Review: Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews

The husband and wife team of Gordon and Ilona Andrews saved the best for last with their thrilling forth and final book in their urban fantasy Edge series. As with the previous three books; On the Edge, Bayou Moon and Fate's Edge; Steel's Edge gives us well developed characters, plenty of action and romance. 

In Steel's Edge that focus falls on Richard Mar, the eldest Mar brother, as he battles the group of slave traders operating out of the Weird. Early on in the story Richard fall's prey to a trap where he is nearly killed by some of the slavers that he has been hunting. Through his superb swordsmanship he manages to escape and is brought to a magical healer, Charlotte De Ney, that later teams up with him to continue the hunt. As a team Richard and Charlotte make a formidable pair and get closer to the heart of the slave trade. As they get closer to the center of the trade operation the stakes get higher and threaten to push our two heroes past the limits of their combined powers.

A few areas that Ilona and Gordon do well in their books that keep them at the top of the list of fan favorites is that they don't try to make their characters come across as perfect. They show their flaws and overcome them to do what needs to be done. It makes it easier for the reader to relate and feel as though they want to get to know more about these characters. They make the dialogue between the characters believable as the way that any of us would with our friends. 

If you can say that there is one drawback to this book, as can be said for most of their novels, is that it leaves you wanting to know more about what happens to some of the characters we can come to know. A good example is wanting to know what is in store for those two lovable rascals George and Jack. Though it also leaves us room to imagine what we hope happens to them in the future.

I think that anyone that loves fantasy, romance, action, fiction or mysteries would love this novel as well as the rest of the Edge series by the husband and wife team.