3/23/2023 0 Comments Storm in a teacup bass cover![]() ![]() Or is that truly the case? Because something here is truly, awesomely weird. Instead, they may all get dead, in very bloody, very nasty ways. And what is happening may be more than even the Summit, the coalition of Mediators from around the world, may be able to handle. The critters are coming out into the sunlight. You see, things are a’changin’ – from Cincinnati to Nashville and further south, demons aren’t just nightcrawlers anymore. And, with the way things are going, that whole ‘slip up and get dead’ thing could come sooner than she expected. It’s going to happen one day, that’s a given. Well, until she finally slips up and gets dead. Instead, her life is a cycle of her day job in advertising, home, out to slaughter, back home to wash away the demon goo – maybe a bit of television, then bed, only to start the cycle all over again in the morning. No trips to Venice, to Egypt, to New Orleans. Stuck in Nashville and the surrounding environs, effectively leashed by the violent seizures that debilitate her should she step outside her territory, there will never be beaches or mountains for Ayala. Especially in a world overrun with demon spawn from the six and a half hells. Instead, she gets swords and training, blood and death, from the time she is old enough to hold her first tiny little wooden sword and poke at all the other little violet-eyed babies snatched from their mothers at birth. Ayala has been a ‘Mediator’ literally since birth, when she popped out of her mother’s womb and the nurses caught a look at her violet eyes. “Mediator.” What a sweet word for such a brutal excuse for a life. Ugh.” – Ayala Storme, Storm in a Teacup (Ayala Storme Series, Book One) Overall, this was a really enjoyable read and I'll continue the series. Paranormal action book this is, romance it is not. In this, there's some m/f action but it's mild and fade to black. However, I have a feeling if I keep reading the series I'll find one. I usually read books with an f/f relationship and, in this book, there wasn't one to be seen. I found the book to have good pacing, a ton of action, a decent mystery, and quite a bit of gore. And her world is Nashville, Tennessee but witches, morphs (shapeshifters), psychics, and demons are all common place. The shining aspect of this story is Ayala's character and how she responds to her world. Will she follow orders or trust her own code of ethics? When Ayala comes across a powerful new crop of demon species all preconceived notions and prior education are turned on its head. Now, as a twenty-something adult, Ayala keeps a normal day job during daylight hours, but slays demons each nightfall reporting back to the Mediator home office of her kills. Having violet eyes marking her as a Mediator, a demon hunter, she's taken from her mother and trained to slay demons from the day she was born. Ayala Storme is a sarcastic, independent, cynical and badass character with a sense of humor. ![]()
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