Nadia is on the Wishmaster’s bad side, which means she’s been given a nearly impossible steal a potent wish from actor and notorious loner Ethan Lovell. While Nadia is no stranger to stealing wishes from celebrities, she’s admittedly grateful to team up with rock star Miles Hunter, who has gone from adversary to ally. Once she completes this job, she’ll have the wish she needs to find out the truth behind her husband’s murder—and maybe how to bring him back.
However, Nadia and Miles aren’t the only ones vying for Ethan’s wish. Another enemy from the wishing world is also on the hunt, and he’ll go to extreme lengths to get what he wants.
What’s worse, the Wishmaster's increasing paranoia is making her more dangerous than ever. Nadia fears something is rotten in Savannah, especially once she discovers that the Wishmaster intends to use Ethan’s wish for herself—a wish so powerful that whoever spends it could change the wishing world forever.
As Nadia tries to decipher the Wishmaster’s plans before it’s too late, things with Miles grow even more complicated, and Nadia fears that the choices she’ll have to make will tear her apart.
Wish Taker is a great ride full of twisty-turny plotting, a will-they/won't-they romance, a great list of memorable characters (good guys and bad guys, and a surprising number of gray characters) and a whole healthy dose of family drama between three generations of strong-willed women. Did I mention it also has a great sense of place, with Savannah oozing out of every page?
But what I love the most about this book is that Nadia, the book's protagonist, is so very-well realized. She's a far more complex character than I've encountered in urban fantasy (or fantasy in general) before--she's conflicted and uncertain sometimes but also confident and strong in other ways and times, and she has a heart that wants more things than are possible. She's a woman who wants to be strong and invulnerable and struggles to recognize sometimes that she still needs others, someone who has a strong memory for both the pains and joys of life, and who is realistically torn between her family, love, and her own internal hopes and desires. She's a real person, in other words, a character who just doesn't exist to move the plot along, but who exists to define the plot, and who sometimes seems to exist almost outside it. She's a fascinating character and one you can't help but fall in love with.
On the plot side of thing, if you've read the first in the series (Wish Hunter), you'll definitely want to read this one, but be forewarned that you're going to be desperate for the third one, as Wish Taker ends in a massive cliffhanger!
I really can't wait for Dec 2024 to come around. That ending was insane and I need that HEA for everyone! There's so much tension and excitement throughout this book. I adore the characters and their relationship and the story is so unique I've never read anything like it. Honestly fantastic work from these authors
Liked this one too! However, I think Basha is one of the most insufferable characters I’ve ever had to read about. So incredibly selfish. Looking forward to the final piece of the trilogy.