Review: THE WRATH (The Warlord Series Book 4) by Gena Showalter

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THE WRATH (The Warlord Series Book 4) by Gena Showalter

Publication Date: February 6, 2024

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Synopsis

IMG_1333New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a new book in the tantalizing Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a brutal Hell king and the irresistible beauty who upends his world.

For centuries, Rathbone the Only, King of Agonies, has existed for one purpose: recovering the enchanted bones of his slain wife to bring her back to life. He’s never been closer to success. But a new enemy has risen. A band of deadly war gods who have thirty days to destroy her or suffer the consequences. With time running out, Rathbone hires a maddening harpy-oracle, unaware she has an agenda of her own.

Neeka the Unwanted is a fierce warrior on a mission: stop Rathbone and the gods. She’s seen the future if either is victorious, and it’s horrifying. She’ll do whatever proves necessary to forge a new path, even seduce the ruthless royal from his purpose. What she can’t predict? How the intense male will shatter her hard-won defenses along the way.

As Rathbone battles unexpected betrayals, cunning foes and the wild temptress he craves with every fiber of his being, he knows he must choose: hold on to a cold dream or embrace a new flame.

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Cori 5 Stars

I could not wait for this one! I have loved Rathbone since he showed up in THE DARKEST PROMISE and started messing with Lazarus by putting stuffed leopards that looked like him in his bag that kept reappearing after he got rid of them. I’m not sure if it was to spy on him or just to mess with his head but it was funny. The harpies are always fun and Neeka is incredible so this book had a great heroine. I absolutely loved Rathbone and Neeka together. Gena Showalter always delivers an unforgettable love story. I always end one of her books thinking it’s my favorite and those characters are my absolute favorites and then the next book comes along and that books ends up being my favorite. Her characters draw me into their story, and I laugh and smile and get swept up in the worlds she creates. This is a new favorite but I’m sure I’ll say that on the next one too. 

The Warlord Series is a spin-off series from The Lords of the Underground Series but you do not need to read it before picking up this series. I highly recommend the LOTU series though. It’s one of my favorites. Each book in the Warlord series is a standalone but I recommend reading them in order.

I highly recommend this book and this series for paranormal romance lovers looking for steamy romance with action, humor, powerful heroines and heroes you fall in love with.

*Review copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

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Buy Links

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About the Author

411A3C05-FDF9-4C09-BE5D-F743C622384CGena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the spellbinding Lords of the Underworld and Angels of the Dark series, two young adult series–Everlife and the White Rabbit Chronicles–and the highly addictive Original Heartbreakers series. In addition to being a National Reader’s Choice and two time RITA nominee, her romance novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan (Red Hot Read) and Seventeen magazine, she’s appeared on Nightline and been mentioned in Orange is the New Black–if you ask her about it, she’ll talk for hours…hours! Her books have been translated in multiple languages.

She’s hard at work on her next novel, a tale featuring an alpha male with a dark side and the strong woman who brings him to his knees. You can learn more about Gena, her menagerie of rescue dogs, and all her upcoming books at genashowalter.com or Facebook.com/genashowalterfan

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WEEKLY RELEASE LIST 9/29~10/5 ✦Romance, Paranormal Romance, New Adult, Romantic Suspense, Urban Fantasy✦

SUNDAY, September 29, 2013
✦ Carter Reed by Tijan #NA http://amzn.to/167c6M4

MONDAY, September 30, 2013
✦ Hot Mess: A Hostile Operations Team Novella by Lynn Raye Harris (Donna 3.5 Stars)

TUESDAY, October 1, 2013
✦ Torn: The Connections Series, #2 by Kim Karr #NA (Cori 5 Stars) http://amzn.to/18Mc9M6
✦ Possession: A Novel of the Fallen Angels by J.R. Ward #PNR http://amzn.to/1dcOXvB
✦ Darkness Rises (Immortal Guardians) by Dianne Duvall #PNR http://amzn.to/14z7I7S
✦ Targeted: A Deadly Ops Novel by Katie Reus #RS http://amzn.to/1caYjF6
✦ Cowboy Justice (Catcher Creek) by Melissa Cutler #CR (Cori 4.5 Stars) http://amzn.to/1ffbG6K
✦ Dragon Rising (A Hidden Novella) by Jamie Rush #PNR (Cori 4 Stars) http://amzn.to/17i1V59
✦ Drawn Together (A Brown Family Novel) by Lauren Dane #CR (Donna 4 Stars) http://amzn.to/1ffbHHW
✦ Midnight’s Temptation (Dark Warriors) by Donna Grant http://amzn.to/16GEGPG
✦ Red Hill: A Novel by Jamie McGuire #PNR http://amzn.to/1fTBAA5
✦ Wicked and Dangerous by Shayla Black and Rhyannon Byrd #ER (Donna 4 Stars) http://amzn.to/18gE3O6
✦ Red Hot Dragon (Dragon Heat) by Lolita Lopez #PNR (Cori 3.5 Stars) http://amzn.to/16ts26o
✦ Claimed by the Alpha by Saranna DeWylde #PNR http://amzn.to/1fTxMPf
✦ Redemption by C. J. Barry #PNR http://amzn.to/18BWTD1
✦ Claimed by the Demon by Doranna Durgin #PNR http://amzn.to/15DFkyw
✦ Snowbound with the Soldier by Jennifer Faye #CR (Cori 3.5 Stars) http://amzn.to/166eouI
✦ Lying in Your Arms (Forbidden Fantasies) by Leslie Kelly #CR http://amzn.to/18gKC66
✦ Cursed: A Fallen Siren Novel by S.J. Harper #UFR http://amzn.to/1eRK77D
✦ Born in Chains (Men in Chains) by Caris Roane #SFR http://amzn.to/15DDcqy
✦ Mischief and Mistletoe by Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, Joanna Bourne, Patricia Rice, Nicola Cornick, Anne Gracie, Susan King, Cara Elliott #CR http://amzn.to/18gLVls
✦ Trap, Secure: Navy SEAL Security (Brothers in Arms: Fully Engaged) by Carol Ericson #RS http://amzn.to/1eRKVJR
✦ My Spy: Last Spy Standing by Dana Marton #RS http://amzn.to/1biQDAp
✦ Endless Knight (Arcana Chronicles) by Kresley Cole #YA #PNR http://amzn.to/156uW0u

THURSDAY, October 3, 2013
✦ Shadowed by Rebecca Zanetti #PNR (Cori 4.5 Stars) http://amzn.to/14OL5IN

✦Genre Abbreviations✦
#CS – Contemporary Romance
#PNR – Paranormal Romance
#RS – Romantic Suspense
#NA – New Adult Romance
#ER – Erotica Romance
#YA – Young Adult Romance
#UF – Urban Fantasy Romance

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Rapture’s Edge: A Night Prowler Novel by J.T. Geissinger

Rapture’s Edge: A Night Prowler Novel by J.T. Geissinger
Publication Date: June 18, 2013
Reviewed by: Reading In Pajamas/ Cori
Rated: 4.5 Stars

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
SECRETS… In the hidden world that exists beside our own, a mirror world of ancient magic and elegant deceptions, a world of people who are so much more than they first appear, a war is brewing. Most of these Gifted people—the Ikati, a savage, sensual race of lethal predators—are content to hide behind human smiles, disguising their splendor in order to survive. But others are discontent. And they will hide no longer.

BETRAYALS… Eliana lives for two things only: vengeance on the man who killed her father and seeing her father’s dream of living in the open with humans come to pass. But that dream is far too dangerous for The Hunt, a group of elite Ikati assassins with one objective: eliminate her before she can expose their secrets to the world.

SEDUCTION… Demetrius is haunted by the memory of the woman he once loved. He will risk everything to save her from the killers on her tail… and convince her, before the ancient walls between two worlds crumble, that only together can they defeat their real enemy, a brilliant, cunning traitor far more deadly than either of them can guess.

REVIEW:
I loved Rapture’s Edge! I really wish I had known it was the the third book in the series. I was a little lost at times without reading the first two books. I’m going to go back and read them to fully understand the story and I recommend other readers read the series in order. J.T. Geissinger created a fascinating and unique world with her writing. I really enjoyed her writing style and the characters. Eliana and Demetrius’s interactions are hot and steamy. I was a bit frustrated with Eliana’s distrust of everyone at times and wanted to reach in the book and shake her, but I enjoy characters that stir my emotions. I also liked that Demetrius never gave up on her. Rapture’s Edge had plenty of action, intrigue, mystery, suspense and steamy romance. A great Paranormal/ Urban Fantasy Romance series!

*Review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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