Dark Whispers
Helen Harper
Overall: 4/5
Plots and Themes: 3/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing Style: 4/5
Attention Grabbing: 4/5
Dark Whispers is the fifth (and hopefully not final) book in the Firebrand series following Emma Bellamy, a detective and the first Phoenix the world has seen in centuries. She is carefully navigating her relationship with the Supe community, including that with her vampire mafia boss boyfriend, and her duty to the human citizens. The Supe Summit is supposed to mitigate these tensions, but it's off to a rocky start with a murder in the hotel on day one.
I really appreciate the way that this book merges real world context with the supernatural world. But Helen Harper is kind of amazing with that across all her paranormal books. You can relate to it just enough for it to be realistic but it also has that amazing added magical element. I liked how we got to see a lot more of Emma's conflict with Lukas being who he is and with her job being what it is. We're not glossing over the fact that by definition her relationship shouldn't work, we're delving into the politics of it all.
So enjoyable overall, but not my favorite in this series. I think there's enough original content in each installment to keep me hooked for a long time, but I would like a little more conflict with the mysteries to truly be a hundred percent entertained.
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