The Flaws of Gravity (Gravity's Daughter, #1)

by Stephanie Caye

Overview

The existence of tequila is at stake. Oh, and humanity too.

Jude Waldron's playing both sides of a supernatural cold war. While collecting a paycheck from a secret human organization fighting against the Faerie Court, she's also helping her friend and mentor Aubrie search for illicit magic. But when Aubrie's true scheme pits her violently against her human colleagues on his behalf, the half-Faerie renegade finds herself taking the fall—literally.

Now Jude's ready to cut and run, destination: "The Hell Away from This Mess." Bonus points if there's a warm beach nearby. Before she can pack a bag, a shady group of Faeries traps her, demanding she steal a spellbook for them—the same book Aubrie wants. She'll have to face off with catty pixies, vicious sirens, a calculating dragon and a pissed off ex-boyfriend in pursuit of a prize that could merge the human and Faerie worlds into a chaotic nightmare. If she pulls it off, Jude will win her freedom along with safe, anonymous passage to her chosen sandy paradise. And, right, save two worlds.

Good thing she's got her heart set on umbrella drinks—and revenge.

THE FLAWS OF GRAVITY is the action-packed debut in the urban fantasy series GRAVITY'S DAUGHTER. If you like prickly heroines, lovers to enemies to "it's complicated," and new twists on old faerie lore, then you'll love Stephanie Caye's smart, snarky thrill-ride.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940167019461
Publisher:	SC Smith
Publication date:	04/01/2022
Series:	Gravity's Daughter
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	303 KB

About the Author

Stephanie Caye lives in Montreal with her partner and two furry supernatural beings disguised as cats.

Editorial Reviews

2023-07-01
In Caye’s urban fantasy novel, a part-Faerie, part-human adventurer combats mythological friends and foes.

Jude is a fiery, quick-witted young woman who’s been working as an all-purpose operative during what she calls a “supernatural cold war” between two organizations: the human Consilium and the Faerie Court. She’s quite literally thrown off her game when Spencer Aubrie, someone she thought was her friend, tosses her off a balcony and into a three-month coma. She wakes up to a dubious group of magical Faeries; Jude herself is half Faerie, half human. They have a daunting task for her: She must race to retrieve a spell that would allow the separate human and Faerie realms to merge and then stop her ex–best friend’s plan to rule both. All Jude wants is a carefree life on the beach: “I could almost taste the salt of the first margarita I’d have once I was safe on some sunny, far away beach. Okay, it’d probably be a tequila shot.” She doesn’t care how she gets there—she’ll do whatever job is necessary if it gets her enough money and a passport. The moment Jude receives this new assignment, the story proceeds at a breakneck pace, introducing a flood of new characters, creatures, and abilities along the way. As such, the book almost feels like a sequel, with readers left to play catch-up. Sirens, pixies, sprites, a dragon, and other magical beings flit in and out of the narrative. In this urban fantasy, however, it’s not the fantasy elements that make the novel stand out; in fact, despite taking place in a magical world, Caye develops the supernatural features rather sketchily. Instead, it’s the complex characters that make the story compelling. Jude, a fantastic antihero, is surrounded by equally mysterious players with subtle motives. Indeed, as the story goes on, readers are left to guess who the real heroes and villains are—or if notions such as goodand badeven exist in the novel’s morally gray world.

A brisk and often riveting fantasy thriller with a cast of cryptic characters.

Kirkus Reviews