Welcome to my tour stop for Storms of Lazarus by Karen Kincy. This is the second book in the Shadows of Asphodel series. This is a new adult dieselpunk romance and is now available! The tour runs August 11-22 with reviews, interviews & a few guest posts. Check out the tour page for the schedule and more information.
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Title: Storms of Lazarus
Author: Karen Kincy
Series: Shadows of Asphodel #2 (review of book #1 here)
Genre: New Adult, Steampunk
Publication Date: July 13th, 2014
Page Numbers: 277
Format: Paperback, E-Book
Purchase: Amazon
Synopsis
Sometimes escape is impossible. Sometimes love isn't enough.
1913. Christmas Eve. Ardis hardly expects a quiet holiday with Wendel, between fleeing Constantinople and hiding from an ancient society of assassins. And they owe a debt to a certain archmage.
In Königsberg, Prussia, they work with Konstantin on the next evolution of Project Lazarus. Wendel once called Königsberg home, the city now besieged by the Russians and their clockwork engines of war. This may be Wendel’s last chance to save his family and find redemption, but he's tormented by nightmares and tempted by laudanum. Ardis fears her love isn’t enough to save Wendel. Her hands are full piloting the automatons, and she's terrified to tell him a secret of her own. Will they—and their love—survive the storms of war?
Review
OMG I'm not sure if
this is the ending of this series, but if it is it definitely was perfect!
Ardis and Wendel are just absolutely amazing and are definitely a top OTP for
me. This sequel is a perfect conclusion to Shadows of Asphodel and Karen Kincy
is simply brilliant for it!
The sequel follows
Ardis and Wendel after Wendel's "date with death." They get caught by
police officers due to the Archmage trying to find them both. The Archmages
enlist Wendel as an "employee" to help with Project Lazarus to fight against
the Russian in war. In this sequel we are immediately introduced to new
creatures -- vampires, which I love. The vampires are only seen at the
beginning and towards the end, but their presence alone just makes me happy.
Majority of Storms
of Lazarus takes place in Prussia where Wendel was born. The war has started
and battle takes place. Ardis becomes a pilot for an automaton and befriends
the one person she couldn't stand in Shadows of Asphodel. I love how strong and
determined Ardis is to keep things going no matter what the situation looks
like. That dream she had was insane. Was it really an omen?
I learn to love
Wendel more because despite his overall "macho man" demeanor towards
everyone, he has a soft spot for his younger brother which shows that he is not
at all a bad necromancer. No matter how his family saw him he never gave up on his
brother and continued to protect his family when danger was near. Okay one
thing that bugs me out -- Wendel is bisexual! However, I love that the details
are more so on his relationship with Ardis and not the other two men he had
"affairs" with.
Finding out what
lies ahead for Ardis and Wendel had me a bit concerned because of their
lifestyle, but that ending just warmed my heart completely. I was definitely
all smiles for them.
Can I just say: that
strip poker -- had me on all toes laughing and those sex scenes were a bit
outrageous but went extremely well for the book.
Karen Kincy did an
amazing job with this conclusion and I can definitely see why it's dieselpunk
instead of steampunk!
About the Author
Karen Kincy (Kirkland, Washington) can be found lurking in her writing cave, though sunshine will lure her outside. When not writing, she stays busy gardening, tinkering with aquariums, or running just one more mile. Karen has a BA in Linguistics and Literature from The Evergreen State College.
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