2011 book 87

Nicole Peeler's Tempest Rising
After spending the past few days slogging away at a book I didn't enjoy, I wanted to read something that was just fun, and this seemed like it would fit the bill. It's kind of a cross between the Rosemary and Rue books and the Sookie Stackhouse books--a half-selkie girl gets sucked into a supernatural murder mystery and thus into the complicated fairy world, and also there is a lot of vampire sex. But the characters and story are interesting and entertaining (though the writing is peppered with a few too many clumsy and outdated pop culture references--MC Hammer, come on--and sometimes it takes too long to reveal information that's obvious to the reader) and I'll definitely check out the next book in the series. I want to see more of the awesome dog in particular. A-/B+.