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Publisher: Self Published
Author’s Website: http://kaitnolan.com
My Source for This Book: Amazon.com
Part of a Series: Yes, Book 1.5 Mirus
Series Best Read In Order: Yes, but would work well as a standalone
Steam Level: Warm
I hate myself a little right now. You see, I bought this short story in December, when it was a new release, and somehow it got shoved to the back of my TBR pile on my Kindle and I just now realized I hadn’t read it.
What a fool I was.
Devil’s Eye is book 1.5 in the Mirus series, which started with Forsaken By Shadow (which was a 4-star book by itself, actually), and continues to flesh out the world of the Mirus. That said, it has been quite a while since I’ve read Forsaken by Shadow, and I still felt that I had all of the pertinent information without having to review the previous book.
Mick is the wolf-shifter owner of Le Loup Garou (literally, “The Werewolf”), a bar in New Orleans where both humans and Mirus mix without the humans ever being aware of the Mirus’ existence. In the middle of a “Hurricane Party”, with the storm raging outside, he realizes that one of his waitresses, Liza, never showed up for work.
Before Mick can further investigate Liza’s whereabouts, he’s interrupted by the lovely Sophie, a gorgeous stranger who not only emanates a sense of power, but who is also asking questions about Liza. When he discovers that she’s a member of the IED — the Investigation and Enforcement Division whose job it is to make sure that humans never become aware of the Mirus’ existence — he immediately goes on the defensive, because human or not, Liza is Pack.
I had (ashamedly) forgotten just how much I enjoy Kait Nolan’s writing. She has a way of taking “the same old same old” of paranormal romance and completely setting it on its head, and I adore her for it.
While I would suggest reading Forsaken By Shadow first (and c’mon, it’s only $2.99 at Amazon, and free on her website if you want to read the serialization there) simply because the Mirus world is so entertaining, I do think that Devil’s Eye works beautifully as a standalone.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. While I wish that it had been a full-length novel, simply so that I would know what was to become of Nick and Sophie, it ended at a good stopping point and didn’t feel like a complete cliff-hanger which I liked. Given the space constraint of a $0.99 novella, however, I think Ms. Nolan did an absolutely fantastic job of keeping the action going, of creating characters that a reader could care about, and the beginnings of what I would imagine will be a beautiful relationship. I sincerely hope any PNR fans reading this will pick this one up in support of a fantastic indie author; a very solid 4/5 Stars
