Halfling Halfway does it

     The novel, Halfling, by Heather Burch had an intriguing cover.  The story line was compelling and two of the main guy characters were amazing.  This novel dealt with the hardly spoken of Genesis 6 Nephilim: off-spring of fallen angels and human women.  It's the first in a series and is so well done that characters Mace and Raven seemed to be real life young men and were actually in the running to become an all time new favorite character, threatening to displace Matrim Cauthon, Treve DiVillars, and even Lord John Roxton from their tied position of favorite literary character.  However, in the last eighty pages the protagonist, Nikki, makes an incredibly stupid and unbelievable move that causes her dog to be killed.  That is when this reader lost interest but still finished the book in fairness.  It continued to get worse from there and no real answers were supplied at the end.  The characters, especially the male characters, are brilliantly created, but the story left much to be desired and Nikki's unbelievable stupid decision felt entirely too author imposed.  This in mind, this reader will not be likely to continue with the series, which is sad because the book had the makings of a favorite.