"a brilliant madcap adventure from Macalister"
When I read Anne Stuart I often ponder what she eats to
stay so good from book to book. When I read Katie
Macalister that never crosses my mind. I don't think she
eats, they just plug her in! She's had 16 books (under
Macalister and Maxwell pennames) in two years and shows no
signs of slowing down! Most writers burning up the
keyboards would begin to grown "less fresh, less original"
with each book. Not Macalister. I think she just gets
better and better with each novel! Her current release The
Trouble With Harry, is my favorite to date, a brilliant
tripping of the light fantastic with characters to warm
your heart. But there I go again, as I do with each
release, I have another fav! You Slay Me. A smart, sexy,
smart-mouth, laugh out loud kick off to a new series! You Slay Me, is another of Macalister's first person rants
as her character muddles through life. Ordinarily, I shy
away from first person books because they tend to numb my
mind with I, me and mine to where I get focusing on seeing
those three words till I want to scream. However, with
Macalister's Magic is I don't see those words when she does
first person. She has such a smooth style you really don't
notice it, other than it lends to giggles galore. You Slay
Me is the first Aisling Grey novel, and after reading it, I
am definitely eagerly awaiting more Aisling novels. Aisling is an Irish name pronounced ash-ling and ASH- ling
is starting her new job as a courier for her uncle's
business. See Aisling HAS to have this job. The court has
order her to pay alimony to her deadbeat surfer hubby so he
can sit around all day and watch plastic-chested beach
bunnies, a situation she is NOT happy about! Her first job
for Uncle Damian (hum...one thinks of the Omen movies and
instantly wonders if Sam Neil is Aisling's Uncle!) is to
carry a six hundred year old gold dragon to a woman named
Deauxville's in Paris. Getting through customs was nearly
more than Aisling can handle -- and that just dealt with
trying to get the customs man to learn to pronounce her
name right! So she is not happy after the nutty cabdriver
drops her of at Ms. Deauxville's address and she finds her
dead. Naturally, Aisling is accused of the murder and the gold
artifact is stolen. As she tries to clear herself, she
learns she is a Guardian -- that's Keeper of the Gates to
Hell to the rest of us mortals. Aisling learns this from
sexy Drake Vireo. Aisling thinks Drake is totally
scrumptious -- in his human form that is -- because Drake
(catch the name giving you the clue) is a real-life dragon.
I am not playing spoiler -- this revelation comes on the
back cover! Drake stole the gold dragon -- thus starting
off a mad cap adventure. Aisling's new career as courier on a bad foot, not to
mention the murder rap hanging over her head. Drake also
informs Aisling she is a wyvern's mate. What's a wyvern you
ask? It's old French -- a mythical animal with 2- legged
wings and just happens to look like -- you guessed it -- a
dragon! Aisling more than has her hands full being a murder
suspect, conjuring a demon in the form of a shaggy
Newfoundland, and fending off the amorous advances of the
horny wyvern, so we can see there will be a wealth of
situations to mine in the Ailing Grey series. It's refreshingly off-beat, with the quirky, laugh-till-
you- hurt Macalister style, promising this to be one of the
most original paranormal series since Melanie Jackson set
loose those pesky Goblins to torment us! So here's to more
adventures of Aisling and Drake. Reviewed by DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Posted August 26, 2004
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted November 19, 2006
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