Wings of Life

The Last Phoenix, Book 5

By: Stephanie Mirro

Narrated by: Joanna Roddy

Length: 7 hrs

Publisher's summary

The queen is dead. Long live the queen.

Focusing on getting the kingdom back to normal after Galina’s false and terrible rule has turned out to be a monumental task. Especially because I can’t stop the nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I need to get back to Miami. Back to Thane.

Find your mate, Pavel said, but I’m running out of time.

I arrive just in time to stop Thane’s angelic ascension. Except now we’ve got to find some mystical item created by the dragons that no one has seen in centuries. Failure to do so means he’ll die a real and final death.

This journey will test us in ways we’ve never been tested before. I just hope we can both make it out alive. The odds aren’t looking so great for either of us, especially once the undead get involved.

F--king vampires.

Fans of Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunters, Ilona Andrews’s Hidden Legacy, or Seanan McGuire’s InCryptid series will find The Last Phoenix a delightful new addition to the urban fantasy romance genre. Scroll up and one-click to start the adventure today!

Wings of Life is the fifth book of seven in The Last Phoenix series, an urban fantasy romance containing fast-paced action, snarky humor, portal travel, a variety of shifters, a hearty dose of swearing, and a healthy splash of fated mates romance.

©2021 Stephanie Mirro (P)2022 Stephanie Mirro

Great addition to the series

This series seems to just keep getting better and better as more and more keeps happening and I look forward to seeing what happens next

FANTASTIC STORY. LOVED IT

STORY IS WELL WRITTEN AND WAS EASY TO FOLLOW.

ACCEPTABLE FOR TEENS AND UP. NOT CLEAN IT HAS DARK & SENSUAL CONTENT.

ITS A GREAT CONCLUSION AS THE GIRL FINALLY GETS HER REAPER.... OR IS IT WHEN DRAGON GET INVOLVED.

NARRATOR WAS GREAT AND EASY TO FOLLOW.

Once Again a Brilliant Story

I enjoyed the way everything from the previous books in this series comes together. Really love the additude of Veronica's body guards. They sure give her mouthy responses when she keeps taking extreme chances. Narrator does a very good job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline.

She's baaaack...

The fifth book in the series could be standalone, but the third, fourth, and fifth stories feel like kind of a trilogy within the larger series, so for continuity, I think at least those two should be ready prior to this one.

It was fun to see familiar faces again when Veronica returns home. The last book was all about Phoenix culture, and in this book there's a ton of vampire world building. This story has a lot of fight scenes as well — nothing overly gross — action, surprises, and adventure. There was steam in this book, although Veronica didn't deserve it! At least, not as fast as she got sexy times. More on that below.

Joanna Roddy performed the story, once again channeling Veronica perfectly.

Possible spoilers ahead:
My disappointment in one aspect of Veronica continued from the last book. It's hard for me to buy into her actually feeling like Thane is her soulmate or the love of her life when she was so easily able to dismiss any thought of him and jump all over Peter for sex in the last book. I mean...if things were reversed, and Thane had tried to sleep with another woman, how would Veronica feel?

There was a chance Thane was dead, and she didn't feel grief or mourn him at all. Now she returns to her world, and suddenly she's all about Thane? That just feels like she will take whichever man is conveniently around. So, Thane's pretty much "I searched for you every day and put off my chance for ascension!" And she's all "I waited two days before I moved on and tried to have sex with someone else!" Poor Thane! He deserves better.

In my opinion, and that's all this is, Veronica should have had to work a whole lot harder to get Thane back. I know she went through a lot in the story to save him, but she should have had to do that before he took her back, and she should have fessed up. That way what she does could have redeemed her for her poor sexy times choice.

I really did enjoy the story! I just think there was a chance for her character to grow and realize she really does love Thane, but it was missed, since all she did was show up to get the guy.

mission

Veronica is on a mission to find the dragonstone to save Thane. In the process she ends up in the vampire blood trials.

Running against the clock to save someone you love

I loved the story! Veronica and Thane are finally reunited, but he is in danger and she needs to find a certain artifact to help. Unfortunately, it snowballs... and in the search for said artifact she ends up doing A LOT more than expected. But the action was amazing and very entertaining. Now I'm torn because I want to know what happens next (the series is completed), but I have gotten used to "Veronica's" voice (Joanna Rody, the narrator) so I am torn whether to wait for the audiobook or binge-read the rest of the series...

Wings of Life

Holy Moly, just when you think the threat is gone a whole new one is coming your way. dang, can't we just get a break? Anyways this series just gets better and better and the surprises that happened in this book was good and bad. but I can't wait for the next book to come out. I'm excited to see what and how she takes care of this new threat. let's not forget the narrator and again she did an amazing job too.

Another Amazing Story!!

Book rating: 4.5 Stars

Oh, Veronica, I love you but you are so darn impulsive!
Picking up where the last book left off, Veronica is getting used to her new role...and all the fun things that go with it.
I enjoyed the twists and turns in the story and the growth of the world that the author created here. Veronica both grows and stays true to herself in this story, though there are some moments where I do wish people would stop her before she makes an impulsive decision with potentially dire consequences.
Mirro does an excellent job with writing all the fight scenes and there are a bunch of them in this story.

This is the fifth book in the series and the four previous ones must be read before enjoying this one otherwise, you will be entirely lost.
There's steam (finally!), swearing, violence, and plenty of witty dialogue!

Joanna Roddy does a fantastic job as always with the narration! She is the perfect Veronica. She does an excellent job with both the male and female narration and really give the characters Mirro created life with her voice.

Oh Thane…

Another great one in this series!! It’s one of the most unique fantasy series I have ever read, definitely recommended! Veronica is such a relatable character to me in so many ways, and I love that she has a bond with the reaper Thane, so overall unexpected! She’s also a tough woman you don’t wanna mess with!

A Race against time

Veronica & Thane are in a race against time to save him from his final death, but they will face many obstacles ahead, will they make it in time?
This is another action packed adventure, full of mystery, deception, battles, secrets, lies & a deeper plot to overthrow authority.
I can’t wait to see what will happen next!