Tempest Reborn

Jane True, Book 6

By: Nicole Peeler

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Anyan may be trapped in an evil dragon and Blondie may be gone, but Jane knows one thing: she's not about to give up. She's ready to tear down heaven and earth to save her lover, despite those who believe he's lost.

Luckily for Jane, those who've given up on Anyan do not include those closest to her. Defying The Powers That Be, Jane and company form their own crack squad of misfits, in whose hands the fate of the world may well rest.

With a little help from her friends, the Universe, and lots of snacks, Jane embarks on her greatest adventure yet, confident that with great sacrifice comes great reward. The question is, who will be that sacrifice?

©2013 Nicole Peeler (P)2013 Tantor

How I miss the old Jane

If you’ve been following my reviews of the Jane True series you’ll see that I loved it in the beginning then by the middle I was a little disappointed in the direction the series took. I almost didn’t even listen to Tempest Reborn. But that part of me that needed to see the series to the end (thank goodness this was the last book or I would have stopped) had to listen.

By the time I reached Tempest Reborn, Jane’s world had changed so much and not for the better IMO. It went from fun, light, flirty and sexy to dark, violent and confusing. The dark and violent I’m cool with but when I have a hard time keeping up with who the new characters are and not really caring about the main characters and what they are trying to accomplish then it’s a sad day.

Jane True is an Urban Fantasy series that means that the romance aspect is usually drawled out over the series. But when it’s not the safety of the world that’s cockblocking the characters but the characters themselves, I’m out. That trope was like beating a dead horse.

I didn’t like the creature character or the whole white and red dragon thing. I really felt like I was reading a totally different series and that I was dumped into the middle of it. The Jane True series felt like a series with multi personality disorder, it didn’t know if it was fun and quirky or dark and weird.

The ending was wrapped up well enough with Jane getting her HEA but by that time I just didn’t care about her romantic life.

It’s a shame that once the series got a great narrator like Kristine Hvam that I lost interest in it. Honesty if it was not for Hvam’s narration I would have not gone back to the series.
Please don’t take my dislike for Tempest Reborn as a dislike for the whole series or the writing. I really enjoyed the earlier books the series. I just feel like there was too much change, too fast and that maybe with a few more books to let it slowing grow would have been better. {Shrugs} That’s just my opinion. I’m totally on board with reading anything else that Nicole Peeler puts out and I look forward to seeing what she brings to the fiction world next.

Seiries Ender

Would you try another book from Nicole Peeler and/or Khristine Hvam?

Never, for either of them. Peeler is dead to me as an author. Hvam I will avoid without particular rancor, just out of preference.

Has Tempest Reborn turned you off from other books in this genre?

I am not turned off from other books of this genre, on the contrary, I seek out books of this genre. This was particularly poorly done and that's why I am singling it out for scorn in this category.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Khristine Hvam?

Nobody "deserved" to have to read this book.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

I reacted with impatience to turn it off and scroll to a story with merit.

Any additional comments?

I am not returning any of my previous purchases in this series. I continued to buy them as the series continued to fizzle. Buyer beware. Using credits on these is nothing but a Stupid Tax.