The first Laura Blackstone urban fantasy title introduces a new world where the fey have come out and are playing politics.

Laura Blackstone has a number of identities. She's a PR person for the Guild. She's an undercover agent for the fey intelligence agency. And she's undercover on a human SWAT team as the fey representative.

Keeping all of her personas straight has made her concerned that she might be losing her real self. But she doesn't have time to worry about that because it looks like some disaffected fey want to start a war between fey and humans and Laura in all her personas has to find a way to keep that from happening.

I enjoyed the worldbuilding in this story. It was also filled with action. There was even the possibility of romance with one of the other characters.

It was an engaging story. ( )

The characters are well developed and Laura's constant flopping between are her different glamours keeps the pace of the book moving quickly. You are kept guessing throughout the novel and while I often pride myself on having figured out what will happen long before the protagonist, I found that even in the end I still doubted my decision. I strongly recommend this series if you enjoy action/adventure, mystery, and a little romance. ( )

Finished but forgettable, this is one of those breed of Urban Fantasy that didn't hook me with either mythology or characters. To be honest, though, the first Kate Daniels wasn't an instant slam dunk for me, and now it's a cannon favorite, so I'll keep on eye on this one to dip back into the series later. ( )

I read this book in one sitting, which may be why my high rating compared to other readers who dipped in and out. I found the management of the three identities was well written, often I have read books where there were many flaws. There were one or two occastions that had me cringing but, overall I enjoyed this book and would like to see more in this series. ( )

Despite an action packed opening, and some interesting action scenes along the way, I had a difficult time getting interested in this book. Because of that (and this is likely my own fault), I was only reading in fits and starts, and I had a tough time keeping the characters and their relationships straight. This was compounded by the main character not really ever being clear about who was on her side, and none of the characters really being fleshed out enough to make it clear in their actions. I finally did get a little involved toward the end but probably not enough to continue with the series. ( )