Book 93, 2016
Nov. 20th, 2016 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeBefore supper, I finished the book Wicked Circle by Linda Robertson. It's part of her "Persephone Alcmedi" series.
Once again, the story picked up almost where the previous book ended. Seph's lover, the werewolf Johnny, is about to be recognized as the vaunted Domn Lup. On the other side of the coin, the vampire Menessos, whom Seph has formed a bond with, is about to be subjected to the merciless, truth-seeking shabbubitum. The group is comprised of three powerful and dangerous vampire sisters, whom Menessos once imprisoned in stone.
Compounding problems is the fact that Seph is still coming to terms with reconnecting with her mother, she has a ritual to perform for Johnny's pack, and Menessos sends to her a guardian who is not quite what he seems. When Persephone finds herself the target of the shabbubitum, she may not live long enough to accomplish everything that needs to be done.
This story was full-on, non-stop action, much like the others have been. However, the author skipped around far too much with points of view. Persephone is in first person pov, but then it switches to third person pov for several other characters, including Johnny, Menessos, and even another vampire and the leader of the shabbubitum. It was really too much. If the author was going to present so many various povs, she should have kept all of them in third person. Also, there wasn't much in the way of resolution at the end. Each book has ended on a bit of a cliffie, but previous stories at least had resolution for the main story line. This one did not.
Favorite line: "Drive the Slut home."
Not real pleased with this installment--average score:
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Once again, the story picked up almost where the previous book ended. Seph's lover, the werewolf Johnny, is about to be recognized as the vaunted Domn Lup. On the other side of the coin, the vampire Menessos, whom Seph has formed a bond with, is about to be subjected to the merciless, truth-seeking shabbubitum. The group is comprised of three powerful and dangerous vampire sisters, whom Menessos once imprisoned in stone.
Compounding problems is the fact that Seph is still coming to terms with reconnecting with her mother, she has a ritual to perform for Johnny's pack, and Menessos sends to her a guardian who is not quite what he seems. When Persephone finds herself the target of the shabbubitum, she may not live long enough to accomplish everything that needs to be done.
This story was full-on, non-stop action, much like the others have been. However, the author skipped around far too much with points of view. Persephone is in first person pov, but then it switches to third person pov for several other characters, including Johnny, Menessos, and even another vampire and the leader of the shabbubitum. It was really too much. If the author was going to present so many various povs, she should have kept all of them in third person. Also, there wasn't much in the way of resolution at the end. Each book has ended on a bit of a cliffie, but previous stories at least had resolution for the main story line. This one did not.
Favorite line: "Drive the Slut home."
Not real pleased with this installment--average score:
***
