A new paranormal creature sneaks its way into the coven's life, disrupting things just after they get their first real win. Now, they have a bigger bad to contend with. Something no one thought was possible.
When secrets are revealed, who will be left standing?
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I just finished this latest instalment in the Order of the Akasha series about Norah and her coven o’ hot witches. In this story Erin has truly upped her game and filled the pages with love and excitement and wrapped it up in a mystery within a mystery. Intrigued? I definitely was.
Norah, Travis, Randy, Liam and Gabe have managed to keep Norah’s identity as their fifth a secret, but no more. Walter and his coven has put two and two together and, they’re not exactly happy that the guys weren’t upfront and honest with them. As a punishment (which does read more like they’re being chastised than punished), the coven is forbidden from being mixed up in order businesses for the time being. That proves harder than any of them thought, when Dean Reid comes to them and asks for the Order of the Akasha’s help in order to rein in his father, who’s losing control of their family Djinn and his mind.
It turns out that the powerful founding families in Salem became so, because they managed to attach a Djinn to their family line. This includes the Pryors, Liam’s birth parents. The Djinn is meant to do its families bidding, however, not all Djinn’s were happy obeying their family generation after generation – which is why, Liam was adopted.
The coven killed Dupree and ridded Liam of the familiar in the previous book, but they didn’t kill it. Now it’s back again in order to help its master fulfil his plan. In the process we learn who Jay is and I can honestly say, that I had no freaking clue. I hadn’t expected this at all! However, when all was revealed, I have no idea how I missed all the bread crumbs Erin had laid out on the trail. It’s so obvious!
As the FMC a lot of the attention is on Norah, however, in this book I think that Erin juggled the attention a lot better. We get to know more about where Liam comes from, which I liked. As I’m also adopted I can totally appreciate his hurt and confusion by his birth parent’s choices, especially when he learned how wealthy they were. So, loved that Erin provided some clarity on this matter.
On top of that, I really enjoyed getting to know Travis better. If you’ve read “Stripped” (the Order of the Akasha #0) and the other books, you know that Liam, Randy and Gabe try and explain what happened to Jax and why it hit Travis so hard. However, I didn’t feel that we’ve gotten Travis’ site of the story – which is why I really liked that his personality and thoughts really came into play in this book.
I still adore Norah – especially because she’s such a kick-ass witch. She is very protective of her coven and, she’ll do just about anything to keep them safe. But what I really like about her is, that it’s not “the Norah show” where she expects everyone to follow and love her. So as far as whiny FMC’s go, Norah is definitely not one, which is so refreshing.
I really enjoyed this fourth instalment and I think that the ending was a perfect setup for the next, and last, instalment in the Order of the Akasha series, “Enraged By Magic”.
Thank Akasha that Liam is back to his pre-familiar self—I missed his adorable personality in the last book. I enjoyed getting some answers about his birth parents, and how it tied into the latest conflict.
The less asshole-ish side of Travis that we finally got to see in the last book didn’t go anywhere. He’s gone from being my least favorite, to my second favorite, out of Norah’s men.
For the most part, Gabe and Randy faded into the background, and I only really noticed them when they got on my nerves with their bad attitudes. I actually found Dean to be more interesting that either of them; here’s hoping that he’ll be a part of the next book.
You can look forward to the mysterious Jay finally making his first in person appearance now that Dupre’s no longer around to do his dirty work.
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I love the guys and Norah is just so wild. She is great and each of them work so well with her. Now granted the steamy scenes are what we see the most, though not complaining at all. I do wish they could get some quiet moments though. The only reason this got a 4 star for me is because everything else was just too predictable. I already knew who the real antagonist was a few books ago. Though I am curious in how they will spin this now after this book. I have some idea but we’ll see.
I never thought Travis would do such a thing! I was so very surprised by his actions. I also loved that Norah surprised her big teddy bear of a man. That was so sweet. I am interested to see if Liam will be reconnecting with his old friend Dean. It was really nice to learn a bit more about his past. I hope to learn more about Gabe next.
It is important to read the other 3 books to fully understand what happens in this book. Things get heated for Norah and her coven and I loved it!! I love how the team works all together as one.
Amazing as always. I'm so loving this group and the trouble they keep getting in to. And did anyone see that coming?? Wow! Can't wait to see what happens next.
What a situation! Darkness is confronted and goodness is given the ultimate test. Can the coven endure? There were places that caused my heart to speed up as the team raced to find answers that would lead them to the right place. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it for those who were okay with RH reads.