Hunter's Season
by Thea Harrison
(Elder Races # 4.7)
Thea Harrison did a great job with this
novella. She has brought a
happy-ever-after to two secondary characters from two different books: Xanthe,
the assassin from Devil’s Gate and Chancellor Aubrey Riordan from Storm’s
Heart. After their parts from the
previous books, it was nice to see a closure for these two characters. And to boot, the mystery of the tarot cards
that seemed responsible for the story we were getting is finally unveiled. It is sad to say that the tarot cards are now put rest and Thea will now concentrate on the regular length novels. Bitter sweet, but hey, no complaints here.
After completing an important task for
Tiago, Xanthe is now working for Niniane.
She works in close proximity with Aubrey, whom she had her eye on for a
while now. If you remember, Aubrey, he
was next in line for the throne, if Niniane didn’t step up. Aubrey is in the process of healing his
broken heart after losing his wife, Naida.
She was killed after her attempt to kill Niniane as she was to take the
throne, crazy bitch. Of course, working
side by side, Aubrey starts noticing Xanthe’s presence. It was adorable to see them steal glances at
each other. Their curiosity with each
other intensifies as Aubrey’s life was threatened and they are forced to stay
in even closer proximity. Sneaky-sneaky
Ms. Harrison, I mean Trix!
I love Aubrey, he is calm, collected,
smart, rich, handsome…debonair!!! And Xanthe
is no push over, she is a strong heroine.
It was cute to read about what went on in their heads as they start to
notice and stare at each other. It was
an insta-love but as I said over and over, Ms. Harrison does a wonderful job
putting love, action, plot and a good ending in an itty-bitty short story.
We also get a good bit of Niniane and
Tiago in this short story. They are as
we left them; Tiago every bit protective
and sweet towards Niniane. And our Trix,
is a bit more subdue, now that she’s a queen and all. But you can still see the quirkiness in her. I
do have to mention a cute little Wry House Cat named Mouse...ADORABLE. Not much was said about her, a little
background but not much to go on after that.
I am hopeful that we will see her again; after all, the Elder Races
are somehow connected with each other.
As I mentioned earlier, there are no
plans to continue this side series (the Elder Races novellas)…as of now.
Ms. Harrison plans to focus on the regular length books for the Elder
Races and a new series called “Rising Darkness (Game of Shadows, #1)”, great
things to look forward to, for sure.
Overall, another job well done by Thea Harrison.
*ARC provided by publisher
5 comments:
Thanks for the review - I will be sad to see the Novellas end but I do love the full length books:)
I haven't started these yet, but I need to because I do enjoy getting to know the secondary characters better.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thanks for the review and the reminder, I forgot this novella was coming out.
I haven't read this series but have them on my wishlist!
Thanks Ladies. Thea's Novella's are worth the try even more so for the regular length books.
Maria, you're right. These are good shorts a I'm sad that it's on hold. :/ ..I'm saying "on hold" cause we'll never know. Lol
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