David Gunn's new Death's Head, Day of the Damned is not my usual cup of tea but I love this series. Sven and his band of misfits have come to Farlight for some R & R - yeah, right. While visiting his friends,Debro and Anton, who he busted out of an ice prison planet, and their daughter, Aptitude, whose husband he assassinated, he discovers that some nasty beings have been smuggled onto the planet. Then he finds himself up against General Luc, known as the Wolf. Luc wants Aptitude, who wants Vijay Jaxx, who's just become a duke on the violent death of his father. I don't think that who ever wrote the blurb on this book, actually read the book. They say that Apt has a major crush on Sven, when it's Sven who has a crush on Apt. Lots of fighting, missed the sarcastic gun for a lot of the book but it made a good showing in the last third or so of the book. Lots of politicking, which I don't care for but was necessary. I was like Sven, I didn't know where all of it was going but it was sure worth the ride.
The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff is a new fantasy series about a family who seem to have a lot of magical power. The Gale family live in Ontario. Their men get "horny" in a very literal sense. There are fewer men than women so they "share". The Aunties are a pretty bossy, powerful bunch - not sure if they are witches or just what. Alysha Catherine Gale or Allie has just lost her job so is available when news arrives that her gran has died and left her a junque shop in Calgary. It seems the perfect place to go and lick her wounds. But, when she gets there, she finds that the junque appeals to the fey and they are her customers. Soon she's involved with a leprechaun who's homeless - he becomes her shop assistant, then she finds out that there is a sorcerer in town who is not to be trusted. She meets him through a man who works for the sorcerer as a tabloid reporter - could he be the love of her life? Then there's the dragons! Lots of fun in this book. I'm ready for the next one.
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