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Storm's Heart (Elder Races, #2)

Thea Harrison

Start date: October 1, 2011

Finish date: October 31, 2011

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Feb 24, 2013 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: shifters, reviewed, paranormal, vampires, series, 2013

Almost as entertaining as the first book, with characters just as likable and plot as engaging.

Tricks/aka Niniene and Tiago although opposites, make a good couple that faces difficulties from the beginning and grows closer through them. It was interesting seeing what made Tricks "tick" and find her way to her rightful place with Tiago by her side.

The next book is about two characters we see a bit more in this book, Rune and the Vampyre Queen Carling. Looking forward to reading their story!

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Oct 03, 2012 lia rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Quite good. Not exceptional but entertaining enough.

Thistle Periwinkle or Tricks is actually a long lost princess of the Dark Fae kingdom. She escaped an assassination attempt that killed her whole family by her uncle Urien and work for Cuelebre. After her uncle was killed, she has to step up and take the throne.

On her way to her kingdom, she was attacked by her cousins and was on the run. A concerned Dragos, sent Tiago, a fellow Wyr dragon to found her and save her.

As I said earlier, it was ...more

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Feb 10, 2012 Samantha rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: not-for-me, shall-go-no-further, lost-steam, 2012

I started out with high hopes with this one because it has some of my favorite elements for a romance, which is to say a dark, gruff hero and a heroine that is strong, but needs help from her position of advantage. Tiago is a Wyr sentinel who has been assigned to track "Tricks", whatever her name was, and help protect her until she is safely crowned queen of the Dark Fae. While I understand attraction and lust are part of any good romance, here they happened too fast and only served to make me r ...more

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May 22, 2011 Kaity rated it really liked it

Shelves: shapeshifters, faeries, owned, paranormal-romance

Review originally posted on Bitten Books and given 4 stars.

With Urien dead, Niniane (Tricks) can take her place as Dark Fae Queen. This is easier said than done considering her first meeting with the Dark Fae on her own results in an assassination attempt. Niniane can't turn to the Wyr for help anymore so she attempts to disappear. Her friends in the Wyr demesne are worried about her though and want her found at any cost. Tiago is sent to find and protect her, and somewhere along the way he find Review originally posted on Bitten Books and given 4 stars.

With Urien dead, Niniane (Tricks) can take her place as Dark Fae Queen. This is easier said than done considering her first meeting with the Dark Fae on her own results in an assassination attempt. Niniane can't turn to the Wyr for help anymore so she attempts to disappear. Her friends in the Wyr demesne are worried about her though and want her found at any cost. Tiago is sent to find and protect her, and somewhere along the way he find himself guarding her with his life because he wants to.

I really enjoyed Storm's Heart, mainly because I loved the characters. I fell in love with Tricks in Dragon Bound and was very excited to read more about her and her transformation into Niniane, Dark Fae Queen. I certainly wasn't disappointed. Niniane remained herself but we got to see her mature and work towards a more queenly personality. Tiago wasn't in Dragon Bound much so I wasn't sure what to expect, but holy cow was he kickass and smoldering! I liked that Tiago and Niniane weren't equals per say, but each had their strengths. I also liked that Niniane was always challenging Tiago so the difference between them never mattered. I also loved the character background stories, both were very fitting and didn't disappoint. I especially enjoyed the reasoning behind Niniane's nickname, Tricks.

So many books in the paranormal romance category have powerful supernatural males and either human or relatively weak women, but somehow the heroine becomes vital or she has some amazing power that no one else has. I liked that while Niniane was queen, I never felt like it put her into that silly 'special' category.

I prefer my romances to be as angst free as possible. Angst and unhappiness just aren't my thing. I love how Harrison dealt with issues in Storm's Heart. She wasn't afraid to face them head on in her writing then simply move on. I love that her characters are intelligent, fierce, loyal and loving but most of all willing to work things out and not leave me in agony.

There were a few loose ends and other aspects that I'd hoped would be included in Storm's Heart that weren't. I especially wished we'd seen more of Pia and Dragos considering her, uh, current condition. I was glad we got to see more of Rune, loved him in the Dragon Bound. He bothered me a little bit in this one because I was so involved in Tiago and Niniane's relationship and I didn't care for his actions however honorable they were. I still adore him though and look forward to his story. Carling... I hated her until the end scenes. I'm very excited to learn more about her now though, she seems like she'll be the most complex character so far. I'm really worried, however, because she might not be good enough for Rune.

All in all, Storm's Heart was an amazing followup novel to Dragon Bound. It was a little slower actionwise making it more character and emotion based. I found Dragon Bound to be more of a 'stand out' novel than Storm's Heart but I think fans of the first book will devour this one like I did. ...more

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Aug 22, 2011 Kimberly rated it liked it

Shelves: 2012

I wasn't drawn into this book as much as I was the first book of this series. Things didn't pick up until the last few chapters.
Tricks started out strong. She was funny and I wanted to root for her. But as the book went on, I lost interest in her. Tiago was an alpha male I didn't like. It's one thing to be protective and another to act like an overbearing ass. Bleh! I just couldn't get into him.
I want to finish reading the rest of the series, but if I have to sift through 15 chapters just to ge ...more

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May 21, 2011 Jesslyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cat-pnr-fantasy, cat-series-ongoing, z2011-kindle-reads, kindle-sample

I guess the best recommendation that I can give this series is that I trust the author enough to keep buying without sampling first. Also, I have been out of the PNR realm for years and these are dragging me back in.

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