Holy Fae! The first book we were really with the weres, but this book is all about the Fae. I first have to say that the author has done a wonderful job in creating an original world. Both in the "normal" world, but especially in this book with the Fae land. I did get confused quite a bit with who was who in the Fae court, but that's probably because of my attention span and not her writing.

Overall this book is very solid, and if you like the whole supernatural world with lesbians, then you're going to love this second book. It does end in quite the cliffhanger, which for some reason was my favorite part, so slight warning on that. The good news is that we'll get a third in the series!

One critique that I hope comes to fruition. I'm having a bit of a problem liking Malice. Ruri is beautiful, protective, funny and charming but Malice is so cold. Yes, I get that she's been modified and basically has developed no feelings, but I'm looking forward to her opening up even further with Ruri. I'm still looking forward to the next one!

The Hunter's Descent picks up where Five Moons Rising leaves off. Mal and Ruri are still together. Cass is still alpha of the pack and Uncle Ralph, is Uncle Ralph. This part of the series delves into fae territory. Ruri and Mal travel there after searching for kidnapped and murdered teens. Will Mal accept that she is Ruri's mate? Will they locate the kidnappers?

Be prepared for a lengthy journey.

hile it is tough for any sequel to live up to an excellent first book, I thought that Hunter's Descent did some things better than Five Moons Rising, but there were some things that I found were weaker.

One of the things that made this book so strong was that both Malice and Ruri are committed to each other and the relationship they have together. One of the best conflicts of the book was how Ruri treats Mal as her mate - for wolven, its a big deal. They are supernaturally linked to each other, and a bonded pair are able to communicate on through that bond. Malice, on the other hand, is still trying to wrap her head around not being alone anymore. Sometimes she unintentionally hurts Ruri through her actions, and Ruri (through her wolf) struggles to work with what is basically half a bond.

The setting helps us focus more on Ruri and Malice, despite them meeting so many new people. When they walk through a portal to the alien realm of Fairy, they have to stick together as they navigate a fairy coup. The fairy land, or as Ruri understands it as the "underhill" is full of terrifying new beings that have some seriously shady motivations. It really does test Malice's and Ruri's relationship because there are times when the place and its people feel like it is gaslighting the pair. Especially Ruri - she sees the effects that the fae have on Malice (with her being human) but because she can't rely on her wolf or her bond to sense certain things, she doesn't trust herself.

That's the strength of the book - Ruri's chapters are so great with character development, even when she is overcome by her wolf, I loved it. Malice on the other hand, was not as strong. She's still broody and questioning her luck at having such an amazing partner, but this really is more of Ruri's story than Malice's. The main conflict of them navigating their new relationship was resolved a little too easily for me - especially since Malice didn't really feel it the same way as Ruri did.

Either way, the Fairy Realm was amazing and I love Malice and Ruri so much. The world was so detailed and rich, and MacTague managed to wind together a ton of different fairy tales to create a cohesive world. Give this series a look!

I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

When Malice handler Uncle Ralph send her to investigate the deaths of five teenagers she get more then she bargain for. Ruri who company her knows Malice is her mate but when they both get trapped in the mysterious Kingdom of Flower and Bone–a netherworld they have to learn who to trust and who not to trust.

While there they learn the teenagers they thought was dead aren't that they left because their life in our world wasn't great we counter all different types of magic and humans.

Malice believes she doesn't deserve Ruri and she keep telling herself and everyone they counter she not my mate but she afraid that Ruri will look at her differently when she learns of what she did. Ruri knows Malice is her mate but she hurt when Malice denied this as she tries to get to know Malice more. I like that Ruri get Malice to question things because as Ruri said she act first go in blazing without knowing wether they are good or bad.