Emily has no choice but to join forces with those who have tried to kill her kind.
After coming to peace with her alternate personality—The Owl, followed by the fire demon—Emily is now readying to fight side by side with her biological half-brother—who still happens to hate her.
Now, no one is sure who the enemy truly is. It looks like there is a force, even more powerful than any of them had dreamed, hell-bent on bringing about Nadarog Maragog—aka the Apocalypse.
But now the question is, are they even fighting the right enemy???
Qatarina Wanders is a full-time writer and editor with a unicorn and pug obsession. When she isn't writing or editing books about unicorns or pugs (or owl shifters, vampires, werewolves, faeries, witches, angels, or succubi), she is likely eating sushi with her daughter or jumping out of a plane in the Rocky Mountains.
The third part starts with the heroes teaming up, after escaping from the Alfreds.
Emily, as the rare Owl Shifter and she has to literally, stop hell from raising. She is sixteen and she is trying to understand her relationship with one of the Alfreds - Marion.
She and her half brother Michael are needed for the sacrifice of Na-Ma and the Alfreds have plans of their own to bring about the end of the world as it is.
The elders in the group have a plan, but Emily and her friends make a different plan and confront Marion.
With supernatural elements and shifters, roves, warlocks and witches, the fantasy world is complex and well thought out.
Marion and Emily's relationship is complex as both are bound by the sides that they have taken and yet neither can deny their feelings for each other.
The surprise was Michael. As Emily's half brother, he comes across as a good character and it was cute that he tried to help his sister during the times of apocalypse.
Aunt Anastacia as the no-nonsense powerful rove on the good side was a really tough character.
The ending of an exciting cliffhangar as Marion makes an impossible choice to save the others.
The dynamics of the characters and the world built was exciting and adventurous. Overall very good read.
I blazed through this third book in the owl shifter chronicles series and wow! The world building developments are quite something, not to mention the unexpected plot twists. I’m definitely loving the enemies-to-lovers twist. It’s one of my favorite tropes and having it combined with another trope was totally unexpected. Wow!
This one ends on a massive cliffhanger. Thankfully I was planning to read the next book right away anyway and thank goodness the series is completed. I don’t know what I would have done if it wasn’t.
If you like urban fantasy with shifters that has a strong focus on world building and plot with a fast-paced style that keeps you turning the pages and a wonderful focus on the coming-of-age aspect and less focus on the romance side, then this is definitely a series I’d recommend.
Oh, man, the ending did me in. This third installment in Wanders' Owl Shifter Chronicles had so much going on, and I loved every bit of it, especially the "conclusion." Everything the author has been building to is happening and Emily ... well, Emily is swept up in the vortex of prophecy. Wanders has churned this series out at an amazing rate, which I appreciate and admire. Book four looks to be just as amazing. And, wow, the cover, which the author shares at the end of Born to Raise Hell (wonderful title for this installment, btw), is a lovely switch that begins with the cover to this book. I like the change, and think others will, too.
Hope is a silly thing that makes us dream and push forward when everything seems grim. But what if fate tells us that no matter what that small bit of hope is useless? Why bother fighting or trying to change the set paths?
These were my thoughts as I read through book 3 of this series and to be honest I still think the characters aren’t delusional. Nope, in fact I am going to see how this all plays out to see if I’m right and that all this buildup turns out to be a glorious win for all. But, we’ll see…
You can tell that this book has been edited when you read through it. The formatting of the book is well done too.
I like how the author takes her time during conversations to give everyone a chance to chime in; it makes the dialogue realistic. There is a little profanity in the book for those who are concerned about that but the author does not overdo it.
I think this book should have chapter names, and I would advise book lovers to read the series in order. I also like the woman portraying Emily on the front cover; she's a perfect fit.
Hadn’t read the first 2 so was kind confusion to understand the story of Emily, her kind and very much hated half brother. Kind disappointed that had not read the other but will definitely look for up to ,4 must know what will happen at the end.