Review: Expired (Sundance Series Book 3.5) by CP Rider

Expired by C.P. Rider
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Urban Fantasy At It’s Best

This is a sort of spin-off from the main Sundance series as it focuses on Chandra rather than Neely and Lucas. You really need to read the rest of the series to understand the characters and history, but if you miss it I don’t think it will disrupt the main storyline, but you miss out on some amazing writing, and some key character development.

I love this series so much. The characters are vivid and engaging. Their histories are fascinating and their personalities are fully explored. In this book we learn more about Chandra’s failed relationship with Cynthia when she comes to her ex's rescue after her niece goes missing. Chandra reluctantly helps out with help from Fiera and Neely, and of course in the final showdown Earp and Lucas help too.

In this book we meet Cynthia and her family and people from the leadership of the pack her niece belongs to. It gave an insight into what a pack could be if they weren’t run by someone evil, just someone a little self-centred and focussed solely on his species to the exclusion of everyone else, whether they are married to or children of pack members. I think this is a common attitude in their world which is why Blacke’s Group is so unusual in that it accepts everyone.

I love how this author carefully constructs storylines that explore the people as much as the events. There is no lack of urgency when it’s required, but she also spends time exploring emotions too.

I love that Chandra is now running the Dusty Saloon. She’s a perfect fit as an ex-assassin, second alpha, bar owner. This book really shows her moving on with her life and working out what makes her happy rather than simply doing what is necessary. I also love her friendship with Earp, who is a wonderful character. It's so refreshing that this author has a rich catalogue of characters who are over 60 and still enjoy life to the fullest, with adventures and love lives of their own. These older characters are friends with the younger characters rather than having to fulfil the mentor role that they normally are forced into.

This is such an enjoyable read, so I recommend that you start the series if you haven’t already and if you’ve started it, read this book rather than ignoring it because it’s an aside to the main plot. You’ll be missing out if you ignore it.

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