Paranormal Romance
I am on the Round the World Cruise and have limited
Internet. I’m using this
time to catch up on my TBR pile on my ereaders. My posts are short with no links or graphics. Check my travel blog to see where I
have been and where I am going.
I received an ARC of Sacrifice the Wicked from
Edelweiss. I did not realize that
it was part of a series, a series that is more like a serial. Sacrifice the Wicked is several books
into the Dark Hunter novels. It
seems to start where the last on left off and ends very abruptly.
I would not
recommend reading this series out of order. The world building was done in previous books. In Sacrifice the Wicked I was dropped
into the world with no explanation.
It was the same with back-story.
Side characters appeared with no explanation of who and what they
were. While I read I got the
impression I should recognize the world, know the back-story, and remember the
characters.
Having said all of that I liked the story enough that I will
go back and find the previous books and will read the next book when it comes
out.
This is a fast paced book filled with tension. The two main characters, Parker Adams and
Simon Wells, are front and center for most of the story. Parker is the Mission Director and
Simon is suppose to be one of her Missionaries. (This is where you really need to know the world
building and the back-story.)
Parker is on the up and up, a really good director concerned for her
people. Simon is on a plant but is
playing for more than one side.
When things start to go really wrong the two are thrown together.
The story is built on things that happened in previous
books. The action moves the plot
forward putting characters where they need to be for the next book. Then it just quits. That is what made me compare it to the
old movie serials. There is
exciting action, some story movement but it leaves you wanting to know what
happens next.
Avon published Sacrifice the Wicked by Karina Cooper in
2012.
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