Blood Assassin is the second novel in Alexandra Ivy's
Sentinels Series. It's set on
Earth in a society that is pretty much exactly like the one we all know and
some love more than others. ;-) The one
difference is that there are some people who have special powers due to genetic
mutations (yes, I thought of the X-Men too but it's different enough to be
interesting) who are called "high-bloods." The powers these people
have varies from person to person with some being stronger and/or having a broader
range of powers than others. The story
in Blood Assassin centers around Serra (a powerful psychic) and Fane (a guardian who protects other high-bloods
using muscle, brains, and magic). Serra
is kidnapped by a powerful witch-assassin, Bas, who wants her to find his four
year old daughter who is being held hostage by person(s) unknown. To convince her to do his bidding he infects
her with a magical poison which only he can remove. Serra and Fane have to find the little girl before time runs out,
and then find a way to make Bas keep his promise to remove the poison.
While I'd read Alexandra Ivy's Guardians of
Eternity series before, Blood Assassin was the first novel I read in
her Sentinels Series. I wasn't
disappointed. Since I haven't read the
first book (something I'll have to rectify) in the series, Born in Blood,
I had to play a little catch-up with the back story, but Ms. Ivy shares enough
that this novel could be read on its own.
There were a few typos in the ebook copy of this novel which were a bit
distracting at times, but not enough to detract from the charm of the
story. Reading the interactions between
two very strong and opinionated protagonists was a lot of fun, and, as in all
of Ms. Ivy's stories, the romance between Serra and Fane was HOT! Overall, five
stars; I would definitely recommend this book to lovers of paranormal romance
novels. :-)
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