Review: Amazing New Series from a Fav Author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2012
Stephanie Rowe's latest series, Primal Heat Trilogy: The Order of The Blade, takes you to a world where cursed warriors are willing to kill to spare the innocents of the world, including their destined soul mates. Darkness Awakened drags the reader into her uniquely new world of seriously butt kickin immortal warriors and once there holds the reader in her thrall as battles are waged and passions flare like the firestorms created by their Illusionist counterparts.Quinn Masters has just had his world tilted on it's axis - his trainees have been slaughtered, one of his body bound weapons is missing and one of his closest allies may be to blame. The frosting on his cake: he just met his sheva (soul mate) and he must either kill her or doom his entire race.Grace is fighting for her life, her sanity and her sister. Her only hope lies in the very one man and his not so merry band of brothers who want her dead. What's a girls to do when surrounded by all that gorgeous, dangerous muscled flesh - fight fire with spitfire and spunk (and some snark for good measure). The passion explodes between the two and try as they may, there is no way they can stop the completion of their bonding ritual (it's hot - readers take note - it may take twelve steps to overcome addiction, but in five steps the Calydon complete the most dark, edgy, sexy bonding ritual that sizzles on the page!For those unfamiliar with Ms. Rowe writing, listen up - this gal knows how to create dramatic characters that grab you and haul you on a thrill ride. The world building of book one gets established with just enough details to tease the reader into craving more - more warrior stories, more bonding rituals, more battles that hopefully will change the fates of a race nearly doomed to miserable lonely extinction!  Darkness Awakened delivers the kind of writing one would expect of this talented author:  tight plot lines, well written, with humor and action to captivate a wide range of readers.  There is no doubt that this series will have a cult following: The Order of the Blade series brings a whole new sub genre to the paranormal world - bring on the next big "crack", Calydon style!