G – Gabriel’s Ghost, Linnea Sinclair

Loved: I was very skeptical of this book the first time I picked it up. A romance? Shelved in my fantasy section? Blasphemy! But Linnea Sinclair pulls it off nicely. I love the witty push-and-pull between Chaz and Sully, the two MCs. What really stood out to me though was Sinclair’s attention to the overall conflict, rather than only romance and sex. The book works because of the nuanced plots and subplots that Chaz and Sully are trapped within.

Learned: Sinclair keeps the pacing steady and tight without straying into the “stream-of-consciousness” sprint that many first person urban fantasies use. She also does a great job of weaving together several complex plot lines within a fairly short stand alone. A nice lesson for me, whose default setting is writing epics that take umpteen volumes to tell properly!