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From Tempest Rising we read on as Tempest, a recently turned mermaid is coming into her powers and falls into a massive battle under the seas and in her heart. With Unleashed, Tempest's life is a battleground of oceans and feelings because everything is culminating into war.
Tiamat is relentless in her pursuit as the evil ocean overlord, destroying cities across the oceans' floors, and Tempest is learning more about her powers and coming into new ones. As Tempest trains with another merman named Sabyn, we find that the Queen is playing with Tempest and also that a deadly secret is being played against them all. The Queen is a constant rife between Tempest and Kona the selkie prince and their relationship, but Tempest soon finds her life ripped apart as she feels that something horrible has happened back on land with her family.
With a reintroduction to the past with her home and her prior love of the human Mark, Tempest soon finds that not only does she create storms at sea, but also storms in her romance around the two boys who care for her deeply. The Mark and Kona triangle are under fire in Tempest Unleashed and Tempest must make a choice to save the lives of the people she loves that could cost her the love of her life.
Unleashed lets loose more fears and dangers for the mermaid Tempest, as a huge war underwater is taking place that will change the lives of all of the characters above and below sea. Tracy Deebs has created an amazing cast of characters rich in myth and past that delights readers and keeps us hungry for more after each book.
Until I Die picks up where If I Die left off, Kate is enjoying her new life in the company of the Revenants, Kate loves spending all of her free time with Vincent. Until I Die questions the characters on how far will they go for love and what will that love cost them. Kate, with a history of death close behind her, has continued in her promise in asking Vincent to not die anymore for her own personal fears, and Vincent struggles with his Revenant nature to keep himself to his promise. A Revenant requires a continual cycle of death and rebirth in a way to keep them together and sane, but holding himself from this cycle is costing Vincent his very being and his obligations to save humans in the long run.
Vincent is hiding things from Kate in Until I Die and these secrets could cost them their love and their lives if it continues. Vincent is holding himself silent in a secret experiment to hold off his very Revenant nature and not die for Kate, but also in this process Vincent is feeling exhausted and looks haggard. Keeping to himself more, Vincent is sending other Revenants out to chaperone Kate.
Kate is finding herself alone more frequently and begins to develops a friendship with the newly arrived Revenant Violette.
Violette is an intriguing character that harbors some kind of secret or agenda that Kate has not yet discovered by for the mean time Kate is using her vast years I knowledge to uncover a hidden cure in possible Revenant history. Armed with ancient texts Kate is struggling to find a cure for her own humanness and Vincent's required dying that would be able to keep them together. Her current studies are casting a dark light for Kate in that there is no simple cure for what ails the relationships of Revenant and humans, but will Kate Nd Vincent survive the secrecy and distance that is growing between them?
One must not forget the Numa in all of this because while part of the book they lie dormant there is always a calm before the storm. As Kate studies histories and texts she finds that the Revenants that she knows may not be do far from the Numa that hunts them. This current animosity between races has not always been, and Kate questions the similarities between Numa and Revenant and what from their combined past has set off this current set of attacks.
What comes of the new Numa activity will soon cause rift between Kate and Vincent that tears through their lives and their love. When the begin hunting items that he Revenants have no figured out, and this search crossed paths with Kate's own research everyone is dancing on the edge of a blade to save each other and themselves from a long dormant prophecy surround the Revenant myth of a Champion.
Amy Plum has continued the tale of the Revenants and the humans surrounding them in Until I Die with a series of questions and danger. How far can love take us? And to what cost would we pay to protect it. When Kate finds herself in trouble will she be strong enough to protect herself and can her choices threaten other? Until I Die is a breathtaking story of love and the struggle to overcome our own emotions and embrace the moment because we never know how long we have I this life, and some people are more precious to us than others.
As the war between human and fey escalates and the stakes for all parties grows darker, Zara has to find the strength in herself to steady the coming storm. Nick has been her cornerstone, her love, but now Zara's new found pixie-hood is the very thing that is eating away at their relationship. As if shedding her humanity to save Nick was not enough, and his current animosity towards Zara is not crippling then struggling between her current condition and the fight to end the war and save all the worlds could be part of the very thing that could destroy her.
In the calm that always rises before a storm old Norse Gods are threatening the world, rising in a world flooded with pixies. Without a care, the evil pixies want to begin the end as they try and make Ragnarok fast approach our world. Zara soon hears of a prophecy of the White Queen that either starts or ends Ragnarok but could this person be her? With all of the problems being associated with being a pixie, would Zara choose to become human or can she embrace her own inner strength and fight her adversaries. Zara has many friends but does she want to send them into the armies of war, even if they are all fighting for their own survival.
As the war fast approaches and everyone has to choose sides will they choose the right place to be in to save the world? Zara is struggling with her own inner fears and her own love issues between Astley and Nick but do both love her for something else; or is their love enduring no matter their positions? Endure spends much of the book asking us and the characters to endure their pains, their sufferings, the world, and also to endure each other as they struggle against something as immense as saving the world. Endure is a wild ride of possibilities and dangerous outcomes that send our characters into peril but also into salvation. With a captivating series of events and journeys, Endure will satisfy readers who have been enjoy this series over the years and send them into a satisfying finish of an amazing four book series. As all of the threads wind down between the characters and their last story unfolds this last tapestry asks the readers what is the cost of love and can good survive their opposition and keep the characters alive.
Sophie Lawson has been having a hard time at her job in the Underworld, what with the Vampires taking over, her boss missing, and staff cuts but when her boss does not believe there is a hunt on paranormals Sophie takes care of her own. Being not quite human, and yet not quite paranormal has left her out of many social circles and has lost her Alex her past boyfriend. Alone and yet with her Guardian Will Sophie starts to take on the night and investigate what is going wrong in the Underworld while at the same time dodging bullets and saving her roommates.
Under Suspicion came off as a stronger read than the last UDA novel, I was glad to see Sophie take action and investigate her murdered clients while also take some romance under her belt. With Sophie attracted to both local Will and Alex who spends the novel off working, Sophie finally gets some action, while also coming to grips with the unavailability of Alex. Tired of being passed off at work, Sophie follows leads into the murders of citizens of the Underworld while also being hunted herself. Where the facts start to lead Sophie can turn dangerous to her health around every turn, and some great accompanying characters save or break her day.
Readers will delight in some of the antics of supporting characters in the series and see a few new ones, while the snarky commentary and bunny slippers will keep up from what was in the previous books. I find myself always questioning the covers of this series because while I love the cover art itself, I do not find any connection to Sophie herself through them but in Under Suspicion we learn from Sophie herself that this would be her ideal model of what she wants to look like in: "In my imagination I am Sophie Lawson, Badass Investigator, Paranormal Specialist. I wear black leather like a second skin; I wield a sexy jeweled sword; I have the kind of hair that files in gorgeous wisps over my naked, carved shoulders." (ARC pg 177) So with that in mind I can have compassion for the covers because really would we not many times imagine ourselves as this awesome heroine and look fabulous? when really reality is not as kind to oneself in skintight leather and well, swords are pretty pricey. So while I agree with Sophie, our imagined selves are quite full of badassery all too often. Sophie does follow her leads and take the reins in saving not only her Underworld, but also some of her friends. The ending was completely awesome and now I cannot wait to see what comes in the next installments of the Underworld Detective Agency Series.
What really struck me as something in the Thief’s Covenant was the span of time portrayed in the story. Like a jar of marbles, pieces of Adrienne Satti's life slowly come into focus for the reader between present day chapters. As readers move through the book so much is built up upon the character's story and histories together that one cannot be but amazing at the fluid progression and perfectly time divulging of the past inherit in TC.
Adrienne Satti is a survivor. From childhood brought adult, Adrienne has suffered at the hands of fellow man and t much break she is trying to survive all of her adventures as they twist and turn beneath her feet.
The Thief's Covenant is a most amazing story of heartbreak and triumph, while surround by luscious world building. The entire book takes place behind the walls of a city named Davillon, and through the eyes of Adrienne the inner workings of the people are revealed. From the rich houses and past the fancy parties to the retch covered streets and the marketplaces Ari Marmell has produced Davillon for readers. Rich in description and details TC has taken on a mantel of fantasy so well that it was hard to put down. With a strong group of characters that have a fantastic voice throughout the story I just did not want to leave their heads. Adrienne Satti keeps sing dealt the low hands in life, but as she struggles to stay alive and also to find it in herself to move on and seek absolution in her faults is fresh. Adrienne or Widdershins trusts little of the world and questions just another everything. With a string attention to detail this character can move stealthily through a world of heavy thievery competitions and a lengthy set of rules.
Trying to keep away from the jail cells and the assassins, Adrienne struggles to keep herself together but also take on dangerous new challenges. With several supporting character's making appearance throughout the story readers will feel compassion, delight, and heartache alongside the characters as they struggle to right wrongs setting place in their city.
Readers will delight in this new fresh release that keeps them at the edge of their seats airing for more. With more nicknames than your average person Widdershins will capture readers with her voice and wit while she runs from all sides of the laws. The Thief's Covenant is a new series that is not to be missed.
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Tempest Unleashed by Tracy Deebs
Teri Crosby, May 14, 2012
From Tempest Rising we read on as Tempest, a recently turned mermaid is coming into her powers and falls into a massive battle under the seas and in her heart. With Unleashed, Tempest's life is a battleground of oceans and feelings because everything is culminating into war.Tiamat is relentless in her pursuit as the evil ocean overlord, destroying cities across the oceans' floors, and Tempest is learning more about her powers and coming into new ones. As Tempest trains with another merman named Sabyn, we find that the Queen is playing with Tempest and also that a deadly secret is being played against them all. The Queen is a constant rife between Tempest and Kona the selkie prince and their relationship, but Tempest soon finds her life ripped apart as she feels that something horrible has happened back on land with her family.
With a reintroduction to the past with her home and her prior love of the human Mark, Tempest soon finds that not only does she create storms at sea, but also storms in her romance around the two boys who care for her deeply. The Mark and Kona triangle are under fire in Tempest Unleashed and Tempest must make a choice to save the lives of the people she loves that could cost her the love of her life.
Unleashed lets loose more fears and dangers for the mermaid Tempest, as a huge war underwater is taking place that will change the lives of all of the characters above and below sea. Tracy Deebs has created an amazing cast of characters rich in myth and past that delights readers and keeps us hungry for more after each book.
Until I Die by Amy Plum
Teri Crosby, May 10, 2012
Until I Die picks up where If I Die left off, Kate is enjoying her new life in the company of the Revenants, Kate loves spending all of her free time with Vincent. Until I Die questions the characters on how far will they go for love and what will that love cost them. Kate, with a history of death close behind her, has continued in her promise in asking Vincent to not die anymore for her own personal fears, and Vincent struggles with his Revenant nature to keep himself to his promise. A Revenant requires a continual cycle of death and rebirth in a way to keep them together and sane, but holding himself from this cycle is costing Vincent his very being and his obligations to save humans in the long run.
Vincent is hiding things from Kate in Until I Die and these secrets could cost them their love and their lives if it continues. Vincent is holding himself silent in a secret experiment to hold off his very Revenant nature and not die for Kate, but also in this process Vincent is feeling exhausted and looks haggard. Keeping to himself more, Vincent is sending other Revenants out to chaperone Kate.
Kate is finding herself alone more frequently and begins to develops a friendship with the newly arrived Revenant Violette.
Violette is an intriguing character that harbors some kind of secret or agenda that Kate has not yet discovered by for the mean time Kate is using her vast years I knowledge to uncover a hidden cure in possible Revenant history. Armed with ancient texts Kate is struggling to find a cure for her own humanness and Vincent's required dying that would be able to keep them together. Her current studies are casting a dark light for Kate in that there is no simple cure for what ails the relationships of Revenant and humans, but will Kate Nd Vincent survive the secrecy and distance that is growing between them?
One must not forget the Numa in all of this because while part of the book they lie dormant there is always a calm before the storm. As Kate studies histories and texts she finds that the Revenants that she knows may not be do far from the Numa that hunts them. This current animosity between races has not always been, and Kate questions the similarities between Numa and Revenant and what from their combined past has set off this current set of attacks.
What comes of the new Numa activity will soon cause rift between Kate and Vincent that tears through their lives and their love. When the begin hunting items that he Revenants have no figured out, and this search crossed paths with Kate's own research everyone is dancing on the edge of a blade to save each other and themselves from a long dormant prophecy surround the Revenant myth of a Champion.
Amy Plum has continued the tale of the Revenants and the humans surrounding them in Until I Die with a series of questions and danger. How far can love take us? And to what cost would we pay to protect it. When Kate finds herself in trouble will she be strong enough to protect herself and can her choices threaten other? Until I Die is a breathtaking story of love and the struggle to overcome our own emotions and embrace the moment because we never know how long we have I this life, and some people are more precious to us than others.
Endure by Carrie Jones
Teri Crosby, May 10, 2012
As the war between human and fey escalates and the stakes for all parties grows darker, Zara has to find the strength in herself to steady the coming storm. Nick has been her cornerstone, her love, but now Zara's new found pixie-hood is the very thing that is eating away at their relationship. As if shedding her humanity to save Nick was not enough, and his current animosity towards Zara is not crippling then struggling between her current condition and the fight to end the war and save all the worlds could be part of the very thing that could destroy her.In the calm that always rises before a storm old Norse Gods are threatening the world, rising in a world flooded with pixies. Without a care, the evil pixies want to begin the end as they try and make Ragnarok fast approach our world. Zara soon hears of a prophecy of the White Queen that either starts or ends Ragnarok but could this person be her? With all of the problems being associated with being a pixie, would Zara choose to become human or can she embrace her own inner strength and fight her adversaries. Zara has many friends but does she want to send them into the armies of war, even if they are all fighting for their own survival.
As the war fast approaches and everyone has to choose sides will they choose the right place to be in to save the world? Zara is struggling with her own inner fears and her own love issues between Astley and Nick but do both love her for something else; or is their love enduring no matter their positions? Endure spends much of the book asking us and the characters to endure their pains, their sufferings, the world, and also to endure each other as they struggle against something as immense as saving the world. Endure is a wild ride of possibilities and dangerous outcomes that send our characters into peril but also into salvation. With a captivating series of events and journeys, Endure will satisfy readers who have been enjoy this series over the years and send them into a satisfying finish of an amazing four book series. As all of the threads wind down between the characters and their last story unfolds this last tapestry asks the readers what is the cost of love and can good survive their opposition and keep the characters alive.
Under Suspicion (Underworld Detection Agency Chronicles) by Hannah Jayne
Teri Crosby, May 1, 2012
Sophie Lawson has been having a hard time at her job in the Underworld, what with the Vampires taking over, her boss missing, and staff cuts but when her boss does not believe there is a hunt on paranormals Sophie takes care of her own. Being not quite human, and yet not quite paranormal has left her out of many social circles and has lost her Alex her past boyfriend. Alone and yet with her Guardian Will Sophie starts to take on the night and investigate what is going wrong in the Underworld while at the same time dodging bullets and saving her roommates.Under Suspicion came off as a stronger read than the last UDA novel, I was glad to see Sophie take action and investigate her murdered clients while also take some romance under her belt. With Sophie attracted to both local Will and Alex who spends the novel off working, Sophie finally gets some action, while also coming to grips with the unavailability of Alex. Tired of being passed off at work, Sophie follows leads into the murders of citizens of the Underworld while also being hunted herself. Where the facts start to lead Sophie can turn dangerous to her health around every turn, and some great accompanying characters save or break her day.
Readers will delight in some of the antics of supporting characters in the series and see a few new ones, while the snarky commentary and bunny slippers will keep up from what was in the previous books. I find myself always questioning the covers of this series because while I love the cover art itself, I do not find any connection to Sophie herself through them but in Under Suspicion we learn from Sophie herself that this would be her ideal model of what she wants to look like in: "In my imagination I am Sophie Lawson, Badass Investigator, Paranormal Specialist. I wear black leather like a second skin; I wield a sexy jeweled sword; I have the kind of hair that files in gorgeous wisps over my naked, carved shoulders." (ARC pg 177) So with that in mind I can have compassion for the covers because really would we not many times imagine ourselves as this awesome heroine and look fabulous? when really reality is not as kind to oneself in skintight leather and well, swords are pretty pricey. So while I agree with Sophie, our imagined selves are quite full of badassery all too often. Sophie does follow her leads and take the reins in saving not only her Underworld, but also some of her friends. The ending was completely awesome and now I cannot wait to see what comes in the next installments of the Underworld Detective Agency Series.
Thief's Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell
Teri Crosby, April 27, 2012
What really struck me as something in the Thief’s Covenant was the span of time portrayed in the story. Like a jar of marbles, pieces of Adrienne Satti's life slowly come into focus for the reader between present day chapters. As readers move through the book so much is built up upon the character's story and histories together that one cannot be but amazing at the fluid progression and perfectly time divulging of the past inherit in TC.Adrienne Satti is a survivor. From childhood brought adult, Adrienne has suffered at the hands of fellow man and t much break she is trying to survive all of her adventures as they twist and turn beneath her feet.
The Thief's Covenant is a most amazing story of heartbreak and triumph, while surround by luscious world building. The entire book takes place behind the walls of a city named Davillon, and through the eyes of Adrienne the inner workings of the people are revealed. From the rich houses and past the fancy parties to the retch covered streets and the marketplaces Ari Marmell has produced Davillon for readers. Rich in description and details TC has taken on a mantel of fantasy so well that it was hard to put down. With a strong group of characters that have a fantastic voice throughout the story I just did not want to leave their heads. Adrienne Satti keeps sing dealt the low hands in life, but as she struggles to stay alive and also to find it in herself to move on and seek absolution in her faults is fresh. Adrienne or Widdershins trusts little of the world and questions just another everything. With a string attention to detail this character can move stealthily through a world of heavy thievery competitions and a lengthy set of rules.
Trying to keep away from the jail cells and the assassins, Adrienne struggles to keep herself together but also take on dangerous new challenges. With several supporting character's making appearance throughout the story readers will feel compassion, delight, and heartache alongside the characters as they struggle to right wrongs setting place in their city.
Readers will delight in this new fresh release that keeps them at the edge of their seats airing for more. With more nicknames than your average person Widdershins will capture readers with her voice and wit while she runs from all sides of the laws. The Thief's Covenant is a new series that is not to be missed.
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