Review: Night Season (The World of the Lupi, Book 4) by Eileen Wilks

Gwen’s review of Night Season (The World of the Lupi, Book 4) by Eileen Wilks
Paranormal romance published 2 Jan 08 by Berkley Sensation

Blurb:

A magic medallion . . .  A diplomatic envoy from another realm . . .  A dragon who doesn’t like to share. . .

. . . and a tester that turns the wrong color when she pees on it. FBI Agent Cynna Weaver’s life is a little too full right now. She’s pregnant--and lupus sorcerer Cullen Seabourne is the father. Cullen is thrilled. Cynna can barely utter the p-word. What does she know about kids? Her mother was a drunk. Her father abandoned them. Or so she’s always believed . . . .

But things could be worse. She might be snatched into another realm to meet her long-lost father--a world where humans are strictly second-class citizens. In Edge, magic is commonplace, lying is an artform, and night never ends.

And Cynna’s only way home means working with Cullen to find an ancient artifact sought by powerful beings who would do anything to claim it.

[No excerpt available yet.  I'll update the link as one is posted.  Read an excerpt.  Cool book trailer is here.]

I’ve enjoyed all of Wilks’s entries in the World of the Lupi novels. This book isn’t so much about the Lupi as it is about the other magical elements in Wilks’s world.

I liked that this novel explored Cynna and Cullen’s relationship. However, I wasn’t wild about the alternate world it took place in – called 'Edge.' I don’t know what it was, but it just didn’t come together for me as well as Wilks’s past books.

The writing is, as always, top notch in Night Season. I don’t think there’s another author out there that is better at world-building than Wilks. Her characterizations and descriptions of the environments are just amazing. You are literally THERE, living and breathing with her characters. I LOVE that about her books.

While I wasn’t so crazy about this entry in the series, I still have to give Wilks props for writing another amazing book. Moreover, I was so incredibly glad to see Cynna and Cullen finally get their HEA.  And I can't wait to see what Wilks does with the dragons.

Grade: B+

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Review: On the Prowl by Briggs, Wilks, Chance, and Sunny

Gwen's review of On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks, Karen Chance, and Sunny
Paranormal, Fantasy Anthology released by Berkley 7 Aug 07

Anthologies are interesting, especially when they're about related topics - in this case, people with two natures - animal and human.  This set of four stories all have critters in common: werewolves, hellhounds, dragons, and tigers. Two of these authors I know something about (Briggs and Wilks), but two were new to me (Chance and Sunny).  It's interesting to read new authors in this context.  Sometimes they suffer by comparison, and sometimes they benefit by getting a new audience.

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