Synopsis:
“I swear by the stars that you and the others slain tonight will be the first of many. Of that you have my word.”
With Aven Dalmarta now hiding in the shadows of Meya, Alex is desperate to save Jordan and keep the Rebel Prince from taking more lives.
Training day and night to master the enhanced immortal blood in her veins, Alex undertakes a dangerous Meyarin warrior trial that separates her from those she loves and leaves her stranded in a place where nothing is as it should be.
As friends become enemies and enemies become friends, Alex must decide who to trust as powerful new allies—and adversaries—push her towards a future of either light… or darkness.
One way or another, the world will change…
Review:
“You, kitten, are going to be the death of me.”
When a series shows slight improvement….
Okay for someone that was reading purely for Aven you may very well be disappointed. His bad guy charm went down 300 points and his now on the streets begging for them bad. He was sappy, love struck and emotional and *shudder* normal. However you do get introducted to Niyx who is literally amazing, funny, snarky and full of all the sass one could consume. I found him delightful! Other than Niyx…
The whole book was predictable and Alex yet again makes me want to kill her.
Everything was over explained and I mean everything
Of course Alex bonded with a dragon
Of course Alex is a great fighter
Of course the sun shines out her arse
Of course she is the reason the whole war starts
For someone sooo powerful and soo amazing she literally has the personally of a desk lamp. Mostly dull but when she occasionally comes on the lamp blows. And I can’t get over how stupid her actions are overall. I seriously cannot believe how dull and stupid she can be. GIRL DO SOMETHING USEFUL! Alex is super special unlike anyone else all these people and creatures have met where she is magically chosen for no apparent reason to win a world not of her world. Like what makes this bitch so special? Her smart arse mouth? Anyway.. I need to stop ranting about Alex.
I loved the back in time element to it, though I have to admit the ending was too easy to predict, way too easy. The story line for this book was basic to say the least, it was pretty much us getting a glimpse into why Aven is this way and to be honest we don’t really need a whole book to know why Aven became who he was. They are bad for a reason and we love their darkness and control, just let them have their moment instead of making them sappy and plain jane again.
The world building wasn’t present here. I know that we have visited Meya in a previous book but Alex has gone back in time and failed to notice anything new about her surrounds? I needed the world to have more depth to it but it kinda just blending into a normal human world at points, well actually a lot of points. Meya may need to get a ‘Welcome to Meya sign’ in case people got confused.
Summing this book up. There was a dragon who was cool. I will no longer support Aven in his quest to kill Alex, he is so uncool now. Niyx was pure joy. Story meh. Other characters meh. Book meh
Rating 2/5
Publisher: Pantera Press
ISBN: 9781921997686