Review: A Brilliantly written Novel but missing something at the end
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
When I heard about a new book coming out in the Black Swan Series it made my year! When I got my hands on my copy I eagerly dived straight into it and was greeted with a familiarity that I had not realised you could miss so much from a book series. The vision of the world where the Order of The Black Swan lives and the likes of the adoring Animal House and rough housing Z Team were out nightly riding the world of vampires. A place where Lady Elora Laiken fell into in Book 1 and changed everything as that dimension and everyone within it, knew it.We start roughly just before where the last book ended with the death of the Sovereign of Jefferson Unit - Solomon Nemamiah and go back in time to what lead up to his untimely dimise. What happens next is a shock to say the least but I won't talk about that because I do not want to give anything away, reading it first hand yourself will give you so much more pleasure, trust me.  Sol's fiancée Susan Farnsworth was left devastated by his death and had worked hard at trying to muddle through her life so far. Taking one day at a time and beginning to look to the future, Susan is stunned when the new Sovereign Rev Farthing  who is 13 years her junior, begins flirting with her she is stunned. A wonderful plot of love, honour and forever truly means whirls and twists it's way within the book around another important plot line.Dr. Mercy Renaux, we meet right at the beginning of the book, where she encounters the hot, impulsive, rough and ready Sir Rafael Nightsong. Unfortunately their personalities clash in a war of words and tempers leaving them both annoyed but imprinted upon each other that they find it almost impossible to get each other out of their heads. Neither thought they would see each other again but as luck would have it fate steps into play and Mercy is hired by The Order. Unbeknowns to them both Raif's latest order are to protect the newest and most important new member of The Order along with the rest of Z Team. The though of being pulled off patrol to end up "baby sitting" someone doesn't sit well with the team, that is until Mercy steps onto the plane and the games changes instantly. Raif feels like time has stopped but is frozen to the spot in the shock of seeing her there and that he is her new mission that he simply misses his chance to apologise for his horrendous behaviour towards her the day they met. Torn spotting Raif's reaction to Mercy and the fact that he is a ladies man has him instantly flirting with her mixing things up to a boiling cauldron that turns to a triangle of cat and mouse.  Never have two people wished to be somewhere else than where they currently are!I personally feel that this long awaited addition to the Black Swan Series was a very good novel and I did really enjoy it, but not as much as the other within the series previously as there are many questions left unanswered when it has been made clear another full novel in the series is not on the cards. So just why is one of the major plot line so carelessly overpowered by another plot line and then left unfinished when it could have added a whole new layer to the novel, making it even more exciting and then bringing it full circle within the case  to a neatly tucked up close? I have an exceptionally high opinion of Victoria Danann and I respect her as an author on one of the highest levels so I find it hard to understand just why she has chosen to go along with this oversight? I's Only because of this I couldn't give it the full 5 stars and could only give it a 4.