Rainbow Book Reviews
"The world burned. Not consumed by a literal fire, but the T-11 virus devoured and left everything it touched in cinders and ashes either way. Smoke curled. Haze festered. Spread like wildfire from one state to the next. North America and South America followed, and then entire continents. Order and civilization took a hard fall, and Sweet laughed while it happened. Born in a time the supernatural were hunted down like animals, how could he not?" I was excited to get more clarification on what caused the Fall. It seems a virus created by the government was released, and the T-11 virus was targeted at certain gene sequences in an effort to destroy all paranormals. Unfortunately it killed a lot of humans, too, and made many more into monsters or drove them insane. The Hellhounds MC, especially the more powerful in the club, i.e. Mace, Spider, Viper, and Revo, believe The Collector, aka Dr. Lars Seymour, may be more dangerous than they first believed. He may be performing experiments, much like what was done pre-Fall. I hesitated a little at reading Sweet's story. Let's face it, he's not my favorite wolf - hell, he's nobody’s favorite anything. His own brother, Reaper, barely tolerates him, and it's because Sweet is always itching for a fight, causing trouble, stirring up a hornets’ nest. He can't ever leave well enough alone, and most of that has to do with having lost his mate so many years ago. But he might have met his match when Dr. Seymour brings Phoenix to town. Phoenix used to be a starving college student until the T-11 virus turned him into something that burns and kills with fire. He's been a prisoner of Dr. Seymour's for five long years, being abused, degraded, and humiliated at every step. When Sweet scents him, he knows Phoenix is his, but stealing the prized possession of a powerful man doesn't come without risks. Not to mention, Mace is going to kill him. Phoenix is the first of all the characters I've encountered in this series who really made me feel for him. No matter how much he's dealt with, how much anger he still has, there's a tiny part of the kid he used to be lurking inside. A kid who still has hope. Luckily for Phoenix, he tries to do something monumentally stupid in hopes of saving Sweet, Wolf County, and the club, but Sweet saves his butt. And, yes, I learned to like Sweet during this book. Definitely my favorite of the series so far! I was impressed that the author managed to make Sweet someone to like, and I adored Phoenix. Another exciting adventure in a world I'm becoming fascinated with.
