Book Review On Devil's Playground, (Kris Chase #2)
**Book provided by the author for an honest review**
Rated it
To
repay a debt, necromancer Kris Chase finds herself slinging drinks
behind the bar of a well-known supes club, Devil’s Playground. But
that doesn’t mean her life has settled into anything resembling
normal. Vampire kills are still on the rise, and now, a new enemy has
surfaced...
Kris
Chase is back and badder than ever! While tending to her new job at
Devil's Playground, a bar for the supernatural community, a ghost of
a recently deceased girl enters. Her dead body was found outside the
bar and now the police are investigating her murder, shining a not so
welcomed light on the bar and it's owner Devlin, aka Devil. After
hearing the young girls story, and Devil himself needing the person
responsible involved in it brought forth to clear his name, Kris is
on the hunt. Can Kris find the killer(s) before more innocent young
women die?
It's
been three years and three months since I read Created Darkly,book 1 in the Kris Chase Series, so as I got deeper into the story my mind
was refreshed with the who and what's but not about how much I loved
the story until Kris was knee deep in her investigation. The
beginning of the story had me at a loss, and totally disconnected.
Kris's family structure is odd to say the least, and I wasn't feeling
their bond. Then her absentee mother appears out of the blue wanting
to start a business with her daughters, umm why? For one, she ditched
them when they were young and never looked back. Now she just
reappears wanting to act like their mother...NO! Kris loathes her and
her mother knows this, so she manipulates her youngest Torra who is
only 16 years old. Lizet, (the mother) has three strikes against her
right out the gate in Chapter 1 with me. Despite my feelings about
the mothers actions, the entire beginning just seemed out of left
field for me.
As
Kris gets into her investigation, we are reminded of her creation
Raphael, aka Rafe. Being a necromancer, Kris had risen him from the
dead and made him a vampire...with wings! And now as they venture
into this case, we learn just how deep their connection runs. Her
boyfriend Rush, whom is also part of the Council, becomes jealous and
pushes Kris into really thinking about where their relationship is
going and how she feels for him, all while facing danger at every
corner trying to find a killer. The story was dark and ugly, but I
really enjoyed it! The torture, rape and murders are very present and
taken seriously by all parties involved, (so if you are sensitive to
these acts then this book is not for you). By the end of the story I
was wowed with where the story had gone. Due to the disconnected
feelings I experienced in the beginning, that brought my rating to 3
Fangs. I would have loved to give it more, but that did keep it from
going any higher. However, this is a great read with the way the
author built the world, and set the stage for this story to seriously
be an ongoing series. I do recommend this upcoming series to all
whom love dark paranormal romance stories!
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