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Dark Heir (Jane Yellowrock, #9)

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Start date: September 1, 2023

Finish date: September 29, 2023

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Dec 18, 2014 Daffodil rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampires, shifters, magic-users

Another great entry in the Jane Yellowrock series. I love how much Jane & Beast's relationship has evolved from the first book. Jane's personal growth is also wonderful to see. The friends she's allowed into her life are becoming family and there are some wonderful interactions with the Younger brothers in this book.

We learn a lot more about the history of the Mithrans in Dark Heir and how current events are all tangled up by what took place in the past. Also, there are new revelations about th ...more

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Aug 01, 2015 KarenF rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, own

Another solid entry in the series and I'm loving the development of Jane's little "family". I don't even want to put that in quotes because they are a family but since that's been a slow change and growth for Jane I think it's OK. I think Eli really shines here as someone who always has her back. And he even shows off some diplomatic chops with the vamps. For a while I thought this book was going to go the way of another one in the series where Jane spends most of the time beating herself up ove ...more

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Apr 13, 2018 Melissa Davis rated it it was amazing

Shelves: r16-bsb-pick

Have I mentioned yet how much I love this series? More repercussions from previous books - Raven Cursed in particular - rear their head in this installment. The long-chained. Son of Darkness, child of Judas Iscariot, has been freed and is wreaking havoc in New Orleans. This book was so fast paced and there was so much happening that I couldn't put it down.

Hunting the SOD is Jane's biggest challenge to date. The story was very dire - Jane is injured and having trouble healing, the blood diamond Have I mentioned yet how much I love this series? More repercussions from previous books - Raven Cursed in particular - rear their head in this installment. The long-chained. Son of Darkness, child of Judas Iscariot, has been freed and is wreaking havoc in New Orleans. This book was so fast paced and there was so much happening that I couldn't put it down.

Hunting the SOD is Jane's biggest challenge to date. The story was very dire - Jane is injured and having trouble healing, the blood diamond is messing with Molly, the European vamps' negotiations have ceased and war seems imminent, humans are outraged and looking to punish the supernats, there is betrayal and deception within Leo's clan, defeating the SOD seems almost impossible.

BUT there is a lot of good, too. Bruiser is ever supportive. Reminding her that she is cherished and worthy of love. Eli gently reminds her over and over that she isn't facing these things alone. Even Leo is more forthcoming than ever before. Jane, who spent so much time alone, now has an abundance of family in Eli, Alex, Aggie One Feather and uni lisi. There are yet more effects of Beast's time with the angel Hayyel that not only help Jane but others as well. New information lends hope to one of Jane's biggest fears -becoming u'tlun'ta, liver eater, spear finger, an insane, human-eating skinwalker. It's no longer a definite future.

I really can't wait to see what happens next!

A few of my favorite quotes:

“There is job-bound, there is emotion-bound, and there is blood-bound—all kinds of binding. Then there is stupid-bound. In this case, I think you’re stupid-bound. Even I can smell your blood.”

Officially, the day sucked. If I kept a diary, that would have been the day’s sole entry.

“What did he ask you?”
“Is she okay? Is she waiting on me?”
The peppery feeling reared up in me. It was anger, not something softer and sweeter. “Hu-whaaaa-at? Am I waiting on him? Like some lovesick fifteen-year-old with too many hormones and not enough brains? Am I waiting on him? You got to be freaking kidding me!”
Eli slanted a glance at me, his dark eyes catching the passing park lights. He was amused.
“Well? Am I?” I asked, and I couldn’t avoid the street-snark head roll.
“No, babe. I’d say you moved on and up. Way on and way up.”
“Okay, then.” ...more

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Jun 22, 2017 Kristina rated it liked it

Shelves: fave-series

rating: 3.5
This picked up towards the end but I got tired of hearing Jane's guilt over things that really weren't her fault. Especially when she had already worked past this and wasn't blaming herself anymore. ...more

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