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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Sheep Review: Darkness Awakened by Stephanie Rowe

Darkness Awakened
(Order of the Blade: Primal Heat Trilogy #1) 

The Calydons are a race of ancient immortals cursed with a dark side. Each Calydon is destined to meet his soul mate, to be so drawn to her that he is unable to resist bonding with her through the rituals of his race...

...but their destiny is to destroy each other and all they care about the moment their bond is complete.

Quinn Masters will stop at nothing to rescue his rogue teammate. To save his blood brother and ensure his brand of justice triumphs, Quinn will break every rule of his kind and partner with the sensuous, courageous woman destined to be his ultimate destruction.

Haunted by a brutal past, Illusionist Grace Matthews will risk everything to save her kidnapped sister, including putting her life in the sinfully capable hands of an immortal warrior whose ravaging kisses and intense passion propel her ruthlessly toward a fateful destiny she can't afford to believe in. 


I have always been a fan of Stephanie Rowe’s writing. She really knows how put emotions into words and when it comes to smexy immortal warriors; Winning! Most of her writing is humorous and light hearted, but she has taken a walk on the darker side of PNR with her Order of the Blade series and I am so glad I followed her.

Here is a little about the mythos Rowe created:

The series revolves around a race of immortal warriors called Calydons, who were created thousands of years ago from violence and they are all destined to die by violence because they were cursed to meet their sheva -fated mate. Once bonded, the Calydon warrior would go rogue and enter a murderous rampage. The sheva and Calydon would end up destroying everything they loved, including each other. To protect the human world from rogue Calydons The Order of the Blade, and elite group of Calydons, was created. The Order kills rogues, even if he was a former friend, and any Otherworld creatures that posed a threat to humanity. My favorite thing about the Calydon warrior is they each have a tattoo on their forearms of their weapon. When they call them out there is a flash of black light and a loud “crack” as they slam into their hands. After throwing the weapon it will fly back to their hands if they call it but if they don’t, it will disappear after a few moments. No one can wield the weapon, but the owner. For some reason I find this sexy as hell!

This is a PNR so each book in the series will focus on one of the warriors and his sheva as well as putting into motion the events for the next book, but there is an intense and action-packed overall story arc as well. You can read each book as a stand-alone, but it would be best to start with Darkness Awakened.

The Order of the Blade members are as tortured and brooding alpha-males as they come. Since order members are so important and not easily replaced, they don’t kill each other if they meet their shevas. Instead, they kill the woman for the greater good of the world. Darkness Awakened focuses on the order member Quinn and his sheva, Grace. Grace is an illusionist, and they are hunted and killed because they only created dark and deadly illusions. Grace’s are so strong they can actually cause physical damage and death to the target, including herself. She has spent her whole life keeping the power under control so no one would know. But when her sister is kidnapped by a power-hungry Calydon who wants to free the creator of the Calydon race, she has to seek out Quinn, one of the most powerful Order members. The story is full of intense passion as Grace and Quinn try to fight the bond so they can save her sister as well as avenge the deaths of two Order members. Page-turning action and sexually frustrated immortal warriors make this a fun read. Our couple gets their HEA, but there are more Order members who need to find theirs.

5 “CRACK!” Sheep



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Here is a look at the book #2  Darkness Seduced


Immortal warrior Gideon Roarke made an oath five hundred years ago to the woman who died for him. The ancient Calydon is ruthless in his quest to honor that promise, even if it means risking everything by teaming up with the one woman who will either destroy him, or finally bring redemption to his blackened, hardened soul.
After escaping from a two-year imprisonment at the hands of a madman, the only thing Lily Davenport wants is to go home and reclaim her life. Unfortunately for Lily, standing between her and that goal is a sensual, demanding protector whose dangerous seduction threatens to claim her life…and her soul.
The Calydons Destiny: The Calydons are a race of ancient immortals cursed with a dark side. Each Calydon is destined to meet his soul mate, to be so drawn to her that he is unable to resist bonding with her through the rituals of his race...
...but their destiny is to destroy each other and all they care about the moment their bond is complete.


Book #3 Darkest Surrendered releasing May 15, 2012

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5 comments:

  1. Looks like I have a new series I need to try out. Thanks for the heads up on this one!
    MaryLynn

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  2. Hmm, these sound interesting. Will have to add them to the never ending wish list. I have yet to be disappointed by the books recommended here.

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    1. what a cool thing to say :)thanks! We try and change things up around here, a little bit of everything. We are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get when you open us up ;)

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  3. Nice review, I have put this series on my wishlist. Somehow, I have not read about those books before.

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  4. these are pretty new actually and only released as ebooks. But word is getting around about what awesome PNRs they are. Rowe knows how to write a tortured alpha male ;)

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