Review: Top Shelf Reading Enjoyment
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2013
Well after a marathon reading session that lasted for several days I have finished all the known releases of the Shadows of Destiny series.  This series has captured my attention in several ways not the least of which is that the whole series covers an overlapping timeline (means things in one book may be happening at the same time as other things in another book).I should mention up front that all of these books feature a strong heroine who for reasons that seems to be more hormonal than intelligent falls for an ultra alpha male type.  In most cases she does not even like the guy.  While this is a basic formula that pervades all the stories it does not keep each one from being unique and entertaining.  I should also mention that these are pretty much R rated for sexual content (but less so than Demonica or Horsemen of the Apocalypse series).In the reading order I have placed below the first 2 stories are pretty much shifter action/romance tales and then the alpha males switch to vampire types (think of it as vampire 2.0) for the next 2 books and then becomes a demon/vampire/sorcerer/other  type (still not exactly sure what he is) but in my opinion all were very entertaining even though the times the author allowed the "Tarzan" mentality to go too long it became frustrating but then she would rein it in and make him somebody you could enjoy reading about.This series is far from finished and I cannot wait for the next book later this year, I suggest you click the links and read the summaries but bottom line if you like action, romance, good endings and a bit of serious sweaty bodies close to the end of most of them (the author gets Kudos from me for not overdoing the sexual theme as many do), you WILL enjoy these.  While as a whole I would give this series a 4.5 Star recommendation (HEY, I just spent 4 days reading them whenever I could, obviously I liked them).  The reading order is a bit convoluted and the author actually tried to make them all semi stand alone books but there is enough overlap to make spoilers so the below is my personal recommended reading order  (reading order is my suggestion to avoid minor spoilers):Short Story -Destined for Harmony (Shadows of Destiny)(previously named For the Love of Harmony)Destiny Unchained (Shadows of Destiny)(Shadows of Destiny) (officially book 3)Destiny Divided (Shadows of Destiny)(officially Book 1)Destiny United (Shadows of Destiny)(officially Book 2)Destiny Bewitched (Shadows of Destiny)(officially book 4)reading in this order will prevent most spoilers, they are close to stand alone but there are mentions of other characters that kind of let you know some major stuff before you read the books.  Highly recommended.