Stolen Fate by Linsey Hall my review
Review Courtesy of April Hollingworth
This is the fourth book in this phenomenal series. Granted it is shorter than the others but it contains a world of pleasure between its pages. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. I found Ian and Fiona a wonderfully compelling couple. Fiona’s need to find the book had consumed her life and put everything on hold, while Ian has been trapped in a hell prison for a hundred years with no chance of escape. Fiona’s need for Ian’s help turns into an opportunity like no other, for both of them. I adore this series so much and recommend it to anyone and everyone.
Opening Scene:
Blisteringly hot hellwinds scraped across Ian MacKenzie’s flesh as he hoisted the great stone block into place.
The Review:
Fiona Blackwood is an Acquirer, an immortal who uses magic to hunt ancient artifacts, and she’s losing her mind. Failing to live up to her fate by finding the Book of Worlds, she’s been shunned by those around her and demoted in her job. The worst part is she’s slowly losing her mind, as her subconscious tries to accomplish her fated task. Presented with an opportunity to find the book and save her sanity, she will let nothing and no one stand in her way.
Ian MacKenzie is an accomplished thief. He has been locked away in a nightmare prison for more than a hundred years. All because he failed to maintain the secrecy of his magical race, when his last job went awry. Now Fiona is presenting him an opportunity of escape, and he’s determined he’ll never go back to hell. Even if it means betraying the woman he’s beginning to care for.
But more is at stake than either Fiona or Ian could ever imagine. The fate of the world is being threatened by unknown forces, and Fiona and Ian have difficult choices to make.
Notable Scene:
“To what do I hold the pleasure?” His eyes raced over her face when she stopped a few feet in front of him. Strong features and a determined gaze. She had an expression that looked like she’d roll over anyone who got in her way.
“Can we have some privacy?” she asked the warden.
The idiot in his pants twitched at that. He shifted so that it wasn’t evident.
“I’ll be just outside the door.” The guard leveled a warning glance at Ian. He left the door cracked behind him.
Her gaze met his. Steely eyes-both in color and hardness-searched his own.
It made him wonder what she saw. Once, he knew she would have seen someone stylish, wealthy, good with words. A man with a sliver tongue who knew how to get what he wanted.
He didn’t see that man in the mirror anymore, and he had the feeling that, on the day he finally got out of this damned place, that man wouldn’t return.
No, she’d see a harder man, half animal by now. Shaped by his time in prison like a canyon carved out by a river. The qualities of that man, well, even he wasn’t familiar with them.
“I’m Fiona Blackwood.” Her accent was local like his, and he assumed she’d grown up in Edinburgh, too. Though the prison contained inmates and staff from all over the globe, her Scottish burr was distinct. She didn’t reach out to shake his hand.
It reminded him of what he’d become and that there was no reason to engage in the social pleasantries that were once second nature. “Ian MacKenzie.”
“You’re in here for blowing up the west wing of the Scottish Museum of Antiquities,” she said.
He shrugged. “Aye.”
Her jaw clenched. Apparently she didn’t like his blasé attitude about the catastrophic damage he and his partner Logan had caused while trying to rob the museum a hundred years ago. It should have been an ordinary job, but their magic had gotten out of hand.
FTC Advisory: Linsey Hall provided me with a copy of Stolen Fate by Linsey Hall. Published through Bonnie Doon Press LLC. Kindle Edition. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
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