Rape is a part of some fae mythology, and the author has every right to include it in an urban fantasy book based in fae mythology. Having said this, I do not judge the book for including these plot points.

These are key and frequent plot points in this book.

Readers who for whatever reason do not want to read either about rapes occurring off-screen or about the threat of rape or about a woman repeatedly having to physically fight off rapists should not pick this book up. These are just two non-spoiler examples of the rape plots, and there is at least one more that I won’t reveal as it’s a big spoiler. Eugenie normally doesn’t go into the land of the fae in a corporeal form (she does send her spirit via astral projection), but she agrees to in this case because she is so bothered by the knowledge that this teenage girl is facing a lifetime of rape. In fact, the case that Eugenie takes on early in the book is trying to save a teenaged girl who has been kidnapped by the fae. Fae keep trying to rape her.Īnother plot line is that the fae are known for kidnapping and raping young (this is specified, young, as in early to mid teens) human women. It is one of the main repeated problems for this character. To be clear, this is not one single solitary incident. If I had realized this was such a key plot point, I would not have personally picked up this book, and I think there are probably quite a few other readers who would be similarly bothered by this repeated scene of our heroine trying to fight off rapists. What this means for the reader is that our main character must repeatedly physically fight off would-be rapists. (This is not particularly a spoiler, it is revealed early on and there are even more plot twists later on to complicate this). She finds out that there is a prophecy that her child will be the one to bring about large changes in the land of the fae. Without revealing too much, early on in the book, fae start showing up and attempting to rape Eugenie. I wish any of the summaries I read of the book had even hinted at one of the big plot points, as I think how a reader responds to that plot point will dictate how much they enjoy the series overall. I picked this up because I love Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid series ( review) so much. What she discovers is a prophecy that will change everything. When fae start referring to her by her given name, rather than her working name, she becomes concerned something is awry. She hates the fae both for trespassing into our world and for kidnapping women into their own. Eugenia Markham is a shaman who spends her time sending the fae back to their own world.

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