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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
I just didn't care for this one as much...I had a hard time connecting to both characters...
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Trigger warnings: death, violence, death of a parent, blood, gore, kidnapping, animal death, body modification, body horror.
3/3/2022
Lol @ Past!Me thinking this was less romance-y than the first book. Like...half the book is sexual tension, girl. HALF. THE. BOOK. I had an absolute blast rereading this. William desperately wants a family. Cerise has a huge one. They make each other better people. The "we have to rescue my parents" plotline occasionally got a little bit lost in the journeys through the swamp, but I was having so much fun that I didn't really care. I loved this.
13/1/2014
This instalment of The Edge series was less romance-y than the first one and more resembled the Kate Daniels series that I know and love. Cerise was a great character, and seeing more of William and learning his backstory was good after his somewhat random appearances in the first book. The setting was fun, and with the introduction of Cerise's enormous family, it seems like the authors are introducing characters for the subsequent books in the series. Admittedly, I did have trouble keeping track of all the different characters at some points, especially as there were some similar names between the Mar clan and the evil-doers.
I don't like this series QUITE as much as the Kate Daniels series, but it's still enjoyable.
3/3/2022
Lol @ Past!Me thinking this was less romance-y than the first book. Like...half the book is sexual tension, girl. HALF. THE. BOOK. I had an absolute blast rereading this. William desperately wants a family. Cerise has a huge one. They make each other better people. The "we have to rescue my parents" plotline occasionally got a little bit lost in the journeys through the swamp, but I was having so much fun that I didn't really care. I loved this.
13/1/2014
This instalment of The Edge series was less romance-y than the first one and more resembled the Kate Daniels series that I know and love. Cerise was a great character, and seeing more of William and learning his backstory was good after his somewhat random appearances in the first book. The setting was fun, and with the introduction of Cerise's enormous family, it seems like the authors are introducing characters for the subsequent books in the series. Admittedly, I did have trouble keeping track of all the different characters at some points, especially as there were some similar names between the Mar clan and the evil-doers.
I don't like this series QUITE as much as the Kate Daniels series, but it's still enjoyable.
Originally read 2010. Reread 2016.
Review originally posted at Cem's Book Hideout.
Bayou Moon is the second book in The Edge series by husband and wife writing team, Ilona and Andrew Gordon under the pseudonym Ilona Andrews. Ilona and Gordon's Kate Daniels series is one of my favourite series full stop, so of course when they started The Edge series, it was a must read for me. The first book, On The Edge, was very good and I loved it, but it is very different to the Kate series. While reading On The Edge I had a feeling, much as I liked it, that (rather like the Kate series actually) that I'd enjoy book 2 even more. I wasn't wrong, I adored this one!!
Bayou Moon follows William, the wolf changeling from On The Edge, in his continued hunt for his old enemy Spider. He was quite possibly my favourite character from OTE, despite not being the main role or the hero of the story. He's so deeply damaged, no family, a trained killer, someone who wants nothing more than a family of his own. There is something heartbreaking about reading the first chapter of this book, seeing him playing with the action figures he's bought himself to try and have some of the childhood he was denied.
William is hunting Spider in the Edge when his path crosses that of Cerise Mar. The Mar's are land rich but cash poor and her parents, head of the family, have just disappeared. It's thought that their long term rivals are responsible, but she soon learns that Spider has a hand in it as well. Cerise has to lead her family against their rivals knowing not everyone will survive. She realises William will be a valuable asset going up against Spider, but with sparks flying between them and secrets that could ruing everything, nothing is simple.
I didn't have any problems getting in to this book, I was hooked from the start. It's written in third person, mostly from William and Cerise's POV's but the occasional snippet from others as well gives a fuller view of what's going on. I already loved William and my love for him just grew through the book. Cerise is a new character to the series and it didn't take me long at all to like her as well. She's pretty awesome actually. She's completely dedicated to her family, smart, brave and a hell of a fighter. Cerise is no damsel in distress and I love her for it. I love her snark and how she insists on calling William 'Lord Bill' despite his constant 'it's William'. So funny watching them rile each other up. The chemistry between them was played pretty perfectly. Misunderstandings crop up as well as some big secrets and while my heart ached for them at times, they were just as likely to crack me up with their attempts at flirtation.
But the romance is only half the plot. The other half is taken up with Cerise's hunt to get her parents back, and William's determination to find and kill Spider. There is plenty of action and tension as they try to figure out exactly what's going on, what Spider is after and such. I was hanging on the story all the way through wanting, needing, to know what happened and if either or both of them would succeed in their aims, and of course if they'd manage to make things work between them.
Like all of Ilona and Gordon's books it's a vividly drawn story with such well rounded characters that I find easy to care about. One thing that shines very brightly through their books is the semblance of family. Children/teens and parental type roles don't play a big role in urban fantasy/paranormal romance etc. books, but it's an aspect I always feel adds something extra, something more real to a book. It's a complex issue to add though and it doesn't always work, but so far Ilona and Gordon have gotten it spot on every time and Bayou Moon is no exception. I love the family relationships in it and how they change and grow with the issues faced.
Another big hit from a favourite author. Bayou Moon is spectacular, intense, sweet and funny as well. The mix of magic and real world felt more settled and solid than it did in On The Edge, maybe just because I already understood the world, but whatever the reason, it did feel more solid than book one. It was fantastic from beginning to end and let some interesting things open for future books. I can't wait!
Review originally posted at Cem's Book Hideout.
Bayou Moon is the second book in The Edge series by husband and wife writing team, Ilona and Andrew Gordon under the pseudonym Ilona Andrews. Ilona and Gordon's Kate Daniels series is one of my favourite series full stop, so of course when they started The Edge series, it was a must read for me. The first book, On The Edge, was very good and I loved it, but it is very different to the Kate series. While reading On The Edge I had a feeling, much as I liked it, that (rather like the Kate series actually) that I'd enjoy book 2 even more. I wasn't wrong, I adored this one!!
Bayou Moon follows William, the wolf changeling from On The Edge, in his continued hunt for his old enemy Spider. He was quite possibly my favourite character from OTE, despite not being the main role or the hero of the story. He's so deeply damaged, no family, a trained killer, someone who wants nothing more than a family of his own. There is something heartbreaking about reading the first chapter of this book, seeing him playing with the action figures he's bought himself to try and have some of the childhood he was denied.
William is hunting Spider in the Edge when his path crosses that of Cerise Mar. The Mar's are land rich but cash poor and her parents, head of the family, have just disappeared. It's thought that their long term rivals are responsible, but she soon learns that Spider has a hand in it as well. Cerise has to lead her family against their rivals knowing not everyone will survive. She realises William will be a valuable asset going up against Spider, but with sparks flying between them and secrets that could ruing everything, nothing is simple.
I didn't have any problems getting in to this book, I was hooked from the start. It's written in third person, mostly from William and Cerise's POV's but the occasional snippet from others as well gives a fuller view of what's going on. I already loved William and my love for him just grew through the book. Cerise is a new character to the series and it didn't take me long at all to like her as well. She's pretty awesome actually. She's completely dedicated to her family, smart, brave and a hell of a fighter. Cerise is no damsel in distress and I love her for it. I love her snark and how she insists on calling William 'Lord Bill' despite his constant 'it's William'. So funny watching them rile each other up. The chemistry between them was played pretty perfectly. Misunderstandings crop up as well as some big secrets and while my heart ached for them at times, they were just as likely to crack me up with their attempts at flirtation.
But the romance is only half the plot. The other half is taken up with Cerise's hunt to get her parents back, and William's determination to find and kill Spider. There is plenty of action and tension as they try to figure out exactly what's going on, what Spider is after and such. I was hanging on the story all the way through wanting, needing, to know what happened and if either or both of them would succeed in their aims, and of course if they'd manage to make things work between them.
Like all of Ilona and Gordon's books it's a vividly drawn story with such well rounded characters that I find easy to care about. One thing that shines very brightly through their books is the semblance of family. Children/teens and parental type roles don't play a big role in urban fantasy/paranormal romance etc. books, but it's an aspect I always feel adds something extra, something more real to a book. It's a complex issue to add though and it doesn't always work, but so far Ilona and Gordon have gotten it spot on every time and Bayou Moon is no exception. I love the family relationships in it and how they change and grow with the issues faced.
Another big hit from a favourite author. Bayou Moon is spectacular, intense, sweet and funny as well. The mix of magic and real world felt more settled and solid than it did in On The Edge, maybe just because I already understood the world, but whatever the reason, it did feel more solid than book one. It was fantastic from beginning to end and let some interesting things open for future books. I can't wait!
This was a solid 3 stars. I enjoyed it a lot, but wouldn't go so far as to say I loved it. I thought William was absolutely adorable, Cerise was wonderfully badass and the Mar family was a great bunch of side characters. But I also thought it overly long, the ending a bit rushed (as in all wrapped up a little too easily) and I didn't need the sappiness at the end.
I listened to this in audio and thought the narrator did an excellent job, much like in book one.
I listened to this in audio and thought the narrator did an excellent job, much like in book one.
Oh, this was a fantastic sequel, loved learning more about the world, and having William find his special someone! The Mar clan is huge, though! And they're supplying the heroes for the other half of this series! Can't wait to read them! Must read them!
I love IA, I really do, and this book was ok, but this was definitely my least favorite of all there books I’ve read (so far). I had a hard time getting behind William as a lead male and then I felt like there were too many secondary and tertiary characters thrown at you in one book to keep anything straight.
"she thinks we 'put on airs' as if what we can do somehow makes her less."
"everybody is waiting for you to screw up, the people above you, the people below you, and the people who knew you before and think they should be where you are."
"she sat on her bed to pull off her boots. she got the left one off, and then the bed turned upside down and fell on the back of her head." (after being drugged to go to sleep)
"everybody is waiting for you to screw up, the people above you, the people below you, and the people who knew you before and think they should be where you are."
"she sat on her bed to pull off her boots. she got the left one off, and then the bed turned upside down and fell on the back of her head." (after being drugged to go to sleep)
Entertaining world building, with three worlds existing side-to-side, one magic, one not, and one partaking a little of both. A changeling (werewolf without all the psychological baggage) falls in love with a woman from the Edge, and finds himself fighting her family's battles. Mayhem ensues, but all is (mostly) well in the end. Second in the Edge collection. They are mostly stand alone, but probably better read in sequence.
1.5 stars
I really like the Innkeeper Chronicles by this author but I am just not as much a fan of this particular series. I cannot stand the males. I forgot the first one enough to make reading the sequel seem like a good idea and...it wasn't.
But I'll probably read the third one because I like Kaldar. Maybe he will avoid being a possessive asshole.
I really like the Innkeeper Chronicles by this author but I am just not as much a fan of this particular series. I cannot stand the males. I forgot the first one enough to make reading the sequel seem like a good idea and...it wasn't.
But I'll probably read the third one because I like Kaldar. Maybe he will avoid being a possessive asshole.