Poison Fruit (Agent of Hel, #3) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Nov 18, 2014 Shannon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, demons, werewolves, vampires, color-pink, adult, angels, color-purple, novels, gods

3.75 stars

Aww, didn't realize this is the last book. It ends well though. Interesting world, likeable characters, and smooth reading—not the heavy epic fantasy that most people are familiar with from Carey—which for me was exactly what I wanted.

Plus this book is set in Michigan in the winter and I couldn't help thinking about this. ...more

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May 07, 2014 Dichotomy Girl rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, 2018, authors-i-love, 2015, own-physical-copy, 2016, 2022, paranormal-or-spec, urban-fantasy

2nd Read: 6/5/2016
Original Read: 4/24/2015

3.5 Stars

It's hard to believe that these books are by the same author of the Kushiel series, which was pure awesome. It's not that they are bad, they are just comparatively insubstantial. Still, these were enjoyable if a bit fluffy, and I liked the ending, and find myself sad that this is the end of the series. ...more

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Nov 12, 2013 Sandra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pnr-uf, own, shifters

This final book in the Agent of Hel series was full of action & intrigue. Daisy is the Liaison of the Goddess Hel, whose demense is below Daisy's town. Daisy is a half Hellspawn demon but who was raised by her human mother.

I knocked off a star because of the love triangle. We have Cody, werewolf who couldn't bring himself to go against his clan and be with Daisy, though he really wanted to. Our next candidate is Stefan, the Ghoul Outcast, who couldn't die, who wanted Daisy also. Daisy has loved ...more

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Aug 15, 2014 Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-urban-fantasy, books-read-2014

4.5 stars

Another sad day for me. I wasn’t aware before I started reading this book that this would be the end of the series. It’s bittersweet to see some of my favorite characters put on the shelf, but in POISON FRUIT, they went out with a bang! As much as the greedy reader in me is not happy.

When we left Pemkowet last, there was a lot of turmoil in Daisy’s life. Especially when it comes to her love life. AUTUMN BONES brought a lot of developments in that area and it’s left Daisy a bit confu 4.5 stars

Another sad day for me. I wasn’t aware before I started reading this book that this would be the end of the series. It’s bittersweet to see some of my favorite characters put on the shelf, but in POISON FRUIT, they went out with a bang! As much as the greedy reader in me is not happy.

When we left Pemkowet last, there was a lot of turmoil in Daisy’s life. Especially when it comes to her love life. AUTUMN BONES brought a lot of developments in that area and it’s left Daisy a bit confused. I admit I was too. I had my “team” picked out but there were always things that made me wonder if they could overcome the rules of their separate species and be happy together.

So in POISON FRUIT Daisy has to deal with a lot more of that! But let’s not forget that Daisy is Agent of Hel and pretty kickass herself. She’s faced with multiple supernatural problems threatening the town of Pemkowet. I admit I was thoroughly freaked out by the first one they faced. Without spoiling what it is, the fact that someone can pretty much be scared to death in their sleep gave me all kinds of heebie jeebies.

But the plot in this book is a lot bigger than solving a simple supernatural mystery and keeping the town safe. There are much larger supernatural forces at play in Pemkowet and they are trying to take over. It is up to the Agent of Hel to stop them. One thing that I’ved loved about this series is the author’s ability to weave in multiple complex storylines that give this series so much more depth and layers. They each put a different part of our main characters to the test.

POISON FRUIT was no exception. It is a thrilling, edge of your seat ride! And one of those few books in a year that I gobbled up whole, in one sitting. I quite literally had a hard time putting it down for long.

If you haven’t read this series yet, then I highly recommend you give it a go! If you like your genres mixed a little, with some romance and humor to your urban fantasy, then this is for you. If you like a heroine that is kickass and confident, but also very down to earth and relatable, then you will love Daisy as much as I did! If you were a fan of the early Sookie Stackhouse books, then you will love Agent of Hel.

I am happy to see where the characters ended up. As I said before, without knowing this was the end, I was surprised when I got to the end of the book and thought “Wait a second, this is the end of the series! NOOOOOOOOOOO”. I could’ve read about Daisy’s adventures for many more books to come. But I’m also happy to see this whole series have stayed and end on a really high note. And I can’t wait to see what the authors does next.

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