SUPERNATURAL DEVICES by Kailin Gow

Supernatural Devices by Kailin Gow

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I don't like giving bad reviews, but in this case I have to as I got this book and will only get others on condition of reviewing. The character of Scarlett was interesting only because she's a strong, self sufficient young woman in the Victorian era. But that's the only saving grace for this book. The author has thrown in all the elements of the supernatural from vampires to fey and not really landing on a story. I can guess, but only from the last few pages of the book that Scarlett has some sort of ability that an old Order of Vampires wants her to use to help them in order to rule the world, but I'm not even clear if Scarlett is human or not.

It starts with the idea that she's connected to Sherlock Holmes through a friendship with her parents, who are archeologists, but he's barely in the book and you only realize later that it was some actor playing him, but using a glamour, which is attributed to the Vampires, but the fey are the creatures who are supposed to do that.

Also, Scarlett can't seem to resist kissing every gorgeous man who comes into her path. And they are all gorgeous. I just don't get this book at all. The story is all over the place, I have no idea what it was trying to accomplish. The best thing about it was that it was only about 240 pages could be read quickly.


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