Review: Stone Cold Revenge – Jess Macallan

Forced by her maniacal father, the king of the shadow elves, to live in his house and train to become his heir, newly minted princess of the paranormal Elleodora Fredricks doesn’t think things could get much more complicated. On the outs with her gargoyle love interest, Jax, and confused about her relationship with her childhood sweetheart, MacLean the phoenix, Elle knows her fate decrees that her powers will manifest themselves in full on her twenty-eighth birthday, which is quickly approaching…

With help from two long-lost family members, some long-forgotten memories, and even her long-gone mother, Elle discovers there’s more to being part shadow elf than she ever knew. But will she be able to harness her unique abilities in time to take revenge on her enemies? For Elle, it’s all in a day’s work

Series:  Set in Stone #2
Release Date:  January 20, 2013
Publisher:  Entangled Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

It seems like I’ve waited forever for this book to come out.  I was so excited when it was finally in my iPad I wondered if it would live up the hype I’d created.  I’m happy to say it most certainly did.

Elle has a lot to deal with in this installment of the SET IN STONE series.  She’s forced to live in her sadistic father’s guest house while his flunkies train her on all things the Shadow King heir must know.  As if that wasn’t enough, she has the cryptic message regarding her mates and then comes face to face with her relatives on her mother’s side.  Learning she’s a shadow elf and had her memories stolen by her father should have been enough to deal with.  But Elle gets the knowledge that her mother was a goddess added as the proverbial cherry on top.

Then we have the little triangle between Jax, McLean and Elle.  I was happy with the direction this storyline went.  The author could have dragged this along for several books before giving us a resolution (or maybe never giving us one), but luckily there was a definitive answer about who Elle choose as her mate.  

A lot happens in this fast-paced, edge of your seat book.  I truly enjoyed this story and found myself craving more when I got to the last page.  Fingers crossed, we won’t have to wait so long for book three.