Book Review: Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance, #1) by Larissa Ione
Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance, #1) by Larissa Ione. © 2011 Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9780446574495. Mass Media Paperback. Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy. 432 pages. Source: purchased.
Synopsis: They are here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
His name is Ares, and the fate of mankind rests on his powerful shoulders. If he falls to the forces of evil, the world falls too. As one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he is far stronger than any mortal, but even he cannot fight his destiny forever. Not when his own brother plots against him.
Yet there is one last hope. Gifted in a way other humans can’t—or won’t—understand, Cara Thornhart is the key to both this Horseman’s safety and his doom. But involving Cara will prove treacherous, even beyond the maddening, dangerous desire that seizes them the moment they meet. For staving off eternal darkness could have a staggering cost: Cara’s life.
Review: This is the first of the series, but it is tied to the previous series by the author (the Demonica series). The beauty is that you don’t actually need to read the previous serious to understand this one (but I highly recommend it, so read it anyway lol), the author does a great job of giving you the background on characters that came from the previous series.
I didn’t know if I was going to like the fact that this was about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and whether this was going to include a lot of references to the Bible or not. The author did not disappoint. The book was amazing! We begin with one of the Horsemen going evil and the action doesn’t stop until the last page. The love story takes a back seat to the whole Armageddon thing but it is closely tied to it. The affection between Cara and Ares (War) was rough but sweet, and very complicated. This is one book that I could not put down once I started. PLUS, I got to check on my favorite characters from the Demonica series and see what they were up too. I can’t wait for the second part of this series which will be all about Famine (She is FEMALE), it will be coming out sometime in December of 2011.
I’m giving this book 5/5.
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