Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, #5) by Ilona Andrews
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I received this book as an advanced readers copy from Netgalley.
★★★★★
Ilona Andrews is an author whose novels I voraciously read. This one was no different. I couldn't put this book down and finished it in one sitting. It was action-packed and the chemistry between the protagonist and her love interest was stellar. Reader be aware, this does have a love scene. Many of the author's previous novels, while they feature romantic stories, don't have explicit scenes.
This novel is set in a parallel universe where due to an epidemic flu and the subsequent solution, magic has been introduced into the world. I would recommend that any reader who hasn't read the first novels in this series starts with the other series first to give them a good grounding and so they won't be confused. The universe that the authors' have created is detailed and there are a lot of moving parts. Even though I had read the previous novels, it had been a while so I couldn't remember some details which would have served me well in understanding the particulars of this plot. I do wish the authors could have incorporated a bit more of the backstory into parts of the novel to help those of us whose memories aren't steel traps.
I also had one lingering question about a plot point from the very beginning of the story that was not well answered. The story starts with a bang, as the protagonist is attacked by monstrous creatures. The question at the end remains, how did the force directing those creatures know how to target her and her boss as it is explicitly mentioned multiple times throughout the novel that their roles as Warden and Deputy are a carefully guarded secret. This question remains largely unresolved, there is a reference to it that doesn't really seem believable, as it isn't clear how neither the antagonist nor anyone else involved in the PIt-plot would have been able to identify Catalina as a possible threat. Regardless, this novel was very satisfying.
I will be waiting for the next novel in this series. I will also be re-reading this novel and the previous novels in order to have a fuller understanding of the intricate plot being woven.
★★★★★
Ilona Andrews is an author whose novels I voraciously read. This one was no different. I couldn't put this book down and finished it in one sitting. It was action-packed and the chemistry between the protagonist and her love interest was stellar. Reader be aware, this does have a love scene. Many of the author's previous novels, while they feature romantic stories, don't have explicit scenes.
This novel is set in a parallel universe where due to an epidemic flu and the subsequent solution, magic has been introduced into the world. I would recommend that any reader who hasn't read the first novels in this series starts with the other series first to give them a good grounding and so they won't be confused. The universe that the authors' have created is detailed and there are a lot of moving parts. Even though I had read the previous novels, it had been a while so I couldn't remember some details which would have served me well in understanding the particulars of this plot. I do wish the authors could have incorporated a bit more of the backstory into parts of the novel to help those of us whose memories aren't steel traps.
I also had one lingering question about a plot point from the very beginning of the story that was not well answered. The story starts with a bang, as the protagonist is attacked by monstrous creatures. The question at the end remains, how did the force directing those creatures know how to target her and her boss as it is explicitly mentioned multiple times throughout the novel that their roles as Warden and Deputy are a carefully guarded secret. This question remains largely unresolved, there is a reference to it that doesn't really seem believable, as it isn't clear how neither the antagonist nor anyone else involved in the PIt-plot would have been able to identify Catalina as a possible threat. Regardless, this novel was very satisfying.
I will be waiting for the next novel in this series. I will also be re-reading this novel and the previous novels in order to have a fuller understanding of the intricate plot being woven.
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