Paranormal Romance
Oh My Goodness!!
This series just keeps getting better and better. Oracle's Moon is the fourth book in The Elder Races series. Before I go any further here is what
Goodreads has to say about Oracle’s Moon:
When Grace Andreas's sister, Petra,
and her husband are both killed, Grace inherits the Power and responsibilities
of the Oracle of Louisville, as well as her sister's two young
children--neither of which she is prepared for. Then Khalil, Demonkind and
Djinn Prince of House Marid, decides to make himself a part of the household
both as guardian and counterpoint to Grace's impudence towards the Elder Races.
Characters: Most of the characters from previous
book are back. We briefly meet
Khalid and Grace at the end of the last book. I liked Khalid in the last book, got really aggravated with
him in first of this book and got back to liking him in the end. He is a really fascinating
character. Composed of energy he
does not have to have a body which could be a problem in a romance but Harrison
makes it work and work beautifully.
Grace on the other hand is doing
her best in a really rotten situation.
She has money problems, physical problems left over from the wreck that
killed her sister, two young children to take care of and if that is not enough
she has inherited the position and all the power of the Oracle.
Both Grace and Khalid grow and
change as the book progresses.
Conflict: At first it looks like the conflict between Grace and Khalid
is the main focus of the story.
While much of that conflict is internal it is portrayed as dialog
between the two. That leads to
some really funny and amusing moments between the two. The external conflict is hinted at as
the story moves but still caught me by surprise and gave a new twist to the
story.
Plot: The plot in the book built smoothly and slowly driven by the
internal and external conflict.
Much of it is character driven and revealed by dialog.
Writing: Thea Harrison wrote 16 romances under another name before
stopping to get several graduate degrees and raise a child. You can tell she knows her craft. She adds just the right amount of humor
to the story to keep the action from getting too intense. I started reading and did not want to
put the book down. For me that is
the mark of a very good writer.
Lord’s Fall is the next book in The
Elder Races series. In each
previous book a very mismatched pair were introduced and set up for a book
where they would find they were made for each other. Didn’t happen in Oracle’s Moon so I wonder what Thea
Harrison has up her sleeve. Will
it even be a romance? I guess I will just have to wait and
see.
Berkley Sensation published Oracle’s Moon by Thea Harrison in 2012.
