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Synopsis

It is the end of the world…

They call him Eagle. Like the grand and beautiful animal that symbolizes freedom. And during these dark times, when humanity is full of nothing but suffering, a man with such a powerful name should be a beacon of hope.

He is anything but.

Her name is Autumn. Though she hasn’t said this name, or much of anything else, in the four years since the fall of civilization. A shell of her former self, and living wild in a cave at the bottom of a ravine, Autumn is accustomed to being alone. She prefers it actually, especially when her only other options for company are either trying to kill her, or worse, lock her up inside their walls.

Captured by Eagle’s people Autumn is suddenly thrust back into the land of the living, though she would hardly call it living. The community of Purgatory is full of sinners, the most evil of which seem to have set their sights on her.

In an act born of anger and defiance, Eagle becomes Autumn’s unexpected savior forcing these two solitary people into one another’s broken worlds. Neither knows quite what to make of the other, but one thing is certain.
To survive Purgatory, they will need to learn how to rely on each other; a feat that could quite possibly teach them how to live again.

Review

LAWD MERCY!  Guys, there were a million things that I absolutely loved about this book but let us start with that cover.  It is hot and a little scary and so very sums up Eagle.  I adore it!  Now, this is the second book in the Thicker Than Blood Series.  I would definitely recommend that you read Thicker Than Blood first even though this could probably be a standalone.  There are a couple of reasons; one, Thicker Than Blood is freaking awesome and two, being you get introduced to Purgatory and you meet Eagle.  Being introduced to Purgatory and Eagle is kind of a big deal because you really get an idea of how bad Purgatory and Eagle are.  In fact, I couldn’t decide who was worse.  But I admit, I was desperate for Eagle’s book.  Because I love a mean book boyfriend and Eagle really is the meanest of the mean.

I won’t go into too much plot detail because I really do not want to spoil this amazing book for anyone and really, everything about it is kind of epic and spoily, if you know what I mean.  But I will say that while the first book wasn’t really what I would consider a romance in every sense of the word, but this one is.  Oh, it so is.  And this romance loving girl ate up every bit of it.  I could not stop.  I read this book in one sitting.  I was hooked.  I was in Purgatory (hell on earth) right along with Eagle and Autumn and I was falling in love too.

‘She was good, a tiny slice of goodness surrounded by filth, and I wanted to be a part of that.’

It is odd how love can still flourish in the most awful of places, in saddest and most terrible of circumstances, but it can.  Even to people have lost everything and everyone.

‘We weren’t prepared, not for this, not for an enemy who wore your wife’s face, who had your daughter’s eyes, your son’s dimples.’

Oh, the feels, guys.  At times this book was gut wrenching and miserable and still I couldn’t stop because I knew there was the potential for so much and just like these broken characters, I had such hope for the future.  When I wasn’t overwhelmed by all of the feels, I was engulfed in the inferno of sexual tension between Autumn and Eagle and it seemed to go on and on and man I love a good build up to the sexy time.  I love fevered seeming to never end kisses.  I love looks of longing and stolen glances of love and this story had so many.

‘All I wanted to do was kiss her again, kiss her and touch her, and make the world go quiet.’

I also really enjoyed getting to know some really awesome new characters and revisiting the ones I hate.  Yeah, I am talking about you LIV!  You are an asshole of epic proportions and I do not know how I will ever get over it.

So, yes, one of my favorite books this year will probably be a sci-fi/fantasy/post-apocalyptic/horror/zombie type of romance.  Which sounds absolutely crazy to say but it SO the damn truth.  I am already dying of the next one.  These stories are just getting better and better!

‘Beneath the blood and bone, there was nothing.’

~Amie

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