Burned (Alex Verus, #7)

Posted on 14 July 2017 by Benedict Jacka

Mage Alex Verus is back in the seventh in the gorgeously realized urban fantasy series from the national bestselling author of Veiled I m used to people wanting me dead But, this time, I m not the only one on the hit list and time is running out Diviner Alex Verus finally made one too many enemies on the Council of Mages, and now one of them is angry enough to have him executed Fighting for his life is nothing new, but this kill order also calls for the death of Alex s dependents and there s no way that he ll let Luna, Anne, and Vari take the heat With only a week before he s history, Alex will have to figure out how to disassociate himself from his friends, scrounge up allies on the Council, and hopefully keep his head attached to his body But saving himself is going to bring him into direct opposition with his former master and the Dark mages surrounding him And, this time, escaping with his life might mean losing his soul Free Read Burned (Alex Verus, #7) [ By ] Benedict Jacka [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Sometimes, every once in a great while, there comes a truly excellent UF book A good deal are entertaining, a bit less are fantastic, and a handful rank up there with some of the best in any genre Of course, to actually make that claim, we ve still got to take into account everything that has come before and see wh...An easy five stars for this one which was probably the best so far in the series On the edge of your seat type tension with death sentences hanging over all our favourite characters and no apparent way out And then a huge cliff hanger of an ending and the next book nowhere in sight Please hurry Mr Jacka You can t finish a book like that and then leave us waiting Like many people I started this series because it is supp...Fucking hell That was, maybe, the best of the series Not a single slow moment was to be had From the very first page, to the very last, I was on the edge of my seat pulling for Alex and the gang And I just have to say, screw the Light Council Bunch of hypocritical douche b...Review crossposted from my book review blog I first started reading this series because it was recommended by Jim Butcher If you look at the cover of any of the books, you re likely to find a quote from him And in a lot of ways this series is like the Dresden Files And yet, I can never like it nearly as much I think I ve finally figured out why that is.Like Dresden, Verus often finds himself pitted against seemingly insurmountable obstacles The major difference, I think, is that while wit Review crossposted from my book review blog I first started reading this series because it was recommended by Jim Butcher If you look at the cover of any of the books, you re likely to find a quote from him And in a lot of ways this series is like the Dresden Files And yet, I can never like it nearly as much I think I ve finally figured out why that is.Like Dresden, Verus often finds himself pitted against seemingly insurmountable obstacles The major difference, I think, is that while with Harry it s usually some sort of external supernatural bad guy and occasionally involves ...Fantastic read, the dark mages finally show their teeth A hell of unexpected cliffhanger ending.Weakest in the series The chaos existing in the Light Council is unrealistic I mean, come on, no organization is that divided They would have been wiped out by the Dark Mages ages ago.As for Verus, it begins to annoy me that he doesn t evolve as a character or in power The series is often compared to Butcher s Dresden Files but the difference is that Harry s power and influence grow consta...Nope Nope Nope.Way, way, way too dark for me.Not what I have come to enjoy from this series.I really love d this series, and I m afraid that I absolutely hated the ending of this one so much so that it completely destroyed my enjoyment of the book as a whole From the point that Verus went on the run, I found the plotting lazy and basically meaningless We went here, then they nearly caught us then we went there, then they nearly caught us we went shopping, then they nearly caught us It was fundamentally just filling space until the final confrontation which was an insult to I really love d this series, and I m afraid that I absolutely hated the ending of this one so much so that it completely destroyed my enjoyment of the book as a whole From the point that Verus went on the run, I found the plotting lazy and basically meaningless We went here, then they nearly caught us then we went there, then they nearly caught us we went shopping, then they nearly caught us It was fundamentally just filling space until the final confrontation which was an insult to the author s dedicated readers Leaving the protagonist teetering on the edge of a cliff metaphorically is, I think, one of the most manipulative and unforgivable acts of an author It is basically saying I m going to make jolly sure that you buy my next book It should not be beyond a good writer to make each book in a series a satisfactory whole, in and of itself, while still leaving the reader wantingAnd talk about plot holes I mean to say, Verus is meant t...It s hard to do justice to this book without any spoilers Alex Verus has managed to tread that thin, awkward line between the political mage parties for years, but no longer The threat of an independent mage who refuses to align politically with existing powers has proven too much he and his dependents have a week to live.With that opening out of the way seriously, that s not a spoiler this is about 3 pages in the stage is s...This is the Changes of the Alex Verus series If you re a fan of the Harry Dresden books, then you know the sort of impact I m talking about I m absolutely blown away.The book starts strong and never lets up, and it s clearly stuff that Jacka has been planning for a long time now The fence sitting, the endless playing both sides of mage society and trying to be beneath the notice of the heavy hitters it s all over Alex has a week to live and the execution order applies to his dependents a This is the Changes of the Alex Verus series If you re a fan of the Harry Dresden books, then you know the sort of impact I m talking about I m absolutely blown away.The book starts strong and never lets up, and it s clearly stuff that Jacka has been planning for a long time now The fence sitting, the endless playing bot...

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14 July 2017

Benedict Jacka