Review: Squelching the Rebels
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2013
4 starsThe Civil WarDeep in the Amazon live the Yaguara, an ancient jaguar shape-shifting people where strength is everything. A Civil war has escalated with casualties rising on both sides. The Yaguara King is negotiating a treaty with an American Wolfpack in hopes of strengthening his side against the rebels. Cole, a wolf shifter, is sent to the Amazon to negotiate the treaty with the King but is seized by the rebel faction. Taya, a jaguar shifter and loyal warrior to the king, is sent to rescue him. Neither trusts the other and have many prejudices. But to survive the jungle, the rebels' attacks, and court deception, they need to learn to trust eachother.The magic is back. Book 2,Redemption, seemed to have dragged so I was glad to see how much REBELLION recaptured the magic of this series.The book starts off strong as we are dropped right into the action of Cole's flight to the Amazon, his capture, and his eventful rescue. We really get to see everything that is going on, and everything seemed so vivid and real. I could visualize the jungle, the ruins, the tunnels, the stone rooms of the palace, the pit, etc. It was great. We really get to know what type of people Cole and Taya are through their actions and their conversations. We do get inside their heads, but this story is mainly shown instead of told--my favorite.Cole and Taya are a great match for each other and it was fun to watch them circle each other.The palace intrigue plot was rather weak (it was glaringly obvious who the traitor was) but it did add to the tension. We do get to see couples from past books, which is always fun. But the author didn't see the need to spend pages and pages on what they are doing. They only showed up when relevant to the current story.This was a fun story, and I look forward to more from this series. Let's keep our fingers crossed there will be more stories.LOST CITY SHIFTERS SERIESMercyRedemptionREBELLION