3.5 stars ( )

Adrian is the last Judaian and Evy is the last Davidian. He is destined to betray her, but they love each other. He fights to win her trust and prove he won't betray her, while they hunt for the hallowed Moses staff to repair the weakening walls to the demon realms. Cute gargoyle, distrustful sister, quasi helpful angel.Okay read.
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Another strong female badass from Jeaniene Frost. This book has tons of action that it could be a chick action flick and not of the naughty variety. Ivy has grown since the first book where she was a girl getting thrown into having to deal with demons and archons and being the last in a mythical lineage that has a long list of enemies and a destiny for her to follow. In the second book she has been training and is still hunting for the second hollowed weapon. Time is imperative because she needs the Staff of Moses to help seal all the demon realms which are starting to crack and tear open into the human world. Throughout the whole book Ivy is being chased and hunted. Demons and minions are trying to find her to kill her to make sure that she doesn't close their access to humans.

At the start of the book you have Ivy dealing with the unresolved issues from the first book with Adrian's betrayal (which is part of his prophesized destiny) and her broken heart. She is destined to save the world and he is her opposite. Everything in the world has an equal opposite to maintain balance. It had been six months since she destroyed Adrian's realm where Demetrius was at. This whole time she hasn't seen or heard from Adrian.

All in all this book is constant action with an actual sweet romantic scene. That makes this series different and worth the read. I don't read Jeaniene Frost's books for the love, its the combo and that well written out action scenes that makes you want to take up kickboxing or something so you can be a badass chick like her heroines.

This is the second book in the Broken Destiny series which so far looks like it is only going to be a trilogy.
The Beautiful Ashes
The Sweetest Burn
The Brightest Embers - Release date is set for November 28, 2017 ( )

The Sweetest Burn
Broken Destiny, Book 2

I Picked Up This Book Because: Continuing the series

The Characters:

Ivy Jenkins:
Adrain:
Jasmine, Zack, Costa

The Story:

Ivy is on her second hunt for a super powerful relic that will seal all the walls to the demonic realms. Demons and minions are fought, betrayals happen (not from Adrian, thank goodness), near death experiences, revelations upon revelations, soul tethering and smoking hot sex all ensue.

I liked this story but it didn’t keep my attention like the first one. I’m anxious to hear the next chapter however my library is not cooperating.

The Random Thoughts:

3.75 Stars ( )

I liked this book. After having mixed feelings about the first book in the series, The Beautiful Ashes, I had considered not reading this book. I decided to give it a try in the end and actually liked it more than the first book in the series. I do think that this is a series that needs to be read in order. This book picks up shortly after the events of the first book and is really a continuing story. I am very glad that I made the decision to give this book a chance.

I love the world that this story is set in. It is like the world we live in but with a few extra features available to certain people. In other words, most people don't see the things that Ivy and Adrian see and I like the idea of the something extra. In some cases, people really just don't want to believe what they are seeing. It was rather exciting to go with Ivy and Adrian to all of the realms and deal with so many different issues.

Ivy and Adrian's relationship takes some big steps in this book. I do really like them as a couple and was happy to see things progress for them. At the start of the book, Ivy did drive me a bit nuts by being a tad dramatic. I understood why she was upset but maybe she could have found out why things happened the way they did. It just seemed to slow the story down at times.

There were some pretty interesting developments in the overall story. I really didn't expect the artifacts to work for Ivy quite the way that they did and I found it to be really creative. They spend a lot of this story looking for the second artifact which is a staff. We learn a lot about Adrian's history as they search through different areas.

I did enjoy the narration of this audiobook. Tavia Gilbert does a really good job with the character voices which helped to bring the story to life. I thought that she really added a lot of emotion to her delivery which made everything a bit more exciting. I thought that her voice was very pleasant and I found myself listening to the book for hours at a time.

I would recommend this book to others. I can't say that I like this series as much as the Night Huntress series but it is quite entertaining. In the end, I found it to be quite enjoyable and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. ( )