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Zev
Hunter was an elite warrior, a dark-blood dealer of death to rogue
Lycans who preyed on mankind. He was a loner, never given to personal
attachments, and damned fierce at his job. But Zev begins to question
his past and his purpose when he awakens in the darkness of the sacred
cave of warriors—and is soothed back to consciousness by the sensuously
familiar voice of one woman, the woman who has haunted his fantasies for
centuries. She was Branislava, member of the Dragonseeker clan…
Mother Earth called the ancients to witness your rebirth…
For
this half-mage, half-Carpathian temptress, the ritual of awakening Zev
to the council of warriors was the only way to save him. Locked away for
his own protection, the time has now come for his rebirth, for his
blood to stir with that of the ancient warriors before him. He has been
assured by Branislava that their fates are entwined, that their spirits
are woven together for eternity and that his new purpose in life is
beyond imagining.
Now, with a blood-sworn vow of honor, mercy and
endurance, and under the influence of a siren as bewitching as
Branislava, Zev begins to wonder what his purpose is, what it means for
the future of the Carpathians and what it is about his rebirth that he
has to fear…
the Dark/Carpathian series, Branislava Dragonseeker has tied her soul to an
injured Lycan warrior on the verge of death. The connection between her and Zev
is earth shattering, and she can’t live without him. He’s her lifemate, but she
doesn’t understand how that could be since he’s Lycan and she’s Carpathian.
Zev Hunter has guarded and advised the Lycan council for centuries, and now
he’s acting as their liaison with the Carpathians. He and his pack often kill
rogue werewolves and sometimes the rare Sanga rau (mixed-blooded
werewolves and vampires). Lycans believe all mixed bloods should be
exterminated, but Zev is siding with the Carpathians over the Guardians
(mixed-blooded Lycans and Carpathians). After he’s terribly injured protecting
a Lycan council member, he’s fed Carpathian blood and put to ground to heal.
When he rises, he’s more than just Lycan—he’s Carpathian. Unbeknownst to him
and everyone else, he’s also the last of a long dead bloodline.
in this book, and apparently, the Dark Blood line is much stronger and more
revered than the Dragonseekers, the Dubrinskys, and the Daratranzanoffs. Also,
the Dark Bloods can walk in sunlight and the women were allowed to fight with
their men, which doesn’t align with the established history and genetic make-up
of the species.
She was trapped with her sister Tatijana in the ice caves for countless
centuries, but she learned all sorts of dark magic from her evil father,
Xavier, and from his vicious brothers. Zev was rougher and more controlling
than Fen and Dimitri (the heroes from the previous two books), but he still
respected Branislava as a woman and a warrior, even though his possessive inner
wolf demanded he keep her out of danger.
Gregori, but I didn’t see many similarities. Sure, Zev is demanding and bossy,
but he’s not a male chauvinist like Gregori. Now, don’t get me wrong. I like
Gregori a lot—he’s a kickass secondary character—but in his own book, Dark
Magic, he was way too controlling of his lifemate Savannah. Luckily, Gregori
has calmed down over the years and now treats all women with more respect.
trilogy within the overall series. Multiple sex scenes, drawn out fight scenes,
repeated information, and detailed chants and rituals affected the pacing. After reading so many books in this series, those types
of scenes just blur together in my mind since they’re all very similar.
understand why Natalya wasn’t there. She’s a powerful Dragonseeker and
should’ve been fighting alongside her kin to save their people.
and Tatijana, Dimitri and Skyler, and Razvan and Ivory returned and added a lot
of humor, emotion, and depth to the story. The best thing about this series is
the cast of secondary characters. I’ve read several reviews for this story and
even though some of those readers weren’t happy with Ms. Feehan’s choice of
villains, I actually liked that Xavier was a triplet and his two evil brothers
masterminded the plot to pit the Carpathian and Lycan races against one
another.
their friends and family, but the slow pacing kept drawing me out of the book.