Paperback, 320 pages
Publication: August 2nd 2011 by Entangled Publishing, LLC
ISBN13: 9781937044077
Source: Netgalley
Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy Romance
Series: Book #1, The Bringer and the Bane
Stars: 2
Flames: 1
Ravyn has lived her whole life in Menda
Abbey having been left there as a baby it is the only life she has ever known. She
knows that she is far different from the other girls at the abbey, but due to
her lack of connection of the outside world she world she doesn’t know why. One
night when her body has alerted her of danger she finds herself face to face
with the evil Demon Bane. Icarus is second in command to the Demon Bane and he
is after Ravyn for her powers. Rhys’s is a Bringer. He has lived the last three
hundred years believing that he is the last full blooded Bringer. His life’s
purpose is to send the Demon Bane back to the Shadow World. One night in his
pursuit of the Demon Bane he catches the Demon Icarus’s attack of a not so
helpless female.
From here the non-stop action
begins and does not stop as the readers are taken through a world where the
Demons are trying to rise up out of the Shadow World with their Army of Souls
out of the Abyss. Rhys knows that Ravyn is not a normal human and that she can
help with the fight against the Demon Bane. Rhys is hindered as a Bringer, the
majority of their Immortal Weapons and written history has been lost. The more Rhys travels with Ravyn while taking
her to a safe place where he can train her to utilize her powers to the best of
her ability the stronger their attraction for one another grows. This book
holds many surprises too. Some characters are much more than what they initially
seem to be holding extra powers and also hiding an inner beast. Brux has
created a very interesting world.
There are several aspects of this
book that brought the rating down for me. I do not like historicals or books
that are set in a historical like world. This book is not a historical, but it
is set in a fantasy world with numerous historical aspects. Ravyn’s character
was childish and extremely headstrong. Those two characteristics in one person were
too contradictory. Rhys’s love declaration for Ravyn fell out of nowhere, and
then he flipped back to protector, and then flopped back into her arms. It left
the romance with a feeling of inevitability. I was confused with the ending of
the book and Rhys’s declaration that the first order of business was to “kill”
a certain character. The comment came from out of the blue.
This is an early comment but I just wanted to say “Thank You” to everyone for letting me be included in your Hop Against Homophobia. I am afraid I am not a talented m/m fiction writer like yourself and your authors but I am an avid reader of it.
ReplyDeleteI guess I do not fit into any category really since I write non-fiction for an adult gay studio.
http://shadowsterling.blogspot.com/2012/04/studio-i-write-for.html
But this is a cause I feel strongly about and I wanted to let you know I appreciate the opportunity to be included.
I put a post up at the top of my blog on May 5th and it will remain up until May 20th. http://shadowsterling.blogspot.com/2012/05/straights-and-international-day-against.html
Since I do not write books I will be donating money to PFLAG here in the U.S. in the name of the winner.
Thank you again for the inclusion.