Review: Awesome
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2014
Heavy Metal is book 2 in the Goddesses Rising trilogy by Natalie J. Damschroder.  This book starts out three years after Sam left the employ of Quinn, leaving her to begin her life as a couple with her longtime protector, Nick.  And trying to give himself the time to heal.  Giving her up was the hardest thing he had ever done since he’d been in love with her for a very long time.  He is now working as a bartender in a dive bar, having cut himself off from the Society and from Nick and Quinn.Riley Kordek has no where else to go, no one to turn to.  When she turned 21, strange things started happening to her.  She began to have abilities she never knew were possible.  Her mother and grandmother had never told her about the possibility of her being a Goddess.  She had to figure it out all alone.  But as she grew comfortable with it, she realized she drew her power from metal.  But she still had no idea of what she was capable of.  She started doing research and found the Society and watched training videos of Sam when he had been involved with them.  Then, other things started happening.  Rent payments disappearing before they made it to the landlord’s account.  She got fired from her job, evicted from her apartment.  She sensed she was being followed.  Her car was even stolen.  So she found Sam.  She needed answers.The night Riley walked into Sam’s bar, both their lives were changed.  Sam vowed to take her to the Society so she can get some help.  But then Nick calls and Quinn needs him.  She’s sick and they need Sam.  This book happens over the span of one week.  Riley and Sam find out that together, they are stronger.  And that they need each other to fight against the evils that want the powers the goddesses have.  Ansel is back and he hasn’t given up yet.  He wants power and has a new plan.  In both book one and book two, Natalie has the ability to keep us on the edge of our seats, and peaking with heart stopping action packed endings.  At the same time, building the romance between the main characters.  Sam and Riley needed each other, they just didn’t realize it.  And when they both finally accept it, it was a beautiful moment.“His illness hadn’t been because he wasn’t close enough to the ocean.  It was because he wasn’t close enough to her.  His body knew her, knew she was near, and thirsted for what she could give him.  Which terrified him.”I absolutely loved this book.  I loved that we had our new main characters but that the characters from the first book were also present for a smooth continuation of the story.  I can’t wait to continue the story with Marley.  I do admit the epilogue confused me a little bit but I’m sure all will be revealed in book three.