Misfortune Teller (Sasha Urban, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

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Sep 17, 2018 Monadh rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pnr, vampires, uf, magic, precognition

Lives up to the promise of book 1

Book 2 of the Sasha Urban series certainly lives up to the promise of the first book. Sasha is still mistrustful of her powers, especially as they work very unpredictably, how else could you explain all the near misses she had lately without seeing them coming? By day she continues to work as a financial analyst for her mentor Nero, which puts her under a lot of pressure as he saddles her with more work than she can reasonably handle.

I loved the strands of Russia Lives up to the promise of book 1

Book 2 of the Sasha Urban series certainly lives up to the promise of the first book. Sasha is still mistrustful of her powers, especially as they work very unpredictably, how else could you explain all the near misses she had lately without seeing them coming? By day she continues to work as a financial analyst for her mentor Nero, which puts her under a lot of pressure as he saddles her with more work than she can reasonably handle.

I loved the strands of Russian folklore/mythology as Sasha tries to find out about her past and who her parents were and the role her pet chinchilla/domovoi plays. At one point she seeks help from Baba Yaga (who is an ambiguous figure at best) which almost turns decidedly unpleasant for her if she didn’t have protection from an unexpected source.
We are also left dangling about Sasha’s love interest(s), if you could call them such, as it is mostly fantasizing on her part (about kissing her boss and mentor Nero), only to find that things concerning her boss are quite different in reality than her imagination. Damian (who is a strong seer) seems to believe that Sasha will end up with him, but she doesn’t share that vision. Add an unearthly attractive incubus/succubus to the mix and you would expect more than actually happens. This would also be one of my points of criticism: not only does she not get anywhere with the guys that are after her (ok, she does end up killing one of them), but at the end of the book she is farther away from a romantic connection than before. And this is not only true of her “love life”, but she also isn’t any closer to learning anything about her origins or getting a handle on her powers. So while we learn more about the different Cognizant and the paranormal world there seems to be very little progress in the story overall which left me kind of frustrated and wanting to get my hands on the next book in the series now.

To end on a positive note: I really liked the humor in the book, mostly due to Sasha’s musings and her observations about the world around and her snarky comments and the fact that she approaches all the supernatural stuff very prosaically (with a little reliance on her “magician” skills). So 4 ½ stars with the hope that there will be some more forward movement in the next installment, Reluctant Psychic. ...more

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