4.5 StarsI divide my time between Paranormal and Contemporary romance. When I dive into Paranormal I usually pick a series that has several books out already. This is because I stay in the Para world for a while due to the fact that I kind of get lost in it. So in a tiny bit of disappointment with myself, I wish would have waited until more books were out in this series before I started. I desperately want the next book. I just really loved all of the characters. In the battle between Heaven and Hell, the Creator tasked two of his battle angels, Michael and Sela to gather a group of warriors to fight evil. They were each given seventy seven souls to Awaken. Michael chose the purest of warriors to help him prevent the Fallen from reentering Heaven. Sela, on the other hand, had to fight The Third of evil on Earth. She believed that she needed the strongest firepower, so she awoke some of the cruelest, cunning, and successful warriors that had ever lived. She names them the Forsaken.The Forsaken are mortal historical figures. Awoken by Josiel (Sela) they are known in history for their evil deeds and they were vilified and despised as mortals. I loved this part of the story and this is what grabbed me and made this book unique. I loved guessing and trying to figure out who each character was in history. You do find out by the end the mortal name for each man and I got three of the seven correct. This kind of stuff just excites me about books and is one of the reasons I love paranormal I like researching the history and mythology.The Forsaken consist of:Zale - Pilot and leaderNomad - Second in Command and MedicalVike - Coordinates transportation and handles explosivesRex - Handles tactical and legal mattersMyth - Tech and Information gatheringDray - Weapons expert and takes care of all communal weaponryGen - Logistics and StrategyOur first hero up is a Viking and yes his name is Vike (Erik) and I got his historical name wrong. I loved this part of course because I am a little obsessed with the show Vikings right now. See ( below ) Vike knows about my obsession. Lol! “You don’t watch the History Channel much, do you? Vikings are all rage this season according to Hulu.” ....VikeVike (Erik) was an alpha. Protector of humanity and fierce protector of Lacy. He has never really known love and craves Lacy’s nurturing and loving touch. He is a strong, dependable, fierce warrior, and hello he is a sexy Viking.Lacy was a great character. Strong, loving, nurturing, sweet, beautiful, and loyal. You would think that with all of those amazing virtues she would be meek. Umm…no if Lacy got pissed off she turned into a warrior or as Vike called her his Valkyrie. She had a couple of scenes where her anger came shining through but one in particular with Zale I loved.Your family? You do care, on some level, even if it’s just because you need them in this war. But I think it’s more.” She jammed her finger into his chest. “You might be the head of this fucked-up family, but I’m the new mama bear. Make a note, Zale. I run this house with love and soothing and strength, and if you don’t stop being a cold-hearted prick, I will kick your ass out.” “You think you can?” “I know I can. I have five of history’s baddest at my back.The story does take a somewhat predictable route as the Forsaken take our heroine to keep her safe and a few typical things happen with this line of the story. But I forgive that because of all the other great stuff in this book. The story is the romance between Lacy and Vike but what I also really loved was her relationship with the other men. I hope we get lots more family interaction between Lacy and all the boys in the future books.I loved everyone in the book well except Satan he is an evil evil prick. I fell in love with all of the Forsaken yes even Zale. Although he was pissing me the fuck off but I think a certain lady is in his future so maybe he will turn around. The banter between the guys was hilarious and as I said above the interactions with Lacy were great. I really hope this continues throughout the series but I am guessing it will since Lacy is the mama bear now. Sela and Annie were great. I hope Annie is back soon and I hope it is with a certain someone. I am really curious to find out who The Watcher is that helped Sela and how is he connected to her. I want to know who the Vangeli traitor is working with Satan? I only had a couple of disappointments and one was at the 80% mark. This was very predictable and just didn’t fall in line to me with the kind of protector that Vike was. It was a mistake that didn’t need to be made and almost like a rush to add this in the plot. This kind of took the story to a rushed off point and I think it could have been better executed. Normally this would really turn me off but since I loved so much of the story I will forgive but it did pull me back from a 5 star rating. Hopefully this will not be a trend of rushing the end on the rest of the books.I also would have liked to see more of the men in action as far as operations and tactical. I am guessing this will be in future books as the war between good and evil heats up. Also the Forsaken Cheat Sheet would have been helpful at the beginning of the book instead of at the back. Really looking forward to more from Inez Kelley. Great start to a new series! Ok, so I didn't start out really liking this book. I hadn't ever read anything like it before so I was really tied up in not understanding some o th words & wanting to know th meanings etc. After I was able to just let go and enjoy the bad boy romance that was going on my interest was found. I really enjoyed how th author had so many "bad guys" in one story but doesn't really let them be known until well into the book. My heart ached for these "bad guys" and what they went through and the pain they feel to preserve souls & fight for the End of Days. I am looking forward to th next book in this series an am hoping it is as action packed and love filled as this one was.
What do You think about The Bastard (2014)?
4.5 stars. Great start to a series that I can't wait to read the next book. Loved it.
—Bbela
This was great story, my first time reading this author. I would recommend this book
—lyly14
I love this book cant wait for The Addict to come out.
—dayoannaa
