February
17, 2012
by Dakota
Banks
Genre: Urban
Fantasy
Publisher:
Harper Collins
Release
Date: March 27, 2012
Author:
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Author Summary
A demon's assassin for centuries,
Maliha Crayne has gone rogue, determined to save a life for every one she's
destroyed in order to free herself from an eternity of enslavement, damnation,
and excruciating torment. But as the powers that sustained her in the past
fade, she is wary of trusting those closest to her-especially her lover, Jake.
Should Maliha listen to her heart or the alarms going off in her head? Then her
closest friends begin to disappear, one by one. Amid her anger, suspicion, and
sorrow, she feels her life spiraling out of control.
Worse still, a beautiful, Renaissance
murderess is recruiting Maliha as her new assassin. Maliha is turning into a
lethal puppet with an evil Immortal pulling the strings, forced to kill innocents
or see her missing friends die horribly. Suddenly trapped in a moral no-man's
land, Maliha is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't…and time is
rapidly running out.
If you haven’t read
my reviews on Book #1 & #2, just
click on these links. I included some
backstory info that you might like to read before reading this one.
My Thoughts
Deliverance transports us into another great
adventure in Maliha’s quest for redemption.
In my opinion, Ms. Banks has created a second to none but far from
perfect heroine in Maliha and really makes us care about her whether she’s
successful in her quest. We really want her to succeed and fret when things
don’t go right for her. The authors
skillful characterization supports some of the most intriguing plots I’ve seen
and this series is now one of my favorites with this
novel being the best in the series so far.
Maliha is
a mix between James Bond and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the movie Entrapment. This series has full of suspense and
adventures that keep us on the edge of our seat while Maliha and her friends
unravel these schemes. The author’s use of mythology and historical events to
supplement the story is brilliant.
So, in
the 3rd novel of this series, Maliha’s struggles with humanity are
even more intense. Her mortal path comes with serious moral dilemmas. Her quest is a dangerous one and she struggles
with decisions about whether to involve those she loves or keep them at a
distance to protect them. Either choice
comes with risks. They could be killed
on a mission if she involves them or they could resent her for cutting them out
and she could lose their friendship.
People
close to Maliha start disappearing or dying and her good friend, Yanmeng, is
kidnapped. The ransom…Maliha must once
again become an assassin for a corrupt villain.
She would be under the control of another like she was before with
Rabishu. Maliha and her team frantically
search to find Yanmeng before he is killed and before Maliha has to carry out
another ransom demand.
Even
though everyone is on board to save their friend, Maliha starts to have serious
doubts about who can be trusted.
Especially Jake. She’s always
found something is off about him but tried to ignore the warning bells. She doesn’t want to believe that Jake has his
own agenda. Maliha finally finds out the
truth about what Jake was doing during those mysterious 5 years not accounted
for in his past.
Since
nothing is more important to Maliha than saving her friends, there isn’t much
about Maliha’s other quest to find the missing diamond shards. However she is given a clue as to where to
find the next one.
Bottom Line
To
reiterate what I said above, Deliverance
is another great adventure in Maliha’s quest for redemption. In my opinion, Ms. Banks has created a second
to none but far from perfect heroine in Maliha and she really makes us care
about her and her friends. This novel
and the series in general are skillfully woven with mythology, intriguing plots
and skillful characterization. This series is now one of my favorites and I
found Deliverance to be the best novel in the
series so far. I’m anxiously waiting and
desperate for the next one to come out!
Happy Reading!!
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Trailer…
ok..i need to read this bad boy series..delightful reviews!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim! I'm glad you like my reviews. I am a big fan of Dakota's writing. Did you like the book trailer? I read somewhere along the way that she made that herself. It's one of the best I've seen.
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