Title: Descent
Author: Tara Fuller
Published: 2nd June 2015
By: Entangled.
First
line: “All in.”
Last
line: And for the first time in five
hundred years, I was okay with that.
Synopsis: Easton doesn’t believe in love. He believes
in Death. Darkness. Sin. As a reaper for
Hell, it’s all he’s known for over four hundred years. When he gets slapped
with the job of training the boss’s daughter, an angel who knows nothing but
joy, he knows he’s in for a world of trouble.
Though he’s made it clear he wants nothing to do with her outside of work, Gwen
would do anything to get closer to the dark and wounded reaper—even taint her
angelic image and join the ranks of her father’s team of reapers. But in all
her planning, she forgot to factor in one thing—how far the demons Easton
doomed to hell would go to get revenge.
When the dangers of the Hell threaten
Gwen, Easton will do whatever it takes to save her. But as the darkness closes
in on them both, will he be able to save himself?
I
was over the moon to find out that there was another instalment in the Blurred
by Death series. I was even more excited
to find out that we were going to get to know a little a bit more about bad boy
Easton and believe me his story was well worth the wait! Not that this was his story alone. It was also the story of Gwen, the daughter
of Balthazar, who ends up on a reaper ride-along with the boy she is utterly
intrigued by after a chance meeting.
Both
characters in this story are equally as strong as each other. We already have an insight into Easton. We know that he is the reaper and we know
that there are dark forces that keep him firmly in line, as much as his
rebellious nature might suggest otherwise.
In this story however we get to see another side of him as well as all
the squidgy stuff hiding below the surface, not least of which is his immediate
attraction to Gwen as he introduces her to the ‘fun’ elements of his job.
Gwen
is a force of nature and I loved her character.
She sticks her nose in and changes fate, going against nature, in order
to ensure happiness for those she acts as an empath for. She is a very strong
character not just in terms of her courage and determination but also in
respect of her loyalty to those she cares about, to the point where she still
break all laws known and put her own life on the line when she needs to.
And
of course she needs to, when Tyler, one of her own ‘missions’ is inadvertently
sent the wrong way, if you will, after his untimely death, which it could be argued also happened at
Gwen’s hand. Gwen Convinces Easton that together they can put things right,
seeing as Easton, and his companion Scout are also partly responsible and so
they set off to do just that.
The
journey is not an easy one. Gwen’s
status makes her a prime target and Easton is forced to re-experience his own
dark misdeeds and the past that haunts him as they travel through hell to
rescue Tyler. The action is non-stopped in this sequel and it’s pretty much a
roller-coaster ride from start to finish, however, there are plenty of fuzzy moments,
as I would expect in this series. And given that Gwen is a completely new
character it was great how she just slotted straight into the series and it was
as though she had always been there. We also get our favourite past characters
popping up from time to time which adds a further element of continuity to the
series as a whole. I wonder if we’ll be reading more about Scout next… I hope
so!
Many
thanks to Entangled for forwarding a copy for review.
Rating:
4/5 I loved Easton and Gwen’s tale. If
you haven’t picked up this series yet, I totally recommend it!
