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More Immortal Guardians! In fact, more hot, French, Immortal Guardians. What’s not to love?
This time focusing on Etienne, Dianne Duvall has given us another fantastically fast paced, action-packed and humorous story featuring, once again, a gorgeously sexy Immortal finding himself a strong woman, and a straight-talking couple who are open about their feelings, follow their hearts and have a hot, drama-free, functional relationship.
Krysta is a fighter. As a human, she has been fighting vampires by herself ever since her first horrific encounter with them six years previously. When Etienne happens across her fighting one night, he is instantly smitten, and when he eventually introduces himself, she is drawn into the Immortal Guardian world, and into the awesome that is Etienne himself.
They book continues on pretty close from the last one, with mercenaries making a reappearance and the vampire recruitment continuing. Again, the stories of previous couples are carried on, and I LOVE that we continue to get their POVs – even when the scenes don’t have a major impact on what is happening in the book at the time. It all contributes and builds a fantastically layered story.
And with the cast continuing to grow, ‘family’ dinners around David’s table are becoming more and more hilarious as all of the personalities mix into an epic blend of teasing, bantering, scarily personal sharing and violence as, again, the romance develops right in front of the rest of the crew.
“Her gift gives her an edge”— he held up a hand to stay him when Ethan opened his mouth again—“which I will not disclose. If Krysta wants you to know, she’ll tell you herself.”
Ethan stared at Krysta. A teasing gleam entered his eyes, making Étienne narrow his own as his hackles rose. Offering Krysta a flirtatious grin, Ethan said, “I’ll show you mine if you’ll show me yours.”
In a heartbeat, Étienne drew a dagger and threw it.
The hilt struck Ethan right in the center of his forehead, snapping his head back. “Ow! Shhhhit! What the hell, man?”
Krysta gaped up at Étienne, who squirmed as everyone at the table stared at him.
He cleared his throat, but didn’t know what to say. He hadn’t really meant to do that. He had just reacted.
“Oh yeah,” Sheldon said. “He has fallen and he has fallen hard.”
Snickers and head shakes all around.
“Merde”
And it’s just as well everybody is open with how they’re feeling, because with all of the telepaths in their midst, you really don’t have much other choice! The supernatural powers play a big part of this series, and all add to the awesome, and I particularly loved the dynamic in this one with Etienne’s telepathic powers proving not only handy in a battle, but also embarrassingly funny and beautifully sweet.
“Sometimes I can’t read you at all. Other times I only catch a word or two.”
A word or two. That could be less incriminating, she supposed. Maybe her mind was closed enough that he didn’t know she was attracted to him.
“Well, no. I knew that,” he said.
Mouth falling open, she stared at him in dismay. Hell. Did she have no secrets from him?
“You have many secrets from me.”
“Stop reading my thoughts!”
“I’m sorry. It’s just . . . you’re broadcasting them rather loudly at the moment and . . . There is no reason to feel embarrassed, Krysta.”
“Easy for you to say! You weren’t caught mentally checking out my package!”
A startled laugh escaped him before he hastily quelled it. “You’re attracted to me. I know that. But I’m attracted to you, too. I have been ever since the first night I saw you.”
Krysta, and her brother Sean, are fantastic additions to the cast. She is intelligent, quick witted, strong and confident, and is a fantastic match for her badass, but still old-fashioned and gentlemanly, Immortal warrior. The openness between them is refreshing, and there’s a great mix of cute and swoony and hot and steamy.
Several minutes passed. Krysta looked at her watch.
“We still have a few hours of hunting left and nothing much is happening. You want to make out a little?”
He laughed in surprised delight. “You’re a saucy wench, aren’t you?”
“Hey, when I want something, I go for it.”
His body hardened. “And you want me?”
“Yes.” She studied him intently. “Your eyes are glowing.”
“I want you, too.”
I just have to say – I listened to this audiobook, and Kirsten Potter does a sensational job at narrating! She has narrated all of the audiobooks in this series, and does a fabulous job with accents, which is taken to a whole new level in this one, nailing Etienne’s French brogue, and sending me into a total swoon!
I haven’t been able to stop reading this series since I discovered it, and now that I’m all out of books to read, I’m gutted! The next isn’t out until September! Seriously? Waaaaaah! I am so excited to continue on with this series, and can’t wait to see who is going to feature in the next book… *whispers in author’s ear* Lisette and Zach please!!!
Loved it – 4 stars.
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