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Poison Promise (Elemental Assassin, #11)

Jennifer Estep

Start date: November 1, 2017

Finish date: November 30, 2017

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Mar 26, 2014 AH rated it really liked it

Shelves: zzread-june2014, paranormal, urban-fantasy, vampires, green, magic, arc-netgalley, assassins, sos-bookshelf-bingo, babr-reviews

It’s not often that a series gets better and better with each subsequent book. Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassins series is one such series. Reading Poison Promise (book 11!!!) was like reconnecting with old friends. I love the world that this author has built. The town of Ashland is corrupt, its officials are on the take, the bad guys are vying to fill in a power vacuum – this is one interesting place. In the center of it all stands Gin Blanco, aka The Spider, a very efficient assassin and an It’s not often that a series gets better and better with each subsequent book. Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassins series is one such series. Reading Poison Promise (book 11!!!) was like reconnecting with old friends. I love the world that this author has built. The town of Ashland is corrupt, its officials are on the take, the bad guys are vying to fill in a power vacuum – this is one interesting place. In the center of it all stands Gin Blanco, aka The Spider, a very efficient assassin and an even better cook.

Gin is one badass assassin. She’s tough, she’s snarky, she’s lethal, and she cares about her family. I like how Gin tries to keep her life as normal as possible. She’s attending community college, taking a course on spy literature, and she surrounds herself with a fantastic support network: her family and friends. To keep it real, Gin continues to work at her restaurant, The Pork Pitt.

Poison Promise might just be the best book so far in the series. It was action packed, full of exciting scenes, bullets flying, and general mayhem. I just could not put this book down.

I think that what makes this series so much fun to read is the diversity of characters in this world. There’s vampires, giants, dwarfs, and elementals in addition to the regular human folk. The elemental magic is different from what I’ve seen in other series.

Then there’s the men of this series. Yes, Owen is still around, but you’ll need to read the book for more info. Gin’s sexy foster brother Finnegan Lane is a perfect backup for Gin. I loved how he got Gin her very own silver Aston-Martin to wreck. Silvio was a good addition to the cast as well. I can’t wait to see him in the next book.

If you have not yet had a chance to start this series, I’d recommend you start with the first book. For those of you who may have stopped reading the series, the writing has improved significantly and the repetition has been greatly reduced.

I can’t wait for the next book – Black Widow due out November 2014.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pocket Books for a review copy of this book. ...more

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Oct 19, 2014 Deidre rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, fantasy-contemporary, fantasy, zz-gone

I thought it was pretty good, but a lot like the last few. I'm not positive that I will go on, since she seems to have the same exact problem every book.

I was shocked when I read that her mentor died a year ago, it seems like it should have been 5 years ago. Think of all that has happened in the 11 books. And it all happened in less than a year.... ...more

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May 06, 2017 Michelle rated it liked it

Shelves: jennifer-estep, read-in-2017

It took me two tries to get through this book, which hurts me deeply. This was one of my all time favourite series and I just struggled with it. I think, in part, because we eventually came to the conclusion of the Mab storyline, it took lots of blood, sweat and tears to get there and it felt like it started all over again with M. Don't get me wrong once I got passed the first 30% of the book it did pick up and I liked it ok. I will continue with the series, I'm just not as desperate for the nex ...more

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May 02, 2019 Dichotomy Girl rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019, urban-fantasy

I almost DNF'ed this, as the first half was boring and listless, but damn the ending made me actually care enough to check out the next one. Still, I can't get past the feeling that I should just give this series up already.

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