PNR Review: Dying Wish: A Novel of the Sentinel Wars [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Dying Wish" the 6th book in her Sentinel Wars series by Shannon K. Butcher.

Product Description

Jackie Patton has been rescued by the Theronai from her captivity and torture at the hands of the Synestryn, only to learn that she's a potential match for the Theronai warriors who need a woman to literally save their lives.

Forced to choose, she unexpectedly selects Iain, a cold-hearted warrior who doesn't want to be saved. Iain is convinced that it's too late - that his soul is already as dead as his former betrothed, killed by the Synestryn. Still, he is the only one she wants. But is Iain indeed beyond saving?

About the Author

After spending too many years as an industrial engineer, Shannon learned to write from her husband, bestselling author Jim Butcher. She learned writing craft in order to help him with his stories, but found the idea of writing her own too compelling to resist. She lives in Missouri with her husband and son, where conversations at the dinner table are more often about things someone made up than about anything that’s actually happened. Feel free to contact Shannon via her website.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (March 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 045123605X
ISBN-13: 978-0451236050

My Review:

Jackie Patton just wants to go back to living a normal life after being rescued from a two-year horrifying and cruel captivity Synestryn by the Theronai.  We found out in Blood Hunt she is Helen Day's sister by blood and she is able to bond with any Theronai warrior.  A whole bunch of male warriors are willing to mate with her but she is scarred from her captivity and torture and they will be no way she can fake being happy with any of them.

She is forced to pick one Theronai so everyone is shocked she picks cold hearted Iain Terra who makes her feel safe.  He coldly rejects her because he's the leader of a group of Theronai's who have lost their souls called The Band of the Barren.  He has successfully hidden their predicament from their leader to prevent their death sentence.  He really wants Jackie but with his soul intact so he can live a long-term comfortable and happy life.

They both team up to save a recently rescued child from being kidnapped again to find more Synestryn lairs to invade and destroy.  Of course this brings them closer in proximity and to get to know each other more.

This book was very fast paced with non-stop action with two scarred individuals who learn to deal with their ordeals by finding love and trusting each other.  We also learn a big secret about Jackie - but you will have to read to find out!

I really enjoyed how Jackie was able to tame Iain's monster Stan (the name she gave him) and I thought he wasn't too harsh with Jackie.

Now I'm eagerly awaiting Cain and Nicholas books! 

Favorite quote:

"I'm going to come and you're going to swallow!"

4/5

Other books in series:

1.  Burning Alive
2.  Find the Lost
3.  Running Scared
4.  Living Nightmare
5.  Blood Hunt
 
Thanks Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Blood Hunt: The Sentinel Wars [Paperback]

I've finished "Blood Hunt" the 5th book in her Sentinel Wars series by Shannon K. Butcher.

Product Description

Hope appeared out of nowhere, naked and alone, a woman without a past. The only thing she knows is that she is imbued with a strange power. It's in her blood. And two men want to posses it. One is Logan, a Sanguiner demon-fighter who needs Hope's essence to survive. The other is Krag, a Synestryn lord whose desire is to enslave Hope, and drain her of the lifeforce. When Hope and Logan both fall prey to Krag, a powerful desire grows between them. But is it enough to thwart their captor's diabolical plan and his demon warriors, and survive a vampire's destiny written in blood?

Product Details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (August 2, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451234294
ISBN-13: 978-0451234292


My Review:

Logan's race must feed from blood of special humans or die. These people are scarce and his race is slowly starving/dying. His main goal is to save his race and protect, care for and join those who carry the precious blood to sustain them. While trying to save a couple who has this special blood he is saved by the aid of a courageous woman named Hope. A woman whose blood calls to him but whom he cannot have.

Hope has no memory of her past but she has the urge to help others. Her mission is to find homeless friend but that is interrupted when she witnesses Logan struggling with an beast and she saves him with her blood. She can see auras around people and she senses Logan is a very brave honorable man. She also senses she must help him.

I loved this book because Logan and Hope's romance was very well developed and they suited each other.  It was very action packed from the first page to the last.  Logan was so gentlemanly with Hope and it was so much fun watching him struggle with his feelings for her.

We also catch up with Caine and Sybil who is dealing with the death of her parents and the repercussions of that and Nika and Madoc with her sister Tori and Andra and Helen with their sister Jackie.

5/5

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