Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass, #3)

by Jenna Black

• ISBN10: 1476700087
• ISBN13: 9781476700083
• Publish Date: 30 April 2013
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 370
• Language: English

Reviews

3.5/5 Rating
This is the third book in the Nikki Glass series and for the most part, it's pretty good. We see some more character development and Nikki trying to learn her powers.

The book starts off slow, compared to the other two books but has an explosive ending. The end is what makes the book and I want to pick up the fourth book to find out what happens next.

We learn a little more about Anderson, which I love, since he's my favorite character. I also want to read the next book to find out more about him.

In this book we get more interaction with the Olympians and how they are run, especially with Konstantin's Son, Cyrus. He's an interesting character and I can't wait to see more of him, especially with how this book ended.

Nikki is still her strong self, except when it comes to Jamaal. I love her in any other scene, except when thinks or interacts with him. I don't know what it is, probably the hormones of her attraction to him, but her senses go out the window. I do wish she would listen to him and give him space, she can't change him, only he can (if he wants to.) They may be the same, like she claims, but that's no reason to become this hormonal bomb who has no control, when she's with him.

Besides that, I love any other scene she is in. She is starting to learn her powers with the short amount of time she's been an immortal.

The other thing she needs to learn, is to not treat the other descendants like they are human beings. She's always had a moral compass, which is good, but she is surprised far too often in this book when they do something heinous or selfish. I don't know how much time has past, but it has to be somewhere between 3-4 months since she's become an immortal. Which is not a lot of time, but she needs to start learning to not treat the descendants like they have human morals. I do think she learns that at the end of the book, but only time will tell if it sticks.

The ending is the best part of the book and now I'm off to go read the fourth book and see the fallout of what happened.

Overall, I was pleased with the book.

[Melanie]

If you've never read/listened to this series, I highly recommend you give it a try. Nikki is the descendant of a god, Artemis to be exact. Artemis is a moon goddess who can't miss what she is aiming at and is an excellent tracker. She is born mortal, but if she kills an immortal descendant, their immortality will pass to her. One such immortal, known as Liberi, commits suicide by jumping in front on Nikki's car. This kills him and give Nikki his immortality There are two groups of Liberi that we see throughout the series. Anderson's group, which consists of both Greek god descendants and descendants of other gods like Kali and Loki. There is also the Olympians, which consists only of greek gods. Their goal is to rid the world of Liberi from the other gods. Anderson's group has many more morals than the Olympians, which have next to none. Nikki is forced to join up with Anderson and his team. This will give you some background on the series.

In this book, Nikki is being tormented by either Konstantin, the former leader of the Olympians, or Emma, Anderson’s estranged wife who has joined the Olympians. The confessions of the torment claim to be Konstantin but don't appear to be his style. There is a lot of evidence that points to Emma as the culprit. Emma is convinced that Nikki is after her husband, which is not the case. We watch as Nikki works to uncover who is burning any building that is related to her. She is kidnapped and "killed", she gives the EMTs quite a scare when she returns from the dead. We see more interactions with Cyrus, Konstantin's son and the current leader of the Olympians. Nikki is also having complications of jealousy from Sita, a phantom tiger that belongs to Jammal, who Nikki is interested in.

I love this series and the characters. The world is extremely interesting in it's simplicity and the layers that are uncovered the more we learn. There is some romance, but it is barely blooming and in this book in particular, we see Nikki might be moving towards a love triangle with Anderson and Jaamal.

While this book is action packed, it still seems like a bridge to me for a bigger storyline to come. There is a pretty large cliffhanger at the end of this book that helps me to believe in the "bridge" aspect of this book as well.

I'm sure many of you know Sophie Eastlake, the narrator. She also does the most recent Chicagoland Vampires and all of the Elder Races series. She is a little bit flat in her narration when compared to some, but it works really well with the calm and collected Nikki Glass.
If you've haven't tried this series, I think you should really give it a shot. The first book is a little slow because there is a ton of character and world building, but book two is wonderful and this book is helping to build to something big coming in book four, I think.

Review originally posted at Hot Listens