Shot in the Dark and November Wrap-Up

 

5★ 

Shot in the Dark by Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley.  I enjoyed this book immensely.  It was based on the world of Supernatural.  The main character Sylvia is a fairy and the two MMCs were the hunters Jon and Cliff.  The characterization of Jon and Cliff were absolutely spot on for Sam and Dean.  Sylvia lives in a fairy settlement that's hidden by both physical location and glamour.  Sylvia is a free spirit and disobeys the rules by leaving the boundaries of the settlement to explore a nearby abandoned human mansion.  There she interacts with a ghost and eventually humans.  Jon and Cliff capture her and then once she reveals she has magic she accompanies them on their current hunt for a werewolf.  Jon is injured in an encounter and Sylvia uses her magic to heal him but it takes more power than she can conjure which results in a tenuous blood bond between her and Jon.  The blood bond complicates everything, I don't want to reveal too much but saving Jon's life puts Sylvia's in danger and the bond forces them to stay in fairly close proximity.  They both start catching feelings for each other.  There is no spice in this book, there is some closed door romance at the beginning between Sylvia and another fairy.  There is some on page kissing near the end of the book.  Being that Jon and Cliff are hunters there is some blood, gore and killing when it comes to the werewolf.  But for anyone who is a fan of Supernatural this will all be par for the course so to speak.  As I said I absolutely loved this book.  I laughed out loud in several places.  The writers did a great job of embodying Sam and Dean.  I could hear Jared and Jensen's voices in my head as I read this and "Cliff" had some great Dean snark.  The relationship that develops between Cliff and Sylvia felt a lot like the relationship between Dean and Charlie.  This ended with quite a few questions about Sylvia's past and family.  I'm pretty sure I know what happened to her father and I'm intrigued to find out in the next book.  

I will be reading Scythe and Sparrow next because I've been borrowing the Ruinous Love series from a co-worker.  I like to get through them and back to her in a timely fashion.  

Above is my November reading wrap up.  I found the calendar feature too which I thought was interesting to see which books on which dates I read over the course of the month.  I'm really enjoying Story Graph.  Story Graph also has a ton of read challenges that one can join.  I've been doing a few but now that it's December many challenges that will run the totality of 2026 have come out.  I've entered into quite a few.  I find having goals to meet stimulates me to read on a daily basis even if its just a few pages.  I'm also part of the 52 Books is 52 Weeks group on Ravelry which is great motivation.  It also gives me another place to keep track of what I've read.  Happy reading.

-Q