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Hello
happy readers! Today is a wonderful day
in the book world. End of Days by Susan Ee is now officially out. If you haven't entered my giveaway yet, I
suggest you head on over for a chance to win a free paperback and some awesome
temporary tattoos. That's not all. Today many more books came out, two of which
I'm beyond excited about. Both are forth
books in their respective series, Maxon
by Christina Bauer and the one I'll be discussing today, Bruja by Aileen Erin. I
received and ARC from the publisher, Ink Monster, and NetGalley for my
thoughts. Mostly just advance copies
because they’ve been pre-ordered on my Amazon account since October 2014.
Jumping
right in, Bruja is the fourth book in
the Alpha Girl series, my review of the previous book Alpha Divided can be seen here. As such there are spoilers for the first
three books ahead, it’s unavoidable, so be warned. If you haven’t read these books yet, what is
wrong with you? You should totally go
right now and marathon these books. Just
saying I adore them! Now if you are
caught up, or like to be spoiled, let’s discuss Bruja.
We
pick up pretty much where Alpha Divided
left off. Unlike the previous books we
don’t follow Tessa’s POV, but instead her cousin Claudia De Santos. She did some not so good things previously
with the best of intentions and now she has some making up to do for herself
and others. Her old cover has splintered
between those still with Luciana and her dark magic ways and the few like
herself who have chosen to fight with the wolves. War is coming either way but the wolves need
help to counter Luciana’s dark magic.
The best theory thus far lies in ancient magic. Magic Claudia must go on a journey to find
what has been lost for ages. She must
travel to Peru and search for what the Inca mages left behind. Of course she’ll need a guide there to help
her and keep her safe, Lucas, a wolf who gets under her skin. Top it all off with your former arranged
fiancé to be us still lingering around wanting what he was promised and you
have a whole lot of interesting and amazing story.
So
I admit not being in Tessa’s head was a bit weird for me at first. Seeing how someone outside the wolf community
sees and interprets Tessa and Dastien together was interesting. Claudia has a lot going on both around her
and inside. She is torn up with the
feels for her past decisions and all that hangs on her in the future. She has a lot to process. She’s only ever known coven life and now
she’s thrust into a new world. I liked
being there for the ride. The way she
reacted to things around her, the wolves, the bond between mates, and her own
feelings of jealousy and such about that.
I liked her moments of weakness and uncertainty, but even more I liked
that she mostly made rational decisions based on thinking things out. That’s hard to find sometimes with the right
emotional connection.
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Let’s
not neglect to mention the new wolf in the story, a whole pack really, but one
in particular. Lucas. He and Claudia have a connection of sorts from
the start and it’s so cute the way they play off one another. He is sweet and gentle with her not pushing
her to talk more than she is willing. It
seems to be a trait of many wolves.
Where can I find one? Even with everything going on and staying focused on task,
romance and attraction can still find you when you least expect it.
I
liked the journey the story takes you on.
We are sent to a new country to follow Claudia as she searches for a way
to save so many. She has a lot on her
plate but she is also traveling for the first time and seeing a new location,
somewhere exotic like Peru, through the eyes of someone like that makes me want
to pack my bags and book a trip.
Especially if there will be a pack of hunky wolves there to protect and
guide me. Just saying HUGE perk. With the quest, the adventure, the peril, the
action, I got a total Indiana Jones vibe going from this. I don’t want to give away too much and ruin
the story.
In
case it's unclear I give Bruja, like
the other books in the series, 5 Stars! I implore you all to check out this series if
you haven't done so already. I am stoked
for the next installment and want it to be October so I can have it. Ink Monster has also released the cover to
the next book for us to salivate over.
Check it out, Alpha Unleashed. So again Bruja
and Maxon came out today May
12th and are available now, I'll have my full Maxon review up soon. As always
share your thoughts in the comments.
What did you think of seeing the story through a new POV? What was your favorite part of the
quest? Click follow and stay tuned for
more fun reviews, giveaways, and the like.
Rating: 5 Stars
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