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Review Fury of Fate by Coreene Callahan

Synopsis 

Sasha Cooper is a woman on a mission. Determined to let loose and live a little, she takes her best friend’s advice and embarks on a night of passion with a complete stranger. No regrets in the morning. No looking back either. But when the one she chooses turns out to be a Dragonkind warrior, Sasha knows she’s in trouble—and that the man she believed was a dream come true could end up being her worst nightmare.

He never intended to get involved…

Ivar, leader of a rogue faction of Dragonkind, isn’t a pushover. So when a noisy neighbour jeopardizes the security of his secret lair, he decides to take care of the problem once and for all. Little does he know banging on Sasha’s door will send him on a passionate odyssey unlike any he’s ever experienced? But when the night takes a deadly turn, he’s left little choice—escape from the woman who possesses the power to kill him, or die trying.

Review

I’m not always a fan of novellas, as I get into a story and it ends too soon, but as this was part of the dragonfury series I decided to give it a go. I’ve loved this series right from the start when the first book came out, and couldn’t wait for the rest. Ivan is the ultimate bad boy, his smouldering tension and potential violence send both men and women scurrying away if he crosses their path.  Ivan is a real nasty piece of work, Coreene writes him so well that you can’t help but despise him. Imagine my surprise when I opened this novella to find he’d met his match and it wasn’t another dragonkind, it was a woman on a mission, who scared Ivan to death. Coreene’s idea to bring him to his knees was inspired, who knew I van could be a soft sexual creature, when in other books he is portrayed as the polar opposite. Ivan is drawn to Sasha but he doesn’t know how or why, but maybe the meridian had something to do with it!

This Novella is well worth the read, as the story centres around Ivan and will leave you thinking wow. I so loved reading about this different side to him and I really hope the author develops this relationship further in a future book. I did feel a short novella wasn’t enough for this storyline, but thankful I had Fury of Obsession to move straight on to.

This review is short and sweet just like the book, which if you’re a dragonfury fan I would highly recommend you read it. If you’re new to the series, I’d suggest starting from the first book Fury of Fire, to give you the back ground you need on Ivan, which I believe you need to fully appreciate this book.

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Review End of Days by Susan Ee

Synopsis  

End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy.

After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe’s past unleashes dark forces that threaten them all.

When the angels release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a path toward war. As unlikely alliances form and strategies shift, who will emerge victorious? Forced to pick sides in the fight for control of the earthly realm, Raffe and Penryn must choose: Their own kind, or each other?

Review

Finally after a very long wait the much anticipated 3^rd book in the Angelfall trilogy was released, there’s been a lot of hype around this book so I really hoped it would deliver – and it did. Penryn and Raffe’s relationship has more depth and feeling especially as Raffe fights his feelings for her, whilst Penryn tries to steel herself ready for when Raffe will leave her to go back to the Angels. Raffe is desperate to have his wings reattached to his body that he’ll even go with Penryn into the lion’s den aka the resistance camp, when this doesn’t pan out he has no option but to go into the aerie of the angels. I love Raffe he’s everything a girl would want, strong handsome and extremely hot, he tries to do the right thing by Penryn but the need to be with other angels is really strong.

Penryn tries to be the tough independent fighter, but underneath she feels like a soppy teenager in love with an angel. She always tries to look after and protect her mum and sister, but she also has this deep bond with Raffe. It really touched her when Raffe chose her as his number 2 in a battle with angels, when he says she is the only person he can trust 100% to watch his back. She is fearless to the end and I admire her tenacity and faith in Raffe to do the right thing, even when faced with what seems a no win situation. It also appears Raffe’s sword Pooky Bear also approved of their bond as she allows both of them to wield her.

I absolutely loved Penryn’s mum in this third instalment, she’s truly bonkers but she also amazes her daughter when she takes charge at different times. It was hilarious how her store of rotten eggs finally become a useful weapon, she really made me smile throughout the book. I also liked the addition of the fallen watchers to the story, I won’t say why or what for as I don’t want to spoil the book, but they added the male bonding with Raffe which was great.

Also in this final book we find out why Beleil became a demon and so bitter and angry towards Raffe and Penryn, the ending of his story line tied up nicely. In the final battle between the angels and humans neither side came out unscathed at the end of the book and I must admit to cheering when Uriel got his comeuppance. I must also state that this is the first book in a long time where I’ve liked and been happy with the ending. A lot of authors leave too many loose threads at the end of their books, or leave the book as if there’s another instalment to come. Susan has cleverly ended her book with finality and left me feeling ‘what a great ending’.

This trilogy has been one of the best I’ve read, the only downside was waiting for each book to be published. Susan Ee has come a long way from being an unknown author to one whose final book was hotly anticipated. Her writing style is simple and clear she doesn’t throw in too many red herrings nor does she try to fill her books with too many twists and turns making it difficult to follow. Instead she leads her readers through the book in a way they can thoroughly enjoy it, without having to try too hard. There’s also not loads of sex either, there’s just enough romance peppered through which was realistic in the world Penry and Raffe were living.

I’ve absolutely enjoyed reading this book and series, and would highly recommend them. If you’ve never read any books about angels, this isn’t all sweetness and light with guardian angels, this is the nitty gritty tough warrior angels, with a bit of teen romance and apocalypse thrown in. Also you’ll not have to wait for each book to be published either, before you can read the whole series.

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