{"id":3248,"date":"2019-05-09T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2019-05-13T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:33:32","slug":"review-seize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-seize\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – Seize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seize<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

by Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor<\/p>\n

\"Seize\"Series:\u00a0<\/strong>Magnus Blackwell, Book 3
\nGenres:<\/strong> Adult,\u00a0Supernatural
\nRelease Date:<\/strong> March 26th 2019
\nPages:<\/strong> 359
\nPurchase from:<\/strong> Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a> | iBooks<\/a>
\nMy Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/p>\n

Lexie Arden has a loving husband, a thriving business, and consults with the New Orleans Police Dept on murder cases. Kalfu has given her everything she desires, but challengers to her authority are closing in.<\/p>\n

Her dark secret remains hidden from everyone except Magnus. He sees the evil growing stronger, changing her, and hurting her marriage. If Lexie doesn\u2019t rid herself of Kalfu\u2019s influence soon, the consequences will be irreversible.<\/p>\n

When she unexpectedly inherits a cottage in the swamp, she uncovers a library of rare books on voodoo. Their spells can reverse the dark lord\u2019s hold and set right the balance between darkness and light. But such magic requires a great sacrifice; one Lexie isn\u2019t willing to make.<\/p>\n

With the shadow spirits and raging voodoo gods vying for her attention, Lexie is on the verge of losing everything\u2014her husband, her power, Magnus, and possibly, her life.<\/p>\n

The battle for control of the mambo\u2019s soul is about to begin.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/h3>\n

Seize<\/em> leaves me in two minds. On one hand, it’s well written, the characters are well fleshed out, and the general story line is interesting.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the amount of angst in this book made me want to set it aside. Poor Lexie is just hit with one challenge after another, without any time to recover in-between.<\/p>\n

I’ve said before that I’m not a fan of angst, or even a lot of conflict. This story, then, isn’t really for me. But, three books in, I’m invested in the characters. I want to know they get happily ever afters, so I’ll probably read the next book(s) as well.<\/p>\n

And speaking of characters, I found Lexie much less sympathetic in\u00a0Seize<\/em>. Kalfu and Damballah are both dicks in their own way, and Maman Brigitte is a stone-cold bitch. I’m certainly eager to see more of Magnus, who seems to improve with each book, and Antoine, who seems like a total sweetheart \u2014 I really hope he doesn’t turn out to be terrible.<\/p>\n

If you’re OK with angst and conflict, then I’d certainly recommend\u00a0Seize<\/em>. But if you like your stories a bit less rocky, you may want to steer clear of this one.<\/p>\n

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