Hrm, this was different. Almost more horror and dystopia than fantasy, but amazing and imaginative and very very cool.

This is taking place in a strange world where everything that takes place outside the Station feels a bit fuzzy and unclear. My understanding is that some catastrophic event happened that resulted in the world as we know it being taken over by magical creatures. We have vampires having pretty much running things and being terrible to humans who are kept as slaves and even using children for "breeding farms".

Can't wait for the next one. I want to know much more about that Night Station.

Oof. This book never succeeded in drawing me in. I think the danger with vampire books is it's easy to fall into two-dimensional tropes without adding personal spin and depth.

The unique concept in this urban fantasy is a sentient train station that provides sanctuary for all the magical races, including the humans that serve as prey outside its protective walls. The main character is the "host" of the station, responsible for keeping the peace. Despite this intriguing spin, it fell apart on the depth. I didn't feel like I understood the larger world, cultural groups, or individual character motivations. The main character's perspective came through in first person but only in broad strokes. Her emotions are described in basic terms (she's mostly angry), her personal history is vaguely sad (orphaned), and her romantic interests are stilted (she's attracted to a moody vampire while hating him specifically and his entire race generally but also a demon who's her friend but has unfortunately lost his soul saving her life).

I was disappointed when these shallow renderings didn't develop into stronger characterization, deeper emotional connections, or clever plotting as the book progressed. In the end, it was another vampire book that missed the mark.

A fast paced, fun filled read, reminiscent of early Anita Blake books. This has a strong, independent heroine, vampires and demons, humour, action, I mean it’s everything you want in urban fantasy. I enjoyed this so much I’m off to search for the next in the series. Fabulous fantasy action.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

Twilight seeker by Pippa DaCosta⁣
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Wow, I was completely captivated the whole way through this book!⁣
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Vampires - check⁣
Demons - check⁣
Kick ass heroine- check⁣
A train station, that is its own entity and sanctuary for the supernatural along with its human hostess - check⁣
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I requested this copy from Netgalley because I loved the sound of it!⁣
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Considering I've read ALOT of vampire fiction - this unique setting was a pleasant surprise.⁣
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Lynher Aris is the hostess of a train station that quite literally has a mind of its own. Whilst she plays hostess with the mostest for vampires, fae and demons alike, she battles for survival between night and day. Because what the Dark Ones don't realise is that Lynher is part of the resistance to undermine them when Dawn breaks. But, then, everything changes when the mysterious Ghost, the overseer of the Vampire Guard arrives unannounced at the station. ⁣
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This was such a fun, albeit quick read. ⁣
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Although this is one of the more original urban fantasy stories I've read in a while - the plot was easy to predict at times but that made it no less enjoyable.⁣
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I couldn't put this book down once I had started it. The mystery of the station, the grey characters that I found myself leaning towards, the horrors of the blood farms and the *almost* potential romance kept me turning the pages until I was finished. ⁣
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I just have two questions:⁣
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When is the next book out?⁣
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And what the heck is in 3b?!⁣

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I knew Pippa DeCosta wrote urban fantasy, I just never got around to reading her books… until now. And The Daybreaker series is just what I’ve been looking for!

While she’s her own writer, humans like to compare things, so for me, her writing reminds me of Kim Harrison’s, The Hollows and Laurell K. Hamilton’s, Anita Blake series… before the series was 90% sex… when I really enjoyed it because there was a solid story.

I’ve been wanting to find a new series since I don’t read Anita Blake any more. Kim Harrison had stopped writing the series, although she decided to start up again with American Demon, which comes out in June, and I am so excited! And Jim Butcher hadn’t put out a new book in the Harry Dresden series in six years… although this year we’ll be getting two new books in that series!!!

Twilight Seeker has all the essentials in an urban fantasy; complex characters, a well developed world, it’s fast paced, and the stakes are high for everyone. And by placing the story around a train station and hotel, DaCosta has set up a series with so much potential with new guests arriving all the time, which means lots of new adventures for the reader.

The train may or may not be a living thing (we all know it is…) and it reminded me of the short story arc in Lost Girl that had the Death Train in it, which was a purgatory that exists in a dimension outside of the physical plane. And if you’ve never watched Lost Girl, but love urban fantasy, do yourself a favor and binge.

And do yourself another favor and read Twilight Seeker. I’m going to go get book two now, Night Scourge, and lose myself again in this amazing world!

Twilight Seeker is the kind of urban fantasy that I devour. Fast-paced, exciting and filled with trouble around every corner, this novel is a delicate dance of danger and intrigue. Plenty of secrets surrounds both the Station itself and the guests inside. You can't possibly know who to trust. Just when you think you actually have it all figured out, it changes again. Filled with vampires, demons, succubae, fae and more, this cast of characters gets more complex as the story is told. While some of them stick to traditional typecasting like the vampires being cold and seductively lethal, others turn the typical on its head.

Lynher, the human host of the Night Station, is a bit of a mystery. At night, she appears to have it all together, commanding respect from all the creatures who move through the Night Station. Inside, however, she is a hot mess of insecurity and needs to talk herself through every step to keep it together, acting the part that is expected of the Night Station's mistress. At the same time, she's plotting against the vampireguard, running a sort of underground railroad by freeing the blood slaves that come through the Station on the trains.

What the blurb doesn't tell you is that the Station is alive. Twilight Seeker gives off strong vibes of Ilona Andrew's Innkeeper series. When it deigns to be a gracious host, the Station transforms its room's decor to suit the guest and produces outfits perfectly tailored to fit the guest. Each guest is under the protection of the Station as well as the staff who are marked with an X on their wrists to show that they are claimed by the Station. Unlike Ilona Andrew's inn, the Night Station has its own mind and sometimes gives its host the finger instead of obvious help.

This is an exhilarating dark and deadly new world that Pippa DeCosta has created. Unique and engaging, Twilight Seeker is a weird and wonderful start to a new urban fantasy series.