pjonsson's review
3.0
After reading the first book in the series I wrote that it was decent enough that I would give the second one a chance so here we go.
The book tells the continuation of the story from the first book but, since all the characters and everything else has now been set up, there is less setting up work going on. Apart from that the book is really more of the same.
Max and Crystal is a couple and they complement each other well. Max with his elemental powers that he is still coming to grips with and Crystal who knows her powers very well and brings a lot more to the table than one would have first thought a succubus would do. The latter is generally bad news for the various vampires infesting Shadow Pines.
The books follows a pretty straightforward path of investigation, discoveries, a few twists and of course plenty of vampire killing tied together with generally good dialogue and character development, especially for Max of course.
I like both Max and Crystal and Crystal’s family isn’t too bad either now when the reason for her “expulsion” out of the family have been cleared out. I was a bit worried that it would turn into urban porn with Crystal being a succubus but, luckily, that didn’t happen. Actually, the succubus part is only a small part of Crystals supernatural “features”.
This book introduces the werewolf community as an additional element in the story. Unfortunately this is where the author decided to throw in a little bit of woke, anti companies, anti fracking etc. rubbish but at least most of the book is free from that nonsense.
The book is not really more than three star material but it is a solid three stars and it is the second book in a trilogy so I’m definitely going to read the third, and final, one as well.
The book tells the continuation of the story from the first book but, since all the characters and everything else has now been set up, there is less setting up work going on. Apart from that the book is really more of the same.
Max and Crystal is a couple and they complement each other well. Max with his elemental powers that he is still coming to grips with and Crystal who knows her powers very well and brings a lot more to the table than one would have first thought a succubus would do. The latter is generally bad news for the various vampires infesting Shadow Pines.
The books follows a pretty straightforward path of investigation, discoveries, a few twists and of course plenty of vampire killing tied together with generally good dialogue and character development, especially for Max of course.
I like both Max and Crystal and Crystal’s family isn’t too bad either now when the reason for her “expulsion” out of the family have been cleared out. I was a bit worried that it would turn into urban porn with Crystal being a succubus but, luckily, that didn’t happen. Actually, the succubus part is only a small part of Crystals supernatural “features”.
This book introduces the werewolf community as an additional element in the story. Unfortunately this is where the author decided to throw in a little bit of woke, anti companies, anti fracking etc. rubbish but at least most of the book is free from that nonsense.
The book is not really more than three star material but it is a solid three stars and it is the second book in a trilogy so I’m definitely going to read the third, and final, one as well.
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