Thursday, February 9, 2023

#Review - Wardbreaker by J.A. Cipriano #Fantasy

Series: The Lillim Callina Chronicles # 1
Format: Kindle, 145 pages
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Source: Amazon
Genre: Urban Fantasy

A city full of vampires. A dark ritual. A runaway determined to stay hidden.

Lillim Callina was still trying to figure out how to live like a normal girl when the vampires attacked. Now, this former demon hunter must decide if staying hidden is more important than saving her new home from the largest vampire infestation she has ever seen.

The only problem is, if she stops the vampires, the people hunting her just may find her, and they aren't too fond of deserters.


Wardbreaker is the first prequel in The Lillim Callina Chronicles, an urban fantasy series and takes place approximately one year before Kill it with Magic. Lillim Callina is a member of the Dioscuri. She ran away from her home to Earth. Lillim has been trained to be the best of the best, a demon hunter with the abilities to do magic. Her job is to fight monsters and keep people safe. Upon arriving on Earth, she meets Jean Luc who claims he's a monster hunter licensed by Dirge Meilan, an Earth Born Dioscuri who gave him a writ that is magically bound to the owner. 

Dioscuri are the boogeyman of the supernatural world. Unfortunately, a civil war has caused a divide and many Dioscuri are no longer keeping cities on Earth safe leading to people like Jean Luc to pick up the pieces. Jean Luc is special, he is gifted and there is nothing that means more to him than keeping his town safe form the vampire gangs roaming the streets a causing all hell to break loose. He even knows what Lillim is and enlists her special talents to help him. It seems his city is overrun by vampires and he needs help removing them before they spread to other areas. 

Charging into a vampire nest with Luc they encounter ancient vampires who want Luc and are willing to let Lillim leave if she lets them get away with their plan. Ariel, the Owl and leader of the vampires expect that Lillim would take a deal to let her finish what she started. Little did she know that Lillim doesn't just give up that easy. Will they survive this battle? Lillim is a bad-ass who fights with a pair of magical Egyptian swords and magic. She may have spent her whole childhood training to protect the humans, slay the monsters but she won't just sit by the save herself when innocents are in danger. 

If you've never tried urban fantasy before, dip your toe in with this one! This short book is at the very beginning of an action packed series involving magic, werewolves, vampires, and more. The story pulls you in and keeps you there, and you want more when it ends.





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