#Blog Stop #Review - Faith Hunter's CIRCLE OF THE MOON: #Giveaway

Series: Soulwood # 4
Format: E-Book, 400 pages
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Publisher: ACE Books
Source: Publisher
Genre: Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 0399587942
ISBN-13: 978-0399587948 

Set in the same world as Faith Hunter’s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the fourth thrilling Soulwood novel stars Nell Ingram, who draws her powers from deep within the Earth.

Nell Ingram can channel powers from deep within the Earth, and lately she’s been using them to help the government division that solves crimes against paranormals. Joining the team at PsyLED has allowed her to learn more about her powers and the world she always shunned—and to find true friends.

Head agent Rick LaFleur shifts into a panther when the moon calls him, but this time, something has gone wrong. Rick calls Nell from a riverbank—he’s naked, with no memory of how he came to be there, and there’s a dead panther, killed by black magic, lying next to him.

When another cat turns up dead at a different site the next day, and the same magic user seems to be behind it, Nell begins investigating—but the bonds that hold her team together are threatened when their leader becomes the case.
 

 

Circle of the Moon is the Fourth installment in author Faith Hunter's Soulwood series. Set in Tennessee, Psy-Law Enforcement Special Agent Nell Ingram uses her innate magical abilities to work with an agency policing paranormals in this series set in the same world as the Jane Yellowrock novels. First thing out of the gate. Please note that this book contains spoilers from Dark Queen (Jane Yellowrock, #12). So, if you haven't yet read that book, please take a moment and go back and do so.

To say that this book contains a plethora of curious storylines is like saying that chocolate is good for you. Nell has so much to do, so much to think about, and so much to deal with that you have to wonder when it's all going to come to head. If you have read the previous three installments, then you know that Nell has had some interesting times which included spending 6 months as a tree! No, I am not kidding. Coming off her 6 month "disability" time off, Nell has a whole lot of catching up to do.

She's trying to do the right thing by her sister Mindy aka Mud who she is trying to legally adopt. That means getting her home up to code, joining the 21st century, and not just being off the grid. Getting Mud to stop talking like a church-woman, and try speaking townie English as well as registering her for school. Mud is a curious sort as well as very intelligent. One should never take Mud for granted or be dumbfounded by the things that she comes up with. 

Nell's bond with Occam has really grown to the point where Nell's family is wondering what the next step is. I can honestly say that I can tolerate her brother Sam, her father, and her mother more now than before. I think I said, 'It's about damn time!" at least 20 times over the course of this book. Nell and Occam are a really cute couple who both deserve happiness. Plus, Nell is good for Occam's healing that happened in the previous installment.

I have an internal struggle whenever Rick LaFleur is involved in any story. From Dark Queen, to being in charge of Nell's Psy-LED Unit 18, he's going to be involved whether you like it or not. Rick's past is really unmasked in a major way in this story and it's up to Nell and her teammates to do what they do in order to not only save him, but prevent a major catastrophe from happening. That includes bringing in new characters like Special Agent Margot Racer, and a character named Ayatas Firewind to be the teams new boss. If you think you know who Firewind is, please don't spoil it for the rest of the class. 

EXCERPT FOUR

We walked into HQ together, Occam at my six, protecting me or heading me like a cat after prey. I didn’t know. Didn’t rightly care. I’d learned at Spook School that the most experienced fighter/shooter always came last. If an enemy was waiting and attacked the first person in line, then the man at six was able to take the bad guy out. If the most experienced is at point and is ambushed, then the bad guy will likely get the second person in line too. Perfect logic.

Second in command of PsyLED Unit Eighteen, Special Agent Josephine Anna Jones—JoJo—met us at the top of the stairs. She was supposed to be writing the final summation report on a possible sighting of a devil dog in the hills east of Knoxville, but from her expression, this call-out was more than that. She said, “Where’s Mud?”

It was a strange question. “She’s spending the night with Esther and Jedidiah.”

“Jedidiah Whisnut, right? She safe with him?”

Safe was important. The men of God’s Cloud of Glory Church, a polygamous cult from which I had escaped, weren’t known to protect women. My sister Mud was twelve. That was close enough to make her prey to some of them. “She’s good.”

“Better be. You two are making a run. Rick sent a text and needs . . . hell, I don’t know. Backup? Help in some nonlethal situation? Kent’s gathering Rick’s four-day bag, backup weapon, extra key fob, and extra cell. I’ll text you the coordinates.”

T. Laine was visible at the end of the hallway, loaded down with gear.

JoJo, scarlet skirts swaying, whirled and rushed back along the hallway, part of the full moon and leopard tattoo on her neck catching the overhead lights, her turban glistening. There were gold and silver threads woven through the fabric. JoJo did not dress by PsyLED dress codes, and so far no one had told her she had to comply.

“Rick’s in trouble?” Occam asked as we weaponed up.

JoJo shouted back, “He didn’t send a nine-nine-nine, so I’m assuming he’s ruined his clothes and gear. Went for a swim. Something. But he texted from an old, outdated cell number, and now I can’t get through to it. So wear your vests. Just in case.”

Code-999 was for officer down, urgent help needed. No 999 meant things weren’t dire. Request for his gobag and gear? Yeah, that sounded like he fell in the river.

“Specifics?” Occam asked, seeming irritated that he was having to ask for details.

JoJo read from her screen, shouting down the hallway. “‘Need pickup. Weapon. Gobag. Cell. Car fob. ASAP. Send Occam and Nell.’”

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Faith Hunter is the New York Times and USAToday bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock series, the Soulwood series, and the Rogue Mage series, as well as the author of 16 thrillers under pen the names Gary Hunter and Gwen Hunter. She has 40+ books in print.

Faith collects orchids and animal skulls, loves thunder storms, and writes. She likes to cook soup, bake homemade bread, garden, and run Class III whitewater rivers. She edits the occasional anthology and drinks a lot of tea. Some days she’s a lady. Some days she ain't.

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