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Reviewed by Caitlin Lyle Farley for Readers' Favorite
Killing demons is all part of a night’s work for Mediator Ayala Storme. It’s a straightforward job, albeit an unpleasant and dangerous one, until the hellkin start behaving differently. An imp wearing a necklace of human hair may be peculiar, but demons from different species having a polite get-together is just downright weird. Then Ayala discovers a summoning amulet in an apartment filled with torn up humans, one of them seemingly exploded from the inside out. Another one surfaces and what Ayala witnesses when the amulet activates makes all previous anomalies pale in comparison. Demons aren’t supposed to survive in daylight and they definitely aren’t supposed to look so human. Being a Mediator just became a lot more dangerous, but nothing could prepare Ayala for the night one of these new demons saves her life.
Emmie Mears has created a convincing alternate reality where morphs, witches, and humans live side by side. The finer details of the coexistence between the normal world and the supernatural one confused me at first, but it didn’t take long to figure it out. The first person narrative is at once both conversational and immersive, a feat few authors achieve. Ayala is a capable loner type without being insecure. I loved her confidence and the slight sense of mystery around her, as though there’s something the reader doesn’t know despite how well her personality comes across. Storm in a Teacup is a page turner that epitomises all the best features of action packed urban fantasy while skipping the clichés that usually accompany the female characters.
