I give up! I'm 90% through this book and I still don't care about the characters, or the plot, or even who is the murderer. Well, at this point I have it all figured out, and I'm going to read other reviews to see if I got it right. 
 This book is simply awful. I know that this series gets better starting from book #4, but I just can't bring myself to plow through #2 and #3 to get there. 
 The main character Toby was supposed to investigate a murder, but all she ever did was running pointlessly in circles from one place to another, while being shot at and then patched up numerous times. She didn't even have time to stop and think what she was doing, it was all just pure reaction to circumstances. She is too bitter for my taste. Maybe it was realistic because of all the things she'd been through, but it didn't help me connect to her. I wished she had some spark, or was witty, or anything at all that would make me like her. But no. Other characters were just as dull. The romance was nonexistent. Taking a backseat at the other end of the world. Even though I have a good idea who will be Toby's love interest in future books. The fairy aspect might have been the saving grace of this story, but it wasn't. 
 So, all in all, a very boring read.