Paths of Malice

***4.5 Stars*** This series just keeps getting better. As with the others, because the books in this series are fairly short some aspects end up feeling a little rushed, but that's my only real complaint. The "magic" system if you will is pretty unique and the author keeps trickling in just the right......more

The series is getting grimmer, grittier, and rawer as we go. If you like your books squeaky clean, this is not the series for you. But, OH, the plotlines are getting tangled, secrets are getting clearer, and Ayleth and Cerine taking down the phantomwitch together at the end was just amazing.......more

Damn. I was really hoping we’d get the big reveal of whatever the deal is with Ayleth and what happens when Terryn finds out. Which will suck considering they obviously have feelings for each other even if they do want to throttle each other the majority of the time.......more

Another dark and breathless instalment in the Venatrix Chronicles! Sylvia Mercedes is such a deft storyteller, and her world grows some interesting dimensions in this instalment: we see a little less of our alpha heroes, Ayleth and Terryn, to make way for some new ones. But this wasn't a disappointm......more

I received an ARC for my honest review. The writing in this next installment of the Venatrix Chronicles is again so beautiful and draws the reader in completely. The book is short, as have been the last two, but that doesn't make me want to read it or the rest any less. The story is riveting, the cha......more