Review: Immortal's Honor

Immortal's Honor by Rebecca Zanetti
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Vampire-Demon Sam Kyllwood is The Keeper, part of the secret ritual to banish the evil Ulrich forever. Since the ritual which made him The Keeper Sam has been plagued by uncontrollable fire and being dragged into other realms by vicious creatures.

Honor McDovall doesn't realise she's an Enhanced human, she just knows she has a special sense about when someone is lying, a skill that she uses in her job as an interrogator with Homeland Security. When a suspected arsonist/terrorist is apprehended Honor is brought in but finds herself in over her head.

I have loved this series but honestly, enough is enough. There is so much infilling of back story and re-introducing previous couples plus furtherance of the overarching plot that the romance is pretty superficial. And that's the real problem, PNR really relies on the reader (well me) investing in the powerful feelings overcoming reason and honestly I didn't feel it. Also, not only did we have the trope of exerting dominance through doggie-style sex and hair-pulling, but also the dominance and physically hurting the woman (oh, yeah, hurts so good). I am just not comfortable with that any more, even in fiction. I truly hope that the next book has a woman who doesn't accept any of that macho BS and literally bitch slaps Garrett (or whoever) into next week when he tries it.

What I want, what I realy, really want (hello, Spice Girls) is a book that drives the overarching plot forwards, maybe Honor finds out about Drake and Paxton' extra-curriculur activities, maybe another male also comes onto the scene (a prophet?) just something other than couple #99 having marginally abusive sex and blowing things up and the plot advancing by miniscule degrees.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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