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ac223's review against another edition
4.0
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Things are getting a lot more complicated in New Orleans. Dealing with the vampires, their clans, the weres, and the treacherous ex should be enough to keep anyone busy but now Jane is also dealing with the witches. She's been tasked with the job of security for the peace negotiations between the Master of the City and the witch council. When she is awakened by a spell scanning her and her home she realizes that she's in for trouble and it's only just beginning. Bruiser is perfection and I am so happy for the way things are working out on that front! Jane may not be ready for it but her family is growing and although a family of humans, a skinwalker, witches and possibly an Onario is unusual Jane and Beast are both happy with the changes.
Read the spoilers section below for a quick recap before starting book number 11 Cold Reign.
***Spoilers***
When the witches scanned Jane and her home they also marked her with a spell. That spell along with all of the other times she has been marked by a magic user, especially Gee are more harmful than she first suspected. While doing a sweep of the grounds around Jane's home he finds the item the witches dropped while fleeing from Jane, Eli, and the cops. He shows her the peacock brooch which looks antique and tingles with magic but neither are sure what to make of it. Later that night while at the vamp headquarters, while sparring with Gee he stabs her while under a magic compulsion and is horrified when he realizes his mistake. Somehow the spell prevents Jane from changing and she is unable to heal herself. Luckily there were plenty of vamps nearby to heal her and Jane agrees that he was acting against his will and Leo spares his life. Edmund is also becoming closer with Jane especially after she helped knock off some of his time in service to Leo and move up in vamp hierarchy. He insists on calling her master and has suggested becoming her Primo which is something unheard of since Primo's have only ever been used with Master vamps. While they were at vamp HQ Bruiser followed the brooch's pull to a swampy area with two trap doors set underground and which feels like strong magic. After opening the door they find Ming Zoya former blood master of Clan Mearkinis who was presumed dead after her disappearance. She's been starved and left to rot underground in a hole filled with swamp water. Instead of stark raving mad from starvation, she is compliant due to the identical peacock brooch pinned to her skin. When Jane is finally able to speak with her, Ming tells her she knew the human who first kidnapped her was Antoine Bush who Jane had killed in the fight with the Damours. His wife Marlene and daughter Tau had taken over where he left off in their fight against the witches and vampires though Tau had used the blood of Ming Zoya to turn herself into something like an Onario called Senza Onore which roughly translates to Dark Onario. Leo reassigns Edmund Hartley's last 19 years of servitude to Jane as her Primo, even though she doesn't want that. Molly tells her that she doesn't think it's a bad idea because with a Primo she is essentially a Master. According to the Vampira Carta, it is a common protocol for a Primo or Enforcer to fight the blood duel for their master. When the Euro vamps visit this could work in her favor, especially since Edmund is powerful in his own right. Edmund shows up with Brute and after a brief argument, he pledges himself as protector of not only Jane but all of the Yellowrock clan including Eli, Alex, Molly, Evan and the kids. Angie then swears to take care of Edmund, and though she is just a baby she is extremely powerful already with both parents passing the witch gene down to her. Edmund doesn't hold her to the promise, much to her dismay. Even though Marlene and Tau have pulled several more stunts, Jane hasn't been able to locate them until they show up at the meeting between the witches and vamps. Tau is extremely powerful and though Jane saves her people she and Leo are taken hostage by the two and restrained with magic. Jane allows Leo do drink her blood so he can heal enough to use his compulsion to save them. He is able to get them free and the witches were turned over to the witch court where they would be either severely punished or stripped of their magic. The vamp/witch accords were signed aligning the two factions for peace.
Things are getting a lot more complicated in New Orleans. Dealing with the vampires, their clans, the weres, and the treacherous ex should be enough to keep anyone busy but now Jane is also dealing with the witches. She's been tasked with the job of security for the peace negotiations between the Master of the City and the witch council. When she is awakened by a spell scanning her and her home she realizes that she's in for trouble and it's only just beginning. Bruiser is perfection and I am so happy for the way things are working out on that front! Jane may not be ready for it but her family is growing and although a family of humans, a skinwalker, witches and possibly an Onario is unusual Jane and Beast are both happy with the changes.
Read the spoilers section below for a quick recap before starting book number 11 Cold Reign.
***Spoilers***
When the witches scanned Jane and her home they also marked her with a spell. That spell along with all of the other times she has been marked by a magic user, especially Gee are more harmful than she first suspected. While doing a sweep of the grounds around Jane's home he finds the item the witches dropped while fleeing from Jane, Eli, and the cops. He shows her the peacock brooch which looks antique and tingles with magic but neither are sure what to make of it. Later that night while at the vamp headquarters, while sparring with Gee he stabs her while under a magic compulsion and is horrified when he realizes his mistake. Somehow the spell prevents Jane from changing and she is unable to heal herself. Luckily there were plenty of vamps nearby to heal her and Jane agrees that he was acting against his will and Leo spares his life. Edmund is also becoming closer with Jane especially after she helped knock off some of his time in service to Leo and move up in vamp hierarchy. He insists on calling her master and has suggested becoming her Primo which is something unheard of since Primo's have only ever been used with Master vamps. While they were at vamp HQ Bruiser followed the brooch's pull to a swampy area with two trap doors set underground and which feels like strong magic. After opening the door they find Ming Zoya former blood master of Clan Mearkinis who was presumed dead after her disappearance. She's been starved and left to rot underground in a hole filled with swamp water. Instead of stark raving mad from starvation, she is compliant due to the identical peacock brooch pinned to her skin. When Jane is finally able to speak with her, Ming tells her she knew the human who first kidnapped her was Antoine Bush who Jane had killed in the fight with the Damours. His wife Marlene and daughter Tau had taken over where he left off in their fight against the witches and vampires though Tau had used the blood of Ming Zoya to turn herself into something like an Onario called Senza Onore which roughly translates to Dark Onario. Leo reassigns Edmund Hartley's last 19 years of servitude to Jane as her Primo, even though she doesn't want that. Molly tells her that she doesn't think it's a bad idea because with a Primo she is essentially a Master. According to the Vampira Carta, it is a common protocol for a Primo or Enforcer to fight the blood duel for their master. When the Euro vamps visit this could work in her favor, especially since Edmund is powerful in his own right. Edmund shows up with Brute and after a brief argument, he pledges himself as protector of not only Jane but all of the Yellowrock clan including Eli, Alex, Molly, Evan and the kids. Angie then swears to take care of Edmund, and though she is just a baby she is extremely powerful already with both parents passing the witch gene down to her. Edmund doesn't hold her to the promise, much to her dismay. Even though Marlene and Tau have pulled several more stunts, Jane hasn't been able to locate them until they show up at the meeting between the witches and vamps. Tau is extremely powerful and though Jane saves her people she and Leo are taken hostage by the two and restrained with magic. Jane allows Leo do drink her blood so he can heal enough to use his compulsion to save them. He is able to get them free and the witches were turned over to the witch court where they would be either severely punished or stripped of their magic. The vamp/witch accords were signed aligning the two factions for peace.
gillianw's review against another edition
4.0
Another excellent instalment in the Jane Yellowrock series. Lots of action, a little bit of Jane and Bruiser love, conniving witches, conniving vamps, a little more of Angie Baby's ever growing powers and a sneak peak at little Evan's as well. All in all, it was a fast-paced, terrific ride. 4 stars
celtypengu's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
spellboundbybooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
kk7's review
4.0
Great book, action packed and interesting with just the right amount of romance and friendship. I will say, the European vampires either need to show up or they need to stop talking about their upcoming visit every other chapter.
crochetchrisie's review
4.0
Jane Yellowrock, solid good reading as usual. I love how this is all progressing.
papidoc's review against another edition
3.0
First I've read in this series, light, mindless, mind-candy, but OK for plane or treadmill reading when one cannot take notes or think deeply about something more substantive. Two hundred year-old Cherokee skinwalker with magical abilities. Reads a lot like books from Patricia Briggs, Kelley Armstrong, and other authors like them.
ink_and_pages_'s review against another edition
5.0
Shadow Rights was a great book. Kind of a change of pace for Jane this time round focusing more on her Yellowrock Clan and some serious witch magic.
I love that Jane has built all these relationships and created her own family. She has grown so much over the course of these 10 books and that is really refreshing to see/read.
I really love this series so much!
I love that Jane has built all these relationships and created her own family. She has grown so much over the course of these 10 books and that is really refreshing to see/read.
I really love this series so much!
jeremybost's review against another edition
3.0
This book felt like filler - the basic plot structure is the same and Jane did even less than usual. Seriously, though. She spent most of the book getting outwitted, making mistakes, falling unconscious, and talking. If you just consider this book to be about interpersonal relationships, it's pretty good.
The "Gray Between" time bubbling power is the most frustrating, partly because it's so blatantly good that Jane could have wrapped up the conflict at multiple points in the book just by using it to attack the two baddies. But I feel like the author didn't know how to work around that well, so instead just has Jane hesitate and make endless missteps. Jane and friends get attacked over and over, barely surviving, until she finally just uses the time bubbling anyway at the end and they win. Sure, spoiler I guess, but if you read any entry in the Jane Yellowrock series you know they always win at about 90% through the book - usually through luck and mistakes.
It's just frustrating to see the dip in quality. The convoluted plot, nonsensical magic system, and passive main characters only serve to drag out the book so there can be more fun dialogue, which is obviously the part the author likes. Unfortunately, I still like it enough to want to read the next one, so here's hoping it's a step up.
The "Gray Between" time bubbling power is the most frustrating, partly because it's so blatantly good that Jane could have wrapped up the conflict at multiple points in the book just by using it to attack the two baddies. But I feel like the author didn't know how to work around that well, so instead just has Jane hesitate and make endless missteps. Jane and friends get attacked over and over, barely surviving, until she finally just uses the time bubbling anyway at the end and they win. Sure, spoiler I guess, but if you read any entry in the Jane Yellowrock series you know they always win at about 90% through the book - usually through luck and mistakes.
It's just frustrating to see the dip in quality. The convoluted plot, nonsensical magic system, and passive main characters only serve to drag out the book so there can be more fun dialogue, which is obviously the part the author likes. Unfortunately, I still like it enough to want to read the next one, so here's hoping it's a step up.