Erebus by Alessa Thorn

 

4 Star

For 15 years of being used as a test subject Medea is a lot crazy.  She is livid that Erebus took away her chance at revenge at the facility she was kept at and is determined to keep him far away from him.  What she doesn’t realize is that Erebus let his monstrous side loose to save her because he saw what they did to her and wanted them all to pay.  Will he let her get her final revenge with the last remaining evil man?

This wraps up the series nicely.  I enjoyed seeing how the series ends though it does have a spin off series I will be checking out with the Egyptian gods.  This was a pretty good series that showed new ways to look at the Greek myths and give it a little twist.  I liked Medea and Erebus.  It was interesting to see them come together and get their happy ending.

Book 7 The Court of the Underworld

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License to Kill by R.J. Blain

 

4 Star

Karma and Jake are back in the USA.  Karma is required to stay on medical leave until further notice, so it’s not revealed she’s a fox shifter.  Instead of her happy ending she and Jake start to fight about everything.  She’s the wrong species and Jake’s family doesn’t believe they are meant to be together.  They will do anything to split them up to prove they’re right.  When Karma has had enough, she splits to find the truth about who attacked them in London and continues to go after them.  Will Karma and Jake find away to work through their marital issues to be together?

I was pleasantly surprised by this book.  The last couple R.J. Blain has written I’ve been disappointed by for various reasons.  This was a much-anticipated sequel to Karma that I have previously reviewed, and I’ve been waiting forever for this one.  The first book ended in a cliffhanger and this one was supposed to conclude the story instead it also ends in a cliffhanger.  The only other issue I had with the story was with everything that happened to Karma because of her husband’s family she forgives him too soon.  They were complete dicks to her for months/years and after one instance she basically forgives Jake.  Otherwise, I enjoyed the flow of the story as well as the story.  I wanted to find out what was happening and what would happen.  When I finished it, I started the series over so I could make sure I was remembering the first book accurately.  Here’s hoping the next book doesn’t take years to come out so I can see how the series ends.

Book 2 Balancing the Scales

Karma by R.J. Blain

3 Stars

FBI agent Karma Johnson has been working towards becoming a Child Abduction Rapid Deployment member.  She finally gets transferred to CARD and she is taken hostage with a baby.  When she finally joins her new team it doesn’t live up to her expectations and she has a life crisis and quits her job.  It takes her old partner Jake coming to work with her to get her life back where she wants it to be but it brings new issues and questions.

There was another cliffhanger ending GRRRRRRR. I hate reviewing this book with a 3. It was an amazing book.  It should be a 5.  The book came out May 2016 and leads into another book and it is NOT out.  The author has since scheduled the next book to come out in December of 2020.  If it does I will update the review at that point. 

The pacing in the book was good.  The story progressed nicely.  It was a different take on shifters.  There was humor throughout the book as well as serious notes made the book.  I loved Jake and Karma together.  It was awesome that Jake let Karma do what she needed to do and was there to support and help her anyway she needed.  I am hopeful the next book will be just as awesome.