Pocket Tour: Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass

The heart-pounding first in Glass's Shadowchasers urban fantasy series piles on the twists and turns in a supernatural Atlanta where everyone has a hidden motive. The Gilead Commission discovered Kira Solomon's gift for psychometry when she was 12 and trained her to fight Shadow Avatars. Now 25, she mostly tries to focus on her day job as a freelance antiquities expert. Her former mentor, Bernie Comstock, brings her a 4,000-year-old Egyptian blade to authenticate, and one touch tells her it belonged to an immortal Fallen from the shadow world, who's still seeking it. When a demon murders Bernie, Kira confronts the immortal, now disguised as a young man, but she can't deny that the dark blade calls to her, as does its handsome owner. Kira's personal battle against the forces of chaos will keep readers riveted.

The first work I've read from this author and I was thoroughly impressed. I'm a big urban fantasy reader.  It took me a bit to get into the story, and most first books have alot of detail and world-building.  But once I got to the "meat" of the story, I was like a dog with a bone.  Not letting go until I'm finished!

Kira is a wonderful character.  You have sympathy for her backstory, but she doesn't let it rule her life.  She builds character and strength from her weaknesses.  A fascinating and versatile heroine who you will come to love as she makes her choices.

Khefar is a warrior hunk over 4,000 years old.  He wants his dagger back and will do everything within his power to get it.  But Kira and Khefar will have to work together because a darker force is closing in on them.  They'll have to keep their desire for one another on the back burner before they get burned alive.

Shadow Blade is a gritty and raw urban fantasy that sets the tone for more in the series.  I'm looking forward to more adventures.   Check out what a few other blogs on the tour thought about Shadow Blade!

The Life (and Lies) of an Inanimate Flying Object: http://haleymathiot.blogspot.com/
Dan’s Journal: http://grumpydan.blogspot.com/
Cheryl’s Book Nook: http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/
I Heart Book Gossip: http://juniperrbreeeze.blogspot.com/
Geek Girl Reviews: http://www.geekgirlreviews.com/
All Things Urban Fantasy: http://allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.com/

Seressia's Web Page is here.