His introduction was one of my favorite parts of the book. And conveniently, Kera’s love interest, Vig, is a Raven. The male descendants of Vikings are recruited to serve the god, Odin. Kera ends up learning about being a Crow and this life from the nearby Ravens. The two women butt heads almost immediately. Erin is not a fan of the military order Kera has thrived upon in her former life. Kera is assigned a mentor named Erin Amsel who has a seriously bad attitude. Not too bad for her first night as a Crow. With her new super-strength, she single-handedly takes on a gang of hammer toting intruders called the Giant Killers. Kera is reborn and wakes up to an attack on the “bird house”, the Malibu mansion where the LA-based Crows live. Skuld is shocked by the request but does agree. Kera accepts but only if her pitbull companion, Brodie Hawaii, is allowed to stay with her. Fortunately, her admirer, Vig Rundstrom, calls upon the goddess Skuld to give her a second life as a Crow. Kera is murdered in a back alley at the start of the book. With the start of CBR11 Bingo, I was spurred to action to read it for the Cannonballer Says square.Īs the first book in Laurenston’s Call of Crows series, we are introduced to Kera Watson, the ex-military protagonist, and many, many supporting characters. The expectation of a legion of ass-kicking women convinced me to buy it on the spot. I also remembered that the protagonist was a former Marine. When I spotted The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston, I had a vague memory that yesknopemaybe gave it a positive review for CBR10.
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