Temporal Gifts (Shadows of Otherside #8)
by Whitney Hill (Benu Media, 2023)
More of the glorious same. Arden’s best intentions bring nothing but trouble in a world plagued by duplicitous humans, Othersiders and gods. The story moves faster than ever, for once ending not on a cathartic up-note but rather calamity fraught with anticipation.
Eldritch Sparks (Shadows of Otherside #2)
by Whitney Hill (Benu Media, 2020)
Hill avoids the sophomore slump, picking up the characters and ongoing dynamic of Elemental and crafting a (more or less) self-contained sequel. Arden Finch is hugely likeable and well on her way to revamping both the urban fantasy and hardboiled detective genres.