Dirty players require a dirty game. And Lotte is ready to play the filthiest one of them all.In the ten months since Lotte’s promotion, the Kauer investigation has barely moved an inch. Even with Isa on her side and an entire team at her disposal, the widespread crime organization proves just as well-shielded and elusive as it has always been. A damn frustrating series of dead-ends.When the … dead-ends.
When the single suspect ICRA managed to unearth disappears off the grid, Lotte decides to take a risk.
If she wants to catch the top players, she needs to adapt her game. But the shift comes with a serious gamble.
Yes, she might win and burn Kauer’s organization to the ground.
But if she fails…
The case isn’t the only thing she’ll end up losing.
Fans of Keri Arthur, Patricia Briggs, and Diana Rowland will love PHANTOM MOON, the explosive finale to the suspenseful urban fantasy series where supernatural forces clash in a cloak-and-dagger war!
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I thought this was a good read. The storyline is well written and the characters are well developed. I would recommend reading.
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She wants to play dirty as as she can and she needs a place to so. She is still waiting for the investigation to move on but it is so slow. Can she make it move quicker? See how she gets on
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This is book five of the Lotte Freundenberger series and takes place about ten months since Lotte got promoted to senior agent at her job with ICRA, the Interspecies Crimes and Relations Agency, and the progress on their biggest case, has hardly moved onwards at all. The Milan Kauer investigation is going nowhere and their surveillance of a witch, Ulrike Sorren, who is connected to the case, suddenly glitches and no one knows how or why it happened. ICRA technology should have ensured this never happened, but something else is obviously happening and Lotte needs to work out what. The story starts with her watching her old protégé Richard playing in a championship match at Zentrum in Munich. Part of her old life which first got her involved with the new drug Nill. Her werewolf background was altered forever by the inclusion of demonic essence injected into her after she ended up in a mad scientist’s lab.
Now her relationship with her demon boyfriend Afanasiy is progressing and they are getting close to making their mating bond a reality, which he is holding back on, unclear if she is truly ready for what it means. Her boss in the demon Underworld interrupts them with the setting up of her own personal lair, a place she wants to invite Afanasiy to, but has to be careful of giving him a blanket key to enter, with the hatred his boss Raya has for her! More deaths are showing up with Nill being the cause and the local detective ends up teaming up with ICRA, to share information and allow ICRA and Lotte to gain information on the top players, to build their case against them. The loss of ICRA’s only suspect leaves Lotte having to rethink what to do for the case and how to catch those responsible.
Milan Kauer has a long reach and anyone in apposition of power could be under his control. Lotte needs to watch who she trusts with any further information on this case and take a gamble on her next actions, if she hopes to ever stop him. She turns to a former boyfriend and Nill dealer to use his old contacts to work her way back up the line to the top of the rung and hopefully the warlock Kauer himself. Some of those she is close to and knows well are in danger and she could lose more than just this case if she fails to stop Kauer. A lot of tennis antidotes used in the blurb and the storyline, as Lotte’s past life and her present combine in the search to stop those producing Nill and their evil experiments on the innocent.
The Human-Supe Coalition (HSC) and her friend Nathaniel Vidmar are somehow connected to all that has been happening. Someone wanted Nathaniel killed before he could put a certain bill through and they also wanted to create their own supes, like in the lab where Lotte herself was experimented upon, and even augmented humans. An army of these are being amassed by someone in a powerful position and even the highest ranks of ICRA have been infiltrated. They have their plan and they may know more than Lotte expects, about what she has planned to do to take them down. A huge battle is coming and not everyone will come out of it all in one piece. A cracking episode of this series and finale, full of action and twists and turns, pushing you to one conclusion, to then be led to another at the next step. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and will be said to see the end of the ICRA series, but will look out for Lotte and others in future books. I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Burning Moon by Gaja J. Kos is a fantastically amazing story that I have read. This is book number five in this fantastically amazing series that I have loved reading and was hooked from the first book. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about LGBT, suspense and fantasy.
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Our heroine is part of the supernatural law enforcement agency but the bad guys seem always to escape blame. Time for our heroine to risk it all to end this game one way or the other.
This is book five in the series and the series conclusion. I do not recommend starting here.
This is a urban fantasy story of the thriller sort. The story is solid and well written, with a good strong plot and well developed characters that draw you into the story. The plot is also fast paced and includes lots of twists and turns which will keep the reader guessing and engaged in the story. I really liked our heroine who is tough and smart. She has learned a lot throughout the series, but will it be enough? Overall, I really enjoyed this series and look forward to more from this author.
Highly recommended.
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Lotte still has a lot of work to do if she wants to get Nill off the streets and this may just be the hardest case of her career and will involve betrayal, the risk of losing the people she cares most about not to mention her own life is in major jeopardy. I have always loved Lotte, she is such a strong, sassy woman who stands up for what is right and puts herself on the line for what is right. The book is jam packed with action, danger and suspense. It will grab your attention on the first page and keep you mesmerised until the end.
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This is another enthralling story, fast-paced, full of mystery, and drawing the reader quickly in with a story line that won’t slow down. The characters are familiar to those who have been reading the series! Lotte is an amazingly strong character that never gives up. She is also loyal to those she cares about. Grab this exciting book and immerse yourself in a really good, action-packed book that definitely delivers! You won’t want to miss her final adventure! This has been such an awesome series!
The final book of Lotte’s story is here, and I must say this is bittersweet! This amazing author has given me book after book of these wonderful characters it’s hard to imagine a final book. And this one is intense in all the good ways! I feel honored to be able to say…read this series! I am happily keeping these books in my collection! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
Lotte is still trying to get Kauer. Everything lead ICRA gets is a dead end. Lotte is contacted by the PD, they need to see her. They inform her that the drugs are back. Lotte will go to an old friend to try to set up a sting. Things don’t go as according to plan. Lotte is also attacked badly, might lose her life.
Lotte will have to learn who her enemies and friends truly are. She will lose some people in her life that she shouldn’t have. Lotte also comes to realization to her bonds and more.
This is truly a non-stop action packed book. There is some much going on and so many reveals. You will not put the book down until you are done. This is Lotte’s final book, it is quite the ride. I really couldn’t go into details because I would have given to much away. I do recommend reading this book.
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Lotte works to try to end the distribution of Nill and dissolve the ring related to it. There seems to be a leak somewhere on the inside of the investigation. It has lethal and near lethal consequences
Not everyone important to Lotte will survive unharmed.
What loyalties and betrayals will be revealed?
What about Lotte and her own health and heart?
Intense drama and action
I am never disappointed with Gaja’s writing. I have waited for this novel to come out to get a resolution to Lotte’s trials.
I was so happy with this book, also sad at the same time as this is the last in the Freundenberger series, but it won’t be the last we see of Lotte. Gaja is planning to continue on with stories involving other characters in IRCA and Lotte will make an appearance.
The plot was very good, and it was constantly shifting. It kept me guessing right until the end.
The appearance of my favourite characters also made the story.
Overall this is a great series to read, in fact all of Gaja’s stories are great and worth the money.