A review by etymoye
Quicksilver by Callie Hart

adventurous dark mysterious

5.0

Quicksilver by Callie Hart
★★★★★

Genres: Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal / Supernatural
Tropes: Age Gap, Enemies to Lovers, Fae,
Fated Mates
, Forced Proximity, Magic, Possessive Hero, Nonhuman Hero, Slow Burn, Vampires

The pros:
  • Seeing fae actually act like fae in this book. They’re cunning, deceptive, and fairly immature despite being comparatively much older than our heroine.
  • The slow burn between Saeris and Fisher worked for me. I think I would have preferred it if they weren’t
    fated mates
    , actually. I liked them coming together and getting to know each other. (Granted, it is instalust, so be aware of that.)
  • The world building was excellent. Hart clearly thought through the rules of her universe and seems to stick to them, as far as I could tell.

The cons:
  • The last 20% or so moves at a breakneck pace, to the point where I debated dropping my rating a star. So much information gets revealed that it’s almost overwhelming as a reader. I definitely needed to sit and process everything after finishing the book.

Safety Stats:
Ages:
Saeris is 24, Kingfisher is 1,733.
Cheating:
None.
Other OM/OW:
Saeris’s former one night stand, Carrion, is around for most of the book, but Saeries doesn’t have any feelings for him. He’s kind of a manwhore, and it wasn’t serious.
Separation:
Fisher leaves Saeris to go fight the villain without her, but Saeries and friends find him anyway. Once the couple is together, there is no breakup.
Triggers:
Mentions of violence and death, including the death of children. At least one threat of sexual assault towards Saeris’s friend.
HEA/HFN?:
HFN, book 1 in a series. That being said, the couple has officially accepted their mating bond at the end of book 1, so I probably would have called this a HEA if there wasn’t another book coming.
 
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