May Day by Josie Jaffrey | e-Arc Review

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! How are you all doing? I hope well.

Today I’m back with a review for you guys because May Day is having its Book Birthday! Yay! 😀 Thanks to the publicist and the author for sending me a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

And now without further ado, let’s start with the post.

Synopsis:

If the murderer you’re tracking is a vampire, then you want a vampire detective.

Just maybe not this one.

It’s not that Jack Valentine is bad at her job. The youngest member of Oxford’s Seekers has an impressive track record, but she also has an impressive grudge against the local baron, Killian Drake.

When a human turns up dead on May Morning, she’s determined to pin the murder on Drake. The problem is that none of the evidence points to him. Instead, it leads Jack into a web of conspiracy involving the most powerful people in the country, people to whom Jack has no access. But she knows someone who does.

To get to the truth, Jack will have to partner up with her worst enemy. As long as she can keep her cool, Drake will point her to the ringleaders, she’ll find the murderer and no one else will have to die.

Body bags on standby. May Day is the first book in Josie Jaffrey’s Seekers series, an urban fantasy series set in Oxford, England.

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Title – May Day
Author – Josie Jaffrey
Publisher – Silver Sun Books
Series – Seekers #1
Release date – July 9th, 2020
Genre – Urban Fantasy, Adult

Trigger Warning – Violence, Abduction, Drug Abuse, Murder, Death, Blood
Version – ebook*
Language – English
Pages – 386

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We follow Jack, a fierce, bi-sexual Seeker and a badass at her job. She is a vampire for 20 years now and wants to show everyone that she’s capable. Which she is if I may add that. She has to solve a murder case which is a pretty messed up one. Jack Valentine wants to frame the Baron of Oxford, however, she soon discovers that he has nothing to do with the case. So who murdered the victim? That’s for you to find out!

I loved Jack. She was a funny narrator and I loved reading everything from her point of view. I also liked the authors writing style. Especially her way of describing the characters. It was fascinating.

Sometimes I found the pace to be too slow but it didn’t disturb me as much because we got to follow the case in real-time. I don’t know if I made myself clear, but we got every information needed to solve the case at the same time Jack and her colleagues did. But the suspense was still there which is why the slow pace didn’t disturb me at all.

Last but not least I loved the world-building and now I have to wait impatiently for book 2 to come out!

Overall, if you love vampires and you love a badass (female) main character, then this is your book!

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Amazon.co.uk – 3.99£

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Josie is a Fantasy and Paranormal Romance author who lives in Oxford, England, with her husband and two cats.

When she’s not writing, she works as a lawyer, specialising in commercial and intellectual property law.

The Solis Invicti series and the Sovereign trilogy (sequels to the Seekers series) are available now.

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And that’s a wrap. What are your thoughts on May Day? Have you read this book or previous works by the author? Please let me know in the comments below!

*A review copy of this book was sent to me by the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.