Review: historical paranormal
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
Unleash the Curse. An Imnada Brotherhood Novella. Alexa Egan.ARC supplied by Netgalley.It's a while since I've had a foray into historical novels so this sounded a fun read. I like to keep my reading varied, and sometime something different is welcome. Anyway this is  an e-novella, the prequel to the second novel in the dark and sexy Imnada Brotherhood trilogy. I've not read the first novel but these appear to be standalone books, within a framework of era and type of fantasy, so it was easy to follow the storyline.  London's most eligible bachelor Sebastian Commin, Earl of Deane, and actress Sarah Hayes had a one and only scandalous night of white hot passion, but the differences in their social positions make a future together impossible. So when they discover that they'll be fellow guests at a house party, they vow to keep each other at arm's length, but the steamy attraction between them makes that almost impossible. Sarah is followed by a current suitor, an Italian prince whose clearly jealous of Sebastian. Things happen as they do and Sarah and Sebastian are thrown together in an attempt to stop the ancient Imnada enemy--monstrous soul-feeders with the power to devour worlds. Things aren't s they seem, Sarah and Sebastian and some others have fae powers and need them in order to stop the disaster, but what they don't know is who is behind the plot and how they can avoid it.Though there are Fae and shape-shifters in this novella it's not very prevalent, with only occasional use of powers and magic. Its an interesting read, and as a prequel sets the scene nicely for the upcoming novel which I'm guessing will hopefully be a bit more complex. I found this book enjoyable but quite light in content, the plots were not too hard o work out,  and over pretty quickly. Still, its hard to write much depth within the restrictions of novella format. Its priced at 1.99 for 100 pages ( I don't have word count of KB info) so about average price.Stars: hmnn - its better than three but not quite a four, so three and a half.