Book Review: Annalise Storm Chronicles Books 1-3 by May Freighter
- Kristen Lewendon
- May 10, 2019
- 3 min read
Annalise Storm Chronicles Book 4
CASE: 0
Beauty and the Beast meets Science Fiction.
The second Annalise got her first assignment at the Academy, she knew her life was never going to be the same. Not only is she stuck in the Human Possession Department that no one wishes to go near, her father is breathing down her neck to marry some rich guy to gain political favour. To make matters worse, the case she’s given leads her right back home to her genetically modified servant that she would give her life for.
The pressure is on to close the case as soon as possible, and she’s in the spotlight. Will she be forced to choose her career over the man she secretly loves?
CASE: 1
It’s official, Devlin is Annalise’s new partner. He’s charming, caring—a perfect gentleman who caters to her every need. That is until he starts to mix work with pleasure to convince her to marry him as per agreement with her father.
With her servant, Mavel, gone from her side, the cracks in the wall she created around her begin to come undone. To take her mind off the torment her heart is going through, she takes on another possession case in her old school, Montgomery Institute. But, what starts off as a simple case full of bad memories twists into a web of deception and lies involving everyone she cares about.
CASE: 2
Duty or friendship, which to choose?
Annalise is faced with a new case. She must find out who plotted to assassinate the CEO of ETek and keep her findings a secret from Falcon. Easier said than done. The man pulling her strings from the shadows knows she’s up to something and takes what Annalise values the most as collateral.
A choice must be made—friendship or duty. Whatever she picks, there may be no good ending.
Secrets, lies, mystery, and forbidden romance await you in this final volume of Annalise Storm Chronicles.
My Review:
Case: 0 How have I not been living and breathing this series before now? I adore a good police procedural story and this one does it beautifully. It has elements of post-apocalyptic dystopianism and political thriller in it too. It’s a little bit Castle, complete with the shadowy government agency pulling the strings from behind the curtain – just minus the bumbling writer/part time detective. A little bit X-Men in the “us versus them” mentalities between the populations with or without superpowers. And my impressions of the seething political unrest going on below the main story makes me think of House of Cards. I loved watching Annalise as she worked her very first case. Learning the ins and outs of this society they live in. And I can’t wait to read more about her career with the HPD. Case: 1 I really don’t have the right words to explain what I just went through while reading this book. The web of political intrigue that surrounds Annalise is pulling tighter, all while she’s trying to figure out how to carry on without Mavel. I don’t know what I feel about Devlin. I can’t make up my mind just how trustworthy to believe he is. Now I’m absolutely rabid to see how the next book turns out. Case: 2 I’m numb. I’m emotionally drained, mentally exhausted, and numb. I was prepared for a roller-coaster ride, but I wasn’t in the least prepared for where this book actually took me. I knew it was going to take something dramatic, and quite possibly epic, in order for this story to wrap up with anything even remotely resembling a happy ending. I didn’t expect to be a distraught ugly-crying mess by the end of the book, though. Mavel, Anna, and Devlin go through so much in this story. I had my heart set on an outcome that’s different than how this wrapped up. It’s going to take me a while to come to terms with not getting the type of happy ever after I wanted to see. It’s beautiful and moving (see the note about Me: the emotional mess, above). It’s just not how I’d hoped it would happen. I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.
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