This was my first Laura Thalassa and I am so glad I tried it. It has been sitting on my TBR for the last six months, collecting dust. This was a fanciful read with great characters and a beautifully woven plot. It is split eight years apart so we watch Callie goes through school, in her teen years, and her now adult life as a PI. I gave this book a 4/5 and if you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it. I will be finishing this series as well as working through her other work.
**Spoiler Alert Below**
We begin our intrigue after our heroine and Siren, Callypso Lillis, kills her stepfather after several years of rape. She calls upon The Bargainer to help her clean up the murder and keep her out of jail. He is not meant to deal with minors, since she is two weeks from being considered an adult, but he makes an exception for her. As she grows into herself, her and the Bargainer becomes friends. Eventually, Callie falls in love with him. During this time she racks up more than 300 beads of debt that form a bracelet along her arm. Then he mysteriously disappears from her life for 8 years. She tries to move on, falling into half relationships with many men, but cant seem to love any of them the same way Deep down she knows he will come back eventually to collect his debt.
When he finally reappears, she is working as a PI for her own firm in California. She is forced to become involved in a disturbance of his kingdoms. The Lord of Night or the Night King, Desmond, has disappearances occurring among his people. As she works to pay off her debt, they discover a disturbing plot and urges for each other. Someone is kidnaping Fae warriors and returning them under a deep sleep. They are neither alive nor dead but in an endless sleep. I won’t ruin the plot for you but it is worth seeking. 🙂