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yogicath's review
5.0
This is book eleven of the Midlife Demons and Demigods series and the Hunter community are grieving for young Sahara’s death by the hands of the dark witch and Kaine Frost is not taking his part in the situation well. His twin sister Indy knows he has a death wish from what happened and she is going to lose him! Shannon had used up her well of magic trying to heal him and they had to portal him back to the healer to ensure he might live. She feels that something is off with her magic and even consults with Hecate to see if the goddess can tell her what is wrong with her. The only good advice she gives them is to find Mardella’s hidden temple, as that will hopefully weaken her. Mardella is creating a hybrid army and each time they are called into action, they face an ever more dangerous foe, with no idea of what dangers to avoid from the hybrids. At least the demon king has agreed to help try and take her down, sending through his demons, who unfortunately attack the hunters as well, once they get into a fighting frenzy! Daryn knows that the agreement with the demon king is not a lasting one and they are still having to stop demons from killing humans and fellow hunters. Shannon’s ability to heal Kaine in a very unusual manner, to get him back to base, brings lots of questions for Daryn and even Shannon, about how her magic is reacting. Even her son Caleb’s shadow cat, Sphinx, knows that her magic is different, but still recognises her as the most powerful person on the base. Shannon is as much a part of Sphinx’s life as Caleb, and he will protect them both.
There is news of a personal note for Caleb, with someone from his past wanting to see him, but everyone is supposed to stay on lockdown on base, whilst their healer recovers after healing Kaine. With all the dangerous battles the hunters are facing against numerous hybrids, their healer needs to recover and Shannon doesn’t really know how to access her healing power, except in emergencies. Cipher and Indy get closer after her troubles with Kaine, shaken by what happened to her twin and being unable to stop any of it. The hunters keep getting pulled into traps of Mardella’s making, as she wants Shannon and Caleb’s powers for herself, especially those of Sphinx. They still don’t know exactly what Mardella’s plan is and what she wants with her army of hybrids and the artifacts she has been stealing. Cipher figures out something the latest artifact she stole, could be for and that would spell disaster for both realms. The demon king fears she will try to break the veil between this world and his, and doing so would destroy both worlds. Mardella is working off a deranged idea to suit herself and her wishes to bring someone back from the veil, who she loved long and lost long ago. But that may not be her only agenda, as she seems to always be changing things up to keep the hunters unsettled. Shannon is still struggling with her powers, but it seems she has new and emerging magic coming through and that is affecting her ability to use the magic she has been used to. The battle to stop Mardella is not yet over and it will take all of their magic and power, working together as one force, to hopefully overcome her soon, before she can accumulate too many hybrids for her army or any more artifacts to use her dark magic spells upon.
Another hard hitting storyline, as not everything goes in the hunter’s way, in fact most of it hits them hard and more are lost or badly injured. The bond between Daryn and Shannon is still growing, with a slight trust issue at one stage, but her emerging protection magic is draining her, whilst her healing magic is taking a new twist. Hopefully these will help in what they have to face next, as even Caleb’s spirit takes a mighty blow. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
There is news of a personal note for Caleb, with someone from his past wanting to see him, but everyone is supposed to stay on lockdown on base, whilst their healer recovers after healing Kaine. With all the dangerous battles the hunters are facing against numerous hybrids, their healer needs to recover and Shannon doesn’t really know how to access her healing power, except in emergencies. Cipher and Indy get closer after her troubles with Kaine, shaken by what happened to her twin and being unable to stop any of it. The hunters keep getting pulled into traps of Mardella’s making, as she wants Shannon and Caleb’s powers for herself, especially those of Sphinx. They still don’t know exactly what Mardella’s plan is and what she wants with her army of hybrids and the artifacts she has been stealing. Cipher figures out something the latest artifact she stole, could be for and that would spell disaster for both realms. The demon king fears she will try to break the veil between this world and his, and doing so would destroy both worlds. Mardella is working off a deranged idea to suit herself and her wishes to bring someone back from the veil, who she loved long and lost long ago. But that may not be her only agenda, as she seems to always be changing things up to keep the hunters unsettled. Shannon is still struggling with her powers, but it seems she has new and emerging magic coming through and that is affecting her ability to use the magic she has been used to. The battle to stop Mardella is not yet over and it will take all of their magic and power, working together as one force, to hopefully overcome her soon, before she can accumulate too many hybrids for her army or any more artifacts to use her dark magic spells upon.
Another hard hitting storyline, as not everything goes in the hunter’s way, in fact most of it hits them hard and more are lost or badly injured. The bond between Daryn and Shannon is still growing, with a slight trust issue at one stage, but her emerging protection magic is draining her, whilst her healing magic is taking a new twist. Hopefully these will help in what they have to face next, as even Caleb’s spirit takes a mighty blow. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.