How can you lose with this premise?  Nicole always thought she was normal, until she catches her husband in bed with another woman, and in a fit of anger–turns the other woman into a mouse.  And that’s only the beginning of Loose Changeling by A. G. Stewart.  So, a disclaimer: I’m friends with the author, a member of my writing group.  But that really just means that I have a fuller appreciation for what an amazing writer she is!

So after the mouse incident, Nicole finds out that she’s a Changeling, a member of the Fey raised by humans–the only Changeling, since Changelings were banned more than a thousand years ago.  Nicole is plunged into Fey politics, a lot of monsters want to kill her, she can only use her magic when her soon-to-be-ex husband is in the room to make her angry enough, and her only guide through it all is a Fey bodyguard who is distractingly attractive and, even more problematic, keeps getting caught in lie after omission after half-truth.  All she really wants to do is go back to her desk job, where all her office supplies are perfectly lined up and the world makes sense.

This is a fast-paced, exciting book with a lot of twists that held my interest with never a falter.  There are some exciting battles and confrontations, but the book is just as engaging when Nicole is learning magical abilities or trying to process the emotional roller coaster she’s going through.  It’s a nice balance of action, character development and, as I always appreciate, dots of humor here and there too. Continue reading “Book Review: Loose Changeling” →