Vic Sinclair

Jack climbed the beanstalk, and slayed the giant. That was fifteen years ago, that seems like a life time to Jack. Being a giant slayer is a lot to live up to, even if it is him living up to his own reputation.

These days, Jack would take a giant over his day to day life as a has been detective hooked on magick beans. The city he loves is now corrupted down to the very core, him along with it. Jack Slade , NYPD detective was once a revered and honorable detective. As the saying goes the bigger they are the harder they fall, and for Jack, well it applies to more than giants.

Jack spends his days doing beet work for the NYPD and the bottom of the barrel cases that no one else takes, at night he spends his time in hole in the wall bars, drinking till he cant remember and hoping one day he may just stop feeling any thing at all. Hes got nothing , and no one to loose.

One night, changes everything. When Jack is on his way home he comes across a crime scene that sets him on a path to change his life and maybe change everything. To solve this case he will team up with a wanted outlaw who shows him the real and darkest parts of NYC and the people who are behind some of the darkest deeds.

Jack and his new partner stumble into something that has the ability to change everything, either for the better or worse.

This story is full of so many of the characters that we grew up loving, however there isn’t a happily ever after. Combining so many fairytale stories and characters into a real Noir crime novel wasn’t something i had seen before. However I am so glad i picked up this book. The story is very well paced and you don’t have to read to far to get the action started. The way the stories from childhood are twisted in to a dark modern day world was really cool. You get the feel of a true urban fantasy / fairytale with a Sin city sort of noir feel.

The world that was built has so much potential for more books in this series as well as spin offs or other stories that can take place in the world of Fablenoir following other childhood favorites in this modernized dark urban fantasy setting. Im not typically one to pick up an urban fantasy but i am so glad i did, and i cant wait to see where book two takes us!

Thank you NetGalley for the digital ARC for review.