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The Preternaturals #2
Preternatural
Rune left to look for his missing daughter, knowing she could be in danger. Sasha was left to face the return of her father, long thought dead. Both have much to loose, now that Sasha is carrying Rune's child, and there are many factions wanting to get their hands on them. When Ruth Fleming uncovers a conspiracy within the ranks of the Maledectum, she ends up placing herself in danger, along with Ash Ludlow, thus endangering the lives of everyone connected to both. That includes Rune, who believes he can handle anything fate throws at him, now that he has Sasha by his side.
Only he never dreamt what fate may have in store for him...
"The can de loup stopped on his tracks, and held a hand up behind him, warning Rune to stop as well. Then he faced the vampire and pressed his index finger to his lips, begging for a deeper silence still. Finally, he pointed up ahead, and Rune moved his head in the direction of Thibór's finger, and saw a log cabin. It was close enough, but being made of logs, it seemed to fit the scenery, mingling with the trees, becoming camouflaged within them. Rune took a deeper breath, and the smell of blood was very strong now, making his hunger claw at his innards. The blood was not fresh, though, it had been spilled some time ago; how long he couldn't precise."
Only he never dreamt what fate may have in store for him...
"The can de loup stopped on his tracks, and held a hand up behind him, warning Rune to stop as well. Then he faced the vampire and pressed his index finger to his lips, begging for a deeper silence still. Finally, he pointed up ahead, and Rune moved his head in the direction of Thibór's finger, and saw a log cabin. It was close enough, but being made of logs, it seemed to fit the scenery, mingling with the trees, becoming camouflaged within them. Rune took a deeper breath, and the smell of blood was very strong now, making his hunger claw at his innards. The blood was not fresh, though, it had been spilled some time ago; how long he couldn't precise."
497 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2017
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About the author
Ruth Miranda
34 books80 followers"As soon as I learned my ABC I was writing stories."
Ruth Miranda is a Portugal born and raised author who feels more comfortable around words than people, especially if those words happen to be in English, a language she once taught for a living - amongst other varied jobs. She started making up stories in her head as a child, to put herself to sleep, but the stories kept growing with her, so eventually, they needed to be put to paper. Her published work includes The Preternatural Series and Blood Trilogy, as well as the romance novel Danseur and the Byanamese Romance series. You can find her being social on Instagram under the handle @ruth__miranda, where she shares snippets of upcoming and published work, and on her Patreon, where she posts thoughts on writing, deleted scenes, and an online novel. Find it here https://www.patreon.com/RuthMiranda
Ruth Miranda is a Portugal born and raised author who feels more comfortable around words than people, especially if those words happen to be in English, a language she once taught for a living - amongst other varied jobs. She started making up stories in her head as a child, to put herself to sleep, but the stories kept growing with her, so eventually, they needed to be put to paper. Her published work includes The Preternatural Series and Blood Trilogy, as well as the romance novel Danseur and the Byanamese Romance series. You can find her being social on Instagram under the handle @ruth__miranda, where she shares snippets of upcoming and published work, and on her Patreon, where she posts thoughts on writing, deleted scenes, and an online novel. Find it here https://www.patreon.com/RuthMiranda
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October 9, 2025
This part is even better than the first one. I cannot wait for the third part :D Someone please make a movie out of it!
February 12, 2019
This is the second in the Preternaturals Series and the fifth book I’ve read by this author. As usual, the author immediately envelops you in the world she has created of vampires, witches, fey and can de loup, and a very complex, rich and detailed world it is. I think that is one of this writer’s particular strengths, the absolute attention to detail she brings to all of her books. Painting a vivid landscape peopled with the supernatural characters she has breathed life into, she weaves a complicated tapestry of interlocking connections and relationships between them that all add to the plot.
I know this author’s style of writing may not to be everyone’s taste, but I happen to enjoy her way of looking at the world and then twisting it into tales of otherworldly creatures and societies living cheek by jowl with the “normal” world. She is also brave in her choice of words and one senses that a great deal of the author herself has been poured into her books. There is an air of vulnerability about her characters that can only come from personal experience of heartache and loss.
As a second book, there is often a danger of it merely being a bridge between the first and third, but that was not the case with Preternatural, and it was definitely able to stand on its own two feet.
There was so much I liked about this book, now to the few (very few) things I was not so keen on. It is a long book, possibly a tad too long as there were moments, especially in the opening chapters, when I was impatient for the plot to move along and the action to get going, and that brings me to the opening chapters. As the second book in a series and given that book one ended on a cliffhanger, I fully expected book two to pick up where the first had left off, however, this wasn’t the case. Instead, the author takes us to a completely new location, with a large (very large) collection of new characters to take on board. This wouldn’t necessarily have been a problem, except there was simply too much information to assimilate, and as new name after new name was thrown at me, each with a complicated family background to try and pick through, there were moments when I felt like jumping forward to find where the story of the characters from book one started. I stuck with it and I’m glad I did, and I could understand why the author had chosen this method but, and this is purely a personal preference, I couldn’t help feeling less would have been more in this case. Perhaps the book could have opened with familiar characters, interspersed with the new location and characters. This would have made it a bit more reader-friendly.
As I said though, this is purely my personal opinion but is the reason why I’m awarding this book a very solid four stars instead of the five it would otherwise have warranted.
I know this author’s style of writing may not to be everyone’s taste, but I happen to enjoy her way of looking at the world and then twisting it into tales of otherworldly creatures and societies living cheek by jowl with the “normal” world. She is also brave in her choice of words and one senses that a great deal of the author herself has been poured into her books. There is an air of vulnerability about her characters that can only come from personal experience of heartache and loss.
As a second book, there is often a danger of it merely being a bridge between the first and third, but that was not the case with Preternatural, and it was definitely able to stand on its own two feet.
There was so much I liked about this book, now to the few (very few) things I was not so keen on. It is a long book, possibly a tad too long as there were moments, especially in the opening chapters, when I was impatient for the plot to move along and the action to get going, and that brings me to the opening chapters. As the second book in a series and given that book one ended on a cliffhanger, I fully expected book two to pick up where the first had left off, however, this wasn’t the case. Instead, the author takes us to a completely new location, with a large (very large) collection of new characters to take on board. This wouldn’t necessarily have been a problem, except there was simply too much information to assimilate, and as new name after new name was thrown at me, each with a complicated family background to try and pick through, there were moments when I felt like jumping forward to find where the story of the characters from book one started. I stuck with it and I’m glad I did, and I could understand why the author had chosen this method but, and this is purely a personal preference, I couldn’t help feeling less would have been more in this case. Perhaps the book could have opened with familiar characters, interspersed with the new location and characters. This would have made it a bit more reader-friendly.
As I said though, this is purely my personal opinion but is the reason why I’m awarding this book a very solid four stars instead of the five it would otherwise have warranted.
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