Format: E-Book, 220 pages
Release Date: December 27th 2018
Publisher: Elewyn Publishing
Source: Publisher
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Not all who wander are lost.
As Justice of the Arcana Council and an experienced artifact hunter, Tarot-reading Sara Wilde prefers to track down the missing on her own. With her latest case, unfortunately, everyone's dying to help her out.
Determined to locate the Lost Queen, a witch destined to fulfill a dark and twisted prophecy, Sara finds herself corpse-blocked at every turn. Not even the electric, provocative, and deeply powerful Magician of the Arcana Council--whose newest arcane pursuits test Sara's emotional and sensual boundaries--can help her find her mark.
Worse, Sara isn't the only hunter on the case. From the shadowy labyrinths of Budapest to the ancient churches of Moscow to the glittering lights of Los Angeles, the world's most powerful male witches are gunning for the Lost Queen, demanding her as their rightful consort. Right before they end up dead, each more gruesomely than the last. There's definitely a pattern here...and one Sara needs to break, before her own mercurial Magician becomes the prophecy's next target.
Better hope you don't find what you're looking for when you hunt The Lost Queen.
The Lost Queen is the second installment in author Jenn Stark's Wilde Justice series. A series that was spun off from the authors Immortal Vegas series. As the first Justice of
the Arcana Council in two hundred years, former artifact hunter & Tarot card reading Sara Wilde is
tasked with taking out the most dangerous magic-wielding criminals on
the planet. For Sara's second mission, she has to travel to Budapest to investigate the possible return of one Vlad the Impaler. Is Vlad really back from the dead, or could it be something more powerful?
What Sara does discover, however, is there's an apparent prophecy that happens every 28 years, and this is the year for that particular prophecy to return. But, where will this prophecy show up? This book contains the usual suspects; Nikki Dawes, Armaeus (Magician of the Arcana Council), plus Danae, the head of the House of Swords, Death, Gamon (Judgment), and the Devil of the Arcana Council. Sara, though, has her work cut out for her. She is new to this detective thing, and often flies by the seat of her pants.
As she has had zero formal magic training since her ascension and her power ups, a fact that I still can't understand, she has to unravel nearly two centuries of backlogged cases that haven't been touched since the previous Justice went away. To that end, this book includes the previous mentioned Budapest, Moscow, and a large portion of the story takes place in Los Angeles. As I previously stated in my review for The Red King, Sara has become more of a supernatural detective than a Tarot Card reading relic hunter.
However, don't let that fool you. There are times that Sara's Tarot Cards come in handy, and you will be glad that she hasn't left them behind to use her new found magical abilities that continue to grow with each book. There's a pretty decent mystery as in who the actual villain, or villains
are, and it will keep you guessing right until the end. I totally loved the twist as it was right there in front of my eyes.
I dare say though, I hope the author sends Sara back to Sensei Chichiro so that she can understand the full truth behind the powers that she has collected. I am happy that readers will get more of the Devil, and yes, even Death since she provides a piece of a puzzle which I am still trying to unravel. This book leaves a curious ending with I won't spoil. I am curious as to where the author will take Sara next, and what will happen with Sara and her abilities that seem to be adding something new every time out.
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