The City Between, Book 1
Synopsis: When you get up in the morning, the last thing you expect is to see a murdered guy hanging outside your window. Things like that tend to draw the attention of the local police, and when you’re squatting in your parents’ old house until you can afford to buy it, another thing you can’t afford is the attention of the cops.
Oh yeah. Hi. My name is Pet.
It’s not my real name, but it’s the only one you’re getting. Things like names are important these days.
And it’s not so much that I’m Pet.
I’m a pet.
A human pet: I belong to the two Behindkind fae and the pouty vampire who just moved into my house. It’s not weird, I promise—well, it’s weird, yeah. But it’s not weird weird, you know?
Review: After seeing this novel on Kimberly’s blog and with her great review, I was curious to read this first volume myself.
I must say that this novel is a little UFO all by itself. We follow Pet, whose name we will never know and whose age is only approximately known. We don’t know how she looks, but she’s here. I must tell you that for several chapters, I thought it was a boy before I understood that no, it was actually a girl, that’s to say!
Pet has been living at her house since her parents were murdered. She was present, but well hidden. Since then, she has lived there alone, hoping to earn enough money to buy it when she came of age. However, her daily life will be disrupted when she finds herself face to face with a dead man through her window. This murder will attract the attention of two faes and a vampire who are working together to find the murderer. But here it is, if Pet observes them from afar and understands that they are not that human, she is less happy to see that they decide to come and live in her house!
It was a very different novel from what I usually read. They really think of Pet as a pet and it’s quite funny to see how it’s done. However, if the idea is original, I must say that I dropped the story several times because I was missing a little something to make the story more engaging. Apart from that, I found it interesting to discover the author’s universe and ideas and I think that Volume 2 could give me a more precise idea of the whole thing.
I’ve read other reviews for this one and think that it does sound like a book I would probably like.
I enjoyed the audio for this novel. It’s inserting the relationship with Pet. The mystery was enjoyable too. Glad to see you liked enough to consider trying book 2.
I’m curious about this one, too. Glad to see what you thought of it, Melliane.
I am curious, and at the same time I am not sure
It does definitely sound like an interesting read!
This does sound like a really different kind of story. Interesting.
Sounds like a delightfully weird book, just like its protagonist!
A human pet, huh? That is a bit strange. lol I’m glad you liked it overall though. Hopefully the second volume will be even better.
Wish it had been more engaging. :/
I read the other reviews too. I don’t know what to think except it is very different. I hope you like the next one better if you read more of the series.