Kat Richardson : Labyrinth
Labyrinth is the fifth novel in Kat Richardson’s Greywalker series.
After her exploits in London in Vanished, Harper Blaine returns to Seattle and must deal with the vampiric problems that have arisen in her short absence.
She finds Quinton holed up in her apartment, and Edward, the vampire who sent her to England, has disappeared. The culprit is Wygan; a vampire who was once an Egyptian god. Knowing who is to blame doesn’t help Harper at all, as Wygan has plans that Harper and her growing abilities play a key role in. Harper must learn to control the voices of the grey in her head, the powers she has, and make alliances which she hopes will stop Wygan. And free her father’s ghost at the same time. The entire future of this world and the Grey is at stake.
Over the previous book, Labyrinth picks up the pace a little, as the characters barely get time to breathe in between bouncing from crisis to clue and back again. However, whilst I can appreciate that Harper as a character is struggling to seperate herself from the encroachment of the Grey – constant voices would drive anyone nuts – but what passes for romance in the book is stilted and awkward. Quinton; supposedly so independent until he meets Harper hangs around like a lovesick puppy, waiting for some scraps. It felt as though he was there to sometimes just prove how tired Harper is, as he convinces her to let him drive.
Stubborn, troubled and with the odds stacked against her, I think I’d rather have Harry Dresden dealing with the problems! I’ll read the next (and perportedly the last) in the series, just to see what happens, but the series probably won’t be on my re-read list.
