Review: Rough Justice

Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Trust in Ms. Armstrong to bring a faery tale into modern times. The way she can blend the supernatural into white colour jobs is impressive. In this story, the fae, specifically the Hunt have come into the corporate world. Their "day" job perfectly fits their dark persona. I am not sure if this story is an off shoot of another one because it did feel like I was missing some back stories. I was still easily able to get caught up to speed. Ms. Armstrong provides a bit of reference points in each instance.

Our focus here is Olivia. She is now part of the hunt. It is her job to witness and bring down the ones who thought they can get away with a crime. But how does she know that the Wild Hunt can always determine if the perpetrator is guilty? The Wild Hunt sets up a test for Olivia to believe without question. She tries and fails because she is a doubting Thomas. In this case, it was interesting because Olivia is right and wrong.

Ms. Armstrong leads both the Wild Hunt and Olivia on a merry chase. The false starts keeps making a reader go "ah ha!" this is the truth only to be proven wrong. When all the facts come together, the real story is not a pretty one. It is one that works and proves a couple of good points.

After reading this story, I need to go look for other books written by Ms. Armstrong that I may have missed. Because it seems as if this story is the aftermath of an existing relationship tug o' war between two men wanting and needing the same woman. It is intriguing and Ms. Armstrong does give enough information to make it work, but it does make me want to learn more about Olivia and her two men. The paranormal tale is recommended to readers who enjoy the original Grimm Fairy Tales.

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