Innkeeper Chronicles #2
Dina Demille doesn’t run your
typical Bed and Breakfast. Her inn defies laws of physics, her fluffy
dog is secretly a monster, and the only paying guest is a former
Galactic tyrant with a price on her head. But the inn needs guests to
thrive, and guests have been scarce, so when an Arbitrator shows up at
Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring
species, she jumps on the chance.
Unfortunately, for Dina,
keeping the peace between Space Vampires, the Hope-Crushing Horde, and
the devious Merchants of Baha-char is much easier said than done. On top
of keeping her guests from murdering each other, she must find a chef,
remodel the inn...and risk everything, even her life, to save the man
she might fall in love with. But then it's all in the day's work for an
Innkeeper…
5+ STARS
Yow, what a great book! If you're looking for great world-building, great unpredictable scifi with great people with depth this is the one you will really enjoy. I know I did.
Dina is one special person, who the more I read about her the more I liked her. She has honor, power and tries to her best ability to honor the rules of being an Innkeeper. However, she is also ingenious when it comes to problem solving even though at times (like this one) it's not exactly by the book. She's an outside of the box thinker. The connection between her and The Gertrude Hunt Inn was both wild and endearing. Beast, Dina's pet? continues to be a great addition as is Dina's permanent dangerous guest, Caldenia.
George is the Arbitrator from the Office of Arbitration who is a powerful entity to deal with. He figures in a big way in the story as does Jack and Gastan who came with him. But there is also plenty of other powerful "people" to deal with and they have their own agendas.
Orro, was a skilled chef but also so dramatic that he added fun too. So although there was plenty of danger there was also some humor too. And not just with this chef.
I'm used to surprises in this series but a supremely feared Turan Adin turned out to be a shocker. But then the ending had a few more shockers in store. I loved it. And I'm going to keep reading this series.
On a last note: The version I read also had some very beautiful illustrations too. Similar to the beautiful eBook cover that I liked so much.
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