4.5

Book source ~ NetGalley

Cassie Armstrong is trying to make up for what her father has done to humans and paranormals. The experiments he’s done, the people he’s kidnapped, the torture and death. And let’s not forget the sadistic experiments on his own children, Cassie and her brother. Man, what a douchebag. Anyway, he’s dead and she needs to find Dante. The oldest phoenix shifter she’s ever known. She needs his help, but since his escape from the prison called Genesis he’s been hard to get to and when she does, he dies, burns, rises, and loses his memory. So Cassie has to start all over again. It’s such a bummer. Especially since he doesn’t remember her and she loves him.

Dante is old. Very old. And he’s been imprisoned at Genesis for nearly all of Cassie’s lifetime. Problem is when he dies, burns, and rises he doesn’t remember his past. It usually comes back, but he’s powerful and not too worried about it. Until she comes along. Cassie. She seems familiar, but before he can decide if she is the enemy, men are trying to capture them both. He never runs from trouble but she begs him to, so they run. But trouble follows.

Ok, so Dante is pretty unlikeable. But he has his reasons. One redeeming quality is he doesn’t have any desire to hurt Cassie. Which is a good thing. Cassie is a bit of a bleeding heart, but not too much so. It does lead her back into trouble which Dante doesn’t understand. They have a lot of issues to work out and they have to do it on the fly. Because, you know, bad guys chasing them. This story has a great world and characters and a decent plot. Ending seemed a bit much, but it’ll do. I enjoyed it.

3.5 STARS
**My thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books, for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

In some ways i struggled with this book. More often than not the book would suddenly be told from someone else point of view without warning and it was often jarring. I usually love books by this author but this one fall short for me.

This book is full of paranormal antics, government organisations/agents gone rogue and a woman who wants to fix the wrongs that her father created.

Cassie is a scientist on a mission, used as an experiment by her father and now trying her best to fix the damage he has done to humans and paranormals in the world the only way that she know how. Dante, a man she first met when she was only eight has always played a part in her life. She finds him in a cage and tries to free him, however she is caught by her father and her life progresses from there.

Fast forward until she is a woman and Cassie is chasing Dante, believing that he is the cure that she needs to complete her work. Being a phoenix however can cause problems, especially as he does not remember her her time and time again when he rises from the ashes.

So much happens in this book, so many chases, so many near missing, love, revenge, death, intentional hurting. You almost have to take a breath when the book is finished.

The story itself was good, but i think it would have been better if the book had only been told from two point of view, Cassie and Dante.

Sorry for the inconvenience in taking so long for my feedback, but I never finished this book and no longer have access to it.