On the Edge

by Ilona Andrews

Series: The Edge (#1)

Published by: Tantor Media, Inc.

December 21st, 2009

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Format: Audiobook

Source: Library Loan

Rating: 4 Stars

     Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, between the world of the Broken (where people drive cars, shop at Wal-Mart, and magic is a fairy tale) and the Weird (where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny). Only Edgers like Rose can easily travel from one world to the next, but they never truly belong in either. 

     Rose thought if she practiced her magic, she could build a better life for herself. But things didn't turn out how she planned, and now she works a minimum wage, off the books job in the Broken just to survive. Then Declan Camarine, a blueblood noble straight out of the deepest part of the Weird, comes into her life, determined to have her (and her power). 

     But when a terrible danger invades the Edge from the Weird, a flood of creatures hungry for magic, Declan and Rose must work together to destroy them, or the beasts will devour the Edge and everyone in it...

     I have considered how to rate this for a while and I will not punish the story too harshly because of the narrator. There were sometimes in which I had a hard time getting into the story because my mind was busy criticizing the narrator. That being said I think if I'd read the story myself I'd have loved it.

     Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, a "veil" place where people with some magic live, in between the Broken best know as Earth and the Weird, where the strong magic users live. She has suffered because of her strong magic and the disappointment of people letting her down. She has her two brothers to take care of and her freedom depends on her being smarter and stronger than anyone else.

     Declan Camarine is a Blue Blood from the Weird comes out of nowhere and Rose will not be forced into marrying him just because he comes from the Weird and she has strong magic that can produce strong babies. After making her stand and challenging Declan for the right to own her Rose and Declan slowly but surely fall in love.

     I was fascinated by this story and heard the audiobook every chance I got to see what was in store for all the characters of this story. From Rose to Jake to Georgie to their grand-mere. The length which these characters go thru to solve their and the community they leave in's problems is compelling and a page-turner of the first degree. I can't wait to read the next book in the series (I might even try the audio again since the second book is narrated by someone else.