Prince of Firestones by Zoey Draven

 

3 Star

After escaping from Madam Allegria Krave and Eve are trying to live their lives quietly and peacefully.  There are still things missing from their lives.  Krave wishes to know what happened to his mother and brother.  He starts looking for them.  In the middle of the search Eve finds out she’s pregnant.  When she tells him she does not get the response she was looking for.  Will Krave discover what he’s looking for and keep Eve safe?

This is a short story that takes place right after Kraving Khiva that concludes Khiva and Eve’s story.  I enjoyed seeing him take back his heritage.  He was a dick to Eve when she tells him about the pregnancy, and she did make him grovel a little bit for the reaction.  You do need to read book 1 to get book 2.

Book 2 Krave of Everton

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Kraving Khiva by Zoey Draven

 

3 Star

Eve has led a very boring life and she is ready to live for the first time.  She books in for a night with the exclusive Krave aliens.  What she wasn’t expecting was to fall in love with Khiva.  She wants to help him escape from the slavery he finds himself in, but he will have to help himself.

This was an interesting alien story.  It was definitely a spicier book for sex scenes.  I did get frustrated with him when he was refusing to do anything to help himself and I get he was a slave forced to do things he didn’t want to do but when given several outs and he keeps refusing it did get old.  I loved watching Eve come into her own and blossom into a confident woman.

Book 1 Krave of Everton

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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.

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Hades by Carly Spade

 

3 Star

As a digital forensic examiner, Stephanie sees the worst of the worst.  She’s burned out and her BFF insists she needs a vacation.  Since she won’t Sara takes matters in her own hands and schedules a trip to Greece for the two of them.  First day there Stephanie sees a mystery man at the bar looking dark and deadly but also sad.  Will she be able to handle his secrets?

I enjoyed this story though Stephanie irritated me some what throughout the story.  I enjoyed the retelling of Hades mythos.  Zeus still irritated me like he always does.  There were parts of the story that felt unresolved.  Like the murder investigation that started the book.  Overall, a good start to a new series. 

Book 1 Contemporary Mythos

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The Tracker’s Dilemma by Ruby Lionsdrake

 

4 Star

Sergeant Heath “Tick” Hawthorn has had his eyes on microbiologist Lauren Keys, but she is too focused on her science.  She also doesn’t think highly of relationships.  He decides to become one of her subjects to get extra time with her and maybe woo her.  Problems start soon after that lead to him hearing peoples’ thoughts and seeing the future.  He’s not sure why this is happening, but he is able to prevent people from being hurt.  Will they be able to figure out why this is happening, and will Heath be able to win her over?

This was a super cute story.  Lauren had had bad experience with relationships and was perfectly content with science, so she had major blinders on for Heath.  It was so sweet seeing him try and win her over.  It was also interesting to see how the experiments were working out and how that all would work out.  Overall, this is currently the last story out and it fits with the rest of the series.  Here’s hoping the author writes some new stories.

Book 7 Mandrake Company

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Charon by Alessa Thorn

 

3 Star

Charon is asked by Thanatos to track down Circe, Hecate’s niece.  Finding the cursed island, she’s on is hard but the harder part will be to convince her he’s there to help her and not hurt her.  They need her skills to find and save Medea but will those skills scare Charon off?

Circe is another one of those myths where she got the short end of the stick in myths and this one gives her a happy ending which made me happy.  I really enjoyed getting to know her in this book and seeing her work with Charon and the others to track down Pithos et al.  I loved that when she revealed her true self Charon was more concerned about her than the fact, he should probably fear her.  I enjoyed this book a lot and can’t wait to see what happens in the “last” book.

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Haunted House by Heather Graham

 

4 Star

Kylie is woken from a vision dream by her friend Brenda needing her to help with the dead bodies in her wall.  Kylie and her FBI husband pack up and go to Salem Massachusetts to find out who had been murdering people and placing them in the walls of this house.  As they get closer to the murder they will need to keep their wits about them to stay safe. 

This is a really cute short Halloween mystery.  There's ghosts, murders and a mystery to solve and it all comes together to make for a nice mystery for Halloween.  I enjoyed reading it.  I liked the Jon and Kylie as they were super cute. The only issue I could probably point to is the way they catch the bad guy.  It was a bit weird for me.  There weren't any pacing issues.  It ran smoothly and quickly to the ending which makes me want to go back and reread the other books in the series.  It is a part of a long running series that if you wanted to read all of it would give more context but isn't necessary.  This book stands by itself as I am several books behind in the series.  Overall, good addition to the Krewe series and 1001 Dark Nights collection.  

Short Story in the Krewe of Hunters series

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