Though I have so many other books on my to read list, I cannot stop reading the Georgina Kincaid series. This is really out of character for me because the novel is essentially a love story between Georgina and Seth. It's not quite paranormal romance but it's not far from it either.
In this book, Jerome, the archdemon of Seattle is summoned, causing all the lesser immortals in the area to lose their power. For Georgina this translates to not being able to shift and not being dependent on stealing bits of people's soul to survive. For the first time she can actually have sex with Seth and not worry about shortening his life. Suddenly, the prophecy that she would have a child and be with someone that she loves, looks possible for the first time.
Unfortunately, no good thing comes without a cost in Georgina's life. She realizes that she must rescue Jerome or risk her whole life being torn apart. It's a case of the devil you know really. The problem of course is that if she does rescue Jerome, she will go back to being a succubus thus ending her relationship with Seth. It's a no win situation for her because even if she does not immediately find Jerome hell being the organized institution that is, will simply appoint a new archdemon.
What I found interesting about this book is that Georgina was the only one who could be arsed to look for Jerome even though all of the lesser immortals knew that their lives might also drastically change with his absence. To find him she risked physical danger and even the possibility of being smote. To be honest I really like this version of a strong female protagonist. Often, what the reader is meant to perceive as the strong woman trope is reduced to ass kicking, but in the case of Georgiana, strength literally means strength of will and that is something that we don't see often in this genre at all. In many ways, this makes Georgina far more authentic than characters like Anita Blake or Damali. The very idea that strength can and should manifest in different ways, is something that Mead has absolutely mastered.
