The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. Nothing more…Demon hounds. Celtic legends coming to life. Angry druids. Just what gamer and sorceress Jade Crow needs to help her days feel complete. All her hits will have to be crits to get out of this one as enemies and friends collide and the lines between the two blur.Hunting Season is the fourth book in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy … The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.
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Annie Bellet has now established her new universe in the books in her series, and the potential still remains for this to become a great series. The main character is also learning from her mistakes, and growing in complexity and maturity so she no longer runs head first into danger while also endangering everyone around her. I applaud the maturity and direction that the books are finally taking. I still enjoy the humor and sarcasm that Bellet has established from the first sentence in book 1 and it does keep me reading. The glaring issues in the plot and continuity are greatly reduced by book four although the grammar and editing errors remain. Like other readers, I too wish that these books were a bit longer and not so rushed. I also enjoy Bellet’s restraint in not recapping what has happened in previous books, although it does keep the books short. I still maintain there are many places where she could build on descriptions and situations to add to the content of the books. The book is unfortunately becoming predictable where the beginning starts normal, with someone showing up and begging for help. Actually that happens a few times in this book, making me wish Bellet could be a bit more inventive in her plot twists.
Thankfully Bellet builds on her universe in this series by adding new characters that are more easily developed than those she’s introduced in the past, along with a few new supernaturals. We finally begin to read other situations and experiences from other sorcerers and sorceresses so that the main character is no longer alone. The ending does seem a bit rushed and is difficult to completely wrap your head around; although Bellet does a better job of the plot twists and planting doubt throughout the book on some of the new supporting characters enough to help you understand the tie-in at the end. I enjoyed where the main character comes up with a master plan to overcome all obstacles, but doesn’t share it with the reader. There are vague references on what will happen, but she keeps the element of surprise for the reader to experience shortly. The final chapters are not as propelling into the next book as some of the previous books have been, but have more of a black cloud overhanging the readers heads that the final battle is soon to come between the main character and her ex-lover who has been established as the one who’s out to kill her and overtake the world.
I really love the characters the time frame makes you feel like it could be happening in a town near you
With each of these books, she is being put through yet another trial. I will not tell you what happens for that takes the fun out of you reading the book. The point of this is to see if what I think if it was a good book. The answer to that is YES!!
I could not put it down. I recommend having an alarm clock set if reading during the week and you need to get up in the morning. Otherwise, you may not put the book down and it will be a sad day at the office with no sleep. Just sayin’.