Check-Out This Supernatural Suspense!

Denise, our ILL Librarian, read a book several months ago that she loved so much, she encouraged me to read it. The book was Witchling, written by Yasmine Galenorn , and I enjoyed it so much that I am now “hooked” on the series! I am not much of a fan of the romance genre, so it was a surprise to me that I enjoyed reading books that in our library have a “romance” genre sticker on their spines. Described by author Mary Jo Putney as “Laurell K. Hamilton with a lighter touch,” the rest of the books in the Otherworld series are: Changeling, Darkling, and Dragon Wytch. These books are technically one of those cross-over genre books that should be more accurately classified as supernatural suspense. Basically, the stories are about the three D’Artigo sisters who are half-human, half-Fae, who have moved through a portal between Earth and Otherworld because they were outsiders in magical Otherworld. The sisters work for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency, tracking down rogue demons, goblins and other sinister beings who have crept through portals to wreak havoc on Earth. The most interesting aspect of the D’Artigo’s is that each is a different magical being: Camille is a witch (with varying degrees of magic-spell success), Delilah is a changeling (she changes into a cat, sometimes at inopportune moments), and Menolly ( a vampire, who was a super-spy until she was changed by a rather nasty vampire). The sisters have a great repertoire with each other, and each of the books focuses mainly on the adventures of one sister. Galenorn is also the author of the Chintz ‘N China mystery series (set in a tea room), but she has stopped writing that series due to the popularity of the Otherworld series. The magic is so integrated and believable in these stories, that I almost expect to stumble across Camille or Delilah one afternoon while shopping in downtown Vicksburg! I also suggest you check out Yasmine’s website at www.galenorn.com to see what she is up to next.