After not loving Lord of the Vampires as much as I was hoping I would, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Lord of Rage. While Gena Showalter is one of my favorite authors, I have never read anything by Jill Monroe, so I wasn’t sure how I would like her writing style and all. But I really liked this one. I thought it was much stronger than Lord of the Vampires and I thought the story and her writing style flowed really smoothly.
The characters, Osborn and Breena, I actually liked much better than Nicolai and Jane. Although I didn’t dislike Nicolai and Jane, I thought that Breena as a heroine was more likeable than Jane and Osborn as a hero was less caveman-esk and more hot sexy man than Nicolai. Which is actually ironic considering he’s a berserker. I also really liked both of Osborn’s brothers. I thought they added a little something extra to the time Osborn and Breena had together. There were a couple moments that were very much plays on Goldilox and the three bears and I thought that was incredibly clever and fun.
As for the overall story, we got a little bit farther into the bigger picture and where things are heading for them taking back their kingdom of Elden, so I enjoyed that. I think it’ll be fun when all of the siblings finally come together in the end.
So overall, I really liked this. I wasn’t sure I would, but I’m glad to say that this is a big step up from the first book in the series. But, I gotta defend Gena a bit because she had a big role in setting up the whole world for the rest of the authors in the series. So she did a good job with that, which left this book more open to writing the actual story. I enjoyed Jill’s writing style a lot and will definitely be looking into her other works. I am also more pumped about the last two books and seeing how it all comes together.
More Reviews Goodreads | AmazonPurchase Links Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble
Leave a Reply