Book Review: Caitlin Kittredge’s “The Curse of Four”
Framed for murders, Jack must return to the dark Underworld he left. Why the older, darker spirits are stirring, but only be going back into his past.
Framed for murders, Jack must return to the dark Underworld he left. Why the older, darker spirits are stirring, but only be going back into his past.
The prophecy—the arrival of a new Queen who will wield great power—is about to come true. But she is young, susceptible, with corrupting enemies all around her.
Determined to face the Fallen and the world on his own terms, Dante hopes to piece together his shattered past and claim his future, with FBI agent Heather Wallace at his side. But in Heather’s human family awaits an unexpected enemy. One who could force Dante to choose his darkest destiny—as the Great Destroyer.
A black cabal is using ancient, unspeakable magic to turn the tide of war in their favor. Then a chilling directive to Pete: To end the war, you must kill the crow-mage.
Jack Winter traded his soul 13 years ago, but now Pete Caldecott has given him reason to live. More, the old gods are stirring, spirits are rising—and he can’t stop them without her help.
Just ask Joe Pitt. After exposing the secret source of blood for half of Manhattan’s Vampyres, he’s definitely a dead man walking. He’s been a punching bag and a bullet magnet for every Vampyre Clan in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, not to mention a private eye, an enforcer, an exile, and a vigilante, but now he’s just a target with legs.
Killed by a spirt when Pete Caldecott was 16, the once-gorgeous mage Jack Winter is back with information on a kidnapped girl that leads into the
the fey underworld.
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Blackoutby Rob Thurman dark fantasy in a paperback edition that was published by Ace Books on March 1, 2011 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include The Grimrose Path, Basilisk, Doubletake, Kicking It, Nevermore, Shadowed SoulsSixth in the Cal Leandros dark urban fantasy series set in contemporary New York City. Cal and his brother, Niko, are loners who live to fight the supernatural. My Take I love this series. Yes, it’s dark. VERY dark. Thurman writes so very well that I can feel the grimness of their lives, the grittiness of New York, the peace that Peter Pan brought to Cal as a child. The loneliness he experiences as himself along with the regret he feels for leaving behind that scrap of humanity he got to experience. Yet we also experience the love and respect he has for Niko. Both good men. Cal comes to understand the place he holds for Niko and the support only he can provide. As for […]
Faced with her greatest challenge yet, Chess has to travel to the spirit city to finally lay all her ghosts to rest. She must navigate the underground City of Eternity, killer wraiths, and a lot of seriously nasty magic all while under a death binding spell. And the only man she can trust to help her through it all has every reason to want her dead.