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Nov 21, 2011

Jen rated it:

Well, we finally know for sure who the Black Sun's Daughter is --and Jayné has some really tough decisions to make. Now that she realizes she is carrying a rider within her, her first impulse is to get it out. But things are much more complicated than a simple possession. This entity has saved her bacon over and over again. Jayné must struggle with the true nature of the spirit and she questions the right course to take.

Ex is a big force in this story. Aubrey and Kim have been phased More...

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Jan 17, 2012

All Things Urban Fantasy marked it as to-read

Dealing with unknown powers and conflicting agendas is the bread and butter of the Urban Fantasy genre, and Jayné Heller is a master among masters. Heir to dual a legacy of magic and fantastic wealth, I have enjoyed watching Jayné with all of the changes in her life, both magical and mundane. Almost all of her financial and worldly needs can be met through a simple phone call to the “ask no questions, anything you need” attorney that Jayné inherited along with her uncle’s money, but when it come More...

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Jan 09, 2012

Siew Ee rated it:

It’s finally revealed in the fourth book why MLN Hanover named this series “The Black Sun’s daughter”. This goes to show that the author had the series planned out nicely before embarking on his writing project. It’s really gratifying to read something that you know is not a waste of your time because the author has put in effort and thought into the writing process. I hope that the fifth book and other sequels, if any, keep to the high standard shown so far.

In “Killing Rites”, we ge More...

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Dec 29, 2011

Teresa rated it:

Killing Rites is book four in Hanover’s Black Sun’s Daughters series. I do love this series and I’m glad that it seems that it won’t come to an end. I can’t wait until next November to see if there will be a new book and to find out what Jayné Heller and her friends do next.

In every Black Sun’s Daughter book we see Jayné and the crew in a different city, in book one Unclean Spirits they are in Denver, book two Darker Angels has them in New Orleans, and book three Vicious Grace takes th More...

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Dec 25, 2011

drey rated it:

I flew through Vicious Grace, the third book in M.L.N. Hanover’s Black Sun’s Daughter series, and couldnd’t wait to continue Jayné’s story…

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Oh Jayné. After the events in Vicious Grace, she goes off with Ex to lick her wounds and heal. The physical hurts are so much easier to recover from than the guilt, and the resulting nightmares gives her plenty of sleepless nights to ponder everything that happened – to David, to Chogyi Jake, and to Aubrey and Kim…

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Dec 17, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

Killing Rites by M.L.N. Hanover is the fourth book in The Black Sun's Daughter urban fantasy series.

Jayné Heller has realized that her body is not her own and that there is a rider, or demon, living inside her. Despite the powers that the rider gives her, Jayné wants it out of her body. With her friend Ex, who is a former priest, Jayné goes to New Mexico in hopes that an exorcism will help her. But during the exorcism, Jayné discovers that there is something worse than her rider, somet More...

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Dec 14, 2011

Bookaholics rated it:

Killing Rites by M.L.N. Hanover
Urban Fantasy –Nov. 29th, 2011
4 stars

As the fourth in the Black Sun Daughter’s series, this is the most exciting and intense installment! Jayne finally learns secrets behind her powers and the author reveals the enigmatic past of the ex-priest, Ex.

Jayne Heller suddenly inherited power and wealth with the death of her mysterious uncle. She is violently and quickly introduced into the deadly and seedy world of riders who take possession More...

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Dec 11, 2011

JenniferJ rated it:

I am getting frustrated but a good kind of frustrated. I want Ex and Jayne to hurry up and get together but maybe it's better this way letting them take their time because she is still kinda on the rebound with Aubrey and Ex is well he's Ex.... but to get on with my review; this was a very happening book! Jayne realized that she did in fact have a rider and worked with Ex and some of his old comrades to try to disperse it but during the ceremony something goes wrong and she tries to let them kno More...

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Nov 30, 2011

Lisarenee rated it:

"Spells are magic," I said, "And Magic fades. You told me that. Magic fades, and I'm getting stronger."
"All right," Ex said.
There should have been a flash of lightning, a crack of thunder. The rain just kept dripping. The TV show went to commercial. I felt Ex's gaze on me like I was a puzzle he couldn't quite fathom. I took a deep breath, sighing it out slowly. When I spoke my voice sounded weirdly calm and matter-of-fact. You know. All t More...

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Nov 28, 2011

Myvampfiction rated it:

Reviewed by SarahBella

*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*

Killing Rites is the fourth book in the Black Sun’s Daughter series by M. L. N. Hanover.

“Jayné Heller has discovered the source of her uncanny powers; something else is living inside her body. She’s possessed. Of all her companions, she can only bring herself to confide in Ex, the former priest. They seek help from his old teacher and the circle of friends he left behind, hoping to cleanse Jayné before t More...

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Nov 29, 2011

Brenda rated it:

I've read the first four books in the past couple of weeks, and I thought instead of reviewing each book separately, I'd review them all together. It really is just one long story, complete with cliffhangers at the end of each book. Normally I like my books to be a little more standalone, but since I had the first four in front of me, it was easy to read one right after another. But now I have to wait for the next book, and the waiting will be hard.

Jayné is a great lead character. More...

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Nov 27, 2011

Cheryl rated it:

Jayne is possessed with a demon. Her and Ex are in search of some priests to help perform an exorcism on Jayne. While, Jayne does not want the demon or likes the thought of if the demon was to completely take over, Jayne does have some mixed feelings about the exorcism. Jayne’s friends want to help but she pushes them away for their safety.

To fully appreciate this series, you really need to read these books in chorological order starting with book one, Unclean Spirits. There is not More...

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Nov 26, 2011

Kristin rated it:

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I love this series. I mean, I really, really love it. Killing Rites is the fourth book in the Black Sun’s Daughter series by M.L.N. Hanover, and if you haven’t read the first three, you may find yourself a bit lost with this one, only because quite a few of the demon terms will not be familiar, and Jayne’s journey up to this point is very important to the events of this book. After the events in Vicious Grace More...

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Nov 22, 2011

Krystal rated it:

Jayne once again faces a difficult decision. She has learned that she is harboring a parasite; however, that parasite has saved her life on more than one occasion. In fact, the parasite aka a rider may even be the source of her unusual powers. Jayne turns to her friends and deep thought before she makes a move concerning her new found problem.

Aubrey is completely gone from this novel, to be expected, of course, as Jayne had broken up with him in the third novel More...

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Dec 31, 2011

Lexi rated it:

“...When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. “ Romans 7:21

Jayné is a person who has been working for the greater good, but hidden deep inside her is evil. As with so many things, evil is in the eye of the beholder. For Jayné and Ex their definitions are not the same.

The fourth book of The Black Sun’s Daughter is a great fast paced read that will have you feeling a little like your watching The Exorcism of Emily Rose or any other exorcist movie. But unlike any of t More...

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Dec 17, 2011

Trevor rated it:

Best book yet, in my opinion. Several laugh out loud bits of humor and one truly, absolutely creepy line that almost made me put the book down in disgust.

It highlights some of the more interesting philosophical conflicts between the main group's fairly generic, almost clinically banal description of "riders" and more polarized points of view - which begs an interesting question: if the current batches are demons and devils from the pits of Hell, might there not also be angel More...

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Nov 29, 2011

Hazel rated it:

Killing Rites is the fourth book in the Black Sun's Daughter series by M.L.N. Hanover. I wish I could give half stars as well as whole ones because this would easily be a 4.5 star. I really enjoyed this book. I read it in one day, in one sitting, because I just couldn't put it down. This series started out a little slow, but had quickly picked up speed with books two and three, to be set on fire with book four!

This story picks up two months after Vicious Grace (book 3), in which Jayné More...

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Nov 29, 2011

Julia rated it:

While this series still remains a bit weak in the romance department, stellar world building and other relationships more than make up for that fact. I don't think I would even think of the romance angle as a weakness if the author didn't keep trying to play that card. I skipped straight from book one to KILLING RITES and had no difficulty picking up plot. Hanover is unparalleled in moving both plot and mythology forward simultaneously, and the friendships started in UNCLEAN SPIRITS look like More...

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Jan 03, 2012

Holly rated it:

Jayne and Ex are on the road after the horrible events in Chicago leading them to think she has a rider. They are hiding it from the rest of the group while they travel the world looking for someone to confirm that she is possessed and can have someone remove it. They end up in new Mexico where Ex's old priest family who perform exorcisms reside. While they are there jayne helps them and discovers stuff the priests missed. She also learns more about ex's past and about her rider.
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Jan 23, 2012

Shara (Calico Reaction) rated it:

The premise: ganked from BN.com: Jayné Heller has discovered the source of her uncanny powers: something else is living inside her body. She’s possessed. Of all her companions, she can only bring herself to confide in Ex, the former priest. They seek help from his old teacher, hoping to cleanse Jayné before the parasite in her becomes too powerful. Ex’s history and a new enemy combine to leave Jayné alone and on the run. Her friends try to hunt her down, unaware of the danger they’re putting her More...

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Nov 24, 2011

Laura the Highland Hussy rated it:

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This is a darker, grittier series than I normally would go for, but I really got into it. Jayné realized that she’s been winning fights that she shouldn’t have been the victor in. Her demon hunting skills are way off the charts. This can’t be normal, right?

She is pretty certain she has a “rider” in her body (she’s possessed by a demon). But a lot of this book is internal. She isn’t able to have the rider exorcised from her body, More...

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Dec 09, 2011

Melissa rated it:

Oh this one was hard to put down. This was Jayné's journey into herself. She finds out things about herself and what she is willing to do by becoming her own advocate instead of a victim. She gets the big answer she asked herself in the cliffie and now it's time to decide what to do about it. Hard choices and zealotry combine into impossible choices. Is she willing to believe in herself when no one else will? How will she prove her innocence... and is she truly innocent? In fact, as many questio More...

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Jan 04, 2012

Jessica rated it:

If you are a fairly constant reader of my reviews you know that Vicious Grace, the previous book in this series, was fairly hit or miss for me. I ended my last review hoping for something new to come in and sweep me off my feet in the next installment. Well my friends, I got my wish. Hanover didn't just sweep me off my feet in Killing Rites, he full body carried me into the story and I went willingly.

What do I say about Jayné that I haven't said yet? She's a mix of a lost youthful woma More...

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Dec 24, 2011

Lorri rated it:

This was my first time reading any of this author's books and I have to say, it won't be the last! I was hooked from the very first chapter. It doesn't matter if you haven't read the previous three books, it won't leave you lost and wondering what is going on. Jayne is an interesting kick butt character. She finally realizes why she has powers--she is possessed, and the only person she trusts to help her is a former priest. They work together to try to get rid of what is possessing her, but More...

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Feb 07, 2012

WildAboutBones rated it:

Hanover has created an entirely different mythos for the vamps, werewolves, demons and other beasties found in his world.

This is the fourth in the Black Sun's Daughter series. It is about two months after the end of the previous book in the series. The last line of the previous book was a real kicker. And chapter one here begins with a kicking paragraph. Chogyi Jack is off recuperating from the Chicago job and Aubrey is still in Chicago as well so it is just Jayne' and Ex here in the b More...

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Jan 23, 2012

Anna rated it:

A few days before reading this book, the whole series actually, I watched the movie The Rite starring Anthony Hopkins as a bizarre exorcist, and this was eerily similar. Not exactly a bad thing, but I did have demon possession on the brain.

Amidst all the chaos (difficulty, violence, craziness- insert adjective here) of Jayne's new world you meet so many interesting people, like Midian, Alexander, Ex, the delivery guy with gel slicked hair. All very different and each adding another l More...

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Feb 15, 2012

Nikki rated it:

Jayné is seriously on her own this time. With Chyogi Jake out of commission and Aubrey in Chicago with Kim that leaves only Ex. With the realization of what is behind Jaynés supernatural powers, Ex takes her to the only people who may be able to help. His mentor and his band of exorcist priests.
When her friends think she has been taken over they intensify the search to track her down. Doing so may lead the one thing directly to her doorstep that she has been trying to avoid more then herse More...

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Jan 07, 2012

Ken rated it:

Maybe it's because I liked the third book in the series so much or because I had built my expectations up so much for this one or because I had some bad guacamole that night, but I felt the fourth Black Sun's Daughter book was a bit disappointing. It's still worth reading but I found it so far to be the weakest of the series. Paradoxically, I think this was mostly due to the fact that most of the novel focused so much directly on the protagonist herself. Much of the fun of previous books in the More...

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Nov 22, 2011

Stacy rated it:

Answers we finally have answers. If you are anything like me you have been dying right along with Jayné from book one trying to figure out who and what she really is. The time has finally come that we have answers. KILLING RITES starts off a little bit after the events of VICIOUS GRACE. Jayné is beating herself up for the role she played in Chicago and is determined to find out who she really is and what exactly is sharing her body.

Ex ends up bringing Jayné to some old collea More...

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Jan 25, 2012

Shelley added it

*Rating* 3.5
*Genre* Urban Fantasy

*Review*

At the end of Vicious Grace, Jayné discovered or felt that she may have a rider that keeps her from harm and is actually making her stronger rather than fading away like magic normally does.

In Killing Rites, the fourth novel in the Black Sun’s Daughter series by MLN Hanover, Jayné discovers that yes; she does in fact have a rider attached to her and needs to understand when or how it happened to her. Thanks to her Uncle More...

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