“"The first in an engrossing new series, [Witchling was] a whimsical reminder of fantasy's importance in life" (Publishers Weekly). Now comes Changeling-again featuring Camille, the good witch, Menolly, the vampire, and Delilah, a feline shapeshifter. They're the D'Artigo sisters, half-human, half-Faerie supernatural agents who are now enlisted to find the fiends responsible for slaughtering the weres of Rainier Puma Pride.
This second book in the series stars the second sister, Delilah, the shapeshifter. The story starts with her being outside in the garden/woods under the full moon in her cat form. She senses an other shifter near, and not knowing if it is good or bad, she decides to take a higher perch to watch things. But unfortunately, she falls and gets her long golden fur tangled in some thorney plants. She can't free herself, and has to be rescued by a mouse! Or wait till the sun comes up and she can shift again.
The unknown where appears a few days later in her PI office, asking for her help with something that is killing the members of his clan. In a couple of minutes, the victims are sucked dry of not only blood but all body fluids, their hearts taken, and their bodys left a dry shell. They have no idea what the murderer is. Delilah is strangely attrackted to this Zachary, an earthborn were-puma. She is not used to those feelings like her sister Camille, who juggles her lovers around. She just discovered the joys of sex in her human form with Chase, the human agent of the Otherworld Intelligence Agency they all work for.
Chase is digging through his files, trying to find enemies to the puma clan, and he comes up with the Hunters Moon Clan, a clan of were spiders. (If you are afraid of spiders, like I am, don't try to imagine what those look like in a human size form!)
His usual informants are too afraid to tell him anything about those spiders, so the only place to get information, is through The Autumn Lord, one of the Elemental Lords, living outside mortal or fay realms. They need the help of their dragon friend Smokey, and he asks a very steep price for his help: Camille as his consort for a week. Even though he is gorgeous in his human form, she is a little scared about that, but they have no other choice.
And the Autumn Lord asks an even bigger price from Delilah, she becomes one of his Maiden…
But they have to defeat the new demon squad and the Hunters Moon Clan, and find the second spirit seal before the demons do. And meanwhile, the situation back home at Otherworld is getting worse. They are on their own…
I loved this book. It captured my attention a lot more than the previous one, but I also had more time to keep on reading. In this one Delilah is the focus of the story, although the personal lifes of all three sisters keep on evolving. The same characters as in the previous book play a role, and they learn a bit more about their destiny, and their powers.
I loved the part where they set up a Christmas Tree, decorated it, and then Delilah couldn't keep her cat under control, got mesmerizes by the glittering balls and stuff, turned into a cat, and played havoc with the tree.
It just has a lot of humor mixed in with the action, the sisters have to mature more to cope with the dangers at hand, but in between the action there is still time for some fun.
I know you will like this series as much as I do. Just a few short love scenes.
I am really looking forward to the next one.
4 stars for this one.”
Aurian wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008.
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