However, it did have a snarky Elven Princess who is about to reclaim the throne of the Dark Fae after her ruler parents were murdered years ago by her evil uncle. She has been hiding in plain sight while working for the big bad Dragon from the first book. Now the evil uncle has met with a misfortunate accident, and by accident read has been torn to pieces by flying lizards, and Triksy has been confirmed as the legitimate hair.
Thunderbird is as old as this world, a shift changer walking among humans as a God in Mesopotamia and Egypt Nowadays he has been leading warriors for the coalition of the Wears of the Elder Races and is the least tame of the Dragon's gang. He has known Tricksy for centuries, and a utube video gone viral catches the attention of the gang. It shows the Elven Princess being attacked right before her reported disappearance. A primal instinct sends Thunderbird on her track. A even more primal instinct keeps him by her side once he locates her and makes her safety his number one priority The Thunderbird and the Princess are an entertaining coupling.
He is one of the most possessive and overprotective alpha males we encounter, but at least in the beginning his girl gave as good as she got. However, somewhere around the middle of the book, she kind of lost some of her moxy and charm, and with it the sizzle between the lovebirds diminished significantly The political scene took precedence in the second half and as a game of guess who is trying to kill you and why, it was way too predictable The bad guy was obvious and there was no tension to keep us on our toes The book is well written, but it feels a bit under researched when it comes to Fairy Despite that, it was an OK read and I plan on continuing with the series, although I am not going to make them a priority I wish you all fun books and Happy Reading!!!
View all 10 comments. Jun 14, Laura rated it really liked it. But as we all know, he murdered the royal family so he could sit on that throne. Tricks who is really the princess of the Dark Fae ran to the Wyr for protection, and Tricks became like family to them.
What I like is that even though they've known each other and even interacted together before, neither really had much i 4. What I like is that even though they've known each other and even interacted together before, neither really had much interest in the other until one day back in Dragon Bound Tricks tells him off.
Apparently that sparked a bit of interest and from that moment on, each is on the others' mind. So, when Tricks leaves for the Dark Fae headquarters, in Chicago, she goes in alone, without Wyr protection, for political reasons-she can't show with Wyr as it could upset the balance of power in the Dark Fae demesne. Unfortunately her cousin tries to kill her. When Tiago is sent to track her, he doesn't want to admit, it's kind of personal.
When Tiago finds her, she is completely drunk off bubble gum flavored vodka that is so Tricks. And he is furious. But his goal is to get her back to New York.
The last thing Niniane wants is to have it look like she ran back to the Wyr with her tail between her legs. So, while Tiago showers, she bolts. Of course he finds her, he's a warlord after all One thing I really liked, is the difference between Dragos and Tiago. In paranormal romances, it's all too easy to use the same alpha male with a new name, slightly different story.
This is definitely not the case here. Dragos was bored. You know, with that ennui that strikes the oldest of the immortals. Tiago loves life-he loves the hunt, he loves fighting.
He gets restless if in his human skin for too long, but he isn't affected with that boredom that Dragos had. Maybe that's why he's so surprised with his interest in Niniane? What I liked about the court politics was that they were subtle.
Niniane is a very reluctant heir. A fake company set up in Dragos' name, and a murder attempt by the Wyr really makes it look as if the Wyr are trying to keep Niniane from taking the throne, but we all know that would never happen.
The trip to the Fae land Adriyel was fairly uneventful, at first I'll stop myself there before I spoil anything, but watching Tricks learn to become the Queen was great. Tricks kind of cries a lot, which would normally bother me, but with what's going on, it's actually really in her character. Seeing her deal with her memories of the night her family was slaughtered, watching her grow into this new, stronger woman, and watching Tiago try to figure her out makes for a fantastic read.
Anyone who loved the first book will love this one. Anyone who hasn't read the first book, will love this one. How can you not? We enter the story with Tricks, reluctant queen-to-be, and we leave the story with Niniane, the Dark Fae Queen.
View all 27 comments. Oct 18, Sophia Triad rated it it was amazing Shelves: shifters , 1paranormal-lovestories , dragons , elves , thunderbird. Tiago and Tricks Her eyes opened and she looked. His hard-edged features were raw, but his eyes had cleared, and they were… Steady. God, she adored him. He was such a walking, talking holocaust Tiago and Tricks Her eyes opened and she looked. He was such a walking, talking holocaust of a man. Tiago and Tricks had been working for Dragos for hundreds of years, but they didn't interact much.
Before this book, that is. But she is really Princess Niniane of the Dark Fae. Princess has been under the protection of Dragos, after her family had been murdered by her uncle.
In this book, she decides to claim her throne, but she does not want to drag the Wyrs with her for political reasons. So she decides to do it by herself and she disappears. So in the end of last book, Tricks goes missing after an assassination attempt. Tiago is the one who goes after her and all his protective instincts are suddenly awake.
It makes me sound like a circus clown. He squatted and suddenly his upside-down face was in front of hers. But once he was a god in Egypt. To an ancient people he was a god of storm and lightning, a prince of the sky. Tiago is a thunderbird, which means he transforms into a bird the size of an SUV. Do you wanna know how Tiago looks like as a man?
She clung to it. Hot, sexy football player—wrestling guy turned movie actor? Then not twenty yards in front of her a gigantic bird of prey with a thirty-foot wingspan plummeted down. For one split second he was caught full in the headlights of the SUV, enormous wings splayed high in the air and razorlike sword-long talons outstretched.
He was shaped like a golden eagle, but his color was a dark sooty black. Needless to say, Tiago is the one that steals the show in this book. Tricks is sweet, funny and she really tries to hold her ground when Tiago behaves like a caveman. Tiago and Tricks will be a happily mated couple…. He wrapped both arms tight around her and crushed her back against his chest. Here was the necessary place.
Now I understand. BUT view spoiler [I really hate the fact that they abandon Dragos. View 2 comments. Jan 15, edge of bubble rated it did not like it Shelves: fae , , hated-it , shapeshifters , booo-ring. Trough sheer stubbornness, I've managed to finish this book. Trick was a cute and interesting character in the first book. Author took her, changed her named to something that reads like Ninny and turned her into a whining brat with a touch of brain death.
I wanted to hit her on the mouth with a blunt object so much!!! Then there is the hero. He can't decide whether to be rude or formal. He is "burning" with anger or wants to fuck or fighting. That's the whole depth to him. And of course, the plot Trough sheer stubbornness, I've managed to finish this book. And of course, the plot. Nothing happens for pages after pages. Everyone running around like headless chicken and then crashing into each other.
At that point they start talking and thinking and doubting. View all 12 comments. Jul 20, Jen Davis rated it it was amazing Shelves: arcs , pararnormal-romance , elder-races.
Thea Harrison has a gift for writing Alpha heroes. First, she gave us Dragos And now we have Tiago. We didn't really get to know him in Dragon Bound , except as a hulking, intimidating sentinel, who was fighting with Tricks. But sometimes an author knows what we want better than we do. This is one of those times. As the story begins, Tricks h Thea Harrison has a gift for writing Alpha heroes.
As the story begins, Tricks has left the Wyr kingdom behind and is going to claim her place as the Queen of the Dark Fae. Things go bad quickly, when she is the target of an assassination attempt. So Dragos sends Tiago to find and protect her. Even though Tiago and Tricks both worked for Dragos for hundreds of years, they didn't interact much. Now that they are thrown together, the fireworks are unmistakable.
Tiago is commanding, powerful and sexy. And Tricks eats it up with a spoon. The sexual tension between these two was outstanding! What's more, there were plenty of opportunities for familiar tropes to take hold: lack of communication; big misunderstandings; self-sacrifice for the other person's supposed happiness or safety.
I kept waiting for the inevitable, familiar roadblocks to fly up. There was one scene in a nightclub, where I was just so sure we were going to have all three devices take hold at once I swear I was already rolling my eyes.
But Thea Harrison sidesteps the conventional foils, leaving me jumping up and down on the sofa, hooting like an idiot. Yes, I can admit that. In the meantime, there is a great storyline going on. We're treated to lots of action, as Tricks and Tiago fend off her enemies. And we've got a great mystery to solve as our couple works to figure out who is trying to kill her. As much as we learned about the Wyr in the last book, now we're getting a peek inside some of the other Elder Races.
Harrison reveals more details about the inner workings of the Dark Fae and the Vampyres. And we travel to Adriyel, the magical Dark Fae land. This book gave me everything I wanted. A hot Alpha hero, a smart and resourceful heroine Thank you, thank you, Thea Harrison.
I'm pretty sure I love you. ARC Provided by Berkley View all 19 comments. Jun 15, valee rated it liked it Shelves: amazing-pnr-romance. Things just never clicked for me. I never completely got to like the romance, the plot or the characters.
The main romance The heroine, Niniane Tricks , started out all right, very promising: Next on the royal line on the Dark-Fey kind, who had all her family slaughter by her greedy uncle who wanted to rule by himself.
Raised with the most powerful members of the Wyr race as family we have a woman who even thought went through so much, was able to become a clever and charming person. Sounds good right? But then she became this lame Miss Universe who spent time with every freaking person to get to know them and show everybody she was the perfect queen and ruler, that she comprehended them. I don't know, it was so much alike so many books I have already read She also became this shy and unsure-of-what-to-do type of person which I hated because what I liked the most about this character was her spark and charm.
Then we have the Hero, Tiago Black Eagle. He was one of the most powerful Wyr creatures ever created. Most races feared him big time. He could turn into this monstrous Thunderbird who was able to wield thunder and lightning.
Again, sounds good right? But then he realized Tricks was his mate and became this sentimental, sensitive spineless being who's only wish was to keep Tricks happy and safe.
What I hated the most was that we never really got to see how powerful he was, even the one time the danger really got to the surface of the story he was the only one who didn't do a single thing. I love my heroes all alpha and brave and he did use to be like that, but then changed once the story went forward. And both of them together just didn't work for me.
The way they became an item was just too easy, too predictable. They never really got to know each other, they never really fought or discussed or had a different POV about things, they just were a single happy bubbly item. Not my type of couples. We never get to see strong and fearless responses from them, they just go with the flow and know they will love each other forever and live happily ever after. Again, LAME. I prefer couples who discover each other through the read, who really get to know each other not only the good things but the bad things and still accept each other.
Everything we read about the couple was external to them, not really about them, like reasons for why they couldn't be together, etc. The plot I thought that what I would like the most about this book was that we would get to know the fey better, but we just got a couple of lines about them and that was about it. We never got to fully comprehend the individuals on this species or understand what made them different from other races.
Even when the book ended I just kept waiting to know more about them because I couldn't believe that would be it. Also who the culprit would turn out to be was evident since the beginning, I never had any doubts, which made it a bit boring.
Most of the plot developed while they traveled by horse to the dimension or world where the fairies lived. So imagine not many interesting things happened The characters We never really achieve to get to know any of them, we just got a bit of information about each and that was about it. Non of them really caught my attention or sympathy.
What I usually appreciate the most about the characters is that they are very distinctive from each other, they have very specific things that let you tell each apart of the other Also I like that, on Series, we get to read about the same characters on all the books so we get to really know them It's not that it was a bad read, just a very ordinary one for what this genre has on it.
I know this author can do MUCH better. View all 17 comments. Jul 19, Lisa Kay rated it really liked it Shelves: reviewed-by-me , buddy-read , authors-t , authors-h , genre-romance-paranormal , challengerlftci , character-fae-fairies , m-pb-paperback , genre-shapeshifters , zzcover-blue-green. There was a lot of political world-building that I believe will come in handy down the road in this series, but I wadded my way through it.
I kept waxing and waning on Tiago, too; sometimes he was perfect, and then a poop, and then perfect again. View all 9 comments. Mar 30, Mandi rated it really liked it Shelves: pnr. During this time, she became family to them — they accepted her, loved her and trained her. But now she has a duty she must fulfill. It was decided that to show her strength, and for political reasons, to not drag the Wyr with her when she claims the throne — so off she goes alone. But things soon turn dicey.
Her cousin and other Dark Fae companion attempt to assassinate her. Luckily her training and poison filled stiletto heels allow her to kill them and stay alive, only with a stab wound.
Scared and tired, she flees to a hotel to hideout until she can think straight and heal. One of the best trackers the Wyr have, Tiago soon finds Niniane, drunk, wounded, and just silly. Tiago feels a strong, overwhelming need to protect Niniane and becomes determined to get her safely to her coronation. But after another assassination attempt, this one from what looks like Wyr, they have quite the battle on their hands.
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The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in ebook format. The main characters of this fantasy, paranormal story are Pia Giovanni, Dragos Cuelebre. The book has been awarded with , and many others.
Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator. Dragos CuelebreQuentin CaeravornAryal. Jul 29, Laura the Highland Hussy rated it really liked it. Aug 25, Angela James rated it really liked it Shelves: That was around the time I tried to ride my tricycle to work.
Would I read it again? Keeping it short and sweet here. The Elder Races series is one of my favorite paranormal romance series and I highly recommend it for paranormal romance lovers.
Some eldsr are going to love these two Sentinels to Dragos, Lord of the Wyr. Kinked blew me away! I think it also illustrated that Quentin who held so much inside could let loose and be himself with Aryal which is something arces can never be with anyone else and it also shows they were a perfect match which is a theme for them and it is oh so fitting.
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