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My Review:Title: Scorched Treachery
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Series: Imdalind #3
Published by: Indie
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 362
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2019 Beat the Backlist Challenge, Lenoreo's COYER Summer Hunt
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My rating:
Blurb:Some bullies just need to be put in their place...... Give me a good Styx song and I’ll get them there.
Joclyn and Ilyan are hiding after Ryland and my no-good brother Cail tracked them down. At least I hope they are, because from what I am hearing no one can find them. Which is good, because things in Imdalind are breaking down.
Okay, maybe not breaking down. More like cracking and burning faster than a pile of matchsticks.
Edmund has taken control of Imdalind, and Talon and I are suddenly locked in a twisted dungeon with a rather confusing set of cage-fellows. Ryland and Sain.
At least torture and mayhem is better in a group. Insert eyeroll here.
Turns out I am the only one sane enough, and strong enough, to get us out of here. Which is fine, because I also have a few secrets that are just burning to escape.
Cue the 70s rock, I need a soundtrack to take these guys down!
I was charged to be her protector...... keeping her alive is proving to be harder than I thought.
Joclyn has been under my protection for a thousand years, even before I found her. Before she breathed her first breath. At the rate we are going she may breathe her last far too soon.
I thought we had escaped my father, I thought that she was safe. But that bastard and his minions have found a way to attack her somewhere that I cannot reach.
Her mind.
I must keep her alive, and find a way to keep her attempts at fighting the beast inside of her, from killing everyone around her.
Danger! Torture! Adventure! Ilyan! Yeah, I know it’s the last one that you want.
4 stars — I’m so fucking confused you guys. I *know*, just *know* I haven’t read this book. But as I read it, I felt like I had read it. SO MANY THINGS felt familiar…but only vaguely. But I ALWAYS REVIEW EVERYTHING on Goodreads, and there’s nothing there. Not to mention, I distinctly remember only having read the first 2 books in this series. So what happened? A mystery for the ages, I will likely never get answers.
OK, if you’re like me, and you need to *understand* everything, then you might have some mild issues with this book. I found some things confusing and not well explained (as I had with the previous 2 books). I don’t know if I’m just slow, or if it really was not that well explained, but whatevs. But more importantly, Ms. Ethington used Czech throughout the book WITHOUT TRANSLATING IT. And not only without translating it, but without the context surrounding it giving an indication of what was said. It was only a few words at a time, but that bothers the SHIT out of me. Like, I can’t even. Why would you do that? I eventually just kept my phone handy and translated because the not knowing was burrowing under my skin and driving me insane. Was it ever that relevant to the plot? Nah…but I just don’t understand why? Grrrr….
ANYWAYS. As for the story? I was worried that it was going to be really repetitive, but it wasn’t much at all! There was some overlap, but mostly it was an elaboration of things that were going on concurrently in Eyes of Ember, as well as some history! In particular, I loved learning about what happened with Wyn (and Talon) after they were captured. It was terrifying, and I’m a little concerned for how well Ms. Ethington writes psychological (and physical) torture. Not only did I get sucked into what was happening in the dungeons, I was also intrigued to learn about Wyn’s history, which caught me COMPLETELY offguard! I love that! It was kind of hard to make it fit at times, but I’m trying to have faith.
Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed finding out what happened with Ilyan (and Thom and Dramin) while Jocelyn was trapped in Cail’s mind, but I didn’t feel like it was *quite* as necessary…just really enjoyable for those of us who love alternative POV things. I really feel for Ilyan, he drags so many emotions out of me (even if I was a bit concerned about his not respecting Jos’s boundaries in EOE).
All in all, there were surprises, clarifications, points to intrigue me about what’s coming next. I’m both looking forward to the rest of the series and feeling trepidation about it.
COYER Summer Hunt: Read a book set in a Foreign Country (set in Europe, multiple locations, I live in Canada) — 2 points.
I need to at least catch up on these!