The Avid Reader

As we delve into Kissed by Fire book two in the Blood & Magic series we find Aria trying to come to terms with the fact that she has inherited Sanborn Place from her friend and father figure Mike. She feels guilt over the fact that he died because someone was looking for her. She was supposed to be the one who died not Mike after all she is the one that they want dead.

Someone wants her dead very badly and is sending vampires that are not ready to be on their own as of yet they are too young. While Aria is fighting one of these vampires Declan the Pack’s alpha just happens to be in the area and he kills the vampire to keep him from killing Aria but she is furious with him for doing so and tells him in not a very quiet manner either I might add. She lets him have it with both feet. She didn’t want the vampire dead she was trying to subdue him so she could find out what ever she could about whom and why someone is trying to kill her.

With someone wanting her dead Declan offers her a place to stay at the compound where the shifters live. Aria has been on her own for a long time now and thinks she is very capable of taking care of herself. But when she is attacked by a very big monster she realizes she needs help and calls James for backup. She hopes he makes it in time before this monster kills her.

By the time James, Declan and other pack members make it to where Aria is fighting the monster she is very serious trouble. Aria is almost dead and so that leaves James and Declan with a decision to make to keep her alive. Declan mates with Aria to keep her alive and when she finds out she is furious. Aria doesn’t like this idea of being mated to a shifter and being in need of a babysitter besides she still has a job to do and is determined to do it. She will find out who is trying to kill her. She doesn’t need any babysitter. Even though she ends up in trouble on more than one occasion that probably could have been avoid if she would have just listened to Declan or James and not been so stubborn. But Aria is one tough cookie and very independent. She has been taking care of herself since her parents were killed several years ago.

I have loved following along with Aria, James, Declan and all of the other characters on their journeys. I love the world that the author has created for the vampires, shifter and all of the paranormal creatures. If you have not read Kissed by Fire then I suggest you do but I would like to suggest that you read the first book Cursed by Fire first so that you will know what is going on with Aria and how it all started. I am very anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.