Casee‘s review of Master of Fire (Mageverse series, Book 10) by Angela Knight.
Giada Shepherd is a Maja – an immortal witch of the Mageverse. When vampire knight King Arthur asks her to protect his mortal son from an assassin, she’s willing to do anything she must to keep Logan MacRoy alive. But Logan is no ordinary mortal – he’s a handsome seductive cop, intent on a romance with his beautiful new partner.
Trouble is, Arthur has ordered Giada to keep her distance from Logan. But that’s a lot easier said than done….
This is one of my favorite paranormal series. It’s the only series I’ve read that is centered around Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Angela Knight has put a spin on Arthur that is somewhat unexpected: he’s a vampire. This is the 10th book, so we obviously know almost all we need to know about Arthur. Including the fact that he has a mortal son.
Logan MacRoy.
Logan knows his duty as Arthur’s son. He knows and accepts that he will have to become a vampire in the very near future so he can join his Father’s cause to protect the Mageverse. He just wants a little more time as a mortal man, time his father has given him.
Giada is instantly drawn to Logan. She knows that part of it is her magic (newly learned) feeling the power that lays dormant within Logan. She has been sent by Arthur to protect Logan from any unseen threat. She just can’t tell him b/c Logan had a bad experience with a Maja in the past. So she poses as his lab assistant/partner.
The world really is intense. The love Arthur has for his son seems to pour off the page. He wants Logan by his side, but he doesn’t want to force him to do something he’s not ready for. The scene where father and son are working together was really wonderful. It had enough manly emotion that it wasn’t girly.
Another interesting character was in this book. A cat/mountain lion/Sidhe/God. I think that the series really moved forward with this book. A huge step was taken toward the path that will lead to the next battle.
I really liked Giada. She was a witch that really didn’t know her own power. She had no idea that witchcraft even existed, now she’s walking through portals, talking to Arthur and Guinevere, and protecting a future vampire which turns out to be more difficult than she thought it would.
I liked how the book ended. I’m a sucker for a good cliffhanger.
3.75 out of 5.
This book will be available from Berkley March 2, 2010. You can pre-order it here or here in e-format.
The series:
Darn you. I was trying to avoid buying this one. I think I’m going to get sucked in. What didn’t you like about it? Why give it a 3.75. What was lacking?
Love AK and this series particularly! Cliff hanger? I don’t mind if it’s for the action, for the romance makes me crazy. 🙂
Lynette, it’s been months since I read it so I really couldn’t tell you. I know I wrote the review after I decided to be less “rah rah” in my reviews.
I love this series can’t wait to read this one.