True Dead by Faith HunterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Plots Within Plots
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is the 14th book of a continuing series. You need to read the rest of the series before this book or it won’t make much sense. There is a tiny cliffhanger, but the narrative ends at a natural break.
Now Jane has been brought back to health and recognised the hardships her people have been exposed to in her absence, she is ready to head back to NOLA. Though she’s still having a little trouble controlling her shifting, at least she’s no longer dying.
She is returning in part for Wrassler and Jodie’s wedding, as well as to provide stability and protection to her people. Before she leaves she has arranged a sweat with her brother Ayatas Firewind and her ‘Grandmother’. Only once she comes face to face with the woman who made her into a War Woman she realises that maybe her Grandmother is not what she thought.
With her return to NOLA there is a confluence of events that has been centuries in the making. There are plots within plots within plots that reach into every aspect of Jane’s interactions with the vampires, except she has always been the wildcard that Leo named her, and she never reacts the way everyone thinks she will.
There is a lot of complex plot manoeuvring in this book, covering things that happened in books way back in the series. Long strings of incidents are tied together in a way that makes you ‘oooohhhh’ out loud. This book is fast-paced and as usual, there is plenty of violence and fight scenes interspersed with complex and mighty magics. Several new characters are introduced and recent characters become better known.
There is not a lot of space for fun and relaxation in this book, which makes me sad for Jane and her family and things are definitely ramping up for the next book in the series when Jane will have to face the ultimate puppet master.
As always this is an entertaining and engrossing read that kept me turning page after page until I was done. I wish I hadn’t read it as quickly because now I’m going to have to wait for ages for the next one.
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