Micah Black thought he was the last of his bloodline. He was wrong. Dead wrong.Micah just found out he has a brother. Ronan, the cat burglar who broke into his apartment and stole the ankh Micah had been entrusted to protect, has turned out to be none other than his own flesh and blood. But that¿s not the only revelation Micah uncovers about his family. After centuries of thinking his father was … was killed during the war, he learns that his father is alive. Still suffering the loss of Micah¿s mother, his beloved mate, but alive.The discoveries continue to pile up as more tightly held secrets and shocking surprises come to light, upending Micah¿s world, sending him into a whirlwind of emotions and memories of war, love, and death. But it¿s what King Bain reveals that throws Micah for the biggest loop. One that will chart a new path for Micah¿s future and change the course of the coming war between the vampires and the drecks forever.Picking up where Bound Guardian Angel left off, BLACK gives you a glimpse of Micah as you¿ve never seen him before. You will be introduced to new characters pivotal to the survival¿and hearts¿of the characters you¿ve come to love. Aliases will be revealed, alliances will be formed, and new enemies exposed as paranormal forces converge in a battle to decide who will ultimately rule humanity.
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4.5 stars, really do wish for the option/ability to do this within the stars themselves. I really do enjoy this series and the characters a great deal. They have only continued to grow and gain more nuanced personalities while new characters pop off the page with lots of energy. The introduction of the new characters, as well as their situations, are very well integrated into the existing storyline with no major fuss. The backdrop of Chicago is perfect and one that I am very familiar with.
This book starts directly after the events in Bound Guardian Angel and finds Micah still reeling from the discovery he has a half-brother and that his father is still alive. His father is still suffering the loss of his mate and it affected the way his brother was raised and not in a good way.
As more secrets continue to be shared Micah finds that his life will be changing, but not necessarily in the ways that he hoped. Micah is devastated by some of the revelations and one coming from King Bain changes everything he ever thought about himself and his family.
The story begins 950 years ago in the midst of a battle that ends up defining much of Micah’s life and how he handles things in the world. From there we jump to the present day and the reasons he is so happy to have Samantha in his life. The vampire world is a really strange and different place. When you think how much older Katarina was than Micah and realize that to them age really is just a number.
Love this series, love this author, love this entry, cannot wait for more. Enjoy this!
I just love this series…
It’s been a while since I have visited this series and I find that I love Micah and Sam’s story just as much today as when I first picked it up. Readers should understand that this is not a stand-alone book, and the series should be read in order. What readers should know about the series is that Donnya Lynne has created a fascinating world of vampires and drecks, their sworn enemies since virtually the beginning of time. In book 8, Micah and Sam are hit with quite the revelations as things begin to heat up. War is upon the vampires and new allies are revealed.
What I like best in the series to date is the character development, the twist and turns to the complicated storyline, and how seamlessly the plot has begun to fall into place. The relationships are full of heat and steamy bedroom scenes, but one thing stands out, the sense of family and friends. The author has steadily been bringing all the characters together for what is to come.
I can’t wait to see what happens next.
4.5 stars–
ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 12, 2017
Micah Black thought he was the last of his bloodline. He was wrong. Dead wrong.
Micah just found out he has a brother. Ronan, the cat burglar who broke into his apartment and stole the ankh he’d been entrusted to protect, has turned out to be none other than his own flesh and blood. But that’s not the only revelation he uncovers about his family. After centuries of thinking his father was killed during the war, he learns that his father is alive. Still suffering the loss of Micah’s mother, his beloved mate, but alive.
The discoveries continue to pile up as more tightly held secrets and shocking surprises come to light, upending Micah’s world, sending him into a whirlwind of emotions and memories of war, love, and death. But it’s what King Bain reveals that throws Micah for the biggest loop. One that will chart a new path for Micah’s future and change the course of the coming war between the vampires and the drecks forever.
In the much-anticipated eighth book of the emotionally-wrenching, heart-stopping All the King’s Men Series, you see Micah as you’ve never seen him before. You will meet new characters pivotal to the survival–and hearts–of the characters you’ve come to love. Aliases will be revealed, alliances will be formed, and new enemies exposed as paranormal forces converge in a battle to decide who will ultimately rule humanity.
Books in the AKM Series, in reading order:
Rise of the Fallen
Heart of the Warrior
Micah’s Calling
Rebel Obsession
Return of the Assassin
All the King’s Men – The Beginning
Bound Guardian Angel
BLACK
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REVIEW: BLACK is the eighth installment in Donya Lynne’s contemporary, adult ALL THE KING’S MEN paranormal, romance series focusing on a group of vampire warriors, who work for AKM -a group of elite vampire warriors and mutant vampires brought together to save the humans and rid the world of the drecks- hybrid vampire shape shifters. This is Micah Black and the Black family’s continuing story, a story that changes the series arc shifting the focus on a new threat to the world of the vampire.
SOME BACKGROUND: The destructive and addictive nature of the vampire designer drug ‘cobalt’ has brought the drecks to the AKM’s front door. Each overdose pushes another vampire closer to the edge, and pulls the AKM vampire warriors further into a war that could potentially destroy everything and everyone they love.
Told from several third person points of view including Micah Black BLACK follows the latest in a series of revelations including the discovery that Micah’s father, Drake Black, a man Micah thought dead for close to a thousand years, was alive, and with it comes the introduction of a half-brother he never knew existed. As the war between the drecks and the vampires escalates with each cobalt overdose and vampire death, Ronan Black-Micah’s brother-goes rogue fighting a battle he has no hope of winning. A new species of werewolf will push one-time enemies together, and Micah’s true heritage will come full circle with King Bain’s latest revelations, offering Micah a new direction in his professional and personal life.
BLACK is a story line of family; of the fractured family dynamics between father and sons; the heartbreaking losses, and the potential ramifications of too many secrets and lies. With the introduction of the werewolves and lycans, Donya Lynne takes the AKM series in a new direction, with a more potent and serious threat to her beloved vampires. Ronan’s mate is but a dream away; and a lycan tracker discovers the who and what he has been looking (for). The premise is engaging, entertaining and revealing; the characters are spirited, edgy and energetic; the romance between Samantha and Micah is provocative and intense. BLACK introduces the reader to a newly, determined King , and with it the formation of a more aggressive team desperate not to go to war.
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