Iron & Velvet by Alexis HallMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Kate Kane is the half-human daughter of the Queen of the Wild Hunt, she drinks whisky for breakfast. Her ex-boyfriend Patrick is a vampire with the mentality of a sixteen year old boy, an obsessive crush, and a disturbing similarity to a certain creepy vampire who sparkles (her business partner used to joke that he (the vampire, not the partner) turned Kate gay). As this series starts Kate has an impressive backstory, her most recent ex was a thief who killed Kate's business partner. After being stalked, groomed and gas-lighted by Patrick Kate has a rule that she will never work for vampires, until the Prince of Cups, Julian Saint-Germain's, incubus right-hand-'man' Ashriel demands her presence to investigate the murder of a werewolf outside her club, The Velvet.
Think Sam Spade as a modern-day Lesbian investigating supernatural mysteries.
I've loved all of Alexis Hall's contemporary romances but I was a bit hesitant about this series - how does contemporary LGBTQ+ romance segue into paranormal investigations? I shouldn't have worried, it's very different but an absolute joy. The effortless weaving of numerous genres, the celibate sex-demon, the Lesbian biker witches, the vampire prince who is an accountant, the lingerie model Alpha werewolf. Set close to where I work (in a non-pandemic world), I must seek out the church where Kate meets The Multitude, a rather disgusting sounding group mind meld of rats.
Humour, snark, gruesome pus and maggots, sewers, hot sex this book has everything and I am steaming through the rest of the series.
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