This Time : A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel
Nadira Holden, Demon Hunter Book 1
by Azaaa Davis
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Pub Date Oct 01 2018 | Archive Date Apr 27 2021
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Description
Resurrected into present-day New York, Nadira Holden is asked to save the world ... again.
She achieved legendary status when she gave her life to protect humans from demons. To her, it was yesterday. To the rest of the world, it was twenty years ago. Understandably, Nadira is adrift.
People have made peace with demons, worshipping them like celebrities.
No one wants to believe that the beautiful creatures who brought magic to mankind could be responsible for the disappearance of so many people.
When her father goes missing, Nadira refuses to play nice. Gloves off. She has to do what she does best. Fight.
If you like L.A. Banks' Damali Richards, Vampire Huntress, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter then start reading This Time today!
Advance Praise
"Yes.
""I don't even know where to start. The authors writing is superb. Her characters are not all lovable but all are well developed. The plot is complex and original. The world the author created is grim, full of betrayal, intrigue, some backstabbing, and a lot of power struggle. It is incredible how the author tackles preconceived notions, prejudice, hypocrisy, and indoctrination.
Nadira, the main character, has to deal with all of them, alone.""
- Amazing Debut Novel [https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1B60K0FWBR0I]
""I loved this book. LOVED it!
What's great about it? Everything! The plot is inventive, the world building top-notch and vivid, and the characters are fully realized and dynamic.
Nadira is destined to take her place in the hall of kick-ass heroes along with Buffy and River Tam. Something told me that is like this one as soon as I saw the cover, and I was right!
Do yourself a favor and read this book. You'll be happy you did.""
- All I can say is... Wow! [https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3400W6KYPJ6FB]
""This story kept me captivated from beginning to end. The writing style was superb and the story line felt original and unique. The characters were also believable and had their own distinct voices. One of my absolutely favorite things in a story is well-developed character and this story definitely delivered!
The world-building was rich and unique, full of dark, yet believable themes. Nadira was an absolute delight to follow through this world. Strong-willed and reliable the entire time. When she was upset, I was upset. When she was tempered and snarky, I was grinning.""
- Amazing writing AND storytelling [https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RLS0S0A7GQCZ1]"
Available Editions
ISBN | 9780578412160 |
PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Three and a half
This review is quite difficult to write because I have no wish to give things away and actually things do happen fairly quickly here. Nadira has no idea why twenty five years later she’s crawled out of her grave and is as if she never died fighting the Demin King. The war that raged as he sought out his missing daughter is apparently well and truly over with those who previously hunted Demons vilified. Who would have guessed that Demons would openly walk the Earth ? Nadira doesn’t know who to trust anymore but finding out her father is missing means she needs to get her head in the game because this time it’s personal !
I really liked this story and it had a lot of things going on that felt very unique. I did feel occasionally that the writing tried to tell rather than show and sometimes the words used to describe things felt overdone eg Nadira describing her fellow Hunter as being manhandled . However this has a different heroine with immense possibilities and potential to shake up everything. Obviously no spoilers here but if you enjoy a slice of romance in your urban fantasy then the next book is bound to be an eye opener because this is left in a way that is very intriguing.
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested from Netgalley and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair
This urban fantasy book turned out to be a great find. Once I began reading this book I realized that this book is a true urban fantasy read. Nadira Is a great character that even though she discovered she was paired with a succubus, she still was human enough to be able to work as a team member. There were great action scenes in this book. When Nadira had to fight several different types of demons, she was able to show how a demon soul and a human soul could work together. I was very glad to see that there are other books in the series, because I am ready to find out what else happens to Nadira.
This was a fun read, nothing out of the ordinary amazing but nice. However, it’s the first in a series and will be building up to more hopefully and first books have to do so much scene setting that I’m always generous and I am definitely going to be reading the next, it shows so much promise for the future. 3.5 stars
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion
I really enjoyed the slow world building in this novel. There seemed to be a lot of foreshadowing for future books. I like the main character, Nadira. She was a great lead and felt true to someone of her age with the choices she made. I liked a lot of the secondary characters as well and hope to see more depth with them in future books.
This Time held my attention, and I would recommend for anyone who enjoys Urban Fantasy. It was action packed and reminded me a bit of Cassandra Clare’s world building.
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