Deadly Descendant

Deadly Descendant (2012) Jenna Black

Nikki Glass is a Descendant of Artemis. A few months ago she knew nothing about Descendants, but much has changed since she accidentally killed a man and became a Descendant herself. The community she has become unwillingly attached to has need for her particular skills–in her prior life she was a private investigator, which is the second reason she stays (the first being the protection it affords her adopted family.)

If you didn’t read this first book, it’s possible you might find this story confusing. If you did read the first book, you may wonder about the near absence of Nikki’s sister. She comes up in conversation, but Nikki spent so much time talking to her and worrying about her in the first book, it seems strange she’s almost completely absent from this story.

One thing I particularly enjoyed was we spent more time with Jack, the Descendent of Loki. I’m always fond of reading about tricksters.

“Since when have you become an expert in dog behavior?” Blake countered. Jack grinned. “Wasn’t it just this morning you called me a son of a bitch?”

“I’ve seen you change forms before. You don’t have to be naked to do it.” When he’d changed in the living room, his clothes had changed right along with him. He grinned at me and stretched out his legs to give me a better view. “I don’t technically have to, but it’s more fun this way.”

Jack is done very well, a completely chaotic good bordering on chaotic neutral character–you’re never sure what he’s going to do next, but it’s also clear that he supports Anderson and everything he is trying to do.

As in the previous book, the story is interesting and held my attention, but it also becomes clear this is going to be a boinking series, which drops my interest (NOTE: this is due to my personal preferences, not because of the way the boinky bits were written.)

So, I’ll see if the next book ever drops in price, otherwise, I probably won’t be picking up the next in the series. I liked it, but I didn’t like it that much.
Rating: 6/10

Published by Pocket Books

 
 

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