Really a 4.75 RatingSasha Trudeau, shadow wolf and military agent and her team return to New Orleans for the fae's Midsummers Night Ball. Instead of having romantic dinners with Hunter and enjoying New Orleans nightlife, Sasha is assisting the fae with a trail of grizzly murders.New Orleans has been cursed by black magic that only seems to have effect on the supernatural community. The Seelie fae have been stripped of their magic (which means no glamouring humans, who can now see their cute pointy ears), werewolves are pitted against each other, the demon doors have been reopened, the fairies are hiding and starving for food since they can now be seen when tending to their gardens; the supernatural community in New Orleans is in chaos.Sexual tensions and dominance plays are high between Sasha, Hunter and Shogun. Even Sasha's familiars and her dad are affected by the curse; anyone with a sprinkle of magical beings in their blood is affected. The only escape seems to be the Shadowlands; however the unseen sorcerer's trap has made it impossible for any shadow wolf to enter Shadowlands. Without the supernatural community's natural cloaking mechanism to remain hidden within plain sight, humans are starting to take notice and ask questions, now everyone is at risk of exposure.I really enjoyed this installment. It was full of action, mystery and lots and lots of fae. I love the strength of Sasha's alpha she-wolf, however I was a bit irritated at the way Sasha treated Hunter every time Shogun was around. Also, regardless of how intriguing the plot was, there was a bit more predictability and coincidental events than previous installments.All-in-all this book was bewitching, engrossing and hypnotic. I would've loved to have seen more voodoo priest included, the story did take place in New Orleans after all; however, I did love that the Unseelie fae were included in this installment, I'm a huge Unseelies fan. I highly recommend this book and series to dark urban fantasy readers and also look forward to the next book in the series Never Cry Wolf due out 3/30/2010.I also recommend:They Call Me DeathNight Life (Nocturne City, Book 1)Street Magic (Black London Novels)Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1)City of Souls (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 4) Could have been better. Almost started disliking the lead characters by the end of the book. Sasha makes a poor heroine in this one, what with her 3 timing Hunter and seriously the whole Hunter being a perfect guy who forgives all was just getting on my nerves. She doesn't even come clear on the whole cheating nonsense and almost all the books are ending with her realizing she loves only Hunter, but then again in the next book she is going all gooey-limbed with others.As far as the story premise goes, I liked the whole cursing aspect. But as per the entire series, it gets resolved very very randomly and the climax always seems to leave me in a 'huh?' moment. I can't actually decide whether I like this book, maybe even the series right now. The story always starts out fine, builds up nicely and then gets resolved in the most vague way. Anyway, planning to move on to next book, hopefully that one is better.
What do You think about Cursed To Death (2009)?
Why can't Hunter leave Sasha? Where are the true Alpha males who do not put up with s**t.
—Nitu
Great Stories/Books to the L.A. Banks (Crimson Moom Series)!!
—Nikitar97
