Review: TWISTING 'TIL THE END
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
This morning while cruising my emails I noticed the release notice for Rebecca Zanetti's newest DARK PROTECTORS novel(la).  I'll admit it - I'm addicted.  So even though I was currently in the middle of another book, I fired up the Kindle, found TWISTED, and started reading.  And read.  And read.  And then closed my Kindle with a smile in my heart and tears in my eyes.  Here's a tip - go get this book.  Seriously - go get it.  I'll wait.TWISTED is 5.5 in the Dark Protector's Series.  While yes, you'd get even more out of it by being familiar with the series, it is actually able to be read as a standalone book without you sitting there thinking, "WHAT is THAT all about?!!!??".  I'm telling you that in case you want to start with reading Twisted and then go back & go through the rest of the series.Twisted picks up after the end of Provoked, when Terrent claims Maggie and asks for her to "visit" with the wolf pack.  Maggie, who can only remember the last ten years of her life living with the vampires, doesn't realize that she's actually Terrent's mate and he's done waiting on her to regain her memories from before her capture by the Durjans (the bad "vampires").  In this novella we see Maggie & Terrent fall in love in the present... while dodging bad Alphas, being assisted by teenage assassin cheerleaders, and learning what it's like to give up your past to accept the love being offered in the present.What I love about this book?  Just when you have given up hope (sorry - no spoilers here!), Rebecca Zanetti shows us what great storytelling is all about -- keeping a reader on the edge of their seat until the last page.  During the novella we have some visits from the royal vampire family, the Kayrs -- we "see" Dage & Jace and get a bit of an update on Jace after his captivity by the demons.  While  a Dark Protectors book normally ends with a happily ever after, there is also usually a bit of a "downer" cloud spread by the ongoing storylines.  I really didn't get that feeling on this book - yes, there were lots of allusions to the continuing war, etc..., but the happily-ever-after just really leaves THIS reader with such a great feeling that I really loved it!Read up - it's worth it!