acandrewswriter's profile picture

acandrewswriter 's review for:

Love Springs Eternal by SJ Himes
5.0

*sigh*
I just read the last word of this book about five minutes ago. And I loved every moment of it, and as usual, Sheena has created huge excitement for the next book that I'm going to have to wait another year for. That is my biggest complaint about this book. That I have to wait a year for the next one.

If you've read the previous Beacon Hill Sorcerer books then you know what makes this series special- and if you haven't, then you definitely need to go back and start at the beginning, with the knowledge that each book is consistently an improvement on the last, to the point that the prose in this book is luscious and evocative, and made me wish that I could write as well.

This installment differs (at least to me) from previous ones in that more attention is paid to the romance between Daniel and Rory- like a lot of attention- so the readers gets to spend a lot of time luxuriating in their love and lots, and lots, and lots, of sex. Like so much sex. But it's awesome, and you've come to love the character of Daniel as much as the rest of Sheena Jolie's fans, then you know it's well-deserved.

But Sheena Jolie also deftly raises the stakes on the overarching conflict that has been brewing with the High Council of Sorcery over the last few books, while exploring more about the sidhe brothers Cian and Rory and paying off some marvelous set ups from the end of Book 4.

The Salvatore Estate has hummed back to life again, as has my soul after reading this book, and I can't wait for the next one!