Ami's Reviews > Out of the Ashes

I felt rather heartbroken for Evan Fournier when this book started - for those of you who didn't know, well, you MUST read the second book first, okay?! The whole trilogy is written from his perspective, so everything that he is feeling, thinking, the depression... it's all there for us readers to read. Of course, I KNOW that this is romance and Evan WILL get his HEA, darn it. Still, it's not an easy way to reach that.

In addition to the complicated relationship with Colin, the threats to paranormal creatures escalated. There's a bombing in shifter bar, Alleys, that frequently visited by Evan, Colin, and the gang. And it raises further questions when Elijah Michelakis, whom everyone thought was responsible, was found dead. Apparently, another big player is behind everything.

I'm quite happy with the re-appearance of Order of the Onyx Shield and the RCMP (kinda-sorta part of INTERPOL) agents to help our heroes. Don't get me wrong, I think Evan, Colin, with network like Hudson and Wes (as a god himself) is great. But for a crime that reaches far, they need a bigger organization. Private investigators alone cannot do much. So I think it works well with the situation, and it gives Evan and Colin a different path to work with (rather than keep being under the "supervision" of Hudson and Wes)

Overall, I think it's a lovely conclusion of the Ashes & Dust trilogy, even if I sort of the final confrontation to be bigger and more fireworks than what was written here





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