Pia Does Hollywood (Elder Races, #8.6)

by Thea Harrison

• ISBN10: 099066614X
• ISBN13: 9780990666141
• Publish Date: 17 November 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Teddy Harrison LLC
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Melanie]

My review and an extended sample of the audiobook are posted at Hotlistens.com.

This novella picks up where Dragos Goes to Washington ends. Pia has to honor the deal that was made and spend a week in the light fae territory of Los Angeles. The light fae queen tries to talk persuade Pia to come at a later time, but Pia just wants to get it over with, so she insists on coming now. Dragos insists on following, even though he isn’t supposed to.

Come to find out, there are zombies in Hollywood. Dragos happens upon them while out shopping, can these two do nothing without running into trouble. In the process of fighting them, Dragos is bitten and is unable to turn into his dragon form or talk telepathically to anyone.

The Wyr and the light fae work together to try to resolve this new enemy. Pia and Dragos also work together to try to use Pia’s healing ability to heal Dragos. The problem is that Pia is on medication that is affecting her healing ability. She tries holding off as long as possible on taking the next dose of the meds so as to help heal Dragos, but she also doesn’t want to risk the entire reason she is taking the meds (purposely vague to avoid spoilers).

It was a nice quick read/listen. I enjoy my time with the Cuelebre family. They are one of my all-time favorite couples, not to mention the most unique in their wyr forms. I’m excited to see where the third novella that follows Liam takes us.

Narration
Once again, Sophie Eastlake does a great job of narration. What can I say that I haven’t already said about her narration? Not much really. Great with the different character voices, both male and female. I do listen at an increased speed, this one even more than most. I think I listened at 1.5x. I normally listen at 1.25x. Anyway, I enjoyed the narration. I’ve only ever listened to this series. I’ve yet to read an Elder Races story. I will continue to stay with the audios.

[EBookObsessed]

This one was a bit of a nail-biter. Thea Harrison ratcheted up the tension on this one when Dragos get bitten by an infected Fae and Pia needed to decide between saving her husband or her unborn child.
Dragos Goes to Washington ended with the U.S. government officials and the Elder Races agreeing to reduce tensions between the races by sending a member of each faction to visit another for a week. Although Dragos doesn’t like being told what to do by a committee, it had been decided that Pia was to go visit the Light Fae Demesne in California. The Tatiana, the leader of the Light Fae, wanted to put off the visit for a few months, but Pia won’t agree. Pia and Dragos haven’t announced that they were having another baby so Tatiana is a bit put out that she is insisting on keeping the originally agreed on date.

Since Dragos isn’t about to let his pregnant mate into another demesne’s territory without him, he cloaks himself and meets her in California. Pia is surprised by the large security presence when she disembarks her plane, but isn’t too concerned at first. It is the curious dragon who spends his free time finding out why there seems to be lack of Elder Races walking around town.

Tatiana was trying to delay Pia’s stay because she didn’t want anyone to know that infection has been spreading quickly through the Light Fae, turning them all rabid. Dragos is attacked by a mob of the infected and bitten. The infection spreads by a bite and Dragos can no longer shift into his dragon form to heal. Tatiana’s security force isn’t happy to let the powerful dragon on the property when he could turn rabid at any moment. Even stuck in his human form, Dragos would be formidable.

To help keep her pregnancy, Pia needs to keep taking shots to suppress her own magic. When she tries to heal Dragos, her magic isn’t at full strength. Pia might just need to chose between her husband and her baby. Does she take her next dose to suppress her magic or does she risk the baby, so she can try to save Dragos before he succumbs to the infection and she loses him forever?

THOUGHTS:
I was quite tense reading this story. The blurb for the next novella which is Liam Takes Manhattan states “Reeling from a deep loss, the magical prince of the Wyr, Dragos and Pia’s son Liam Cuelebre, turns inward and withdrawn…”

I wasn’t certain where Thea was going to go with this story and what “deep loss” Liam was going to be suffering from in the next story. I didn’t think she would kill Dragos, but he is already suffering from memory loss from the accident a few months ago. What more would she do to him? Would she actually sacrifice the baby? I was very stressed!!

No way I’m going to tell you what happens but you might want to clutch your pillow close for this one.

I know from a recent newsletter that Thea has changes planned for this series. Things have been hinted at in Dragos and Pia’s stories and it could be a complete upheaval for the Wyr if the political environment stays so unstable.

Exciting and tension-filled, this is another must read for Elder Races fans.

Received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest.