Dark Heir

Our favorite badass Cherokee skinwalker and shapeshifter, Jane Yellowrock, is back for another action packed installment in this series. Remember reading about the big, bad, and spooky things in her vamp boss Leo's basement in past episodes? Well, get ready to get up close and personal with with the newly escaped and very peeved Son of Darkness who is not at all happy about his long imprisonment spent chained in Leo's dungeon. The SOD carves a bloody swath through NOLA's human citizens as he seeks blood to heal and leads Jane/Beast on their most dangerous hunt yet. Accompanied by Yellowrock Security partner Eli and his brother Alex on intel, Jane fights a desperate battle against time, intrigue, and vampire politics to find the SOD and stop the body count from rising even higher. Brewing in the background is a potentially catastrophic international incident with the European vampires regarding the disposition of the SOD that could cause an all out war with the American Mithrans. Closer to home, the brutal attacks and resulting deaths are causing public unrest and protests from angry, frightened humans. It won't take much to set the gathering protesters to violence. A wild ride!

While chasing down a "big bad ugly" that gets away from Leo Pellesier's basement via treachery by someone close to him, Jane has several opportunities to make connections to the people closest to her in her life. Beast and she continue to unify, Eli and Alex become closer knit as family while working with Jane to catch the villainous vamp who is raising havoc with the humans. There are surprises in this story about Jane's best friend, Molly and about what the witches in the city would do to get the items of power Jane has locked away. Finally, there is now room in Jane's life for romance - Bruiser steps up to the plate - and passes! The pace in this story is "edge of the seat" all the way through with chases, fights and near death experiences. I recommend Dark Heir for your reading addiction!

As with most of the Jane Yellowrock books, Dark Heir starts out fast and keeps on rockin'. The pace is quick and the book is hard to put down once you start. Give yourself plenty of time, you'll want to keep on reading. It's great to see Jane grow as a person and learn to depend on Bruiser and the Younger brothers. She's finding out that family isn't always about blood, it's about who you choose to let into your life. Faith has done it again with Dark Heir, the series just keeps getting better and better. Can't wait for next book or her new series.