Review: Perfectly Perfect Pixie by MJ May
SYNOPSIS:
Peaches is a nature pixie. Fully bonded to his orchard, he can only leave his land for a finite time. Plants, soil, daylight, and every living thing Mother Nature has on tap flows like liquid sunshine through Peaches’s lively veins.
Lucroy Moony was born into his vampiric second life over six hundred years ago. King of the Southeastern nest in the United States, Lucroy is responsible for more than his bar, Dusk. Lucroy only comes alive when the sun goes down. The moon and stars are his backdrop—the sun the quickest path to a pile of ash. Death and darkness fill Lucroy’s body with borrowed blood.
Pixies and vampires couldn’t be more different, and yet, Lucroy and Peaches find themselves drawn together time and again. But vampire myth cautions that pixie blood is deadly, and Lucroy’s willing to put that tale to the test. Nothing that smells as temptingly delicious as Peaches’s blood can be toxic. Right?
Lucroy wants nothing more than to court fate with his pixie, but someone’s been whispering in the vampire council’s ears, and they aren’t pleased to learn Lucroy killed a werewolf to save a pixie. If the council decides Lucroy was in the wrong, his life is forfeit, and the nest he’s tried so hard to protect could be left in sadistic hands.
Lucroy needs to convince the council pixies aren’t toxic but precious creatures. And, more importantly, one pixie, in particular, is his beloved—his Perfectly Perfect Pixie, Peaches.
REVIEW:
I enjoyed this read but it definitely had a few kinks that needed to be worked out. It’s odd to explain because overall I liked the story but it took me weeks to finish and I found myself not wanting to dive back into the world.
So I think what bothered me most or the crippling factor for me was that Lucroy is supposed to be hundreds of years old, yet he is oblivious to the most obvious threats to his leadership. When things go wrong with Peaches, he is quick to Alpha Arie, even though there are threats inside his den?! Like sir, Alpha Arie isn’t even on the radar at the moment. I just felt that Lucroy lacked the wisdom that comes with his age.
In terms of the Lucroy/Peaches romance, it surprisingly works. I like how they balance each other out and the steamy scenes were a pleasant surprise. The playful moments shared between Phil and Peaches added a much needed break to some heavy drama. Not to mention the adorable little sprites that take up residency at Peaches orchard. My only disappointment is the next book isn’t even about characters we have been introduced to. So I am not sure if I will continue the series, probably not.
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