Living Nightmare

I rarely give out 5 stars...SECOND HALF OF THIS BOOK EARNED THE FIVE FREAKIN' STARS!!!!

I was left at WOW!!!

Living Nightmare's featured couple: Madoc and Nika. Madoc and Nika came into the picture a while back in book 2 and have been making appearances since then. Nika was attacked as a child by Synestryns who consumed her blood and by doing so they carried a piece of her mind in each of them. Needless to say Nika's mind was shattered, she was traumatized and everyone thinks she's crazy. I mentioned in one of my earlier reviews that I felt Nika was a very interesting character and that she was probably the sanest of them all... I still feel that way. Madoc, who's lifemark has gone bare, is having a difficult time dealing with his almost dead soul. He is UBER cranky. All the time. He is drawn to Nika but his Luceria doesn't react to her. He does want to protect her and vows to kill off as many Synestryns as possible to piece together Nika's mind. He does such a good job that in this book we find a much healthier Nika who's tired of being called crazy and is beginning to stand her ground on certain topics. Needless to say the first half of the book encompasses Nika convincing Madoc that they are supposed to be life partners, Madoc saying no, no, no, Nika saying yes, yes, yes and finally gets the Luceria to go around her neck. YAY! NIKA! You'll have to read to find out how that all went down.

THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK!!!! WOWZA! So much went down in the second half of the book that I don't think I can mention it without giving away spoilers but I will definitely try.
We find out more of Gilda's secrets. We find out why Sybil and Maura hate their mother so much and why they are stuck in 8 year old bodies. We meet Tori, Nika and Andra's youngest sister. Tori is even more jacked up than any of the other women they have found. An epic battle ensues between the Sentinels and the Synestryns inside one of their central lairs where they've been impregnating human women with Synestryn seed. We meet Zillah's son and he has a big secret too. Nika kicks major butt and as I have predicted all along, will probably be the most powerful weapon the Sentinels will have. Something major happens to two couples we know. OH and Jackie is found. Yeah I say that as an after thought because she almost seemed like one. UGH! I digress. OH OH OH and there is this other storyline going on in the book with a human couple. These were the highlights. I can go into details but I really think you should find out on your own.

This was a pretty awesome book. This author can write some pretty steamy scenes but this book didn't really have that. Honestly, I didn't really miss it only because there were some really interesting things going on in addition to that. The author chose many story lines to go into and at one point was jumping from one to another every other page or so. Sometimes this can be annoying but it worked in this book. There are some major cliffhangers in this book like Jackie, Helen and Lexie's sister, is found and it turns out she is compatible with three of the Theronai males. Of course she's intrigued by the one that seems to be the least into her but we'll see how that goes in the books to come.

Go read this book!