Tempest's Fury(Jane True 5)Author: Nicole PeelerPublisher: Orbit, 2012Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy
Jane's not happy. She's been packed off to England to fight in a war when she'd much rather be snogging Anyan. Unfortunately, Jane's enemies have been busy stirring up some major trouble -- the kind that attracts a lot of attention. In other words, they're not making it easy for Jane to get any alone time with the barghest, or to indulge in her penchant for stinky cheese.
Praying she can pull of a Joan of Arc without the whole martyrdom thing, Jane must lead Alfar and halflings alike in a desperate battle to combat an ancient evil. Catapulted into the role of Most Unlikely Hero Ever, Jane also has to fight her own insecurities as well as the doubts of those who don't think she can live up to her new role as Champion.
Along the way, Jane learns that some heroes are born. Some are made. And some are bribed with promises of food and sex.
England better ready itself, because Jane True has come over for a visit. Well, not exactly. Together with her hunky barghest Anyan and her super powerful friend Blondie, Jane goes to England to wage war. With the help of the rebels and the Alfar Power That Be, Jane True and her friends will race against time as they try to stop Morrigan who's trying to assemble the pieces needed to resurrect ancient evil creatures known as the Red and the White. Jane knows death, destruction, and chaos will reign over the whole world if she doesn't stop Morrigan in time, but how about some little sexy time after battles?
Nicole Peeler comes back with another stunning Jane True novel complete with a new cast of characters to root for, new villains to hate and fear, and—what we all wanted—more sexy Anyan time!
I think what characterizes the Jane True series aside from the humor is Miss Peeler's use of never-before-used or used-but-now-in-their-original-version supernaturals. So I was really excited to meet this entire new cast of supes—the raven woman, the mine spirit, to the mischievous troll-looking tiny guy, the wyvern—because they were something I'd never encountered before. Add to that the Red and the White, and Tempest's Fury is brilliant mate!
Jane has gone through a lot by know and she's grown in so many ways, but there was still something missing…her belief in her own power. As she's thrown into this champion role—a role she so doesn’t want—we get to see how she comes to believe in herself, and trust in her power. It slowly dawns on her that people are actually counting on her, because they believe in her. In that surge of confidence, Jane really shines as a heroine.
As for the romance in this book I'm happy to report I wasn't disappointed as I was with the last book. Even in the midst of all the chaos going around them Jane and Anyan manage to find some alone time to talk before anything else happens, and they come to the conclusion that some light dating is in order. Though their dating never comes to much—as with the last book, and much to my irritation, they are always interrupted—they do get in a few stolen moments. And, oh, did Anyan make me swoon! I really wanted to see more of how he would fulfill his promise *wink wink*
The ending chapters were an awesome rush. The supes really pull out their magical badassery and Anyan gets to show what he really can do with the Air side of his powers. Jane was fierce with her labrys, hacking things all around. But OMFG I did not see that cliffhanger ending coming. You have slain me Miss Peeler. SLAIN ME. …Now when is book six coming out?
Favorite Quotes:
~Anyan's Promise~
"I'm serious, you. I admit, my seduction skills are a little rusty. But I'm going to look forward to getting you alone whenever I can, and making you want me. Eventually I'll get you to where you're begging. And then, little girl, I'm going to show you what begging really means."
~A Butty~
"If you were a bacon butty, I'd marry you," I told the barghest, although he probably couldn't understand me as my mouth was so full.
"I have no idea what you just said," he told me, confirming my suspicions. "But you look happy."
"I've never wanted to marry a sandwich," I said, around another huge mouthful, "but this is like sex and flour."
