The Curse by Diana Love and Sherrilyn Kenyon (UF)

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Evalle Kincaid will fight to the death for her supernatural friends.
But when Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love’s tough-as-nails heroine reveals her darkest secret, who among those she had trusted will be left standing? With the freedom of an entire race hanging in the balance, Evalle has two days to make good on a promise that she suddenly has no hope of fulfilling when demonic Svart Trolls invade Atlanta. She takes a leap of faith, seeking help from the one man who recently put Evalle in his crosshairs—Black Ops specialist Isak Nyght. While trying to stop the bloody troll-led gang wars, Evalle unwittingly exposes a secret that endangers all she holds dear and complicates her already tumultuous love life with the mysterious Skinwalker, Storm. But when Evalle discovers she’s the number one target in the Medb coven’s ruthless plan to destroy all Beladors, the deadly Alterant is forced to make a game-changing decision with no time left on the clock.

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The Curse (Belador)

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So when the Belador series started, I wasn't a huge fan of it even though I love Sherrilyn Kenyon and Diana Love as a writing team. They have another series called BAD and I totally loved that series but when they started this one.....let's just say the first book in the Belador series was a bit shaky. They were world building and it's very difficult for a first book to establish a good story, a believable world and let alone be written by two very different authors. I remember 2011 Comic Con when Sherrilyn Kenyon was asked about her joint writing and you kinda got the feeling it wasn't as easy as you might think. Anywho, long story short, I love the team and decided to stick with the series and boy am I glad I did. I actually listened to this one on audiobook because I absolutely love Holter Graham. He reads most of Sherrilyn Kenyon's books and his voice is like sex and chocolate all rolled into one, LOL yep I said it!
So if you don't know anything about the series, it's basically more Urban Fantasy then Paranormal Romance. It has more mythological creatures, goddesses, warriors, shape shifters, a cute pet gargoyle and centers around your heroin Evalle Kincaid. She's a kick-ass chick who shifts into a huge beast and is part of a race called Alterants. There's very few of them around and she's on a mission to have them recognized as a race. She also belongs to a squad of warriors (VIPER) who protect the human race from supernatural threats. There's also a very very very slow romance triangle between Evalle, a shapeshifter/Skinwalker named Storm and a Black Ops specialist named Isak Nyght. This book picks up about 3 weeks after the second book ended.
I actually very much enjoyed this book. I thought the writing finally flowed nicely between authors, made sense and was action packed! I loved that we learned more of the back story of some of the characters. Saw a lot of interplay and interwoven stories that will help take this series and turn it into way more books. I thought the writing was great and basically wiped the first two book under the rug (at least for me). I also loved getting to learn more about Storm. I am totally team Storm BTW (love me some shifters)! We also got to read/hear more about the power plays going on behind the scenes that involve the Alterants/Evalle. Seems everyone has an agenda. We additionally find out what Evalle and Tristin are evolving into (totally won't do spoilers). We also got to learn more about her two partners, Tzader and Quinn. See this is why I need more coffee.
Anyways, If you like the series, you'll love this addition to the story. It's fun, flows nicely and is ultimately a wonderful story!

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5 out of 5 books!