The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston

The Unleashing (Call of Crows, #1)

by Shelly Laurenston

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Kera Watson never expected to face death behind a Los Angeles coffee shop. Not after surviving two tours lugging an M16 around the Middle East. If it wasn't for her hot Viking customer showing up too late to help, nobody would even see her die.

In uncountable years of service to the Allfather Odin, Ludvig "Vig" Rundstrom has never seen anyone kick ass with quite as much style as Kera. He knows one way to save her life--but she might not like it. Signing up with the Crows will get Kera a new set of battle buddies: cackling, gossiping, squabbling, party-hearty women. With wings. So not the Marines.

But Vig can't give up on someone as special as Kera. With a storm of oh-crap magic speeding straight for L.A., survival will depend on combining their strengths: Kera's discipline, Vig's loyalty... and the Crows' sheer love of battle. Boy, are they in trouble.

Praise for Shelly Laurenston's novels

"Wild, crazy, humorous, and snarky." --Heroes and Heartbreakers

"Fast-paced action and smoking hot love scenes." --RT Book Reviews TOP PICK on Wolf with Benefits

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★★★½

I truly wanted to love this book, but it took me some time to get past the confusion of all the characters mentioned in the beginning. And the multiple POVs didn't help at times.

Overall, it was an enjoyable one. It's pretty low on the romance and I was constantly craving the moments between Vig and Kera. I loved the both of them so darn much.

Once you get past the half way mark, you're acquainted with everyone and you're easily invested in everyone. I found myself chuckling quite a bit with the Crows and the Ravens, their banter was pretty comical.

I'm planning on continuing the rest of the series because I am just absolutely intrigued but all of them!

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