The Demon Librarian

This was a little disappointing. It had some elements I really liked, but overall it missed the mark for me.We start out by meeting our star couple, Irish werewolf Sullivan Quinn, and American Fox-woman Cassidy Po. Their meeting was somewhat unorthodox but amusing and I thought I was in for a treat because they seemed like really nice characters. And they were. Cassidy was intelligent, witty and beautiful and a rarity as a supernatural, being one of only two fox-women in the US (or maybe it was just in that State) either way, most other supes have never even heard of them. But when Sullivan Quinn gets one whiff of her at a party, he is never likely to forget her again.Sullivan was adorable in all his Irish charm. Once he got over his initial beastly instincts of their first meet, he proved a gentleman, also very intelligent, and a great and attentive lover.Unfortunately what could have been developed further into a great romance was then reduced to only sex scenes between the pair. They were meant to be working on a mystery, but did very little of that. So that was kind of a shame. And really, out of the whole book, considering this is essentially a romance novel, they were apart an awful lot. I think some of the time devoted to the mystery and world building could have been given to developing their relationship out of the bedroom.Speaking of this mystery/conspiracy plot. It was not very well written at all. I got the main gist of what was going on, but after a while I found myself barely paying attention to it all. There were meetings of the leaders of the supernatural races which were little more than thinly veiled info dumping in the form of dialogue. And if you've read any other PNR this was nothing new or noteworthy- except perhaps for the addition of fox-women- so I started zoning out.This all led up to a showdown of sorts, which fizzled into nothing. There was no real action, only a dull, suspense-less mystery, and some nice characters that were unfortunately wasted.I will check out some reviews further into the series to see if things improve, but if not, I think I will be leaving this series here.3 Stars ★★★Originally Reviewed for http://urbanfantasybookreviews.blogspot.com/