Secure All Souls Near Nigh (Soulbound, #2) Fabricated By Hailey Turner Rendered As Manuscript
like the first book, A huge win for me,
I loved everything here,
And we have a DRAGON!!!!!
Patrick and Jono are perfect together and even if the romance takes a back seat, it's there and we can see that their pack is going stronger just as their feelings for each other.
Love the secondary characters,
I can't wait for book, I want Estelle and Youssef to be put down NOW!
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Definitely enjoyed this more then book, Can't wait to see what the next book brings me!
More to follow! Pat is back at it, . .
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The gods still can't seem to leave Patrick alone,
New enemies arise.
Patrick and Jono's relationship continues to blossom through the chaos,
Old enemies are still causing trouble,
Jono forms a new pack,
New York was close to being destroyed,
Patrick and his crew come in to save the day once again,
A good addition to the series, I look forward to the next, Lets be honest, the second book in the series is hardly ever as good as the first one, But thank goodness, this is not a case here, I loved sitelinkA Ferry of Bones amp Gold and I am glad to announce that All Souls Near amp Nigh is just as great.
First of all, the plot is truly outstanding, Its fascinating with just enough twists and turns, With enough action to keep you on the edge of your sit and enough explanations and descriptions not to be just a rush of events.
The plot is fully developed and wellthoughtout, And, what is even more important, it is not just a retelling of the previous book, this one is truly different and unique,
Then weve got Jono and Patrick, I fall in love with them in the previous book, so reading this book was like meeting old friends, I love how they interact with each other, the way they work together, And Im really thankful that this is not one of these second books in the series where one of the heroes is mostly absent for the story.
I saw this happen a lot but fortunately Patrick and Jono work together from the very beginning, This is their story, not Patricks, not Jonos but both of them,
Another think I like is the lack of some serious fight or breakup between them, Again, I saw those in many other books and never really liked, I like my characters dealing with the problems as they come without some excessive drama in their relationship, Watching Patrick and Jono work in unison and navigate their lives is a pleasure,
This is probably one of the best notthe firstintheseries books I have read for some time, I cant get enough of Patrick and Jono, Waiting with anticipation for the next book in series!
As you might be able to tell from my categories, there's a bit of kitchen sink about this.
Shifters, gods, demons, mages, and vampires in New York City, But Turner absolutely makes it work, I dove into this one right after finishing the first,
It reminds me of The Immortals by Jordanna Brodsky, only less angsty, a lot more action and a lot more interesting, perhaps because there is so much going on.
But as I said, it works, It's a bigwide world, and magic is out there, policed by Paranormal Divisions of the government, Some magic stuff can stay in the community, but if it interferes with the normals, there's both public relations and criminal consequences, When a dead shifter body is discovered in a train station, usually an area protected by many and old layers of magic, Patrick is involved professionally, and Juno becomes involved personally.
As usually, there's a strong romance angle, but it's surprisingly grownup for the genre, as Elena C, noted in a review of the first book, Pat and Juno each have history, but try and attack issues with faith and patience, It was something to see, I'd say with developments in this book, it actually feels like growth of a romantic partnership, as opposed to a more surfacerelationship of the first book.
I'm not sure which was more surprising, that it was maturing nicely, or that I found it so sweet, As always, I'll note Turner seems keen on including It's mostly integrated, but maybe a little not at times,
One of the other interesting things that is happening with this series is that as the relationship between Pat and Juno stabilizes, they are finding that others want to be included into their circle.
Reminds me a bit of Kate and Curran in the Andrews' Kate Daniels series,
Overall, a fun series, I'm not a great judge here, but it's passing all the gutsniff tests it's a thing trust me, Maybe I'll have to check in next year and see if it survives QB, but I think it will, Audio Feb: No Change
Not gonna ding the star rating since evidently I was rounding up last year and I really enjoyed the narration and I loved Gary's accent for Jono.
I can't believe how good a job he did with repeatedly saying those MesoAmerican gods' names! Seriously, when I read this the first time by the middle of the book I was shortening names in my head like Tezcatlipoca to Tez amp Quetzalcoatl to Quetz despite Patrick nicknaming him Pretzel.
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My only complaint is that I wish Hailey had done what Charlie Cochet did with the THIRDS audiobooks and included the glossary at the beginning of the audiobook so I could remember/figure out who was who in the mythology.
Despite how well Gary did with the names I still found myself having to concentrate extra hard or rewinding until everything clicked finally, In this case I think having the book made keeping the names straight because I could see them in print, . . and I wish the ebook had the glossary at the beginning, not as an appendix,
That said: So excited to get to Book!!
Original RatingMar:,Stars
I wasn't as familiar with the pantheon used in this one, so I'm glad there was an appendix/glossary, . .
This one started off with a little less frenzy, but made up for in a big way later, BIG. HYOOOOGE. Seriously, when/if I visit NYC again I'm gonna be very wary of visiting , I think I might be a bit crazy in that regard, but whatevs, Once again I found myself forgoing sleep in order to finish it, So, maybehours over the course ofnights SO, EFFING. TIRED. No regrets, though. Worth it.
And OMFG I hope there is a Bookin the works because that last bit about the sounds incredibly intriguing.
Very Indiana Jonesesque with a hint of Hydra Sign, Me. Up!! On the one hand I'm crying that it's not out yet, on the other hand I am exhausted and need time to catch up on my rest!
Also, I mentioned in my review for Bookthat Hailey had one hell of an Alpha/Beta reader team behind her.
Well, that stable of friends and colleagues has only gotten stronger because there's even MORE of them great writers in their own right, too! I'm seriously impressed.
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More rollicking, explosive battles ensue when Patrick grudgingly agrees to help the viscous master vampire Lucien take over one of the local night courts.
Mix in werewolves, jaguars, gods from multiple pantheons, and a fledgling dragon, and youve got nonstop, blood amp gore, blowemup, spellbound action, Ill admit I didnt like this one quite as well as the first one, but its a worthy addition to this this wonderful urban fantasy series.
I kept wishing Jono would do the big reveal to the other god packs! Maybe inAudioStars!
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Bookdidnt have my heart racing as much as bookdid, There seemed to be more talking and not enough action and sexy times for me, I know the talking was necessary for strategizing, and as a reader in this case, listener, the talking did help me understand the additional characters introduced.
Afterall, this series has mixture mythical gods from various cultures, shape shifters, and supernatural beings, Knowing the talking was necessary, didnt keep me from huffing impatiently at times,
Im still crushing hard on Lucien, and I want to feed Wade all the pop tarts he can eatLOL
Audiobook:,Stars August
Gary Furlong has found his groove and hit this one out of the park!!!
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As much as Patrick would give anything to not be part of this coup, he had promises to keep, places to be, vampires to kill.
His life could be called a lot of things but never dull,
And it is also full of surprises, . .
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One of these days, . . One of these days, Special Agent for the SOA and mage by trade, Patrick Collins, would learn to say no, As if a soul debt to some supreme deity wouldn't be enough, a bargain with a master vampire who shoved the guilt card right into his face is bound to end up in disaster.
His track record in that regard speaks volumes, so wiggling out of it preferably without getting killed in the process thank you very much, get his superiors on board in order not to get sacked and make the whole thing a goddamn success would be a welcome change for once.
Caught up in a vampire turf war with some gods unbeknownst to him meddling in his affairs and a case of tortured dead werecreatures, with the threads tangled up in one another more than he cared for, Patrick once again needs to rely on enemiesturnedallies, on the powers that be very high above as in not of this world and the soulbond to Jonothon de Vere, god pack alpha werewolf without a real pack, umm.
. . yet. Slowly but surely his feelings for this guy go way beyond their tied up souls, even if he knows that this is not one of his better ideas.
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Jono was a risk and a weakness in a way Patrick couldn't bring himself to let go of,
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Jono finds himself at a point in his life where decisions have to be made, responsibilities to take on and grounds to stand, all of which with consequences not only for himself, but also for the little pack he formed with a certain mage.
One thing is for sure: they have each other's back and that is something desperately needed in order to battle everything gods, other immortals and the shifter department throws their way and keep their growing pack safe, even if it means fighting to the bitter end and with all that is necessary, because.
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Home wasn't a place, It was people. Pack.
THIS IS URBAN FANTASY AT ITS BEST!!! Can I just say I loved to be back in this world and be done with it No Well hell, I'll try to explain, but if it doesn't make sense remember you asked for it, okay!
The world building is simply topnotch.
Where sitelinkA Ferry of Bones amp Gold concentrated on the European part of the Pantheon with mostly wellknown Greek and Norse deities, this second installment in the Soulbound series takes us on a highly entertaining journey through the Aztec mythology, which I realized I should have paid more attention to during my history lessons at school cough.
Names like Tezcatlipoca or Quetzalcoatl or Pretzel as Patrick so fondly called him were familiar, but it was interesting to get more background on these deities in Mesoamerican culture.
The author once again wove historical and mystical aspects effortlessly into a fastpaced urban fantasy tale with epic battles, police procedural, politics, ethical codes and a romantic subplot.
The subplot didn't feel particularly 'sub' to me, though, The connection between Patrick and Jono is steadily growing and with a grumps like Patrick and a delicious badass like Jono, Hailey Turner created two guys who sneaked their way into my toplist of favorite characters.
I especially loved the character development of Jono here and boy, do I love me some growly and protective werewolf!!!
My only niggle is once again the steadily growing list of characters.
Blame it again on my oldladybrainsyndrome, but I had a hard time keeping up with the whoiswho of urban fantasy New York and the otherworldly denizens, which is not the author's fault.
There is a glossary at the end of the book, but looking the names up pulled me out of the story, so I just had to go with the flow sometimes.
Towards the end of the book, there is a hint at the storyline of bookand I can't wait to read what the author has in store for the guys in the next installment.
Highly recommended!
Note: please heed the trigger warning at the beginning of the book!
ARC generously provided to me by the author in exchange for an honest review..
Thank you!