Review: 4.8 stars...love Quinn and Cade
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
Double Alchemy (Book #1) was my first blog review  It was also only the second paranormal book I had ever read-nope not even the Twilight series.  I guess I prefer my books somewhat grounded in reality, at least a little, which is actually why I have LOVED the Double Alchemy books.  Yes, they have a lot of supernatural events in them, but the characters are still living in the current reality, with humans getting in the way, and cell phone issues, etc.  It helps me to relate to the characters and situations more if I can envision the environment they are living in a current state I can understand.Double Alchemy: Climax picks up after Quinn and Cade have their HFN.  And they are truly happy, which I love, and that happiness is quite evident in this book...along with more of the Susan Mac Nicol HOT sex scenes!!!  As the world around them begins to come together in a vortex of evil, Quinn and Cade still find a way to connect when they can, but still are able to be independent people.  I really enjoy that aspect of their relationships.  Quinn is a dominant alpha male, and yet, he knows that it is Cade who runs their relationship, and he tries his best not to upset his man if he doesn't have to.  Meanwhile, Cade puts his foot down, when he knows Quinn is out of line.As the new character, Valensia, is introduced, you can see that it is going to be a challenge for our MC's to not allow her to come between them, even as the Warlocks and Witches find a way to an alliance.  She initially tries her best to use her Fey influence to bring Quinn back to her bed, but is thwarted in her goal. Meanwhile, our villain from Book 1 returns, along with a very strong presence wanting to make his way into the current world and rid it of Warlocks and Witches.Side Note: As I read what I considered the "Climax", which was at about 50% in the book (it wasn't the only one, but it sure seemed like it to me at the time), it was 3:00 in the morning here and I was reading it.  I noticed about halfway through this scene, that I had one hand on my leg, and was rubbing my leg from the stress.  THAT is the sign of a well written book, my friends.  I was drawn in so much that I was physically stressed waiting to see what happened...and its a DOOZY!!!After that point, things began to wrap up quickly, and probably more quickly than I would have liked, I'll say.  Although, I will say that I literally bawled, as in, ugly cried when Quinn had to put Cade in the water (see excerpt above).  I actually had to stop reading because I could not get myself to stop crying for a while--Susan warned me on this when I sent her a message and told her of my stress in the "Climax" scene (my response was "evil woman").  Silly me, I wasn't sure I believed her...I was very, very wrong.I would have loved another 1,000 locations in it.  If I had one thing to say that I would have liked to see would be, more...more story, more conflict, more Cade and Quinn.  If this book wasn't called Double Alchemy: Climax I would have thought there was a book 3 ahead, but sadly I think that Quinn and Cade will be destined to live in my re-read collection with two books.Double Alchemy: Climax gets 4.8 stars.  Another amazing piece of work by Susan Mac Nicol.  Her books are now an auto buy for me. At this point, I can only request...Ms. Mac Nicol...what about a Double Alchemy: Climax Climax?  :)  (Wow, I didn't realize how dirty that sounded until I typed it.)