How far is too far to go to save someone you love? Brandon Lynch is magical. He’s a scintilla, wielder of electricity and is in love with a werewolf—or maybe he’d just in love with the idea of loving a werewolf? Raul Fierro is a bounty hunter, professional Dom and a werewolf. He knows he loves Brandon. He’s made a promise to always protect Brandon and will carry out that promise at all costs. … When Brandon and Raul go head to head with human traffickers, Brandon’s morals are stretched to their limits. Will Raul keeping his promise tear them apart?
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SCINTILLA is the first book in the El Corazon series and we enter a world where supernaturals exist alongside ‘normal’ humans. As well as Werewolves, you have Scintillas (who can control electricity) and Prisms (who can reflect light), Jinnis, Leprachauns, as well as others that are only mentioned in passing.
Being the first book in the series, I was expecting gaps in the world-building. This is absolutely normal and stops the book from just becoming an info-dump. Hopefully, I will learn more about that world and the people who inhabit it in later books.
This is definitely romantic suspense with the story including child trafficking, which is never a ‘nice’ story to tell. Scintilla doesn’t go into too much detail though, just enough that you can understand why Brandon and Raul do what they do.
The sex scenes are steamy but I’ll be honest here, my eyes glazed over a bit when they started talking about electricity fields etc. I don’t think my brain could cope with figuring out their positions as well as something else! I loved the unique take on it though!
I thoroughly enjoyed every word of this book and think the series has started off with a bang. Absolutely recommended and I can’t wait to read more in this series.
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
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Brandon Lynch is cute, shy, and needs to learn the words to “Born to be Wild”! Because he has a unique power, he works for his father’s business Seafind. But Brandon doesn’t feel loved or cared for by his family.
Raul Fierro is a bounty hunter/werewolf, who also works in his families business, El Corazon. Raul is a gruff, strong werewolf but he can also be thoughtful and caring. Opposite of Brandon, Raul comes from a very loving family. Raul’s only downfall is a certain centaur!
On Brandon’s excursion to El Corazon, a friendship develops between him and Raul. But with Raul’s profession in the family business, he feels it can’t be anything more. Even after Brandon goes home they remain in contact and then Brandon calls a halt to contacting Raul. Raul tries to accept Brandon’s decision to not contacting him anymore but his feelings are hurt. Then Raul along with his friends find themselves in a dangerous situation.
Elizabeth Noble creates a unique story with “Scintilla” and presents an entertaining start to the new series “El Corazon”. There’s sweet and humorous moments between Brandon, Raul and various secondary characters. But the plot is not without danger, suspense, load’s of action with some gory scenes where werewolves are concerned. There’s also the element of surprise that comes with Brandon finding out the truth about family.
Noble does an extraordinary job in character building. Natalia Antonia Pilar Varela Fierro is Raul’s Grandmother, she’s very sweet but packs a punch in her own way. Tadeo Ochoa is Raul’s cousin and best friend; Fahim Boulos is an effrit jinni; Sally O’Shea is a leprechaun; and Gisele Sandoval is a lawyer. There’s quite an assortment of magical and likable characters along with some evil ones too.
“El Corazon” held my interest and was an enjoyable read. This has great potential for a continuing series and I can’t wait to see what Elizabeth Noble creates with the next installment.