Review: A Reading the Paranormal Recommended Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
It felt so good to climb into back into the Southern Arcana world. Badass shapeshifters, dominance fights in and out of the bedroom, bad guys who do VERY bad things, and characters who are wonderfully broken. Anna and Patrick have that last part covered in spades. Frankly, it only made me enjoy them all the more.With Anna, we have a bounty hunter who honestly believes she ruins everything she touches. As much as she might want Patrick, she's determined to keep things casual so she won't drag him down when things go bad. Which is a sad way to live and it's wearing on her.Patrick has his own set of problems. He's a powder keg of magical power and he has it bad for Anna. Since he's not a shapeshifter, he's had to learn how to hold his own against those who look down on him. He has friends in high places, but that doesn't make convincing Anna he's going to stick around any easier.We get to revisit a few familiar faces (a lot of familiar faces, actually), see the dark underbelly of werewolf political maneuverings (dark-ish. More like the distasteful underbelly, really), and the really nasty things bad guys will dip their fingers into to get what they want. Oh, and Anna and Patrick? Pretty much smokin' every time they start steaming up the sheets. Or the wall. Or a table.Frankly, I think they should be charged extra every time they check into a motel just to cover the cost of broken furniture. Those two are wild when the clothes start coming off.Man, I've missed this world!-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal