A DEED Well Done

This urban fantasy explores a fun variety of mythical creatures from around the world. We follow Rebecca, a mythical working for the Department of Extraordinary Emigration and Delivery (AKA: DEED). As the cover reveals, she’s a centaur with the ability to contain her hind legs to appear as human. This was a fun and fresh perspective for me as I don’t know many books with a centaur main character.

Set in our diverse modern world with a land of hiding mythical creatures, Rebecca’s a field agent, whose job is to make sure mythicals remain secret and safe from ignorant and/or abusive humans. To do this, she’s trained in multiple forms of combat and weaponry to safely secure and transport her clients to safety. To the great pleasure of any thriller reader, this book explores the various ways that can be applied and go wrong.

The reader gets to chase the thrills on high suspension between car chases and the gathering of team members for a covert rescue mission. Mr. Doran also explores the tension of her daily job life as we never know what to expect with each of Rebecca’s visits to clients.

Many of Mr. Doran’s books include romance (and as a hopeless romantic, I’m constantly looking for characters to ship), but DEED’s relationships are less about romance and more about family.

Cleanliness

Despite the high tension and multiple Covert Ops fight scenes, there’s very little blood. There are no sexual references and no vulgar language. I’d say ages 10+ as it would probably make a fun but intense PG movie.

Final Thoughts

Even though the main character is a little older (30s?), she has a motherly nature as she interacts with younger characters to make this book feel appropriate and relatable for younger readers. I think this could be a fun book for a mom and tween/teen daughter to read together.

Heart-warming and thrilling to the end, I couldn’t wait for the next page in this whimsical thriller.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

In the end, I give it ****4.5 Stars****.

This is a stand-alone, but I hope there are sequels, because these characters are too intriguing, and there’s SO much I want to explore in this version of our world.