Genre: Fantasy, Holiday
LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian
Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild
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About The Book
Offend the Frost King? Get kicked from the Court. Land in the jaws of a living dinosaur?
Ink, the black ice fairy, isn’t shocked that his frostiness banished her, but she’s shocked to find herself sent to a swamp. It’s hot, sticky and mucky—an ice fae’s worst nightmare. Banishment means she’s stuck with the heat and the stupid, hungry alligators. She’s gone from knowing all the rules of her world to knowing absolutely nothing about existing in her soggy new home. At least the draiad guardian’s kinda nice, though what the hell is a draiad?
A thunderous boom and an ice fae being dropped into her swamp interrupted Pickerel’s quiet, contemplative day of preserving flowers. The fae is abrasive, just shy of rude, and apparently unable to leave. The last thing Pickerel needs this close to the winter solstice celebration is another responsibility. But she can’t ignore her host obligations, nor can she deny the fae is rather attractive.
When dangerously reckless human poachers invade the swamp, all other concerns evaporate. Ink and Pickerel must learn to work together, combining their knowledge and their wildly different talents to combat the threat to the wildlife and the peace of the swamp. And–oh no—they might even have to admit they like each other.
Ice + Alligators is a novella that contains talkative squirrels, a mischievous and overly opinionated alligator, and a shy but grumpy fae who might’ve found a caring nature spirit who is everything she needed.
The Review
Ink is a black ice fairy who made the mistake of telling the King of the Frost Court “No.” As soon as the word came out of her mouth, she was banished and dumped in a swamp – no place for an ice fairy. Her first encounter was with what she believed was a huge dinosaur – she immediately jumped up into a tree to escape the beast.
The so-called dinosaur is really a large alligator named Benji, and she was saved by Pickerel, a draiad and one of the guardians of the swamp. Ink is so out of her element – surrounded by otters, spiders, fae frogs that fly and every kind of animal that resides in such a hot, damp and dank environment. Pickerel welcomes her but Ink is not used to being around people, even in the Frost Cour,t so she makes a lot of mistakes when dealing with this new person, who for her part tries her best to be a good host.
Ink spends her nights up in the tree, still leery of the huge alligator, despite Pickerel warning it not to eat her. It takes time for Ink to finally fit in and accept Pickerel’s friendship, but when poachers appear, setting traps to catch alligators, Ink is ready, willing and able to come up with a plan to stop them. The battle with the poachers brought a smile to my face.
This is an entertaining novella with humorous animals, an ice fairy and a draiad. Love blooms in the swamp between two lonely souls who are as different from one another as night is from day, but somehow it works.
I highly recommend Ice + Alligators – it’s different, fast moving and a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon.
Five stars.
The Reviewer
I am an avid reader the mother of 3 sons and grandmother to seven grandchildren. Since retiring I have been doing more reading while volunteering as a CASA worker. CASA is an organization that works with the family court system to ensure that children are in the best living situation. There are way too many children that get overlooked in the foster care system and I visit homes and make visits to the parents. I was born and raised in New York and my husband of 50 years and I live in Upstate New York.
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