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Dragon Justice (2012)

by Laura Anne Gilman(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1459234618 (ISBN13: 9781459234611)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Luna

series

Paranormal Scene Investigations

review 1: This series is just getting better and better.I love how most people who reviewed this never gave the hint of a major event in the book. I did not see that particular thing coming. I can't even write about it because I might say too much and ruin the story for someone else. I liked how the romance part was really low key. When Venec and Torres realized their connection, I was afraid this would become just another paranormal romance with story somewhere in the background while the two are suffering and whatnot. Fortunately, I was wrong.
review 2: Setting: PUPI offices, Manhattan; Torres, Venec, and Wren Valere’s homes; museum, hotel, and warehouse in PhiladelphiaTheme: the Merge (syncing of 2 souls), power, seeking power, death, teamworkCharacters:Bonnie Tor... moreres – after of year of PUPI, Bonnie (and the rest) have grown in how they use their powers, and in the success of the organization. Bonnie and Ben are settling into the Merge, not fighting it, but not fully immersing themselves, ie sex or exclusive sex. Story told from her point of view.Ian Stosser – boss… vision of PUPI. He has a strange relationship with Aden – they love one another, but she will stop at nothing to stop him (believing that the council should make all decisions, not some independent investigation unit). Benjamin Venec – the heart of PUPI – with things doing well, he takes a few days to take a personal job in line with what he used to do… also not fighting the Merge, unhappy when she is with other lovers but tolerant. Competitiveness comes out when the museum alarm system is breached 3 times (stopped theif 1st 2 times, but she succeeded the 3rd).Wren Valere – Bonnie’s friend (used to live in same apartment building, and loves Bonnie’s lasagna). She is a thief of the highest caliber – managed by her boyfriend and helped by her demon friend. She has never not fulfilled a job, and is very competitive. Aden Stosser – Ian’s sister… contracts with sorcerers (who are not friend of the current users) to box in her brother… when they kill him instead, she kills them in retaliation. Nick, Nifty, Pietr, Sharon – the core PUPI staff, each with growing control and use of their skills. They pull together when solving crime.Summary:4 story lines – 1st - fatae (fairy) hires PUPI (for favor to be given in the future) to find an almost 7 year old girl kidnapped from her home. Bonnie finds her in Central Park – where someone (to be revealed in a new book?) is gathering 7, 14, & 21 year olds (mostly 14 year olds) non-Talent to form a coven, to pull their power (as in the old days of magic, before the bridge). She fairly easily gets the little one back, and also gets a 21 year old, untutored, Talented seer – who sees the death of Ian and Wren.2nd – Ian’s death – looks like accident, but Bonnie knows his sister is the cause, and confronts her. PUPI is lost without him… but will carry on.3rd – in Philadelphia (when Ben is on a personal museum job, enhancing the electrical current to act as an alarm – his personal ability), Ben and Bonnie are approached by a police detective to look at the 2nd body they found, both were men, Talent, who had been restrained and cut with a sharp knife, scraping the layers below the skin, while still alive. They determine that 10 years ago, in San Diego , the same thing happened to 10 men, and 10 years earlier probably happened in Canada. By pooling their investigative skills, both magical and human, and joining with Nick grounding, Nifty coaching, Sharon truth evaluating, the seer pulling in power from a storm, and Bonnie scrying, the locate the warehouse where the Talents are being killed. With Ben’s help, they set the trap. And mentor and mentoree are working together to try and see and harvest additional Talent from others… and when the mentoree becomes mentor (taking his own mentor’s power) 10 years later, the cycle continues…. Until PUPI stop them.4th – Ben and Bonnie – both are finding home in the other’s mind and body… while solving the case, they fall into be together, wrapped together, but only sleeping together… until a night of petting, then an night of sex, finally. Ian had borrowed money from a dragon to start the business… so Bonnie, with Ben, go to an ancient Dragon and friend (because the Dragon was Bonnie’s mentor’s friend) to ask for a loan to pay off the other dragon… and they promise their first born to be a mentoree to the Dragon. hmmmmMemorable scenes: After they have condom sex, Bonnie tells her ovaries and the Merge, not yet – on their time scale, not the universes.Bonnie staying out of it when she realizes that Ben and Wren are pitting themselves against each other at the museum… Wren comes out on top, but Ben keeps it quiet, as it was the museum who hired them both, and the museum wanted only one picture taken, so he forces their silence on it.The peace Bonnie and Ben find is quick mind touches. less

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