Name: Poison Fruit
ISBN: 9780451465313

Jacqueline Carey

With a new predator on the loose, Daisy Johanssen, liaison to the Norse goddess of the dead, fights harder than usual to keep the paranormal residents of Pemkowet under control. By the best-selling author of Autumn Bones. 30,000 first printing.

Poison Fruit

The hot-as-Hel series with the “Sookie Stackhouse type of vibe” (Paranormal Haven) is back—but this time the paranormal Midwestern town of Pemkowet is feeling a frost in the air and the residents are frozen in fear.... The Pemkowet Visitors Bureau has always promoted paranormal tourism—even if it has downplayed the risks (hobgoblins are unpredictable). It helps that the town is presided over by Daisy Johanssen, who as Hel’s liaison is authorized by the Norse goddess of the dead to keep Pemkowet under control. Normally, that’s easier to do in the winter, when bracing temperatures keep folks indoors. But a new predator is on the prowl, and this one thrives on nightmares. Daisy is on her trail and working intimately with her partner and sometime lover from the Pemkowet PD, sexy yet unavailable werewolf Cody Fairfax. But even as the creature is racking up innocent victims, a greater danger looms on Pewkowet’s horizon. As a result of a recent ghost uprising, an unknown adversary—represented by a hell-spawn lawyer with fiery powers of persuasion—has instigated a lawsuit against the town. If Pemkowet loses, Hel’s sovereignty will be jeopardized, and the fate of the eldritch community will be at stake. The only one who can prevent it is Daisy—but she’s going to have to confront her own worst nightmare to do it.

Sarah Escorsa

Actual rating: 3.325697 stars. And that's me being bloody shrimping generous and stuff.

➽ And the moral of this reread is: too much lurvey durvey crap, manufactured love triangle bullshrimp and blahing blahing blahing blah blah blah + not enough gloriously kick-ass tail Daisy action =

 

You're welcome and stuff.



[February 2016]

BR with my MacHalo Freaks starting whenever.

Actual rating: 3.5+ After giving it much thought (in case you were wondering, yes, it hurt) I had decided to give this book a 3-star rating. But Choko's enthusiasm is infectious, so I went for 3.5+ instead. I therefore decline all responsibility here. If you have a problem with my rating, talk to Choko. 

You have asked, and I have listened! You have begged, and I have (very generously, if I may say so myself) complied! By popular demand, I will not be writing a full length review for this book! Be glad and rejoice, my little barnacles, for I just cleared two hours from your schedule! Time to celebrate! Time to get the maracas out of storage!



►► Introducing…the review that could have been never-ending and suicide-inducing, but wasn't!

» Why did I want to give this book a 4-star+ rating? 
✔ Daisy, my girl with the tail. 
✔ Pemkowet and its very cool, original, diverse supernatural population.
✔ Lurine the lamia, Skeletor the ex-nerd, and Skrrzzzt the beer-drinking, Battleship-playing Bogle.
✔ Cody Fairfax. You're an exasperating ass, but I still love you. What can I say? Aggravating werewolves are my weakness. 
✔ Surprise epic battle.
✔ Awesome godesses and cool mythological stuff.

» Why did I want to give this book a 3-star rating? 
✔ Several interesting subplots but the main plot takes time to develop and isn't exploited to its full potential. 
✔ Stefan "I could kill you with my bare hands" Ludovic. Die die die. I hate you I hate you I hate you.

» Why did I want to give this book a 2/2.5-star rating? 
✔ Anticlimactic ending.
✔ HEA of Complete Doom and Total Destruction. All that it needed to achieve utter perfection was for Carey to end the book with "and they all lived happily ever after." She should have thrown in a bunch of fluffy bunnies and a pastel-colored rainbow for good measure, too. EW EW EW EW. YUCK YUCK YUCK.



» Why did I end up giving the book a 3.5+-star rating?
Didn't you Clueless Barnacle read the first paragraph of this delightfully short review?! Choko, I tell you! Choko! Blame her, not me! I'm as innocent as a lamb/dove/unborn child/whatever!

►► And the moral of this series is: it's all in the tail. HA.
►► And the other moral of this series is:



· Book 1: Dark Currents ★★★★
· Book 2: Autumn Bones ★★★★