Format: Kindle, 317 pages
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Urban Fantasy
The city doesn't need another hero. It needs a monster.
Aris has lived beneath the streets all his life as a growing evil overtook the city he loved. He’s watched the people suffer, smelled their fear, and heard their cries for mercy. All while they lived under the control of the ruthless man who murdered his parents.
But the time has come for Aris to rise from the darkness. He’s trained his whole life for this moment and, unlike the justice system, he will not fail the people of Coast City, or the woman he fell in love with as a child, the woman who believes him dead.
But no one told him that sometimes heroes aren’t enough. Sometimes people need a monster.
A Monster's Death is the 5th installment in author Raven Steele's Rouen Chronicles. This novel actually takes place at the same time as A Shifter's Curse where Briar is in Rouen, Louisiana fighting those who destroyed her family and meeting Samira and Lynx who will become best friends and allies. As I understand it, Aris, who is the protagonist of this story, will soon be joining Briar, Sam, and Lynx in Rouen where the villains have become much more dangerous than those Briar, Sam, and Lynx have already fought and defeated.
In this trilogy, we follow Aris Crow. Aris lives in Coast City where he has been living underground along with his guardian Roman watching his home be destroyed by a group of villains, including Victor, and the Physician. Aris was thought to have died along with his father and his mother. He survived thanks to the V protein in his blood. The V protein makes him stronger, and faster than normal humans. Aris inherited his father's traits. But, there are so many questions as to who his father really was, and whether he was really a hero or a villain.
Aris has also been watching over his childhood friend Emma, even stepping in and stopping violent thugs from doing bad things to her. But, he is only one person and every move he makes, seems to make things even worse. Aris knows that he can't trust the law to punish the criminals. They seem to always be released before facing any serious jail time. Aris allies include Roman, who is blind, his aunt Krista, who is a criminal sketch artist for the Coastal PD, and Oz Lewis, a young hacker who he befriends and ends up being more valuable than Aris could have dreamed of.
Victor is a curious villain in that it appears that he may have another insight into the real Jonas Crow, Aris' father, and whether or not he was really a hero, or a villain. Victor seems to also have a sixth sense that has stopped assassination attempts against him. There are groups that the reader will be familiar with if you've read the first 4 books in this series. Ames de la Terra is mentioned as the place where Aris and Roman spent a good part of his life learning about elemental magic and attempting to understand what the V protein will eventually do to his body. Principes Noctis is also mentioned. This is a group of supernaturals who worship the darkness, and feed on human blood and flesh. They truly believe they should be ruling humans and not hiding away.
As the story digs in, the reader knows that the city needs a different kind of hero. A hero who might actually be a monster with the capabilities of defeating very dangerous enemies which you will read about in the next installment!
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