Series: Elemental Assassin,
#11
By: Jennifer Estep
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publication Date: July 22,
2014
Format: e-ARC
Source: Publisher via Netgalley
In Estep’s 11th
installment in her Elemental Assassin series, Gin Blanco, aka The Spider, is
still the most lethal assassin in Ashland and juggling running The Pork Pit,
her barbecue joint she inherited from the Tin Man, her mentor. Now a new drug
is on the streets called Burn and one of her waitresses is being harassed by
her ex-boyfriend. When Gin comes to her aid, she becomes a target for the drug
kingpin who is a vampire. This vampire doesn’t feed on blood though. He feeds
on emotions. This leads to Gin finally coming out of her passive way of
handling situations as she has in the past. As much as I loved the
vulnerability that has been showcased but now is the time she needs to go full
throttle and take this monster out.
Weaving Gin’s past into how
it is affecting her in the present is an art for Estep. She reveals just enough
that we are drawn into Gin’s life even more and become emotionally involved.
Throw into the mix of her entire support team and the reader is never
disappointed.
This book is a good leaping
off point for what is truly coming next…finding out about the mysterious
heiress of Mab Monroe’s legacy. Hopefully this will be as epic is I imagine!
I don’t know how Jennifer
Estep does it. For this to be book 11 in the series and to still be fresh is
unheard of! Non-stop action, a bad-ass assassin and an epic final battle scene
will leave the reader on pins and needles for what is sure to be another great adventure, Black Widow.
PURCHASE
DISCLOSURE:
I received this book from the publisher via Netgalley at no charge and in no
way influenced my review.
