![]() However, the ending of that book pretty much redeemed the story as Opal finally confronted the Great Dragon of Korea, and an epic showdown of dragons and the city of DFZ ensued. Unfortunately for this review to be meaningful, I would need to mention a few details from the previous books which could be minor spoilers.Īdmittedly, I caught a slight stumble in the prior sequel, Part-Time Gods, where I was quite annoyed at Opal Yong-Ae, our main protagonist, as she was increasingly backed into a corner with her bad luck curse (from her dad, of all people) and started being all kinds of crazy. The DFZ trilogy, and in particular this concluding book, was no exception. ![]() Ever since I’ve finished Heartstrikers and then the Eli Monpress series, she has become my go-to favourite author for the best comfort reads that could amaze me with its awesome worldbuilding, great and compelling characters that just feel right somehow. ![]() I don’t know how she keeps doing it, but Rachel Aaron has done it yet again. ![]() ![]() Night Shift Dragons delivered a spectacular and hugely emotionally satisfying conclusion to Rachel Aaron’s follow-up urban fantasy series set in the insanely cool, quirky and vibrant free city of the DFZ. Published: 5th May 2020 (Aaron/Bach, self-published) ![]()
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![]() Review by Mel Genre: LGBTQIA, MM Omegaverse Paranormal Romance 5 Blue Roses 4 Blue Flames Narrator John Solo captured every kind, gentle, and sentimental nature of this end-of-life tender hearted omegaverse romance. ![]() Not only do we get a great story with the main characters but the supporting characters are just as strong and have you eager to hear their stories. Your heart will ache and soar as you listen. So much so that it will bring tears to your eyes as you feel the pain that they go through. Narrator John Solo does a wonderful job of bringing life to these characters. ![]() The author has woven a beautiful story with strong characters that has you rooting for a happy ever after. Love has no restrictions and everyone learns this the hard way. Gray, Jamie and Rohan go through so much and find their relationships changing and evolving. There is so much pain and love throughout this book. How will Gray find the strength to leave not only his child but also the two men who have come to mean so much to him once everything is over? This story is one big emotional ride. ![]() Jamie and Gray find a bond that only grows stronger as they spend time together and his relationship with Rohan the alpha takes an unexpected turn. The couple that he helps comes to mean so much more to him than just a job. When Gray decides to become a surrogate to help out his family he never expected the chaos that comes into his life. ![]() ![]() He is the ill-fated child destined to kill his father to marry his mother. ![]() Odewale is the tragic hero in The Gods are not to Blame. ![]() She also plays the role of a good hostess. She kills herself when she learns that her husband, Odewale, is her son all along.Īll through the play, Ojuola projects the image of a patient, reserved, obedient and dutiful wife. Cruel fate makes her bear four children for Odewale, her son cum husband. She is the mother of Odewale and Aderopo. Ojuola is King Adetusa’s wife and later inherited by Odewale. ![]() Judging from his confrontation with Odewale in the latter’s farm in Ede, King Adetusa is well versed in spells and incantations. The presence of his murderer in Kutuje would bring deaths and illnesses to the land twelve years after his death. He meets a tragic death in the hands of a son he doesn’t know exist. ![]() King Adetusa is the king of Kutuje before the ascension of Odewale to the same throne. He is the husband of Queen Ojuola and father of Odewale and Aderopo. The characters being focused on are King Adetusa, Queen Ojuola, King Odewale, Aderopo, Ogun Priest, Baba Fakunle, Abero, Alaka, and Gbonka. In this post, I shall briefly examine the characters in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame and the roles each character plays in the play. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ryman lovingly describes the sights, sounds and colors of India: the carpeted jade of the luscious grasslands, a sky of luminous rainbows, the swift whoosh of the blue-breasted kingfisher and the chittering antics of troupes of monkeys. ![]() ![]() "The Veil of Illusion" picks up the story 13 years later in Calcutta, with Olivia still seeking the truth about Jai's disappearance. Ryman gives a precise description of these important incidents from her earlier book at the start of the sequel. Jai was rumored to have been executed by the British for his role in the rebellion. Then in Cawnpore, in 1857, the notorious Bibighar massacre took place, a native uprising in which 200 European women and children were murdered. Jai went on to build a shipping business that competed directly with British companies and beat them at their own game - resulting in an even more explosive situation. Jai Raventhorne, a fiercely magnetic but bitter half-caste, snubbed the British by marrying a white American, Olivia. In "Olivia and Jai," her earlier novel about the British in 19th-century India, Rebecca Ryman made it very clear that it does not pay to go against the accepted behavior under the crown. THE VEIL OF ILLUSION By Rebecca Ryman St. ![]() |