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Written on Jul 6, 2020
The Unseen is the first novella of four of the Chronicles of Rhyacia. In this new story arc we will be taking some old friends with us and leaving others behind. Here Pia and Dragos are packing up and preparing to leave New York and Earth for that matter and moving to the Otherland of Rhyacia.
I have to give it to Pia. I took a cruise for a week once and packed as if I wouldn't see civilization again. She literally isn't going to see civilization as we know it again. How do you pack everything you think you might possibly need...ever, especially when mechanical things don't work in Otherlands? Poor Pia was standing there with her Target cosmetics when Dragos reminds her that they agreed to "no plastics" in their new land. She standing there like "but...but...but..."
As much as she agreed that moving to the Otherland for her safety as well as baby Niall, there is a big part of her that doesn't want to leave the familiar, and while she is not forbidden to return, there is too much time slip between the otherland and Earth and in conjunction with the travel time, it isn't like you can just quickly run to Walmart if you realize you need something. Dragos has lived millennia and while he enjoys his tech toys, he has lived move of his life without the things we take for granted. Pia is struggling with letting go.
Pia's sudden doubts cause a small rift between them, especially as she comes to realize after years with Dragos, there is still many things she really doesn't know about her mate but while she hesitates to leave the familiar, she, Dragos and Niall travel make it to Rhyacia.
But once there, Pia and Dragos get reports of weird happenings and collapsed buildings stalling the building of their new city. Pia isn't too concerned when her friend whispers of The Unseen. At least until she feels something brush up against her aura and begins to wonder if this otherland has it's own dimensional shift living just off from their otherland. Pia isn't ready to pack up and go home just yet, but was giving up everything they had in New York and moving to Rhyacia a losing venture?
Thea has warned us over and over again that each of the first three stories will leave off on a cliffhanger and she certainly didn't lie as OMG! I can't believe I have to wait to see what happens.
I felt a little off with Dragos in this novella. I remember being surprised when I read Dragon Bound that I liked it so much even though Dragos was soooo domineering. Most times I try to remind myself that he was born when the Earth was created and has lived most of that time by himself, being powerful and telling everyone else what to do. Dragos, for the most part, suppresses those urges to make Pia do what he wants and tries to be a good mate and father. It is impressive but this in story I don't know if it was just Pia's sudden apprehension effecting how I feel or the few glimpses into Dragos where he struggles with understanding Pia and his own feelings that disturb me. We also have other characters showing up with their own personal issues which just adds more stress to our already stressful story.
I am not going to say that Dragos and Pia are having a marital crises in this story but we have seen some stresses in the couple starting with Planet Dragos, especially after Dragos's injury and memory loss in Pia Saves the Day, but I think the strain of leaving Earth and moving to Rhyacia has put a strain between them, and that is all before things start going bad...very, very bad.
As a bit of comic relief to ease the tension, Dragos ends up with a dog that Pia isn't allowing him to dump onto someone else and everyone is quite entertained to see Dragos taking care of his rejected snack.
Kudos for Thea to leaving me gasping and desperate for the next book.
Received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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