Night of Redemption
One night she lost everything...
Nia Galadin knows pain and suffering. One Halloween night, Nia lost her family and now she's out for revenge against the woman who ordered their murder. With nothing to lose, she will use any means to bring down her enemy, even if it's seeking the help from a stranger who by all rights should be her enemy as well.
One night his past caught up to him...
Aidan Halsin is a man with a secret. Born the King of the Fae, he hides in plain sight by working as a paranormal detective at his family's agency. He's never wanted to be king, because he knows it will earn him nothing but a death sentence. But all that will change when he's thrown directly into harm's way.
Destiny is a fickle thing...
Set on a perilous path, Aidan and Nia must overcome great odds.The world they plunge into is one with chasms of secrets and lies. Knowing neither friend nor foe, they must learn that in seeking vegeance, there are only three outcomes if they succeed: regret, retribution and redemption. Though if they fail there is but one alternative: Death.
Nia Galadin knows pain and suffering. One Halloween night, Nia lost her family and now she's out for revenge against the woman who ordered their murder. With nothing to lose, she will use any means to bring down her enemy, even if it's seeking the help from a stranger who by all rights should be her enemy as well.
One night his past caught up to him...
Aidan Halsin is a man with a secret. Born the King of the Fae, he hides in plain sight by working as a paranormal detective at his family's agency. He's never wanted to be king, because he knows it will earn him nothing but a death sentence. But all that will change when he's thrown directly into harm's way.
Destiny is a fickle thing...
Set on a perilous path, Aidan and Nia must overcome great odds.The world they plunge into is one with chasms of secrets and lies. Knowing neither friend nor foe, they must learn that in seeking vegeance, there are only three outcomes if they succeed: regret, retribution and redemption. Though if they fail there is but one alternative: Death.
293 pages, Paperback
First published April 5, 2013
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About the author
Clair McIntyre
12 books17 followers live in a small town called Courtice, ON, a sleepy place where sometimes the best thing to do, is to dream.
That's how my dream of writing began, I had these characters that developed a will of their own. In my spare time I like to keep my mind active (that way I stay out of trouble). So I'm often found playing video games, reading random things on wikipedia, or watching documentaries.
You can check out more on facebook at www.facebook.com/halsinchronicles or at www.clairmcintyre.com
That's how my dream of writing began, I had these characters that developed a will of their own. In my spare time I like to keep my mind active (that way I stay out of trouble). So I'm often found playing video games, reading random things on wikipedia, or watching documentaries.
You can check out more on facebook at www.facebook.com/halsinchronicles or at www.clairmcintyre.com
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April 9, 2013
The author here is a dear friend of mine, so you'll have to excuse the inherent bias within this review. This book can be classed as both an urban fantasy novel and a paranormal romance. General fantasy and specifically urban fantasy I've just recently been getting into and I'm generally pleased with the limited experiences I've had thus far. My inherent bias against fantasy broadly is that it too often plays into the absolutist good vs. evil trope, where you have some Joffery Baratheon character cackling away in a dark tower, gloating over how evil he is, and some right and honourable Ned Stark selflessly come to save the day nobly at the risk of his own head (in actuality, I love the Game of Thrones / Song of Ice and Fire series for blurring the lines between good and evil, but those that have read the series or seen the show will get my point). This book uses that same trope, where some of the antagonists self-identify as evil, but McIntyre has built up a greater mythology to account for the wicked witch-like cackling and there is a good back and forth between the protagonists about their own internal problems, all of which I'll get to in a second. First let me finish off with the genre – I've never read a paranormal romance before, so I have absolutely no basis of comparison here, but I generally dislike romance in general because it's excessively predictable, formulaic and often reinforces (if only subconsciously) cultural notions of the normal relationship, gender roles and commitment[1]. Think Sherrilyn Kenyon for a genre comparison.
The story revolves around the Fae (fairies) Nia and Aidan, him being the king, unbeknownst and living in plain sight as a mortal, and her being a member of the governing council on the female side of things, whose infant sister has recently been abducted and the rest of her family slain. The Fae have been in a civil war for millennia (yes, they're immortal) between man and woman, and the two sides meet only rarely for a sake of breeding – the boys go to the men side, the girls to the women – sort of like how even warring factions agreed to a truce for the administration of the small pox vaccine. This was one aspect of the story that I really liked; the eternal battle of the sexes. However, this is a background element, and the main focus of the story is really Nia's sister and her vendetta against the Wretch. The Wretch, aptly named as a cackling evil character, is the primary antagonist, a witch-like immortal pursuing her own power.
The novel begins with the slaughter of Nia's family and the disappearance of her infant sister. It's quite apparent that this is the work of the Wretch. She invokes the help of her cousin and Vampyr Phoenix, who sets her on the course on Aidan Halsin. This process takes about four years, by the way, and is the delineation between the prologue and the body of the story. Aidan has a family tie to the Wretch through his unbeknownst immortal side and through some dark magic, only the Wretch's own can take her out. And so sets in motion what is largely an adventure story as Aidan and Nia begin their romcom dance back and forth from hating each other to loving each other and back again.
The book is four parts long, each dealing with different aspects of their journey. At one point, they even begin travelling back in time, and it's clear that McIntyre has an eclectic interest in history. This was one of the things McIntyre did really well – she didn't treat her audience like idiots. I have a bit of an odd interest in history as well, and there comes a point in a lot of writing when the author will launch into some monologue explaining that little piece of history as though it's just been discovered from the Dead Sea Scrolls and hadn't made it into any history books yet. For anyone that does already know something about it, they're treated like idiots. I understand that an author must do a certain amount of pandering to the wider audience, but only some of that is forgivable. Here, McIntyre takes us to the downfall of the Inca to feudal Japan to Carthage, and, although there is some background, its worked in effortlessly and feels natural in the dialogue. She gives her audience the benefit of the doubt that they either know some of this already, or have access to Google and it can be readily ascertained.
So, before I spoil anything too heavily, I'll rap it up. I like a story that travels, as this certainly does, I like a good buffet of history, and the storyline is certainly gripping, compelling you to finish and see what happens. I'm glad I had the opportunity to read this.
[1]: Note, I'm a marriage abolitionist, which is most easily (though not entirely accurately) explained through the common retort “It's just a piece of paper.” My outlook in this regard tends to taint my view of traditional romance or love angle storylines because they (on some level) usually play into an aspect of partnership I find to be false, misleading or otherwise flawed. Therefore, this counts as one more bias I have against the genre.
The story revolves around the Fae (fairies) Nia and Aidan, him being the king, unbeknownst and living in plain sight as a mortal, and her being a member of the governing council on the female side of things, whose infant sister has recently been abducted and the rest of her family slain. The Fae have been in a civil war for millennia (yes, they're immortal) between man and woman, and the two sides meet only rarely for a sake of breeding – the boys go to the men side, the girls to the women – sort of like how even warring factions agreed to a truce for the administration of the small pox vaccine. This was one aspect of the story that I really liked; the eternal battle of the sexes. However, this is a background element, and the main focus of the story is really Nia's sister and her vendetta against the Wretch. The Wretch, aptly named as a cackling evil character, is the primary antagonist, a witch-like immortal pursuing her own power.
The novel begins with the slaughter of Nia's family and the disappearance of her infant sister. It's quite apparent that this is the work of the Wretch. She invokes the help of her cousin and Vampyr Phoenix, who sets her on the course on Aidan Halsin. This process takes about four years, by the way, and is the delineation between the prologue and the body of the story. Aidan has a family tie to the Wretch through his unbeknownst immortal side and through some dark magic, only the Wretch's own can take her out. And so sets in motion what is largely an adventure story as Aidan and Nia begin their romcom dance back and forth from hating each other to loving each other and back again.
The book is four parts long, each dealing with different aspects of their journey. At one point, they even begin travelling back in time, and it's clear that McIntyre has an eclectic interest in history. This was one of the things McIntyre did really well – she didn't treat her audience like idiots. I have a bit of an odd interest in history as well, and there comes a point in a lot of writing when the author will launch into some monologue explaining that little piece of history as though it's just been discovered from the Dead Sea Scrolls and hadn't made it into any history books yet. For anyone that does already know something about it, they're treated like idiots. I understand that an author must do a certain amount of pandering to the wider audience, but only some of that is forgivable. Here, McIntyre takes us to the downfall of the Inca to feudal Japan to Carthage, and, although there is some background, its worked in effortlessly and feels natural in the dialogue. She gives her audience the benefit of the doubt that they either know some of this already, or have access to Google and it can be readily ascertained.
So, before I spoil anything too heavily, I'll rap it up. I like a story that travels, as this certainly does, I like a good buffet of history, and the storyline is certainly gripping, compelling you to finish and see what happens. I'm glad I had the opportunity to read this.
[1]: Note, I'm a marriage abolitionist, which is most easily (though not entirely accurately) explained through the common retort “It's just a piece of paper.” My outlook in this regard tends to taint my view of traditional romance or love angle storylines because they (on some level) usually play into an aspect of partnership I find to be false, misleading or otherwise flawed. Therefore, this counts as one more bias I have against the genre.
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