5*****Stars
This is the third book in this wonderful series, and although I thought this to be a trilogy, I can see more to come if the author so chooses. J.E. Taylor has brought us a wonderful story spanning three books, culminating with Trinity Rising.
We began by meeting Naomi Hawk in a precarious position, making a decision on whether to let a demon take her to Lucifer or jump out off an eighty foot ledge. Lucifer wants to drain her for her life force. She has learned she is a ‘child of the light’. As she plummets towards the ground she feels herself being grabbed and is rescued by one angry vampire. Her angry savior is Damian, one hot sexy thing, who also wants her death. And so our story began.
I had no idea Night Hawk series would be a vampire story, but yet again, an author has turned the tables on me and given me a fast paced story filled with vampires, demons, and Archangel Michael thrown in. The author writes well with each chapter a POV of Naomi or Damien, keeping the reader in the minds of both of these characters and what they are feeling. From that one moment on the ledge, these two have grown through the series, Naomi growing into a stronger woman, and Damien to a loving partner. The two personalities each bounce off each other and give the reader both tense and tender moments as the storyline continues.
Since book 2, Tigress, ended so abruptly, readers have been waiting for this book 3 anxiously, and it certainly didn't disappoint. On the run once again, Naomi and Damien now human, both in a different place physically, have to match wits with the paranormals, and have to think differently. Lucifer is hunting Naomi, wanting to claim their baby. Lucifer sets up Damien hoping to flush them out as they are on the run from the police. Help comes from an unlikely place as they run into ex-FBI agent Steve Williams and his family; ‘a family with enough psychic energy to wage a war and realign the universe.
In writing this review, I noticed that Steve Williams is already a character in another series that is written by this author. In checking further it seems an established series with 5 or so books under it’s belt, so I certainly will be looking for it to be added to my ever growing TBR pile.
Trinity Rising is one fast paced bloody, scary ride, as Lucifer has no other thought than fighting to the death. Archangel Michael is back for a cameo, the war wages. Who will survive? In war we lose loved ones and gain new friends, I truly enjoyed the story that J.E. Taylor gave us and whole heartedly give it my 5 Stars.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild