Week 44 Review: The Immortal

From Goodreads:

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter delivers The Immortal, the second dark and sexy book in her Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a cold, merciless assassin and a stubborn harpy warrior ... one fated to die by the other's hand.

Halo Phaninon, assassin of gods, is as cold and merciless as a machine. For victory, he crosses any line. When tasked to kill twelve of mythology's fiercest monsters in twenty-four hours, Halo eagerly accepts. Except, each morning he awakens to the same day, forced to relive new horrors. Only one other person retains their memory - the beauty who threatens his iron control.

Ophelia the Flunk Out hates her disaster of a life. She's the family disappointment, a harpy warrior without a kill and powerless - or is she? Nearly every night she's doomed to repeat her own murder, but each morning she arises to spar with Halo, the ruthless warlord increasingly determined to save her ... and lure her to his bed.

Halo's insatiable desire for the stubborn Ophelia drives him wild ... and he only craves more. If he remains in the time loop, they stay together. But if he escapes, they lose each other forever.

My Review:
This was a fantastic read! I love her writing, and the first book in this spin off series, so I ad to continue the series! And the whole concept of these two repeating a day where he kills her, yeah, that was a great concept, and I had to see how things played out from there! 

Ophelia was a really great character to read about! She's a harpy, one of the most violent races out there. But she's not very good at it. Well, she has been building up her skills fighting Halo again and again. But nobody else knows about that.

The fact that they keep doing this day over and over again was pretty hilarious! Not so much that he keeps killing her, but that these close encounters bring up more tender feelings. I loved watching them fall in love! 

My big question, was how they were going to deal with his task. I knew that it was going to work out, this is a HEA series, after all, but I didn't know how. And watching them figure it out was fantastic to read! I just love Gena Showalter's writing! 

This was a really great read, and I can't wait for the next book!

Author: Gena Showalter 
Series: Rise of the Warlords #2, Lord of the Underworld #15.75
Read: November 3rd, 2021
Source: Edelweiss  
Reason Why:  Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: HQN Books
Expected Publication: February 1st 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars