3.5 out of 5 stars

A copy of this was provided free of charge from the publisher in return for an honest review.

There is a chance of genuine peace between the dragons and the Fae, or at least there was until a senior diplomat was stabbed. Irene is summoned along with a detective called Vale, to see if they can solve the murder. The time they arrive in an 1890s version of Paris and hope that her neutrality and experience can rescue the talks and solve the murder.

But these things are never straightforward, and having the presence of the Blood Countess, a Fae who is there to disrupt the conference in the city. As they uncover the evidence they find that the suspect could be any number of people, including a member of the library who is supposed to be there in a neutral capacity. And as ever someone wants her removed from the investigation, or ideally dead…

This is another fast-paced page-turner in this very likeable series. Even though you know, for each of the seemingly impossible tasks that Irene is presented with, she is somehow going to survive. As the plot unravels, it is the journey I’m here for though and that is what makes this series worth reading. I am now familiar with the characters now, but one flaw I find is that they don’t seem to develop that much. If you want a fantasy series that is slightly different to other things out there, then I can recommend this.

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