Review: The Awakening: Liam, A Review for the Blog Tea and Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
This is my second Abby Niles book and let me tell you I am seriously in LOVE.. The Awakening Series is just what a shifter series should be, Dark, Deadly, Dangerous, (I know again with the alliteration). This book literally seethes.. it pulses with Desire..In Awakening Aidan, we discover what happens when a shifter looses his mate.. or worse is rejected or as known in the shifter world Dserted.Liam Doyle was left by the woman who should have been his mate. He had no reason why, he thought they were in love.. but no matter what life goes on. Sort of.. For the past 9 months Liam had been in this black hole of depression. Not quite suicidal but totally unable to function. Unable to do the job he loved best. Not able to appreciate his friends.. shoot he couldn't even live on his own. He needed constant monitoring. Life seriously couldn't get any worse.. yeah right.. Because of the Dsertion, Liam felt all of Ava's emotions so when suddenly he felt her terror, then nothing, he knew she was dead.. and the darkness grew.. Rushing to her house to make sure, hoping against hope he could save her..Ava Michaels knew what love was. After all she had had five perfect months with the man she adored. But when she got a series of phone calls telling her to give him up or risk the life of her sister she had no choice. She walked away from him. Life goes on.. Ava was human and had no clue as to the damage she had done Liam. No idea that while yes she was grieving and missed him, he was destroyed. But her sister was safe and no longer being threatened.. until..Ava and Liam are captured.. some whack job who knew about the shifters had a grudge against Liam and had found a way to make Liam think Ava was dead.. But he has more evil plans for them. Forcing Liam to watch Ava be tortured was almost too much.. and somehow forced Liam to be able to once again connect with his beast. To find that other part of himself.. If for no other reason than to protect Ava. His, very heart.Ava is totally confused. She has absolutely no idea what Dserted means.. sure she broke up with the guy, get over it already.. but now that they are locked together in the house of terrors.. Ava realizes that Liam is the only man she is ever going to be happy with and together they just might work it out.. Ava's reversal manages to stop Liam's reactions to the Dsertion.. and if they work together to escape all should be well, right? If only life was that easy..Together they must battle, said whack job, and work out who and what Liam is and just what Ava really is to Liam. They have to find a way to escape the constant threats and find a true path back to each other.. And yet is that what is really best for them. Or will Liam walk away.. accepting Dsertion because Ava has to protect her family??A great follow up to Aidan.. Can't wait to hear who Ms Niles is going to write about next. This series has all the passion you could dream of. And not just the let's hop in the sack passion. But passion for family, for friends.. for doing what is right.. and even some of the darker passions like revenge. Seriously people.. this book truly ensnared me and made me angry when it was over.. I wanted MORE..ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of The Awakening: Liam  provided by netgalley