In her fourth installment in the Take A Chance Series, Curse the Dawn, we once again find Cassie Palmer in a complicated mess that of course is not her fault. Although that really depends on who you ask. If you ask her, it definitely wasn't her fault.
Our favorite clairvoyant, recently turned Pythia, and official mate of Head Vampire Mircea is now facing her newly acquired job that she has had no training for, thanks to Agnes the previous Pythia, who left us suddenly in the last book. After an attempt to track Agnes down in the past by using her new skills as Pythia, Cassie realizes that she is on her own and must figure things out solo, all the while trying to stay alive as several parties are still wanting her dead.
While the Circle is still refusing to accept Cassie as Pythia, the Vampire Consul is working together (kinda) to create a case to the Circle that will allow them to make Cassie's position official. While Mircea is off attempting to make this happen, Cassie continually finds herself in dangerous and exciting situations as she runs from the people who want her dead; the Circle's Mages, rogue vampires, the self styled God Apollo (who incidentally is also the source of her power) and one very offended magical fashion designer. We also get to go with her as she rescues friends in need, attempts to ditch her Vampire bodyguards, and learns more about the ones she thought she could trust.
This was an excellent addition to this series! I was excited to see the author add new characters (there are a ton in this book) and bring back ones from the past. The plot was just as twisted and suspenseful as the last ones, and there were some great scenes with intense battles (a battle with flying ships in an alternate reality in downtown Vegas where the ships and people get thrown between the actual Vegas the alternate one, awesome!) and some great car chases on the mystical portal highways with a very agitated and larger than life Apollo chasing them!
A great series for those of you who are not afraid of science fiction, for these books explore a wide variety of elements; alternate worlds, time travel, demons, magic, and even a few things that I'm still not sure what they are. In addition to the romance lovers out there, you will find quite a bit of steamy scenes in here!
Finally, one of my favorite parts of these books in general is they are laugh out loud funny! Cassie is a clumsy, smart mouthed girl, who have the times ends of saving things by a series of unlucky and lucky accidents. If you are new to the series and want to read more about all the books, check out the descriptions from the author's website here.
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