Mackenzie spent the last three years learning who she was in Origins. Now she will face her greatest challenges in Trials ......
Title: From The Grave
Series: Mackenzie Grey: Trials
Author: Karina Espinosa
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 13th December 2018
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Secrets don’t stay buried forever.
Mackenzie Grey is a lone wolf who’s earned her fair share of battle scars from the past, but that’s all over now. Or so she thought.
Known as the Freedom Princess, her heroic deeds have come with a heavy price when a mysterious new villain emerges, one who’s intent on killing Sebastian. As a new breed of danger lurks on the horizon, secrets between Bash and Kenz pile up and her worst nightmare is realized.
Secrets don’t stay buried forever.
Mackenzie Grey is a lone wolf who’s earned her fair share of battle scars from the past, but that’s all over now. Or so she thought.
Known as the Freedom Princess, her heroic deeds have come with a heavy price when a mysterious new villain emerges, one who’s intent on killing Sebastian. As a new breed of danger lurks on the horizon, secrets between Bash and Kenz pile up and her worst nightmare is realized.
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REVIEW
I felt a mixture of joy and disappointment as I
finished reading the last book in the Mackenzie Grey Origins series. The ending
was ... well it was wow! I loved the Origins series from the first book to the
last page of the last book but it didn't stop me being disappointed that there
was to be no more. Then when I heard that Karina Espinosa had more plans for Mackenzie
Grey and she was coming back within another series called the Mackenzie Grey
Trials I knew it was going straight on the top of my "Must read"
list! In fact I didn't take the chance of missing it I actually pre-ordered it
so that as soon as it was available it would immediately download to my kindle
app to read! The other obvious reason I had mixed emotions was, the question of
would this series be as good as the Origins one....read some more of my review
to find out!
I really like the cover of this book as it could
well be a photograph of the area where the Brooklyn Pack are situated. It's a
great representation of the description of warehousing described in the book.
The central part of the cover is of course the female figure which is Mackenzie
confidently striding forward, her hair loose in the wind wearing a white vest
top and her jeans with holes in them. Behind Mackenzie’s head there is the full
moon which of course is an important feature within the book which affects
wolves. There are also the two wolves at either side of Mackenzie, I'd say they
are Bash and Jackson.
In this book everyone is trying to recover from
the selfless act Jonah made at the end of the Origins series. Mackenzie &
Sebastian are finally officially in a relationship, and it is commonly known
that Sebastian/Bash is the true soul mate or “Anam Aonachid” of Mackenzie/Kenz
who is now known as the freedom Princess. The still fairly fledgling
relationship between Kenz & Bash is still struggling somewhat with the both
of them keeping secrets from the other. Keeping these secrets create more
secrets which turn into lies and more lies. I found myself sat on the edge of
my seat waiting for one of them to discover the others secrets and lies!
The “Anam Aonachid” element of the book is a
double-edged sword really as yes Kenz and Bash are deeply in love and meant to
be together. Together they are also a formidable team. However if one of them
dies the other will slowly go mad and die too, their bond is so strong and
reliant on the other.
There were so many other plot lines within this
book, one of the larger ones is the fact someone seems to be killing off pack
Apha’s. Then there’s still Amy and her dilemma of whether to take the cure for vampirism
and become mortal and human again. Though I would say it’s probably the most
sensible thing to do with the dangerous kind of situations her and her friends
keep finding themselves in.
As with the Origins series there is so much going
on in this first book of the new Mackenzie series. There is so much potential
for this new series too. There are all the different supernatural being’s that
can be part of the series along with the different scenarios that the SIU can
come up with for Mackenzie and the taskforce to have to deal with different law
breakers. Then there is all the family interaction we can expect. Kenz has
avoided visiting her adoptive parents and brother for as long as she can and in
this book we see that the big tough Alpha of the Brooklyn Pack, Sebastian and
his kick butt Freedom Princess, Mackenzie are in awe and actually nervous of visiting
with Mackenzie’s human family. Mackenzie has kept her human family as far away
as possible from her other life. They are still under the impression that
Mackenzie works for a "normal" Police Force. There are some
really funny scenes around the dinner table. Then of course Mackenzie calls on
her brother Oliver Grey to help out within one of her investigations.
There are the usual fixes and problems that Kenz
gets herself into using dark magic sources to trace fugitives or help those she
loves. At some point Kenz will have to repay all her black-market favours. Lets hope they don't cost her more than she would wish to pay or cause her anymore problems.
Naming favourite characters is difficult because I
like so many of them so
of course, there’s the usual suspects . . . er
werewolves, Kenz, Bash, Jonah, and Jackson, along with vampire's Lucian and Amy
are all still favourite characters. Even though certain characters are not in
this series yet they are mentioned so I am also looking forward to hearing more
from them in the future of this series.
I still like the character of Garrett Michaels who
is Kenzie’s Police partner in the Special Investigations Unit and I think there
is lots and lots of potential for stories around the SIU.
In this book we do learn more about Kenzie's human
brother Ollie. A big tough army guy who is prepared to do anything to help out
his adopted sister without asking too many questions even if it means putting
himself in danger. It would be great if Oliver learnt the truth about the
supernatural beings that live in plain sight within the “normal” world. Maybe
Ollie could date a supernatural being?
My
immediate thoughts upon finishing reading this book were Wow! What a great
start to a possibly second fantastic series centred around Mackenzie Grey &
Brooklyn Pack.
I
could literally go on and on talking and writing this review about From The
Grave, Bk 1 of the Trials Series. I have totally avoided explaining the
relevance of the book title but once you read the book you will know why! I try
not to give away too much story or any major spoilers whilst at the same time
letting you all know how much I love the book. What’s left to say other than
this one is a must read and the rest
of the series is on my want to read
wishlist.
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