PNR Review: Magic Unchained: A Novel of the Nightkeepers (FINAL PROPHECY) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Magic Unchained" the 7th book in her Final Prophecy series by Jessica Andersen.

Product Description

Cara Liu is determined to unite the forces under her leadership but when Nightkeeper Sven enters the scene, Cara has trouble separating her duty to her people from her desire for her ex-lover. Their secret affair will not only jeopardize a tenuous alliance among the Nightkeepers, but it also distracts them from a danger within their own ranks planning a vicious betrayal ...

About the Author 

Jessica Andersen is a doctor of molecular genetics, a patent agent, and a professional horse trainer and riding coach. She resides on small farm in eastern Connecticut with her husband and beloved corgis, two-cats and a handful of young horses.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236424
ISBN-13: 978-0451236425

My Review:

In his youth Sven was a party animal adrenaline junkie who is now a coyote mage Nightkeeper tracker.  His only friend is his coyote familiar Mac.  Cara's father bound Cara to him as his winikin when both were teenagers.  The bond ended disastrously though she had fallen in love with him.

Cara has returned to lead the winikins and she knows how hard that will be because the group is divided between the old and the new.  The Nightkeepers and winikins bond has been severed because of the fears and the trust between them have been violated.

4/5

Thanks Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

PNR Review: Storm Kissed: A Novel of the Nightkeepers (FINAL PROPHECY) [Paperback]

I've finished "Storm Kissed" the 5th book in her Final Prophecy series by Jessica Andersen.

Product Description

When sexy Nightkeeper Dez goes rogue, the bounty hunter enlisted to catch him is Reese, his former lover. The sexual energy between them is hotter than ever-but the life-and-death stakes attached to the chase may pull them apart for good.

Product Details
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (June 7, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451233751
ISBN-13: 978-0451233752


My Review:

10 years ago in Denver, teenagers Snake "Dez" Mendez and Reese Montana met and fell in love while defeating Cobra. Their relationship ends when insane winikin Louis Keban, who Dez had run away from before he hooked up with Reese caught up to the teen. Keban cut Dez with a cursed blade that changed and  turned him into a demonic possessed felon.

The Nightkeepers recruit Dez and removes the shadows from his brain.  He fights evil in New Mexico which he believes he has an IOU for all the damage he did as a criminal.  Then Dez falls off the and the Nightkeepers leader Strike hires PI Reese to find him.  Reese believed Dez died three years ago in an incident.  She finally locates him and Dez convinces her to help him find Keban and stop him from fulfilling a prophecy that will bring Lord Vulture from the underworld.  He doesn't mention the role he plays in this prophecy.

I really enjoyed the pairing of Dez and Reese because the dynamics between them was very thrilling and Dez keeps Reese on her toes rather he will has changed from being bad to actually doing good.  Also he has to convince her how much he really wants her.

I also love how Ms. Andersen incorporates all the research she has done on the Mayan prophecy and builds her world around it.

Also really enjoyed how all the Nightkeepers have a role in helping save the world from evil.

4/5

Thanks Laura from Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!