Blood Skye (Skye Druids #6)

Donna Grant

Blurb:

The only choice is surrender .

In my world, magic and danger go hand-in-hand. It has from my earliest memory. Magic was currency, and if you have it, you have power. I was shaped by some of the most influential Druids into a lethal weapon. Their weapon.

Until the night they betray me—and I wind up in the hands of my enemy.

He’s nothing but a job for me. To him, I’m the key to finding his father. Too bad I know nothing.

But right now, he’s the only thing keeping me alive, so I’ll do whatever it takes. Yet, if we’re going to survive, it means doing it together.

I’ve never allowed myself to care, to feel. To hope. He shows me a world that was always just out of reach, one I was never meant to be a part of—and a love that burns bright enough to scorch the earth.

Together, we will bring an empire to its knees.

Themes: Druids, Magick, Fae

Rating: 4.5 stars

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Review:

We have been wondering for a long time where Donna Grant was going to be taking this series, but to be honest with you I never imagined we would be heading in this direction. While I cannot deny Donna has a serious way of turning longtime villains into the greatest of heroes, I certainly did not imagine that we would be seeing such a turnaround, but there you have it. The continuing saga of the Skye Druids takes us deep into the English countryside as one of the Knights goes on a mission in order to find out what has happened with his missing father, never imagining just how deeply he is being drawn into his past and the dangerous future against his will. Carlyle and Davon/Song are pitted initially against one another and then together against their enemies as they find out that their pasts are not what they seemed and that those they have loved and sacrificed so much for have betrayed them beyond conception. I loved every moment of the story even when I was terrified and my heart was breaking for both of them and I am dying to find out what could be coming next as I hope we get to meet more of the knights and see how they handle the more and more terrifying challenges that are coming their way.

Normally I would go deeper into Carlyle and Devon/Song and the way they came together and learned more about one another and how they fell in love, but I am afraid to give away too much of the story because it truly was nonstop from the beginning to the end. I will say that I loved getting to know Carlyle and seeing him learn the truth about his past –as painful as it was—and find himself despite those that tried to manipulate him into doing what they wanted him to do. He is brave, strong, smart, and determined to never give into the evil that he can sense around him at all times. He is also loving and giving to those that prove to him that they are worth his love and devotion, including Devon/Song in the end. Devon/Song changes a lot over the course of this story and we learn her past has shaped her in immeasurable ways, even though she too was tricked by those that should have loved her and provided her with a safe place to grow. She is intelligent, courageous, clever, and thinks several steps of those around her, even though she is tricker by those she thought she could trust. In the end these two were entwined long before they ever knew one another in person and they were made to find one another once they learned to trust one another, despite all the signs that they shouldn’t.

Blood Skye is a story of betrayals, treachery, trickery, and two people that had their trust broken repeatedly by those that should have always been their greatest allies. Carlyle has come to love and trust his found family in the Knights and the other trusted Sky Druids, but his blood family is another story and when he begins to doubt his past, present, and future, his life, and the safety and all those he loves might just be on the line. Devon/Song has been given a task, one that she doesn’t believe in, but that she has to complete in order to protect those she loves, but the more time she spends with Carlyle the more she begins to doubt her mission should be accomplished at all. Together Carlyle, Song, and the Skye Druids have to battle their enemies, dangerous circumstances, and in the end they have to prevail against the most terrifying of their own personal fears if they have any hope of surviving together. The connection that formed between Carlyle and Song was beautiful and passionate once they found their way to forgiveness and love and I enjoyed seeing them find that together. I am dying to see what comes next in this twisty, complicated, and sometimes dark series as Donna continues to lead us deeper into the drama of the Skye, London, and Edinburgh Druids as they all battle for supremacy and fight against the ultimate evil that is trying to end them all. Let the battle against the darkness continue!

*eARC provided by author for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.