Blodeuedd's Monday Review: Deadly Descendant by Jenna Black

As a living descendant of Artemis the Huntress, private investigator Nikki Glass knows how to track someone down. But when an Oracle shows up, warning the Descendants about wild dog attacks in Washington, D.C., Nikki is afraid it might be a trap. The Olympians believe the “dogs” are really jackals, controlled by a blood-crazed descendant of the Egyptian death-god Anubis. Whatever. . . . If Nikki hopes to muzzle Dogboy, she’s got to catch him in the act. But when she stakes out a local cemetery, she ends up face-to-snout with a snarling pack of shadow-jackals whose bite is worse than their bark. These hellhounds are deadly—even for an immortal like Nikki. “Dog” spelled backward may be “god,” but that won’t stop Nikki from teaching these old gods some new tricks. Like playing dead. 

My thoughts:

I am happy that I enjoyed this one cos I am super scared of book 2 syndrome at the moment ;)

But it was light and a fast read. And I do like those.

Nikki found out she has divine blood, and so do a LOT of people it seems, and some can become immortal (if you kill someone immortal first). And now she is stuck with a bunch of weirdos at a mansion. Another set of immortals wants to kill her and yes those guys are real assholes. The nice guys are nice and I do like their leader. Too bad she fancies someone else. Well fancies and fancies, he hates her at times but she totes fancies him.

Interesting side characters, a kick-ass heroine. Bad guys, good guys, Gods and their children.

A nice plot too with someone killing people with the help of dogs and there is a mystery to solve.

Conclusion:
Since I read this in an omnibus it felt really short, which was good ;)

Cover
Something is not right...her head?

Mass Market Paperback, 355 pages
Published April 24th 2012 by Pocket Books
Nikki Glass #2
Urban fantasy
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Blodeuedd's Monday Review: Dark Descendant by Jenna Black

Nikki Glass can track down any man. But when her latest client turns out to be a true descendant of Hades, Nikki now discovers she can’t die. . . . 

Crazy as it sounds, Nikki’s manhunting skills are literally god-given. She’s a living, breathing descendant of Artemis who has stepped right into a trap set by the children of the gods. Nikki’s new “friends” include a descendant of Eros, who uses sex as a weapon; a descendant of Loki, whose tricks are no laughing matter; and a half-mad descendant of Kali who thinks she’s a spy. 

But most powerful of all are the Olympians, a rival clan of immortals seeking to destroy all Descendants who refuse to bow down to them. In the eternal battle of good god/bad god, Nikki would make a divine weapon. But if they think she’ll surrender without a fight, the gods must be crazy. . . . 

My thoughts:

I wanted new UF, I have been reading the same old series, which I like, but I want more. So I found this one, a bit later, but hey better late than never! At least all books are already out.

I was pleasantly surprised by it. Nikki is a kick-ass heroine who finds out she is descended from a god, and it seems that all those olds gods are real. Because they sure had lots of babies all over the world, even if not many are left. But for some reason the Olympians are the strongest, dunno about that, why would the Greek ones be the strongest? They do not even have worshippers today, I could see other ones being stronger, but whatever. Olympian power!

There are good ones and bad ones, but who to trust? She is hunted, she must hunt, and stuff gets real. I was also happy to see that something I wondered about was told already in this book so that I do not have to wait aaaages to find out.

Conclusion:
A kickass heroine, a nice quest, and a series that I will read more of.

Cover:
Fine

Paperback, 336 pages
Published April 26th 2011 by Pocket Books
Descendants, #1)
Urban Fantasy
Own