Team Changes by Erin R. FlynnMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
How Much Can One Vampire Do?
This is book 6 in a continuing series, which means you need to read the first books before attempting this one. There is no way you could follow what’s going on without those first books.
As with the rest of this series, this book jumps straight into the action. When Inez revealed vampires and shifters to the human settlement in Texas she opened a can of worms. News of her actions reached the ears of Cerdic’s first love. Inez started getting visions in her dreams that never let her rest. They forced her into actions that she knew her husbands would never agree to. Inez puts everyone before herself and acts whilst trying to keep those she loves safe and has to face unforeseen circumstances as a result.
This book focuses a lot more on the emotions and mental strain of being, not only, a vampire but a princess who is also the champion of Aether. Inez has enormous amounts of responsibility for a 23-year-old woman who has no memories before being 18 years old. She goes from being completely alone to ruling an enormous coven and supporting 14 other covens through treaties. This kind of pressure whilst also trying to maintain relationships with 4 husbands who are hundreds of years her senior is almost impossible.
The rest of this series moves at a cracking pace, with everything getting handled immediately and competently by an intelligent and capable young woman. She throws herself headlong into everything and she and we as readers don’t have time to breathe. This book makes us all stop and take stock of what is going on. It delves into the meat of who Inez is and what she wants from her life.
On its own, this book might feel like not much happens, but as part of the series as a greater whole, it’s an important book. It’s one of the things I like about this author is that she often shows the mental and emotional wear and tear being the heroine takes. In other series, she has had other similar books where they take stock and show their vulnerable side. I admire that the author talks bluntly about mental health in a practical way in the same way she might talk about any other injury. I wish more authors did this. The more mental health is talked about in this way in fiction as well as in real life the more it will become an accepted fact in life and not something to be ashamed of.
There is a bit of a cliffhanger, which means I really can’t wait for the next book. I know I’ll have to wait though because there are several other series by this author that I want her to write too!
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