Dark Angels, Book 6

Synopsis: When Risa loses the second key to hell, she angers several powerful people, and she’s starting to feel the pressure from all sides. She gets a visit from her father, who gives her an ultimatum: Get back the key or he will kill her friends.

Risa also finds herself under the scrutiny of the vampire council, some of whom consider her a monster who should be destroyed. But they offer her a bloody bargain: Take on the lethal head of the council, Madeline Hunter, and others will support her.

As the search for the keys to hell heats up, Risa realizes that she has no choice. For the sake of the people she loves, she must find the keys — and get rid of Hunter — before the second gate is opened and brings the world closer to all hell breaking loose…

Review: Here we are again left for more Risa Jone’s adventures and again, she will have plenty to do. I was a little less carried away by this one I confess, perhaps this is due to the fact that the story seems a bit redundant in the end, but I still had a good time with this new novel.

Our heroine is as always looking for the keys, but with the Lucian’s death, and the disappearance of the second key, everyone is desperate. But the time for threats is finite and all the Risa’s enemies will take action to put pressure on our young women. Between her father and his ultimatum, Hunter who kills a major character in the story and the last group who waits for her to see what will happen, her life gets more complicated. But she will not be alone, and witches will always be there to help her, as well as our reaper, even Stane or Rhoan for the little he can do. But the story forward and the noose is tightening, and Risa will soon have to get things in order to find the second key, remove the witch from her list and manage her feelings with her dear reaper.

As I said, I think this volume is a bit long, or maybe is it the series? But that does not stop me from being interested in the whole thing. It is true that I am curious to see how it will end and how Risa will manage all the parties involved. I was also surprised to learn more about Hunter, about her real identity and what she is capable to do to achieve her goal. I was quite surprised by the end of the novel by cons and it is true that I did not expect at all for this event, but I’m curious to see how it will impact for the rest of the story. I was also quite sad by the death of a character from the beginning of the novel. When Hunter announces that she killed a Risa’s friend, all names have passed through my mind, but it was a surprise nonetheless.

It was a good book and I’ll finish the series, even if I’m not mistaken, the last book is the next novel. I’m curious to see how it will end and what Risa will have to do to end all this.

Dark Angels, Book 5

Synopsis: Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones is beginning to believe that the only way to find the keys she’s been searching for and save her friends is by dying. And when Wolfgang Schmidt, the lover of her boss at the vampire council, is found dead, her worst fears are confirmed. With the first portal of hell permanently open, the energies of the dark path are leaching into the world.

Searching for Schmidt’s killer and the keys at the same time, Risa and reaper Azriel track a shape-shifting spider spirit capable of changing her form into a seductive woman. But when they finally find the second key, the Aedh Lucian snatches it and disappears.

Risa is intent on finding Lucian and fighting him to the death—for in her mind, she knows that neither can remain while the other lives…

Review: And now here it is a new volume featuring our dear Risa. I always take a great pleasure in immersing myself in each novel, and this time was not an exception.

So as I said, we find our heroine who must manage to deal with some new problems. The Hunter’s lover, an elderly and powerful vampire, is found dead in the strangest ways. Oh yes! You’ll quickly understand why…. Some webs, a bite, an empty shell… Yes spiders are staged here and one thing is for sure, they are not really nice. Except that Risa really does not like these little creatures and this survey seems far from a cakewalk (for us neither for that matter). But of course, in addition to this, our dear heroine continues her search for the keys which seems more and more difficult, but we will learn a few details about it too. But we’ll also have some revelations about Tao, and Lucian and I confess that I did not expect to see how much he manipulated the young woman and how evil and crazy he was. I am also pleased to announce that we will also see Riley, Quinn and Rohan in the story! Yes all three of them! And we also learn the identity of the Risa’s mother killer. And while it is true that I was quite surprised, I do not even know why the idea did not come to me before.

As always I loved to learn a little more about our dear Reaper, who is really mysterious. I must say that I also love to deepen my ideas of the world and the characters. But more things are revealed at the end of the story and although it is true that I am sad of the consequences, I also understand why Risa did what she did. I admit that this end has made me even more curious to read the sixth book and I really want to know how Risa will face the world around her from now. Yet we also learn more about their relationship and it’s true that it’s nice to see they’re freer towards each other.

So many things happen here and it is true that I had a great time with the story as always. Risa did not have much time to rest between all these events. But as always, I enjoyed following her and I can not wait to have more.

Dark Angels, Book 3

Synopsis: Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead. Now, she is using her gifts—and the investigative know-how of a man who broke her heart—to find a cabal searching for the power to control time, reality, and fate. And this is besides her work for the Vampire Council, half of whom want her dead.

But for now the Council needs her alive. Someone is killing blood-whore addicted vampires, and Risa must find the guilty party. If she succeeds, she may finally convince the council to lift the execution order on her life. But before she succeeds, she must first survive…

Review: After the first two volumes, I was really curious about the new Risa Jones adventures. Riley is less present, and even non-existent except in the mind of our heroine, but eventually Risa is sufficient for the book herself. It’s an interesting heroine to discover and to get to learn over the book.

Now working for Hunter, she must continually prove her worth to other vampires. Something that is more complicated than expected. Thus, she must find out who’s after some of their peers, killing, shredding and ingesting them. But the monster behind it seems very complicated to catch and hunting him will be much more complicated than expected. Indeed, she’ll have to witness some scenes she would have preferred never to see. But in addition to this, problems still exist and the search of the keys and the last member of the consortium are increasingly present.

We learn a little more about Risa in this novel, as well as her past, and it was interesting to see one of her former lover. And I confess that I wonder if he’ll become a recurring character in the story. Lucian is finally here but not that much, and we still have many questions about him. He tries to be always present in the Risa’s life, continually trying to find out what she’s hiding, but the reverse is actually impossible. However, we can attend a reconciliation between our young heroine and our reaper, something that we were expecting from the beginning of the series. I was really happy to see an evolution in this sense even if I understand the reluctance of our wolf. I really want to know how it will grow and continue now that it has begun. But our reaper is a complex character and I’m always very curious to learn more about him. This is one of the most interesting and secret characters and I look forward to hearing about him.

It was once again a very good novel and fans of the Riley Jenson series will only be happy to read it. This is a little different but still a very interesting atmosphere!