Format: Kindle, 319 pages
Release Date: December 3, 2021
Publisher: Elewyn Publishing
Source: Publisher
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Where there is magic...there will always be war.
Justice
of the Arcana Council Sara Wilde has dedicated her life to protecting
the world’s most vulnerable members of the psychic community. But as an
ancient enemy of the Council closes in, inciting the Shadow Court and
its followers around to deadly action, there’s no way to avoid a
world-changing war.
Worse, this final battle not only threatens
millions of innocent Connecteds, it has the potential to destroy
everyone close to Sara. The Magician, the Devil, the Fool, Death, the
Moon, Judgment—no one is safe. Even as Sara realizes how much she has
come to love her found family, she knows she could lose them in a blink
of an eye.
But Sara hasn’t fought this hard, for this long, to
give up now. And when she combines the full limit of her abilities with
her trusty Tarot cards…the game will never be the same.
Except the cards can no longer save you when you climb THE SHATTERED TOWER.
The Shattered Tower, by author Jenn Stark, is the 8th installment in the authors Wilde Justice series which was spun-off from Immortal Vegas series. We've known since The Shadow Court book was released that Sara and the Arcane Council were going to have their hands full and that a major war was brewing. This, however, was not what I was expected. One could legitimately say that every member of the Arcane Council, including Sara, will need to stand and deliver or fall and let a powerful nemesis take over the world and terrorize the most innocent of all; young Connecteds.
Sara's life as the Justice of the Arcana Council hasn't exactly been easy. At every single stop along the way, she's been pushed, and pushed, and pushed harder. She's become a powerful, perhaps the most powerful member of the Arcane Council, and she knows that without her around, the most innocent will be run over and forgotten. That's why she spent many years as a tarot card reading relic hunter. That's why she gave away her money to save the kids.
Thankfully, she's had the support of the Magician, as well as her best friend Nikki Dawes, and I think Simon and the Devil as well. After the previous installment when the author revealed perhaps the most dangerous character yet, a missing member of the Arcane Council who hasn't been sine in thousands of years, I felt like something bad was going to happen. When the truth behind one of the Arcane members finally comes out (even though I say his betrayal coming), it becomes abundantly clear that things are already in motion, and that no matter what Sara and her friends did, they would fail.
Truth in reviewing. At one point in this book, I actually started crying. Why? Who knows? Maybe I knew the end was coming and there's nothing I can do. Just like life. We all know that we are not immortal. I adore Sara, Sariah, Nikki, the Magician, and yes, even Death and the Devil. I got used to Eshe and her strangeness, and yes, I cried during the last chapters hoping that the Sara would find a way to stop the Shadow Court. This was perhaps the hardest review for me to write.
You see, I've read all TEN books in the Immortal Vegas series. I trusted the author to keep her mojo going when she decided to write the Wilde Justice series. She did. Now that it's coming to an end, you're damn right I'm sad. But I am also hopeful that the author will continue to focus on some of the secondary characters like Sariah, the Devil, Death, and the Syx demon enforcers. I think Sariah and the Devil's story would be exciting. There is one minor Easter egg in this book which I won't spoil. I kind of wish there were more "guest" appearances.
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