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A review by thenaptimewriter
Ancient Vendetta by Katie Reus
3.0
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.
Dramatic & sensual, Katie Reus’s Ancients Rising series offers dependable entertainment for me.
Ancient Vendetta—her latest release, out yesterday—is the culminating moment I’ve been anticipating for Aurora, a Phoenix shifter, & King, a wolf shifter & Alpha, who’ve been crushing on each other for a long time.
While I enjoyed this one, especially seeing Aurora & King find their way to each other & how she has the power to bring the devoted Alpha to his knees, the story doesn’t feel as straightforward or tight as I would like, which detracted at times from the pace of the main story. Basically it just feel like there’s a lot going on.
The HEA between Aurora & King is satisfying after they’ve spent so long being attracted to each other, as is the sense of camaraderie between supernaturals trying to re-build the world after the Fall & fight against baddies. Despite some of the heavy topics covered here I did enjoy this one—it’s always fun being back in this world.
3 ⭐️. Out now!
CWs: Aurora’s trauma includes having had sex with her previous captor in hopes of using it an opportunity to escape. There are repeated references to this—& her “shame”—throughout the book. A vampire allegedly rapes two others. Lots of other CWs including attempted murder & murder.
Dramatic & sensual, Katie Reus’s Ancients Rising series offers dependable entertainment for me.
Ancient Vendetta—her latest release, out yesterday—is the culminating moment I’ve been anticipating for Aurora, a Phoenix shifter, & King, a wolf shifter & Alpha, who’ve been crushing on each other for a long time.
While I enjoyed this one, especially seeing Aurora & King find their way to each other & how she has the power to bring the devoted Alpha to his knees, the story doesn’t feel as straightforward or tight as I would like, which detracted at times from the pace of the main story. Basically it just feel like there’s a lot going on.
The HEA between Aurora & King is satisfying after they’ve spent so long being attracted to each other, as is the sense of camaraderie between supernaturals trying to re-build the world after the Fall & fight against baddies. Despite some of the heavy topics covered here I did enjoy this one—it’s always fun being back in this world.
3 ⭐️. Out now!
CWs: Aurora’s trauma includes having had sex with her previous captor in hopes of using it an opportunity to escape. There are repeated references to this—& her “shame”—throughout the book. A vampire allegedly rapes two others. Lots of other CWs including attempted murder & murder.