Six (Rules Undying #2) by R.E. Carr Introduction Six was gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest and fair review. It is a sequel to Four (Rules Undying #1, which I haven’t read. I accepted this sequel for review because the premise sounded original and interesting. Genre /Intended audience Urban Fantasy / Adult Narration Third person close POV of the main character, Paige Carmichael Characters Paige Presley Carmichael - a human woman working in a boring job Cal - Paige’s useless boyfriend Tina Mayweather - a high school friend of Paige’s Latoya AKA Toy - a friend of Tina’s who turns out to be a werewolf Kayleigh - another female werewolf Kyle - Kayleigh’s brother, a doctor and a werewolf Nadia Volkov - another female werewolf Lorcan - a vampire Irvine Wolfe - a werewolf Morgan Wolfe - a werewolf Setting Present day world with vampires and werewolves whose existence is unknown to most humans Plot Paige scrapes by from day to day in a boring job with an inattentive and useless boyfriend. Nothing about her life is the least bit interesting — beyond the fact that her father is a world renowned conspiracy nut — until she runs into her old high school friend Tina. When Paige accepts an invitation to a swanky party full of impossibly beautiful people, she has no idea the people she meets are not what they seem. When her father shows up with a warning involving vampires, Paige dismisses it as his usual tinfoil hat craziness, but soon she is losing time and having impossible experiences. About the Author R.E. Carr writes paranormal fantasy and this is the second book in her series about vampires and werewolves. Find out more on Goodreads or the author’s website. My Opinion Six is the second book in the Rule of Undying series, but not strictly a sequel. I didn’t read the first book, Four, but had no trouble following this one. The first part of the book follows Paige in her excruciatingly boring and unfulfilling life. The author gives the reader an orgy of evidence that Paige’s job is a mind numbing dead end and her boyfriend is a useless dude-bro who treats her like a maid. Then her father gives her a warning about vampires which on the surface seems to be just his latest conspiracy theory and her life begins a bizarre spiral. The author does a good job of setting up the surprise transformation at the end of Paige’s symptoms. Subtle clues are dropped, but I was expecting something else. After that, Paige goes on an adventure full of politics and intrigue among factions she can barely grasp. Vampires are complicated, and she is in over her head. The author does a good job of keeping up the tension and revealing new players while focusing on Paige’s personal journey into the weird. Paige is an interesting heroine who manages to make the best of her situation, but she is mostly a pawn rather than a character with much agency. By the end of the book, I couldn’t say I completely understood what was going on, but neither did Paige — and that seems to be the author’s intention. Conclusion I enjoyed Six as an unusual take on the vampire/werewolf genre. The pacing and interesting premise put it a cut above most urban fantasy novels I’ve read recently. I give it a solid four stars and recommend it to urban fantasy fans looking for something a bit different.