“It helps to know the right people and Eve’s got connections. She was just killed by a dragon and suddenly she is awake and alive. Resurrected after the brothers Cain and Abel pleaded on her behalf, Eve is now back in business as a Mark. And it is time for her to complete her training.
It is Raguel’s turn to hold Mark training and he doesn’t plan to make it easy on the newbies. The new Mark’s are traveling to Fort McCrosky, (a military installation that is all but abandoned now) to train in a controlled environment. Of course nothing is that easy for Eve and the nice pre-planned training exercises quickly turn into “on the job training”.
There is a new classification of demon in town and Reed (Abel) is investigating just what kind of demon it is. This new and terrible demon is obliterating Mark’s with incredible ease. How can it be defeated if even the best and brightest can’t defend themselves against it? Good thing Reed can shift anywhere at a moments notice. He finds himself shifting between Australia and California trying to keep Eve safe while his investigations continue. He must find out what is destroying the Mark’s before it comes for Eve.
Alec (Cain) is on assignment. He is charged with sending the werewolf pack leader Charles back to Hell. While separated from Eve and hunting Charles, Alec runs into several demons who are terminating themselves. Just what is going on to make them want to send themselves back to Hell? Alec has to get to the bottom of this, but having Eve in his head is proving difficult for him to concentrate on the task at hand.
All the while, the 3 have formed a bond quite unlike anything they have ever seen. Constantly being in the forefront of each other’s awareness is starting to take its toll. While it would be amazing to have 2 angelic men clamoring for your affections, I am not sure it would be fun for them to be brothers. Especially brothers who have the biggest sibling rivalry in history! The whole “brothers being into the same girl who is named after their mother thing” was at first bit odd for me, but Ms. Day makes it work somehow. Perhaps Cain and Abel have been around for so long, they really aren’t that brotherly anymore. While they are still testosterone laden rivals, they must find a way to work together in order to protect the woman they love. Makes for some rough patches, but in general they have managed to get through it, thus far.
For the first couple of chapters I thought this was going to be one of those “middle books”. You know the ones I mean. The kind that pretty much goes nowhere but sets up the story for its big conclusion in the third book. And then it got exciting and I found out I was wrong. There is a dangerous mystery to solve and while there is a conclusion to the story part of the plot is left unfinished, making me want to run to the store and grab the third book Eve of Chaos to see what happens next. Unfortunately, as of the time I finished reading this book, the next installment isn’t out yet. So I must wait. Since the books are being released in 3 consecutive months, my wait is thankfully brief.”
Christel wrote this review Monday, August 10 2009.
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