So! I was scrolling through facebook. I'd seen the ads before for "Freelance Familiars", and I was tempted but kinda on the teetering line of "Eh. I'll buy it if the reviews are good".
Well, then I saw an ad for "Emergency Shift" and I fell onto the side of "I need to buy this now!"
I was hooked from the very first line and in LOVE with the world Mr. Potter had built and the characters we were following. It checks all the boxes of urban/modern fantasy that I love and made me happy with my purchase. Potter is a talented writer and deserves to be picked up by anyone who considers themselves a fan of the genre!
The plot is good, following Abby Night as she's saddled with the daughter of Puss in Boots and possibly the Cheshire cat. (That's my theory. Only a guess).
She's tasked with bringing her to "the queen". However, turns out the little girl is in high demand, with several people and creatures coming after her, with deadly consequences.
My favorite character is Cindy, Abby's co-worker and partner. She is a transwoman (closeted to almost everyone but Abby but out by the end of the book proper), so there's a few scenes where she's deadnamed\misgendered, by other characters but it's out of ignorance rather than malice. She's also a human and has no powers, but still kicks a lot of ass and comes in clutch a lot.
There's very clearly a love for all things magic and mystical. While this book focuses on the Fae, there's also a Kitsune that joins the cast and is an ally. (That being said, I felt Rey was the weakest part of the book, as her introduction and the inclusion of memes and modern pop culture references did break my immersion a bit, but the rest of the book was so good I let it pass).
Intense action scenes, with a lot of gore and pure sadism that can only come from fae. But it never feels cheesy or overdone. But I can understand if that's a turn off to someone not expecting it.
And the end of the story reveals that consequences for actions exist, which is always nice.
Overall, this is probably my favorite book of 2021.
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