by Shelly Laurenston
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy; Mythlogy
Publisher: Kensington on 31 March 2015
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Kera Watson never expected to face death behind a Los Angeles coffee shop. Not after surviving two tours lugging an M16 around the Middle East. If it wasn’t for her hot Viking customer showing up too late to help, nobody would even see her die.My thoughts:
In uncountable years of service to the Allfather Odin, Ludvig “Vig” Rundstrom has never seen anyone kick ass with quite as much style as Kera. He knows one way to save her life—but she might not like it. Signing up with the Crows will get Kera a new set of battle buddies: cackling, gossiping, squabbling, party-hearty women. With wings. So not the Marines.
But Vig can’t give up on someone as special as Kera. With a storm of oh-crap magic speeding straight for L.A., survival will depend on combining their strengths: Kera’s discipline, Vig’s loyalty… and the Crows’ sheer love of battle. Boy, are they in trouble.
I have to admit that I was afraid to start this one. Shelly Laurenston is my favourite (auto-buy) author but I was nervous that somehow her new series would not live up to THE PRIDE series which I love. I should not have hesitated. This new series features the same feisty, kickass women and the same humor all wrapped up in a new package.
This is Kera and Vig's story but I can tell some of the other women's stories are going to be awesome. There are lots of friction between the girls as the story starts but by the end of the book, they are a tight unit that would do anything for each other.
Even thought the sub-plot of the story are Kera and Vig's relationship (which I loved), the romance is light and does not take over the book - which is what I enjoy in my books.
The Unleashing is almost a guilty pleasure as the all male characters were automatically the supporting cast. This book was all about the women - The Crows. I am sure we will learn all about all of them and I can't wait.
I was a huge fan of this book too. I loved Brody, the pit bull. She really stole the show for me. Great review.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed too Crizette! I added to my list after Melanie's review, and I see it was a good move.
ReplyDeleteWell said!