Elizabeth (Beth) is mourning her father. In fact she’s been doing that for 8 years, since he was committed to a psychiatric hospital, where he had steadily been trying to kill himself, finally succeeding. Then a series of suicides start making the news. Beth makes a discovery in the attic of her fathers house, and things take a magical and dangerous twist. It’s a race against time to find out what had driven her father to his actions, and it’s nothing like she thought.

This is an interesting read, one I took a little while to get into, but once I had, it had me hooked. There are creatures from fairy tales, who walk among us, like trolls and wizards, but you can’t always see them as they really are. They aren’t all cuddly and friendly, but view humans with disdain. Max is developing nicely but I’d have liked to know more of his back story, and also Faisal, Beths partner. This is the first book in the series, and I’m looking forward to see where these characters go next.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.