Title: “The
Refugees”
Series: (A Jazz
Nemesis Novel, #2)
Author: L.M.
Smith
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Date: December
21, 2012
Genre: Paranormal,
Mythology
Reviewed by: Books4Tomorrow
Source: Received
from author for review
My star rating: 5/5
SUMMARY
When Jasmine Marshall and her fellow hostages
finally won back their freedom and escaped from the mysterious town of Kolob,
they believed they would be rejoining civilization and resuming their normal
lives. To their horror, what they found on the other side of the dense forest
was far worse than anything they could have ever imagined.
On December 21, 2012, an unprecedented series of global attacks changed the world and shook the very foundations of society. A significant portion of the Earth’s population died following exposure to an illness that the media dubbed ‘The Maya Virus’, leaving the survivors to examine and question their humanity as vampires, demigods, and zombies crawled from the body bags of the aftermath. Valkyries, demons and other ancient creatures that had lain in wait for centuries began to emerge, seeking to claim the spoils and feed on what remains of mankind. Panicked governments are struggling to maintain order - some of them at any cost.
With her newfound empathic power driving her toward the tumultuous precipice of insanity, Jazz will now face the single greatest tribulations of her life. Will she choose to follow the man she loves despite his many unsettling secrets, or will she succumb to a treacherous phantom from her troubled past who could very well provide the ultimate key to her survival?
On December 21, 2012, an unprecedented series of global attacks changed the world and shook the very foundations of society. A significant portion of the Earth’s population died following exposure to an illness that the media dubbed ‘The Maya Virus’, leaving the survivors to examine and question their humanity as vampires, demigods, and zombies crawled from the body bags of the aftermath. Valkyries, demons and other ancient creatures that had lain in wait for centuries began to emerge, seeking to claim the spoils and feed on what remains of mankind. Panicked governments are struggling to maintain order - some of them at any cost.
With her newfound empathic power driving her toward the tumultuous precipice of insanity, Jazz will now face the single greatest tribulations of her life. Will she choose to follow the man she loves despite his many unsettling secrets, or will she succumb to a treacherous phantom from her troubled past who could very well provide the ultimate key to her survival?
REVIEW
Some
books stick with you, and others don’t. Some will leave you thinking about them
months after you’ve read them, and some…well, there are some I really can’t
wait to delete from my kindle when I’m done. The Refugees without a doubt falls into the category of books I’ll
remember long after I’ve finished reading it. I’ve come to expect a certain
pizzazz from this author which can only be found in her writing and the way she
shapes her characters. As with The
Citizens, the first book in this series, L.M. Smith again does not
disappoint and outdid herself with this second instalment in the Jazz Nemesis
series.
The
first book ended with an incredible cliff-hanger which left me wanting to beg
the author – even resort to bribing if I had to – to hurry up with the second
book. Of course, sometimes it happens in a series that the second book leaves
you feeling a little disappointed as it doesn’t always recapture the magic of
the first book and that feeling of oh-gosh-I-hope-this-book-never-ends.
Several chapters into the story I was relieved to find that this won’t be the
case, even though the first few chapters had me slightly worried that the story
might move in a less interesting direction and not regain the hold over me like
it did with The Citizens. I
absolutely loved the first book and it was constantly my book recommendation of
choice.
Book
two doesn’t exactly pick-up where the previous book had left off as I hoped it
would, but instead takes the reader deeper into a richly illustrated,
post-apocalyptic world buckling under the onslaught of the Maya Virus. So, what
then can you expect from The Refugees?
Well, definitely a few interesting new characters with powers of their own, and
a heck of a lot more plot twists from the characters we already know and adore
from the previous book. It was great to see how the author continued to develop
Jazz and her posse, and then threw me for a loop when she brought in hottie Gabriel.
Hmmmmm, a darn good-looking development to the storyline right there… Anyhoo,
this of course creates what I consider the dreaded love-triangle (okay, that’s just me
– love-triangles and I don’t mesh). Nonetheless, I’m curious to know who Jazz
is going to end up with by the end of the series. I know who I’m rooting for,
but I ain’t telling.
I’ve
gotten used to the author’s style of writing in the first book – smooth,
meticulous, easy to digest, and without overwhelming the reader with
unnecessary details. She maintains this writing style in The Refugees and although it is a really long read with over five
hundred pages, I never got the feeling that world- and character building
descriptions were used as page-fillers to bore the reader into oblivion, as is
sometimes the case in a number of dystopian novels.
This is
a series, after all, so naturally another epic cliff-hanger ending has me
plotting and scheming all over again on how I might convince the author to
hurry up with the third book. The
Refugees is a captivating, exhilarating read filled with mystery and
endless surprising twists. If you haven’t read the first book yet, you might
not understand what I’m so excited about. Trust me though, once it gets you
hooked, it’s nearly impossible to put it down. Kudos to the author for once
more keeping me glued to the pages of another terrific Jazz Nemesis treat.
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ABOUT the AUTHOR
L. M. Smith is both an avid reader and writer.
Her favorite authors include Kim Harrison and Richard Adams. She began writing
stories and poetry as a child and has always been fascinated by mythology and
the paranormal.
A self-proclaimed 'desert rat', she lives near Las Vegas, Nevada with the love of her life, their two dogs, and two cats. She is currently attending classes at the University of Phoenix and enjoys horseback riding, kayaking, and taking long walks with Vladimir: her Doberman Pinscher.
A self-proclaimed 'desert rat', she lives near Las Vegas, Nevada with the love of her life, their two dogs, and two cats. She is currently attending classes at the University of Phoenix and enjoys horseback riding, kayaking, and taking long walks with Vladimir: her Doberman Pinscher.
While working on her next upcoming publication,
her guilty pleasures include salt-and-pepper flavored sunflower seeds and cold,
home-brewed coffee with Italian Sweet Cream ... though never at the same time
because that would be yucky.
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