Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Mystery/Adventure
Description:
“A haunted house isn’t going to stop Ametta Dorn from doing her job.
Frustrated that her family has left her out of the search for the
missing totem tokens, Ametta Dorn loses herself in her work. She’s offered a
dream job of a complete interior renovation of a famous Cremaschi house. Not
even discovering the house belongs to Lucky Osberg can dampen her enthusiasm.
Lucky’s plan to spend more time with her as she works goes awry when
the spirit who protects his home tries to murder her. Ametta won’t be scared
off, despite being tempted to run and never come back. She was going to flee
Alaska and pursue her designer dreams anyway, yet that means giving up on Lucky
and the totem that is just within her grasp.”
Author:
“Christine Rains is a writer, blogger, and geek mom. She has four
degrees which help nothing with motherhood but make her a great Jeopardy
player. When she's not reading or writing, she's going on adventures with her
son or watching cheesy movies on Syfy Channel. She's a member of S.C.I.F.I. and
Untethered Realms. She has one novel and several novellas and short stories
published.”
Check out her Amazon author page for all of her books or stalk her on
Facebook.
Appraisal:
Ametta Dorn, the youngest of the Dorn sisters, frustrates the hell out
of me. Is it a common trait for the youngest sibling to be so self-absorbed and
single minded? At the age of twenty-five Ametta has secured herself as an up
and coming interior designer to keep an eye on. Despite being a polar bear shifter,
she is intent on opening her own business in the lower 48 or perhaps even
Europe. When she decides her family doesn’t need or want her help in recovering
the totem tokens that will save all shifters, she moves her timeclock up for
her move out of Alaska. Her attraction to Lucky is distracting her from her
goal.
Lucky Osberg, a handsome Kodiak shifter who has his eye on Ametta, has
the patience of a saint and a plan. He hires her to do a renovation on his
house, which happens to be a famous Cremaschi house. This is a dream come true
for Ametta, and here she thought Lucky was only a volunteer firefighter. She
hasn’t taken the time to get to know him through his pursuit because he has no
desire to leave Alaska and that doesn’t fit her dream for her future. Her
short-sightedness also bites her in the butt when she discovers that she isn’t
even aware of the totems that make up the totem pole, which scattered its
tokens all over Alaska to protect itself. See why she frustrated me? Ametta is
my least favorite sister. However, I love Lucky.
The addition of Lucky’s house being haunted was an interesting twist.
Through the years the spirit has always been a protective entity and its change
of character puzzles and disheartens Lucky. The spirit’s aggression is centered
on Ametta, which forces her to take a hard look at herself. Lucky tries to
protect her, but much of his effort is thwarted by the contentious spirit.
An additional bonus was Ametta’s two phone conversations with Saskia
and then later with both Saskia and Sedge. So we gained another peek into their
relationship, which I enjoyed immensely.
Shattered
Spirit is Ametta’s journey to self-realization and she has redeemed herself,
somewhat, in my view. This addition to the series is enthralling and I was able
to read it in one evening, because I didn’t want to put it down.
FYI:
Contains adult language with several F-bombs. Shattered Spirit is the fourth book in the Totem series. This
series of novellas build on each other and should be read in order.
Format/Typo
Issues:
I came across no proofing or editing issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 20-25,000 words
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