Review: Rhapsodic

Title: Rhapsodic
Series: the Bargainer
Author: Laura Thalassa

Blurb:

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear.

Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He’s a man who can get you anything you want... at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects.

But for one of his clients, he’s never asked for repayment. Not until now. When Callie finds the fae king of the night in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first it’s just a chaste kiss—a single bead’s worth—and a promise for more.

For the Bargainer, it’s more than just a matter of rekindling an old romance. Something is happening in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are going missing one by one. Only the women are returned, each in a glass casket, a child clutched to their breast. And then there are the whispers among the slaves, whispers of an evil that’s been awoken.

If the Bargainer has any hope to save his people, he’ll need the help of the siren he spurned long ago. Only, his foe has a taste for exotic creatures, and Callie just happens to be one.

Review:

First off, I have been in a reading slump for awhile now. I have been DNF'ing books, and books from authors I normally love- haven't been having that WOW factor. Don't get me wrong -book they are amazing books. But I just haven't been feeling any of it. So I searched through my books. Nothing grabbing my attention. I decided on Rhapsodic. I have been reading a lot of romance, lately- and thought to get out of it and into something else. Rhapsodic is more... New Adult Fantasy I think. And while I may not be 100% out of my slump- after a day or twoof slow reading, it finally caught my attention. And now I want more.
Callypso is not your normal teenager. After calling upon the Bargainer, she now has insurmountable debt to be paid- but after seven long years, he has finally come to ask for her help with his world- and collect.
Callypso is a siren for the taste of chaos and sex.
The Bargainer is a fae king.
But there is a mystery that is bigger than the two of them in the Otherworld that has been going on for a decade- that has yet to be solved.
Could the Siren and the Bargainer solve it in time? And would a Siren and Fae working so closely together get a rise in their carnal desires?
The Bargainer Desmond "Des" was what you would expect from a fae king- powerful, ruthless, cunning, wicked- and even what you wouldn't expect- sweet, caring. Artistic. "Callie" Callypso isn't your normal teenager- she is a siren who was just coming into her powers- which also attracts much unwanted attention. But she learns to control them. And is intruiged by the Bargainer who saves her from a life-altering decision. But then she calls upon him again and again- her debt racking up higher and higher. Until one day he disappears. Seven years later, she runs a business with her best friend... And Des shows up ready to collect upon her debt. To help solve the mystery of the underworld.
This book was filled with angst. Drama, love, heartache, mystery, adventure. I was taken to another world, and smitten with the characters. I loved Des. And how he had helped Callie through so much. And loved Callie. She may have been a victim once- but she fought each day to not be a victim again. She wasn't perfect, but she was strong, and a fighter. And I can't wait to see where the story takes these characters next. 4⭐ out of 5⭐.