Book 108, 2016
Dec. 16th, 2016 09:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeThis afternoon, I finished reading Unforgiven by Lindsay McKenna. It's the first book in Silhouette's Nocturne line, and it's also the first installment in the author's "Warriors of Light" series for the line.
Reno, a Native American, jaguar shifter, and former Marine sniper, is in prison for planning to kill the general who murdered his wife and daughter. He's given a reprieve when the CIA recruit him to travel to Ecuador to eliminate a shadowy figure who has been harassing the owners and sentries of an emerald mine.
Calen is also a jaguar shifter, and she dresses in black to deliver justice as El Espanto. As soon as she meets Reno, she knows he's been sent to kill her, but she finds him compelling. As for Reno, he is drawn to the enigmatic Calen, but he knows he has a job to do.
When the two encounter one another as jaguars, they recognize one another and soon realize they're both on the same side, in spite of what has brought them together. Each has a peculiar birthmark that their respective parents told them marked them as Warriors of the Light. Now, it is up to them to rid the countryside of the negative influence of the mine owners, as well as establish a base of operations where other Warriors of Light can gather in an effort to prevent the world from descending into a thousand years of darkness and chaos.
The story went more for drama than anything else, even over romance. While Reno and Calen were attracted to one another, they both sought to ignore the attraction in favor of their mission. It was almost too heavy for a short story, but since there is apparently more to come, I can forgive it.
Favorite line: "The greatest saints were at one time the greatest of sinners."
Not overly enjoyable, but compelling. Four stars:
****
Reno, a Native American, jaguar shifter, and former Marine sniper, is in prison for planning to kill the general who murdered his wife and daughter. He's given a reprieve when the CIA recruit him to travel to Ecuador to eliminate a shadowy figure who has been harassing the owners and sentries of an emerald mine.
Calen is also a jaguar shifter, and she dresses in black to deliver justice as El Espanto. As soon as she meets Reno, she knows he's been sent to kill her, but she finds him compelling. As for Reno, he is drawn to the enigmatic Calen, but he knows he has a job to do.
When the two encounter one another as jaguars, they recognize one another and soon realize they're both on the same side, in spite of what has brought them together. Each has a peculiar birthmark that their respective parents told them marked them as Warriors of the Light. Now, it is up to them to rid the countryside of the negative influence of the mine owners, as well as establish a base of operations where other Warriors of Light can gather in an effort to prevent the world from descending into a thousand years of darkness and chaos.
The story went more for drama than anything else, even over romance. While Reno and Calen were attracted to one another, they both sought to ignore the attraction in favor of their mission. It was almost too heavy for a short story, but since there is apparently more to come, I can forgive it.
Favorite line: "The greatest saints were at one time the greatest of sinners."
Not overly enjoyable, but compelling. Four stars:
****
