Title: The Last Rising
Series: Curse of the Phoenix #1
Author: Rachel Firasek
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
(September 3, 2011)
Format: eBook Novella
Source: Purchased from Amazon
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Description: After paying two millennia’s penance to
Osiris, world-weary Phoenix Ice has had enough. Saving souls without any hope
for her own redemption isn’t how she imagined spending eternity. Fed up, she
decides her next death will be her last. But when she sacrifices her own life
for a sexy Texan in a catastrophic plane crash, she has no idea the
consequences will be so great…or that she’ll end up back in his life for her
next assignment.
Now that
Turner Alcott has survived the worst, finding a wife and mother for his son
matters more than ever before. When the mysterious Ice comes into his life,
Turner knows she’s the one—but love is the last thing Ice wants. If he wants to
win her heart, Turner must teach Ice how to forgive herself, and prove that
love is the ultimate sacrifice.
Review: Rachel
Firasek’s The Last Rising sizzles in
this new take on Egyptian mythology mixed with the modern day.
Once a
goddess, now a phoenix, Ice must pay penance and hope for a chance for
redemption. Yet she’s decided she has had enough of Osiris’s games. Yet when
she saves Turner Alcott’s life, she may have to rethink her chances at
redemption. Turner is arrogant, annoying, but she can’t stand to be away from
him or his son Brodie. Ice must decide if Turner is her redemption or her
newest curse.
The brilliant
use of Egyptian mythology as well as the idea of the phoenix and redemption
makes Firasek’s The Curse of the Phoenix series stand out. It is this idea that
drew me to The Last Rising and into the
series. Firasek knows how to create a slow burning romance. I kept wondering “will
they” or “won’t they.” Turner is a bit of a weak link in this novella for me,
though. I find his chauvinistic attitudes and brash behavior a bit off-putting,
but Ice and Brodie won me over. Firasek creates strong characters. The pace
moved quickly, only lulling during the latter half of the novel before picking
up again. The characterizations of the other phoenixes make me want to read the
next in the series.
The Last Rising by Rachel Firasek burns slowly and
increases the tension between the romantic duo. Like a phoenix, I can’t wait to
dust off the ashes and read the next in the series!
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| Four Bookworms = I really liked it! |
