Title: Rise of the
Blood
Author: Lucienne Diver
Publisher: Samhain
Publishing
Publisher URL: www.samhainpublishing.com
ISBN/BIN: 978-1-61921-654-9
Genre: {M/F} Urban
Fantasy Series
Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs
Reviewer: Dragon Minx
Life isn’t going
smoothly for Tori Karacis and being linked by the tabloids to Apollo Demas
isn’t helping. It’s making her cranky and her honey, Detective Nick Armani
isn’t happy either. Things get worse after she learns Zeus and Poseidon have escaped
from jail—and then Tori receives several death threats. Getting her and Nick
out town for her cousin’s wedding in Delphi
can’t come fast enough, but the plane isn’t a safe place to be. It’s almost
jerked out of the sky by an angry god. But being on the ground in Greece
Rise of the Blood is the newest release in Lucienne Diver’s paranormal
series, Latter-Day Olympians. Due to
the ongoing story line and recurring characters, the books should be read in
order.
There’s a lot going on
in this story. It’s really pretty much non-stop action of one type or another
from beginning to end. Along with it you get a smooth plot flow, nice imagery,
a unique locale, lots of interesting characters and great bantering dialogue.
That’s not to say there aren’t serious moments too, because there’s plenty of
danger once Tori and Nick get on the plane. Relationships are evolving and
changing, we learn more about the various gods and there’s even betrayal, earthquakes
and a trip to Hades as part of the plot. What more could you want? It really has
a bit of everything. And you get a funny, kick-ass heroine too. My only big
complaint is the abrupt ending, which I found jarring.
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