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caeralee's review against another edition
5.0
Who knew you could fall in love with not so inanimate objects as characters?! Dinah and Eleanor are amazing additions with firecracker personalities all their own.
Nix is yet again surpassing all my expectations. Things that would normally tear a person down seem to fuel Nix. Her handle on grief and then a gut wrenching twist that would have any sane person immediately scrambling and grasping towards keeps me coming back for more. Nix keeps the bigger picture in mind though and isn’tirrational. Her list of enemies gets bigger daily and doesn’t phase her at all. Not knowing who is friend and who is foe seems to just be another story of her life now same as what the word family means. Mess with her kid and she will mess you up
Nix is yet again surpassing all my expectations. Things that would normally tear a person down seem to fuel Nix. Her handle on grief and then a gut wrenching twist that would have any sane person immediately scrambling and grasping towards keeps me coming back for more. Nix keeps the bigger picture in mind though and isn’tirrational. Her list of enemies gets bigger daily and doesn’t phase her at all. Not knowing who is friend and who is foe seems to just be another story of her life now same as what the word family means. Mess with her kid and she will mess you up
thelauren_lauren's review against another edition
5.0
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This book is sooooo good. Read it now. Seriously, I love Nix. I was expecting something else and this was even better.
This book is sooooo good. Read it now. Seriously, I love Nix. I was expecting something else and this was even better.
annettesbookbanter's review against another edition
4.0
Was a little slow to get into at the beginning although maybe that is just me. By the half way mark I struggled to put it down
edensgrief's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
debbie33's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kblincoln's review
4.0
Blood of a Phoenix
(Nix #2)
by Shannon Mayer
Hmm...this second book in the series is a bit uneven. It suffers from the malady of many Action/Urban Fantasy books searching for a macguffin (in this case Nix's son Bear, who is revealed to still be alive): how do you draw out the story when your main character is a bad-ass, take no nonsense, powerful woman who basically just takes out anyone standing in her way in creative and bloody ways (i.e. feeds magical vampire people to their pet zombie crocodiles or sets people on fire with magical blood?)
You have to give them meaningless dead-end quests. I got a little bogged down in all the meaningless quests in this one. Don't get me wrong, watching Simon and Nix head to the jungle where abnormals rule the roost and extract information is fun, but ultimately it didn't further the plot or get her closer to her son in a meaningful way.
I also got a bit sad at all the ways they sacrificed Abe. I say "they" because in this story we get Nix's son's POV pretty frequently. He is like a mini-me of Nix in some ways, which is fine, but he also manages to sacrifice Abe like not once but three times! Yikes!
There is a bit of cleaning house in this book as well, in terms of a bunch of characters die or are killed and it narrows the focus quite nicely on Nix, her son, and Luca Romano as well as the last of his hell guardians. There are also some intriguing revelations about Nix's awesome guns (who are still awesome, snarky, and fun in this book).
Not sure yet if I will go on to the last book right away. I might need to wait a while so my frustration over the dead ends Nix goes on (she also admits to herself a massive mistake in the story where she derails from her quest for finding her son that at the time I was like "why would you do that?" so its possible the author knew that felt inauthentic) thins out a bit.
Nix is still bad-ass, there are plenty of male sidekicks for her to use as tools and discard, and the author built in some intriguing mysteries, but this second book suffered a bit from mid-series doldrums.
(Nix #2)
by Shannon Mayer
Hmm...this second book in the series is a bit uneven. It suffers from the malady of many Action/Urban Fantasy books searching for a macguffin (in this case Nix's son Bear, who is revealed to still be alive): how do you draw out the story when your main character is a bad-ass, take no nonsense, powerful woman who basically just takes out anyone standing in her way in creative and bloody ways (i.e. feeds magical vampire people to their pet zombie crocodiles or sets people on fire with magical blood?)
You have to give them meaningless dead-end quests. I got a little bogged down in all the meaningless quests in this one. Don't get me wrong, watching Simon and Nix head to the jungle where abnormals rule the roost and extract information is fun, but ultimately it didn't further the plot or get her closer to her son in a meaningful way.
I also got a bit sad at all the ways they sacrificed Abe. I say "they" because in this story we get Nix's son's POV pretty frequently. He is like a mini-me of Nix in some ways, which is fine, but he also manages to sacrifice Abe like not once but three times! Yikes!
There is a bit of cleaning house in this book as well, in terms of a bunch of characters die or are killed and it narrows the focus quite nicely on Nix, her son, and Luca Romano as well as the last of his hell guardians. There are also some intriguing revelations about Nix's awesome guns (who are still awesome, snarky, and fun in this book).
Not sure yet if I will go on to the last book right away. I might need to wait a while so my frustration over the dead ends Nix goes on (she also admits to herself a massive mistake in the story where she derails from her quest for finding her son that at the time I was like "why would you do that?" so its possible the author knew that felt inauthentic) thins out a bit.
Nix is still bad-ass, there are plenty of male sidekicks for her to use as tools and discard, and the author built in some intriguing mysteries, but this second book suffered a bit from mid-series doldrums.
chllybrd's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed getting to know Nix in FURY OF A PHOENIX and BLOOD OF THE PHOENIX made me like her even more. Another great book by Shannon Mayer.
There was a lot going on in BLOOD OF THE PHOENIX, but there isn't much I can tell you about without giving spoilers away. Nix continues to grow as a character and continues searching for justice. We learn a lot about Romano's deal with the devil and a little bit about how it affects Nix. We get to know Nix's guns Eleanor and Dinah a little better and learn a bit more about their past with her sister. On top of all that an enemy becomes an ally, and an ally turns into an enemy. Nix has been through so much, but it's far from over.
I absolutely heart Killian and am really excited to watch his and Nix's 'relationship' grow. Her husband didn't die that long ago, but I can totally see them together and wouldn't mind it one bit.
Mayer's Nix series is definitely becoming my fave series of hers and I look forward to seeing what happens next for the characters.
* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
There was a lot going on in BLOOD OF THE PHOENIX, but there isn't much I can tell you about without giving spoilers away. Nix continues to grow as a character and continues searching for justice. We learn a lot about Romano's deal with the devil and a little bit about how it affects Nix. We get to know Nix's guns Eleanor and Dinah a little better and learn a bit more about their past with her sister. On top of all that an enemy becomes an ally, and an ally turns into an enemy. Nix has been through so much, but it's far from over.
I absolutely heart Killian and am really excited to watch his and Nix's 'relationship' grow. Her husband didn't die that long ago, but I can totally see them together and wouldn't mind it one bit.
Mayer's Nix series is definitely becoming my fave series of hers and I look forward to seeing what happens next for the characters.
* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
mrssoup85's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing!
I loved this book even more than the first and I wasn’t sure that was possible. I can’t wait for the third and final book to come out.
I loved this book even more than the first and I wasn’t sure that was possible. I can’t wait for the third and final book to come out.