Genre:
Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
Description:
The
Harbinger is the fourth
novella in Ms. Rains’ The
13th Floor series.
“Meira
Harper loves both her jobs: talking about beautiful shoes and
fetching souls for Zeus. But the Thunder God threatens the harpy's
loyalty to her job when she receives the call to bring the soul of
gorgeous Sam Wright. Meira pleads with her boss to let him live. Zeus
agrees, but Sam must fight for his life. If Sam can win three
challenges, he can keep his soul.
The gods
never play fairly, though, so Meira needs to find ways to help Sam
with the challenges. She cannot outwardly cross her master, but she
refuses to let the man she loves lose his soul. They haven't even had
a chance to start a life together.
Sam's soul
is on the line. Meira's will be too if she's caught, but that's a
risk she's willing to take.”
Author:
Christine
Rains is a writer, blogger, and geek mom who lives in southern
Indiana with her husband and son. Ms. Rains is a member of S.C.I.F.I.
and Untethered Realms. You can find out more on her website,
Facebook, or on her blog.
Appraisal:
Ms. Rains
has done it again. It took me a little longer to actually love this
novella, but this author’s intelligent writing style and
contemporary view of the Gods won me over. The journey that these two
characters take is unique and drew me in. The inner turmoil that
Meira felt was real and I was as concerned for Meira’s soul as I
was Sam’s. The character development was outstanding; I even ended
up liking Hera at the end. The challenges Sam was given seemed
insurmountable, I think the author proved, for man, that anything is
possible with the right woman/harpy by his side. The last challenge
had me reeling, but the author’s brilliant mind was able to make it
work. Sam Wright was a true hero. The action, drama, and emotion in
this novella are worth five stars.
FYI:
This is the
fourth book in The 13th Floor series.
Added
for Reprise Review: The
Harbinger was a nominee in the
Fantasy category for B&P 2014 Readers' Choice Awards. Original
review ran April 19, 2013
Format/Typo
Issues:
I found no
editing or formatting issues.
Rating:
***** Five stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 25-30,000 words
