Review: Night Season (World of The Lupi Series Book 4) by Eileen Wilks

Night Season by Eileen Wilks
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Adventures with Cynna and Cullen

I really enjoyed this book, though I really wanted to read more about Rule and Lily. Once I started reading though I couldn’t stop and I remembered why I really like Cynna and Cullen as characters. They are both strong independent characters, who have been made that way by life. They are both lonely for family and friends and have been drawn to Rule and Lily and the Nokolai Clan because of that.

Whilst Cynna is ignoring the elephant in the room, she asks Lily to help her choose a new wardrobe for work. They are out shopping when a gnome and two strange looking individuals drop into the middle of a mall fountain asking to open up trade and ask for help for their realm, Lily and Cynna being two of the people they believe can help.

In the end the government get involved in the negotiations without really understanding magic too well and that drags Cullen in to cast a shield spell. Only it’s not exactly a shield spell, more of a gate spell and they get pulled into the other realm, Edge. Cullen manages to push Lily out of the pull of the spell, as she and Rule couldn’t survive being apart, but the rest of them have to deal with the consequences of the lying gnome.

I love how through this book Cynna and Cullen start to admit to having feelings beyond lust for each other. It’s a slow and tentative journey into a relationship, helped along by the adventures they have along the way. I also really enjoyed the development of Gan, the ex-demon’s moral compass. Originally motivated purely by self interest and her surprising fondness for Lily, she is amazed to find herself actually becoming friends with Cynna and Steve, the FBI guy.

They all face many trials and the plot is great, pulling the reader along at a clip, but there are plenty of moments for pure character progression and relationship development. This author really is very good.

Again, I heartily recommend this book, as I have the rest of the series. You will need to read the earlier books first to make much sense of the characters and their relationships to each other, but as they are all of equal standard I don’t consider that too much of a hardship!

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