Author: Jenna Black
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Nikki Glass #2
Mass Market Paperback, 355 pages
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Publication: April 24, 2012 by Pocket Books
Source: bought, personal shelf
An ancient evil is unleashed in the modern world— unless one fearless P.I. can hunt it down. . . . Nikki Glass, Immortal Huntress, returns in this new novel in the acclaimed series by Jenna Black.
As a living descendant of Artemis the Huntress, private investigator Nikki Glass knows how to track someone down. But when an Oracle shows up, warning the Descendants about wild dog attacks in Washington, D.C., Nikki is afraid it might be a trap. The Olympians believe the “dogs” are really jackals, controlled by a blood-crazed descendant of the Egyptian death-god Anubis. Whatever. . . . If Nikki hopes to muzzle Dogboy, she’s got to catch him in the act. But when she stakes out a local cemetery, she ends up face-to-snout with a snarling pack of shadow-jackals whose bite is worse than their bark. These hellhounds are deadly—even for an immortal like Nikki. “Dog” spelled backward may be “god,” but that won’t stop Nikki from teaching these old gods some new tricks. Like playing dead.
Nikki Glass is a descendant of the goddess Artemis which
makes her a rare commodity amongst the Liberis (descendants of different gods/goddesses).
Nikki is able to locate anyone, even those who don’t want to be found and her
aim is impeccable…a straight shooter who never misses her target. Nikki been living with Anderson and his group
of Liberis for the past couple of weeks, and is still trying to wrap her head
around being an offspring of a goddess, figuring out her moon powers, and being
somewhat immortal. Nikki used to be a
P.I. but instead of living at her own condo and working at her old independent
job; she’s living at Anderson 24/7 and getting push deeper and deeper into the
Liberi world. There‘s a pack of raging dog attacking white males all over D.C.
and Anderson and the Olympians (the enemies) think it’s more of the supernatural
variety…they suspect a descendant of Anubis is behind all the attacks. Anderson
hires Nikki to look into the matter, hoping that if the killer can be found Nikki
would be the perfect candidate for the job. Nikki not only has to deal with a
crazy killer on the loose but also Anderson’s wife Emma thinks there is
something going on between Nikki and her husband…and hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn.
In Deadly Descendant
readers get to know more about Nikki, The Liberis and The Olympians. Anderson, Jamaal (Anderson’s Liberi,
descendant of Kali) and the crazy killer all has one thing in common…they are
descendant of a death god/goddess. I thought the death descendants’ abilities
were all so intriguing like death comes to anyone without a single touch, the
ability to walk through anything solid, and create shadow animals and portals. I
think the best part of the entire book was the budding relationship between
Nikki and Jamaal, I love the tension but at the same time I cringe when I think
about how the two were in book 1, Dark
Descendant. Jamaal was hell bent on trying to kill/make life hell for Nikki
when she accidentally killed his best friend. He hated her so much, but never did
anything serious because he was afraid of getting kicked out of the house. Now,
the two are slowly getting along, but not without a few bumps here and
there. Whenever Nikki and Jamaal got
closer/along, Jamaal would pull away. It turns out Nikki and Jamaal have a lot
more in common than I thought, both of them know the feelings of rejection, loneliness,
and fear.
Bottom Deadly
Descendant was a great addition to the Nikki Glass series, and I can’t wait
to see what Black has in store for Nikki and the gang. I highly recommend this
series to all UF and PNR fans, and while I wasn’t blown away by the first book
this book totally exceeded my expectations. Deadly
Descendant was a nonstop action rollercoaster ride, with a fun mythology
infused mystery and a sizzling chemistry of an unexpected couple.
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