Rogue Descendant by Jenna Black
Narrator: Sophie Eastlake
Series: Nikki Glass #3
Published on: May 13, 2013
Length: 9 hours and 6 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
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The third novel in an action-packed urban fantasy series from the acclaimed author of the Morgan Kingsley, Exorcist books—starring a female private eye who discovers that she’s an immortal huntress.
No longer the leader of the Olympians, Konstantin has now gone into hiding. Konstantin is vulnerable, and Anderson believes now is the perfect time to destroy his nemesis. He orders private eye Nikki Glass to use her powers to locate Konstantin, and she balks at the idea until a series of attacks leads her to believe that Konstantin is gunning for her and Anderson instead of remaining safely in hiding.
Nikki’s search is complicated by Cyrus—Konstantin’s son and the new leader of the Olympians—who threatens retribution should his father be killed. The complications mount up as Nikki begins to suspect that Konstantin might not be behind the attacks after all. The only person who hates Konstantin more than Anderson does is Anderson’s estranged wife, Emma, who has joined the Olympians. And Nikki knows Emma would be more than happy if Anderson and his people embroil themselves in an all-out war against the Olympians—a war they cannot hope to win.
As Nikki tries to figure out who the true enemy is, she deals with her tumultuous relationship with Jamaal, who struggles to control his death magic. But being loved by a descendant of a death goddess is the least of Nikki’s worries…
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The Nikki Glass series has quickly become a favorite of mine. It is such a unique world that Jenna Black has created with the descendants of gods that are nearly immortal known as Liberi. Nikki has joined this world when one of the Liberi jumps in front of her car committing suicide giving Nikki his immortality. Now, Nikki is thrust into this world which she knows nothing about. By book three, she is coming to terms with her new life, but is still hoping that one day, she can go back to her life as she knew it. She has yet to give up her office or her condo, though she has closed her office doors and is living with Anderson and his Liberi in their mansion.
The book starts off with a series of arsons, all of which are connected to Nikki. It starts with an accidental fire at her office, then her adopted parents’ house, then her condo, where people died. The former leader of the Olympians, Konstantin, sends an email claiming to be the culprit, but there are questions about that. Anderson’s ex-wife, Emma, also looks really suspicious. She has it out for Nikki, who she is convinced is trying to steal her husband. Nikki on the other hand is trying desperately to make things work with Jamaal.
Jamaal is a descendant of Kali and the death magic that he has is hard for him to contain. He learned in the previous book that he could channel some of the death magic into a phantom tiger, Kali’s animal, just like the descendant of Anubis did with jackals. However, his tiger, SIta, is very jealous of anyone who takes any attention away from her, so Nikki is on her hate list. Jamaal has a hard time controlling her when Nikki is around. This really puts the breaks on their relationship just when things were starting to move forward.
There is some action as Nikki is kidnapped twice and some romance between Jamaal and Nikki. We get to see a lot more of Cyrus, Konstantin’s son and the current leader of the Olympians. He has a lot more up his sleeve than he lets on. The overall story arc doesn’t progress as much as I would like and there is a cliffhanger at the end. I’m really glad that Ms. Black pushed to finish this series, even if it took a little longer than expected. I’m real excited to get to the next and final book in the series that comes out later this month.
Narration
Sophie Eastlake continues to do a great job with the narration. There is nothing overly complicated about this narration, no accents or anything, but the different voices are all clearly defined. I do listen at an increased speed, but that is pretty much a standard thing for me. She does good with male and female voices. I do know that the final book will be put on audio. So far, I haven’t heard anything about audio.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
I think I’ve heard of this series. It sounds fast-paced with a lot of action. Is there a love triangle between Jamaal and Anderson?
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I don’t know what is going to happen in the final book. Up until this point there hasn’t been. Anderson started to show interest in this book. Nikki seems to have her sights set entirely on Jamaal. So far, I would say no. It has been a really fun series. I’m really excited to get to the final book and see how it all wraps up.
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Sounds like an interesting series. 🙂
It has been a fun series. I’m excited to see where it goes from here.
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I’m not familiar with this author but this book has a lot of elements that I like.
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I’m a big fan of Jenna Black. I hope you get a chance to try her some day.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
Maybe one day 😀
I hope you get a chance to try it. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
Oh I love this series as well and will have to read the next one. I had almost forgotten what had went on until I read your review. It’s been too long! 🙂 Might have to try it on audio one day.
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That was the reason I decided to go ahead and revisit the series on audio before the final book came out. I wanted the reminder of what went on in this series.
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I think I really need to try these. I like the way the author writes and since you love these, I should as well 🙂
You and I like very similar books, so I think you would enjoy this too.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
And another series you’ve introduced me to that looks fab. Thanks, Melanie. 🙂
There are so many great authors/series out there. It is hard to keep up. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
This sounds action packed and right up my alley! Great review!
It is so much fun Leona. I hope you get a chance to try her one day.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
I like coming over here to read about books that I don’t normally stock in my shelves. This one has some very interesting shifters. I’m especially curious about that descendant of Anubis. Great review, hun!
This series is so completely different from anything else I’ve read. They aren’t really shifters, they are able to manifest jackals or tigers more like pets. It is hard to describe. I hope you get a chance to try it.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
I’ve had the first book on my bookshelf for a couple of years after picking it up at a local used bookstore. I’m glad to see this is a short series. Once I finish up a few I’ve already started I’ll start this one.
It is nice to know that you aren’t in for a never ending series. I do love these characters and will miss them.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
Sounds like a great series! I have never read this author but this book sounds good!
I’m a huge fan of Jenna Black. I’ve read most of her stuff. This is one of my favorite series by her. She also writes some good YA stuff.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
I need this series, Melanie! I love Jenna Black, but haven’t read anything by her in a long time. Great review, you made me want to run and one-click this whole thing 🙂
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It is nice to know you can purchase the entire series with four books. I believe there is an ebook bundle where you can purchase the entire series.
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I haven’t read anything by this author so far. Checked goodreads and found out I did read one book by this author called Glimmerglass a long time ago, I can’t remember anything about the book as I read it before I wrote reviews.
This series sounds good, I like the sound of the action, paranormal/ mythology elements and even a bit of romance. I hope the last book is good too!
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I read the YA trilogy that starts with Glimmerglass before I started reviewing too. It is frustrating sometimes when you come across books you read before you reviewed and you can’t remember how you felt about the book. Even my rating has changed, so that doesn’t even tell me anything.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
You are killing me, I could totally see myself loving these on audio
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I know, so many series, so little time. This is a short series that you can breeze through four books.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
Jamaal’s powers sound really interesting in this. I’m going to have to give the series a shot. Especially since the last book is going to be coming out soon. I love knowing that an author has plans to finish a series instead of drawing it out until they kill it.
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There are so many never ending series out there. It’s nice to know that when a series has an end in sight, even if you know you’re going to miss the characters.
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Oooh, Death magic. Sounds like a good one.
I really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to see how it wraps up.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Order by A.C. Donaubauer (@mlsimmons, @AC_Donaubauer)
I need to start this series still. One day! 😀
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It is such a fun series. I hope you get a chance to try it.
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I’ve ordered the first one up in the series and I’m jut waiting for it to come. I’m reading this author in preparation of NolaStorycon. Anne
I hope you enjoy it. I do love this series. I hope to get to final book in this series soon.
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