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A review by monadh
Belador Cosaint by Dianna Love
5.0
Search for a girl with magical abilities and second chance at love for two people looking for her
*I received an ARC to read for this review*
This is book 9 in Dianna Love’s exciting and successful Belador UF series. As it is very much a progressive series it should probably be read in order as new readers might otherwise get lost among all the different characters, magic factions and references to past events.
The story is being driven by two intertwined plot lines: Quinn is looking for his daughter Phoedra now that he knows of her existense. Before he can find her she is abducted by another party who wants to bring the potentially powerful offspring of a Mebd priestess and a Belador warrior under their control. While searching for her, Quinn comes across Reese again who has been tasked to guard Phoedra. While working together and following Phoedra’s trail across the US the feelings between the two that were hinted at in the previous book deepen. Quinn is finally ready to let go of his pain and his deep sorrow at Kizira’s death and start living again and Reese, after a painful disappointment, is ready to give another man a chance (she also lusts after his body whenever she is near him). In order to get information about Phoedra’s whereabouts they have to fulfill a difficult quest in a magical realm…
Back in Atlanta trolls are targeting and abducting Belador children. Seth refuses to provide any support from the Viper Coalition, so Daegan, the Dragon King, declares Belador Cosaint, drawing all the Belador warriors in to protect their own, which weakens Viper. This provides an opportunity for Veronica, a dangerous witch to break out of her prison in Viper headquarters.
I’m a bit torn about this installment: I love the whole universe, the world-building, the setting in Atlanta and all the different magical factions and the various cast and how their lives and stories intersect. After all this time I was happy to see Quinn getting a second chance at love after it had seemed for a long time that he wouldn’t get over his grief. But I felt a bit disappointed that things between Reese and Quinn didn’t end in a really good place, although there is hope for the future. On a bigger scale I also feel like the series has moved away from it’s original thrust, that by introducing so many new characters and pantheons and plot twists it seems to have lost focus and there are now so many story lines and relationships and developments up in the air that I am not quit sure how the author is going to pull it all together. But still, I am very much invested in the characters, so I can hardly wait for the next installment. 4 ½ stars from me.
*I received an ARC to read for this review*
This is book 9 in Dianna Love’s exciting and successful Belador UF series. As it is very much a progressive series it should probably be read in order as new readers might otherwise get lost among all the different characters, magic factions and references to past events.
The story is being driven by two intertwined plot lines: Quinn is looking for his daughter Phoedra now that he knows of her existense. Before he can find her she is abducted by another party who wants to bring the potentially powerful offspring of a Mebd priestess and a Belador warrior under their control. While searching for her, Quinn comes across Reese again who has been tasked to guard Phoedra. While working together and following Phoedra’s trail across the US the feelings between the two that were hinted at in the previous book deepen. Quinn is finally ready to let go of his pain and his deep sorrow at Kizira’s death and start living again and Reese, after a painful disappointment, is ready to give another man a chance (she also lusts after his body whenever she is near him). In order to get information about Phoedra’s whereabouts they have to fulfill a difficult quest in a magical realm…
Back in Atlanta trolls are targeting and abducting Belador children. Seth refuses to provide any support from the Viper Coalition, so Daegan, the Dragon King, declares Belador Cosaint, drawing all the Belador warriors in to protect their own, which weakens Viper. This provides an opportunity for Veronica, a dangerous witch to break out of her prison in Viper headquarters.
I’m a bit torn about this installment: I love the whole universe, the world-building, the setting in Atlanta and all the different magical factions and the various cast and how their lives and stories intersect. After all this time I was happy to see Quinn getting a second chance at love after it had seemed for a long time that he wouldn’t get over his grief. But I felt a bit disappointed that things between Reese and Quinn didn’t end in a really good place, although there is hope for the future. On a bigger scale I also feel like the series has moved away from it’s original thrust, that by introducing so many new characters and pantheons and plot twists it seems to have lost focus and there are now so many story lines and relationships and developments up in the air that I am not quit sure how the author is going to pull it all together. But still, I am very much invested in the characters, so I can hardly wait for the next installment. 4 ½ stars from me.