Review: Ancient Enemy (Ancients Rising #2)

Ancient Enemy (Ancients Rising #2)

by Katie Reus

Blurb:

She should be his mortal enemy.

Ancient dragon shifter Rhys awoke from his slumber hungry for revenge against the witch who killed his sister. When his hunt takes him to the rebuilding city of New Orleans, he finds a woman he can’t keep his eyes off—but she’s a witch. While Rhys wants to despise all of Dallas’s kind, even he can’t deny that she's beautiful, kind and…adorable. And her pet baby dragon only increases his fascination with the sexy woman. Protective instincts he never knew he had take over him as they hunt powerful monsters. He’s forced to confront everything he thought he knew about witches as his life is turned upside down.

But he wants her anyway.

Dallas Kinley is used to being hated because of what she is. Witches have always been the pariahs of the supernatural community. Until now, when the world needs rebuilding. Even though she wants to keep her distance from Rhys, vampires and humans are dying in New Orleans, so she vows to help him hunt down those responsible. But finding the enemy comes at a heavy price, because Dallas is hiding a terrible secret. As they race against the clock to find the murderers, she can only hope his need for revenge won’t rip them apart. Especially when he finds out what she’s been hiding from him.

Themes:  Paranormal, Witches, Dragons, Shifters

Rating:  4.5 stars

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Review:

 The saga continues with an all new story of Magick and mayhem that brings together a witch and a sexy dragon shifter that will come together to change the world. Katie Reus has a way with world building that is magnetic to readers and keeps readers coming back again and again to her series.  This new series began with an event that that changed the world and left the paranormal coming out of the shadows in order to protect mortals and lead the world out of the darkness. Dallas has hidden her light for a long time, keeping her magic to herself for the most part because witches were second-class citizens in the paranormal world, but as soon as Rhys sees her he knows she is special. Rhys and Dallas are forced to work closely together for the good of their new community, but Rhys has an ulterior motive that might just tear their newly forming bond apart at the seams.  Rhys knows he wants Dallas, but letting go of a grudge he’s held for millennia is truly difficult beyond imagining even if he knows it may cost him the single most important thing in his long life.  The heat between Rhys and Dallas was wonderful to experience from the very beginning, but the issues between them kept them apart for too long.   Rhys is a good male, with a strong need to protect and avenge those he loves, but he also needs to learn that sometimes we have to let go in order to move on and find happier times. I loved seeing him growing under the heat of Dallas’s love and it was amazing to watch him kicking butt and taking names to protect his woman. Dallas has a fierceness and bravery that belies her sweetness and loving nature, but you can see from her connection to her pet and the earth that she is the type of Earth Mother personality that one just does not fuck with.  She will use everything at her disposal to protect those she deems as in need of her help and certainly those she loves.  She was the perfect match for Rhys and I enjoyed getting to see her bloom and expand on her magic as she came out of the shadows and found her place in the world.  I am really looking forward to the next story in this series and cannot wait to find out which Dragon falls under love’s spell next and who will be wielding the binding magic. Great work, once again, Katie.  

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