Taken by Storm by Emmie Mears
Series: Ayala Storme #3
Published by Indie
Published on: December 1, 2015
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 241
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Stripped of her Silver Scale, made a pariah by the Summit, and with a price tag the size of Kentucky on her head, Ayala is on her own. Gregor Gaskin is still missing, and when Ayala discovers he’s far outside the Mediator territory line, she will unravel more about the Summit than she ever thought possible. Finding Gregor will take her far from home, but catching him might hit her right where she lives — and Gregor’s plans may just release hell on earth before she can stop him.
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The first two books in this series featured fascinating characters, almost non-stop action, and were total thrill rides. Both were five star reads for me. Did this one measure up to the others?Absolutely!
Ayala Storme is a mediator(demon killer)that works in Nashville. Or rather she did until she got blamed for everything bad that has been happening, including being in cahoots with her old mentor, Gregor. Of course it’s all a crock, but Ayala now has to fight to find Gregor before he manages to continue his evil plan to ruin the world and release more and more demons onto earth. To that end, there are new Shades being born, ones that aren’t near as human as the original shades. Shades are new creatures that are part demon/part human, and now Ayala finds herself more connected to the shades than ever. She takes her shade friends and moves to Kentucky to try and stay off the Summit’s(home of the mediators)radar. When she finds out that Gregor is in Seattle, things get really interesting. And that’s because mediators literally can’t leave the area that they are born in, which is why the farthest Ayala can move is to southern Kentucky. Gregor being able to go across the country is a mystery that needs to be solved on top of everything else that’s going on.
If I had to pick a couple of words to describe Ayala, the first one would be real. The second one would be honorable. Real, because with her, what you see if what you get. She doesn’t have secrets, or a big bad mystery in her past. She is just a good person that cares about the people of Nashville and her friends. After being taken from her parents at birth due to the color of her eyes that mark her as a mediator, the few friends she has are important to her. Honorable, because her entire life centers on her work as a mediator. Killing demons is all she knows. Don’t get me wrong, she’s not a goody two shoes. She’s got a bit of a potty mouth at times, and don’t get me started on her mind and all her snarky thoughts! Her closest friend, Mira, a fellow mediator, is by her side throughout the read, along with her brother Evis(a shade),and several other shades, as well. The camraderie between them all was one of my favorite things about this read, although it’s pretty tense most of the time.
So much happens in this read. As with the others, it was full of action, demon killing, deaths, and literally fighting for their lives. There’s so much treachery coming from Gregor and his cohorts, that there are surprises at every turn. It doesn’t help that most of her fellow mediators are trying to kill her. An unexpected character does come back into the story. A very welcome character in my mind, but maybe not so much for Ayala. There’s even a hint of a possible romance for Ayala. Maybe.
Fascinating premise, fast paced, and well written with fully realized characters, this book was every bit as good as the last two. This series is definitely going to be an auto buy for me from now on.
I’m Lorna and I live in Maryland. Since retiring, I spend my time mostly reading and reviewing books. My favorite reads are Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Young Adult. I read a lot of indie books in addition to traditionally published books. Favorite paranormal creature? Vampires, but I am really liking werewolves more everyday.
I think I have book one, so I need to try this series. 🙂
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I think you would probably love it Stormi-hope so anyway!
You’ve definitely got me interested in this series — she sounds like my kind of heroine. Thanks for introducing me to this author, she’s going on my list.
If you like a different sort of urban fantasy, this is a great one to try 🙂
Her being honorable and sounds great that she is a real character
Yes, she is a really great character!
Glad this measured up and didn’t disappoint Lorna!
It really didn’t disappoint at all, Ali 🙂
The cover has a YA vibe, or is this adult? It does sound interesting.
The characters are not young adult. But I wouldn’t say that older young adults wouldn’t enjoy all the actions involved 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Taken by Storm by Emmie Mears (@Mollykatie112, @EmmieMears)
*looks at the cover
*sort of yeah
I am sorry, not sure what you mean? Unless you are wondering if it’s YA? Which it’s not 🙂
You always find these super cool and interesting series! What’s up, Lorna?!
I actually found the first one in this series the day it came out on Fresh Meat on Rabid Reads. I read the synopsis, and bought and started it the same day-couldn’t put it down 🙂
I like how you describe her. I like ‘what you see is what you get’ heroines, too.
Yes, she’s so real, she cares about people, but not about girly things. She’s just a leather clad demon hunter under horrible duress. And snark for days!
Sounds like another great series I should add to my TBR list.
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They are so good Melanie. I think you would like Ayala, her humor in particular 🙂 However, these aren’t necessarily romances-UF instead.
Real. Honorable. Yes, those are great traits for any character but I like them in a heroine. 😉 And 5 Paws too? Geez, why haven’t I started this series, Lorna? I’ll have to rectify that with some of my Christmas loot. 😉
It’s a pretty great read for me so far. If you try it,I really hope you enjoy!
I have a feeling I will be a big fan of Ayala. Secrets tend to annoy me, so it’s refreshing to know of a character who has nothing to hide.
She is a pretty bad ass demon hunter and I really love her character 🙂