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The Last Rising (2011)

by Rachel Firasek(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1937044289 (ISBN13: 9781937044282)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Entangled Publishing

series

Curse of the Phoenix

review 1: Ice has had enough of being a Phoenix. She has saved many souls but never has healed her old wounds. She decides the last person she saves will be her last. She saves a Texan and something about this man touched her. Turner is raising his son on his own and is healing from a plane crash. He wants Ice as soon as he sees her and she makes him see he needs his son more than work. Just when they get close something may tear them apart. Ice will have to learn to let go of her past. Ice is a good name for this phoenix as she seems to be all ice. She tries her best to stay away from Turner and his son. She is drawn to them and want to do anything to show Turner he should be with his son more. She is afraid to get close to the child but when she has to it really begins to break he... morer shell. Turner is a great guy who just works to hard. Ice heats him up like no one has in a while. There is the love in this book but it has danger as well. The first scene pulls you in and you never want to stop reading this book. I loved getting to know more about Ice and watching her let go. 4 out of 5 Stars
review 2: Rachel Firasek’s THE LAST RISING sizzles in this new take on Egyptian mythology mixed with the modern day.Once a goddess, now a phoenix, Ice must pay penance and hope for a chance for redemption. Yet she’s decided she has had enough of Osiris’s games. Yet when she saves Turner Alcott’s life, she may have to rethink her chances at redemption. Turner is arrogant, annoying, but she can’t stand to be away from him or his son Brodie. Ice must decide if Turner is her redemption or her newest curse.The brilliant use of Egyptian mythology as well as the idea of the phoenix and redemption makes Firasek’s The Curse of the Phoenix series stand out. It is this idea that drew me to THE LAST RISING and into the series. Firasek knows how to create a slow burning romance. I kept wondering “will they” or “won’t they.” Turner is a bit of a weak link in this novella for me, though. I find his chauvinistic attitudes and brash behavior a bit off-putting, but Ice and Brodie won me over. Firasek creates strong characters. The pace moved quickly, only lulling during the latter half of the novel before picking up again. The characterizations of the other phoenixes make me want to read the next in the series.THE LAST RISING by Rachel Firasek burns slowly and increases the tension between the romantic duo. Like a phoenix, I can’t wait to dust off the ashes and read the next in the series! less

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