Maccus Fury, a fallen angel, is trying hard to keep his sanity. Seems being an assassin might be catching up with him. Now, Heaven, or Hell, has sent a beautiful assassin to kill him. Lovely. She’s pretending to seduce him, and he’s okay with that. She’s smart and snarky–but she has no idea what she’s walked into. And he’s more than peeved that they only sent one person. They’re going to need an … to need an army if they want him dead.
Morrigan Quill is one of Hell’s bounty hunters. She sold her soul to keep her sister safe, and now she’s working off her contract by catching bad guys and dragging them back to hell. When Lucifer makes her a new offer–that’s definitely too good to be true–she can’t say no. All she has to do is kill a powerful and crazy-hot fallen angel, who will totally kick her ass in battle.
Good thing he won’t see what’s coming next.
Each book in the Fury Unleashed series is STANDALONE:
* Fury Unleashed
* Arctic Bite
* Burning Ash
* Bjorn Cursed
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Maccus has been on earth for a very long time. An assassin. A fallen angel (a friend betrayed him and he fell) but he’s become a very powerful fallen. Learning all manner of weaponry and skills. He survived his wings being taken from him when he fell from heaven, he learned to survive hell, and everything that was thrown at him, so he’s distrustful of others, yes he’s surly and never smiles, but I don’t think I’d be too sociable either.
And someone wants him dead. Good luck with that, he’s not easy to kill…..
Morrigan gave up her life and soul to protect her baby sister. She’s now a bounty hunter for lucifer. She’s good at her job, no innocents, just bad humans and demons. She hates her job, it’s a lonely one, but what else can she do about it? She has twenty five years of servitude, she’s done ten, only another fifteen to go!!
OMG!!! Morrigan finds out the guy she’s been sent out to kill is “The Hunter” an elite killer, this is going to be impossible, she’s not going to be able to fill out the contract with Lucifer, her soul will be dammed, and she will be tortured for eternity!!
We follow Maccus and Morrigan through a series of twists and turns. Watch as Maccus struggles with his feelings for Morrigan, he can’t trust her, can he? She’s there to kill him, but he’s also got to kill her. It’s a whole lot of mess, but he can’t deny the sparks that fly between them.
Morrigan on the other hand has accepted that Maccus will kill her eventually, so she’s going to enjoy her time with him whilst it lasts. But she can’t help hoping its not for a long time, she’s come to understand the warrior and somehow ease his troubles, if only for a little while. And she’s determined to see a smile on that gorgeous face.
There is something going on in the background? Why would lucifer and Gabriel want Morrigan and Maccus dead? They work for opposite sides, is there something going on that lucifer and Gabriel only know about?
The forgotten are a band of immortals that clubbed together to give each other information. They hardly ever meet up (being on your own for centuries can cause paranoia) Maccus and a vampire called Asher (there is a story there that I’m sure we will hear about eventually) started up the Band of Immortals.
I liked this book, very fast paced, lots of action (maybe just a little less of the sex scenes) very detailed. The streets of New York came alive with the details that the author wrote about.
The characters were great, very likeable, there didn’t seem any fillers (people in the book that didn’t need to be there)
Hoping we get another book soon. Hoping we get to meet the Band of Immortals.
Ok I have to start by mentioning that beautiful cover because obviously it snagged my attention because it’s gorgeous ! I’ve not read a lot by this author so it was quite nice to find this book which is the first in this new series pitting heaven against hell or does it ? You see it begins with fallen Angel Maccus being given a contract from Archangel Gabriel to kill Morrigan but then Morrigan who is a bounty hunter for hell is instructed by Lucifer to kill Maccus ! Confused ? Well you might not be but both Maccus and Morrigan refuse to be pawns in this unholy game.
What on earth can I say about this without giving away too much ? Morrigan has learned to be tough but there’s a huge part of her that is good and she so wants to believe that others can be redeemed. Maccus is absolutely pure cave man and his reactions to Morrigan are intense and downright carnal ! It’s easy to dislike Lucifer because he’s manipulative and cruel but the big surprise for me was Gabriel because I honestly hadn’t expected his motives. This is steamy but it’s also really about trust and learning to love. It was a story with surprises and an ending that made me smile but it leaves the way clear for other characters to get well and truly caught up in the cross hairs as powerful beings seek to redress the balance between good and evil.
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested from Netgalley and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair
This is my first read from the author and I really enjoyed it.
The story started a little slow for me and then quickly captured my attention. I thought the world building was solid. Maccus and Morrigan had good chemistry and enjoyed their banter. I also liked the secondary characters, though I wish they were fleshed out a bit more.
FURY UNLEASHED is an intriguing paranormal romance with dangerous, otherworldly creatures, subterfuge, betrayal and more. I’m looking forward to the next book.
***I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of the book provided by the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affects or influences my thoughts and feelings about the story***
Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/review-fury-unleashed-by-n-j-walters/
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I’ve been pushing writing this review for far too long. I guess I have hit a lazy streak where it takes me too long to read a book and even longer to write something about them. But I guess it’s better late than never, so let’s remove the dust for our wings and take fly to have a better perspective of this book! The higher you get, the better it will look. Trust me!
In this first book of the saga we meet the fallen angel known as Maccus. He is a founding member of the mysterious Forgotten Brotherhood, a guild formed by assassins that like to keep their business to themselves (and somehow they are called Brotherhood…). Maccus is the baddest of the bad, but that life is starting to annoy him. In order to rock his world, Morrigan enters the picture. She is a lackey of Lucifer, who must fulfill a contract with him by catching demons who don’t want to follow Hell’s rules. Her last mission is none other than hunting Maccus, but the fallen angel has been given a similar quest: kill Morrigan. Who is playing with their lives and what is their ultimate goal? Is it even possible to start a love relationship in a situation like that? Only one way to know…
This book has a pretty clean and interesting face: great cover that draws attention (and some appreciative whistles…) and a nice summary of the plot at the backcover. It was a great promise for good action, hot passion and a slowly brewed mystery. But I’m afraid that promise fails in every aspect. I will start with the action scenes or the festival of CTRL+C and CTRL+V as I like to call them. There are plenty of fighting, but almost all of those scenes are narrated following the same script. After the third or the fourth time it gets old and they become a great annoyance. Besides, the fact that Maccus is bigger than big and more powerful than power itself provoked that almost all of those moment lacked interest or the smallest hint of trepidation. Zero sense of danger. But at least there are exchange of fists, swinging of swords and some display of magical tricks; which makes the pace of the reading faster.
If the fighting scenes per se are very repetitive, the story itself is also a strange loop whose function I still don’t have clear. It goes like this: Maccus and Morrigan have some sex, Maccus and Morrigan wonder when they are going to kill each other, Maccus and Morrigan go out in a mission, Maccus and Morrigan encounter Lucifer, Gabriel or both, Maccus and Morrigan fight them, Maccus and Morrigan go back home and have some sex. And repeat. And repaeat. And, please, repeat. The explanation for hiring both of them to kill each other is lazy as Hell and I’m struggling to make any sense from it. I tried to reread the parts were the plot was revealed, but a second pass didn’t throw more light into the mess. I guess I need someone to grab my hand and guide me through this maze, because I’m afraid I don’t undestand a thing.
Even though is nothing remarkable, the story is at least bearable. But what it doesn’t have any chance of redemption are the characters themselves. In my opinion, it was a mistake to make Maccus so… so… so everyting. We are constantly reminded about his size and how menacing he looks and behaves. About how deadly he is. About how easy is for him to just kill and kill. The author has created a killing machine with the default setting of gutting everything in the middle of his goals. He is too damn cold. Until the very end, he is constantly lamenting that he will have to kill Morrigan, because obviusly she doesn’t have a chance against such a perfect warrior as himdelsf. I found this character very annoying overall. And the fact that Morrigan is attracted to such fine piece of unemotioanl rock doesn’t speak very well of her. They call it love, but I don’t believe it. It is not even good lust.
The ending is as good as the rest. But it made me laugh so hard, that I’m going to give it extra points for such crazy absurdity that came out of nowehere. I mean, if you want to end with something like that… seed the land first! I’m not going to lie: it is not a good book, but it is not boring or a pain to read. It has good elements, but they are put together messily. I hope the second one is better developed!
I so needed a new paranormal angel trope romance book and this one delivered in an outstanding way. Maccus Fury and Morrigan Quill’s story begins with a bang and gets a rollercoaster started that doesn’t end, the chemistry sparks fireworks everywhere, I am so happy to have found this book, I can’t wait for the next one, phenomenal story!