Chasing Trouble
Winn Jackson isn’t interested in hunting nightmares across the Wild West—even if it’s the family business. Unlike his rakehell brothers, Winn believes in rules. As sheriff of Bodie, California, he only shoots actual law breakers. That’s what he’s doing when he rescues the Contessa Drossenburg, Alexandra Porter, a lady with all the elegance of the Old World—grace, beauty and class. And then he sees her fangs.
Alexandra isn’t just some bloodsucking damsel in distress, though. She’s on a mission to save her people—and she’s dead certain that Winn’s family legacy is the only way. Luckily, aside from grace and class, she also has a stubborn streak a mile wide. So like it or not, Winn is going to come back with her to the mountains of Transylvania, and while he’s at it, change his opinions about vampires, demon-hunting, and who exactly deserves shooting. And if she has her way, he’s going to do his darnedest to save the world…
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The Jackson brothers are
on a mission. They may not believe the
rumors that they are the prophesized Chosen, but they can’t let evil
reign. They need to find the three
sections of the Book of Legend. It will
take recombining the Book to stop the archdemon lord, Rathe, from opening the
Gates of Nyx, a portal between the human and Darkin realm.
Many years ago Winchester
Jackson gave up hunting for the quiet life.
He prefers being the sheriff for Bodie over hunting down Darkin, the
supernatural children of the night that prey on humans. Things are heating up though and the Darkin
are seeking out Winn. All he wants is to
be left alone, but when the Darkin want your help to stop their enemy, you tend
to take notice.
Contessa Drossenburg,
Alexandra Porter has come to persuade Winchester to aid her people with finding
the last third of the Book. Vampires
have guarded the Book for over six centuries and it has been stolen. One would think they wouldn’t want or need the
help of a hunter, but when their way of life and food supply are being threatened,
they will do anything to stop the threat, including working with their sworn
enemy.
Winn and Alexandra’s
adventure takes them around the world. From
the first moment they meet, they are attracted to each other. Their attraction almost jumps off the pages. While this book is very light on sex, it is
filled with sexual tension. These are
two people, who should not want each other, but something is pulling them
together and there seems to be nothing they can do about it.
The Slayer may
be book two in The Legend Chronicles, but personally I think it could be read
anytime so far in the series. The Hunter and The Slayer run simultaneously.
While The Hunter goes into a
little more detail of the battle ahead, there is enough information in The Slayer, you won’t be lost.
I’m sorry to say, but I’m
just not feeling this book 100%. The
story as a whole is good. I love the
idea, but something was missing. Character
development focused mainly on the two protagonists, leaving me wanting in
regards to secondary characters and the villain. In fact, the villain didn’t seem very villain-ish
at all. However, Rathe’s evil behavior does
play a larger role in The Hunter. He almost seemed like an afterthought in this
book. He loomed in the background and then
once the showdown was upon us, it was just over.
The ending is probably one
of the most rushed I have ever read. I
was getting down to the last dozen pages thinking something was wrong. It can’t be ending and then suddenly was
resolved. There was tons of build up and
then a simple unfulfilling resolution.
This might be something that would be hard to remedy though. All three brothers need to find their portion
of the Book before there can be a conclusion.
I am not sure how it will all play out, but I am still interested in the
outcome.
The more I think about it,
I can see this series improving once all the books are written. This would allow the reader to enjoy the
books as one big novel. The Slayer didn’t even have a
cliffhanger. It just left me
hanging. While it may appear that I don’t
like the series, I really do. It’s is
action packed and the universe is fun to read about. That is probably the genius of Ms. Meyers. I am frustrated with this particular book,
but the desire to know what is going to happen is pulling me in and holding on. I believe this series is still a winner and I’m
looking forward to Remington’s story, The Chosen. It is scheduled for release March 2013. There is also a rumor of a novella for the
fun and funky inventor of the series, Marley Turlock. It looks like it should be coming out late
2012, YAY!!
For my review of The Hunter, book one of The Legend Chronicles, click below:
Thanks for reading!! - Toni
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