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Epiphany by Regina Riley

Posted under Book Reviews, Elves, Fae, Fantasy, Shapeshifters, Vampires, e-books by Gabby on Monday 18 January 2010 at 2:22 pm
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How would you feel if, on your twenty-ninth birthday, after a day that started bad and just kept getting worse, you found out that not only were you adopted but were half-human and half-dryad? That is what happens to Chloe Bright. On the day she turns twenty-nine, her apartment-mate has run out and not paid the rent, the climatization is broken, and the library she works at will be closed at the end of December. Also, while they are all out eating dinner, Chloe finds out that she is adopted and that she isn’t all that she appears to be. The latter is re-iterated the following morning by her new apartment-mate - who is herself a nymph.

What follows is an almost borderline comedy of errors as Chloe tries to figure out who she is and her place within the fey realm - which includes shapeshifters, vampires, elves, trolls, gnomes, and pixies. Her friends - a shapeshifter by the name of Buford, a nymph named Jade, and a vampire named Jacques - also try to keep her alive due to a certain fey sect wanting to kill her due to her being half-human.

Part of Epiphany’s appeal for me was that borderline campiness. I do not know if that was the writer’s intention, it is just how it came across to me and I liked it. Another reason I liked the book is Chloe; she has a certain innocence about her but she is also strong as steel when she needs to be and she proves it. I liked Brian the elf, too; he found that he was able to do what he had to when he had to. Overall, a very good read.

Book Stats:

  • e-book, digital format
  • Publisher: Sugar and Spice Press
  • Book Length: Short
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-1-936110-31-5

To purchase an eBook copy of Epiphany click here.


1 Comment »

  1. Comment by Regina Riley — January 24, 2010 @ 3:07 am

    Thanks for the wonderful review Gabby! I’m just leaving this comment to assure you that yes, yes the book was very much intended to be just as campy as you thought. In fact, the whole thing is a sort of tongue in cheek look at the whole genre, and it continues to please me when I hear folks love the humor of it. I just wanted to write something a little more lighthearted then what’s inundating the market these days. I’m glad you caught up in the silliness! Thanks!

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