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This thread is to discuss: The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay

Aliens are now real and a fact of life after the big Revelation where it was discovered to alternate dimensions to earth and America is once again the country that everyone wants to immigrate too. Once aliens are accepted as common place they start to blend into society just as other immigrants have done in the past.

Charlie, a human and in the police force, and her partner Hank, who is a siren, are just another fact of life in the newly changing melting pot of America. They are called out when a girl is found in a dead like state at the school that Charlie's daughter goes to. Upon arrival Charlie notices the girl is none other than her daughter's after school babysitter, bringing the case close to home.

While investigating this crime Charlie has issues pop up from her past, namely nightmares about when she died. Her investigation brings her closer to the fact that all these events are connected somehow. Little by little Hank and her start unraveling the treads only to lead to bigger and bigger problems with very influential people. As these people threaented those Charlie loves and her way of live she gets to the bottom of what happened to her when she died and was brought back. With unusual allies they fight to stop the steps that have been put in motion but only partially succeed and at great loss to all involved.

This was a great first book were you weren't mired down in world building or having info dumped at you left and right. You get sucked in right away and are really rooting for Charlie and wish the world was one you lived in.

I loved this book, I thought it was so different from other books that were out at the time (and I still think it's pretty unique). I remember I kept putting it off for some reason and now that I think about it, it may have been the cover that kept me from really reading it.

So if you look at the book and think it's one of those cheesy bad PNR books, don't give in! Pick it up and read it anyway because it's truly worth it.

I loved Charlie and I also adored that she was a human! She wasn't a vamp, or a shifter or some sort of hybrid just a plain old human stuck in a world filled with other creatures. What a novel idea. :)