All Souls Near & Nigh (Soulbound, #2)

Posted on 16 September 2018 by Hailey Turner

You can t bargain with death if you ve already sold your soul Special Agent Patrick Collins has been reassigned by the Supernatural Operations Agency to New York City Navigating his new relationship with Jonothon de Vere, the werewolf he s now soulbound to, is nothing compared to dealing with territorial disputes between the vampires and werecreatures who call the five boroughs home But the delicate treaties that have kept the preternatural world in check are fraying at the edges, and the fallout is spilling into the mundane world Manhattan s club scene is overrun with the vampire drug known as shine and the subways have become a dumping ground for bodies When the dead are revealed as missing werecreatures, Patrick and Jono find themselves entangled in pack politics twisted by vampire machinations Learning to trust each other comes with problems for both of them, and the gods with a stake in Patrick s soul debt aren t finished with him yet Bound by promises they can t break, Patrick and Jono must find a way to survive a threat that takes no prisoners and is stalking them relentlessly through the city streets Old and new betrayals are coming home to roost but the truth buried in blood is poisonous than the lies being spun Trying to outrun death is a nightmare one Patrick may never wake up from All Souls Near Nigh is a 104k word m m urban fantasy with a gay romantic subplot and a HFN ending It is a direct sequel to A Ferry of Bones Gold, and reading the first book in the series would be helpful in enjoying this one Please see the disclaimer at the beginning of the book for content some readers may find triggering. New Read Books All Souls Near & Nigh (Soulbound, #2) Author Hailey Turner – kino-fada.fr 4.5 Stars As much as Patrick would give anything to not be part of this coup, he had promises to keep, places to be, vampires to kill His life could be called a lot of things but never dull And it is also full of surprises One of these days One of these days, Special Agent for the SOA and mage by trade, Patrick Collins, would learn to say no As if a soul debt to some supreme deity wouldn t be enough, a bargain with a master vampire who shoved the guilt card right into his fa 4.5 Stars As much as Patrick would give anything to not be part of this coup, he had promises to keep, places to be, vampires to kill His life could be called a lot of things but never dull And it is also full of surprises One of these days One of these days, Special Agent for the SOA and mage by trade, Patrick Collins, would learn to say no As if a soul debt to some supreme deity wouldn t be enough, a b...4,5 starsThis is the second book in the Soulbound series by Hailey Turner As much as I enjoyed the action in the first book, A Ferry of Bones Gold, I wasn t sure I ll stick to this series because it got exhausting at times As English isn t my native language I had a hard time keeping up with all the werecreatures, mages, vampires, werewolfs, gods, immortals Well in this one we get manycharacters, but...Arhgggghhjjjuhhvvcc that s the noise my brain is making at how bloody brilliant this book is.Full review to come when I m at my laptop and I can get some semblance of order back Righty, brain back sort of functioning so here we go A bitdetail about why this book is so bloody brilliant As with Book One A Ferry of Bones Gold Hailey takes well know mythological Pantheons Greek, Roman, Norse and mixes them up with the lesser known ones In Ferry it was the folklore of West Afric Arhgggghhjjjuhhvvcc that s the noise my brain is making at how bloody brilliant this book is.Full review to come when I m at my laptop and I can get some semblance of order back Righty, brain back sort of functioning so here we go A bitdetail about why this book is so bloody brilliant As with Book One A Ferry of Bones Gold Hailey takes well know mythological Pantheons Greek, Roman, Norse and mixes them up with the lesser known ones In Ferry it was the folklore of West African, Egyptian and ...4.5 The previous book A Ferry of Bones Gold was amazing and one of my few 5 reads of last year It s safe to say I was positively giddy with excitement when I started this and it didn t disappoint.Patrick seems determined to increase my stress levels as yet again he agrees to a life threatening deal with LucienI m going to take over the Manhattan Night Court, and you re going to help me Seriously Patrick at least pause before you say yes and spare a thought for Jono and us your loyal f 4.5 The previous book A Ferry of Bones Gold was amazing and one of my few 5 reads of last year It s safe to say I was positively giddy with excitement when I started this and it didn t disappoint.Patrick seems determined to increase my stress levels as yet again he agrees to a life threatening deal with LucienI m going to take over the Manhattan Night Court, and you re going to help me Seriously Patrick at least pause before you say yes and spare a thought for Jono and us your loyal fans.But I m getting ahea...4.5 Stars All Souls Near Nigh, just like A Ferry of Bones Gold is my kind of urban fantasy Lots of mythology, meddling Gods, errant vampires, and a thieving, hungry dragon in New York City What could go wrong It s a good thing New Yorkers can take pretty much anything, because if it can happen, it did happen in this book.Patrick Collins is settling into his life with Jono, being soulbound a...I absolutelyadoredthis It was much better going into this second installment knowing that romance wasn t the main focus for the first book I didn t seen the note at the end of the blurb and thought it was be romance with a fantasy subplot not fantasy with a romance subplot and that I wasn t going to get a ton of focus on Patrick and Jono and their moments were going to beweaved in and out throughout the story.I was much happier with the two sex scenes we got one at the beginning an I absolutelyadoredthis It was much better going into this second installment knowing that romance wasn t the main focus for the first book I didn t seen the note at the end of the blurb and thought it was be romance with a fantasy subplot not fantasy with a romance subplot and that I wasn t going to get a ton of focus on Patrick and Jon...I really enjoyed the first book in Soulbound series but this one was outstanding I loved the characters, the interspecies relations, the politics and intrigues everything melded together into thrilling and fascinating story Fast paced, full of adventure and sense of belonging this book grips you from the start Between werecreature murders and squabbling vampires Patrick can t catch a break Still recovering mentally from all the events in June, he is thrust headfirst into a case that brings I really enjoyed the first book in Soulbound series but this one was outstanding I loved the characters, the interspecies relations, the politics and intrigues everything melded together into thrilling and fascinating story Fast paced, full of adventure and sense of belonging this book grips you from the start Between werecreature murders and squabbling vampires Patrick can t catch a break Still recovering mentally from all the events in June, he is thrust headfirst into a case that brings him dangerously close to death But even amidst of pain and fear Patrick has a shoulder to lean on Jono ...4.25 starsMore rollicking, explosive battles ensue when Patrick grudgingly agrees to help the viscous master vampire Lucien take over one of the local night courts Mix in werewolves, jaguars, gods from multiple pantheons, and a fledgling dragon, and you ve got non stop, blood gore, blow em up, spellbound action I ll admit I didn t like this one quite as well as the first one, but it s a worthy addition to this this wonderful urban fantasy series I kept wishing Jono would do the big rev 4.25 starsMore rollicking, explosive battles ensue when Patrick grudgingly agrees to help the viscous master vampire Lucien take over one of the local night courts Mix in werewolves, jaguars, gods from multiple pantheons, and a fledgling dragon, and you ve got non stop, blood gore, blow em up, spellbound action I ll admit I d...The driving motif of All Souls Near and Nigh is quite literally Deus Ex Machina More than once, our protagonists, Patrick and Jono, are saved from impossible situations by one god or another, Patrick because he owes a goddess a soul debt, while Jono has a god living in his soulor less This time around, we are dealing mainly with gods based on Mexican or Mesoamerican religions with a little bit of Navajo thrown in both of the ancient and modern variety If I have a niggle about th The driving motif of All Souls Near and Nigh is quite literally Deus Ex Machina More than once, our protagonists, Patrick and Jono, are saved from impossible situations by one god or another, Patrick because he owes a goddess a soul debt, while Jono has a god living in his soulor less This time around, we are dealing mainly with gods based on Mexican or Mesoamerican religions with a little bit of Navajo thrown in both of the ancient and modern variety If I have a niggle about the book, it s that the gods characters were a little shallow it would have been super interesting to getinto the mythology other than just the appearance which in some cases could have come directly from Wikipedia the first stop on my many google searches while reading this book As the story went on, I noticed Patrick s very Jesus like martyr quality and I wonder if it s intentional He just really...Let s be honest, the second book in the series is hardly ever as good as the first one But thank goodness, this is not a case here I loved A Ferry of Bones Gold and I am glad to announce thatAll Souls Near Nigh is just as great First of all, the plot is truly outstanding It s fascinating with just enough twists and turns With enough action to keep you on the edge of your sit and enough explanations and descriptions not to be just a rush of events The plot is fully developed a Let s be honest, the second book in the series is hardly ever as good as the first one But thank goodness, this is not a case here I loved A Ferry of Bones Gold and I am glad to announce thatAll Souls Near Nigh is just as great First of all, the plot is truly outstanding It s fascinating with just enough twists and turns With enough action to keep you on the edge of your sit and eno...

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16 September 2018

Hailey Turner