Maybe my tastes have changed but this one felt contrived. ( )

The Lost Soul by Gabriella Pierce is the last book of the 666 Park Avenue series, which features the dilemma of trying to defeat an ancient evil.

The characters come together in this last installment to battle a witch of consuming power and vicious nature.

Jane Boyle is joined by her old friends, Dee, Harris, and his sister Maeve; old rivals, Andre and his protective sister Katrin; and her old love, Malcolm; as well as new figures with magical heritage, the Montagues: Emer, Charlotte, Leah, and the adept Penelope Lotuma.

Together they cast a new coven of magical families that must unite in order to challenge the death and destruction planned to obliterate what is left of the witch ancestry.

The introduction of new characters add more entertainment value to the story, giving it a little more dimension, while the depth of Harris’ character is revealed through his hardened grief.

And the pacing of the novel is indicative of the 666 Park Avenue series: quick and suspenseful filled with planning, plotting, and lurking danger, though in this book, the tension wasn’t as high as its previous counterparts.

The plot, too, wasn’t as intricate as its previous novels, perhaps because resolution is its primary goal as the last book in the series. That said, the story still included enough witchcraft to tantalize paranormal fans without the gruesome details of darker novels. “At heart,” this novel is a love story and one which professes the classic battle between good and evil.

To read the rest of my review, you're more than welcome to visit my blog, The Bibliotaphe Closet:

http://zaraalexis.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/book-review-the-lost-soul-by-gabriell...

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This is the final installment of the sexy, supernatural 666 Park Avenue series. Like the other two novels, The Lost Soul is fun and fast-paced, although the conclusion has its fair share of sadness and bittersweet moments. I found the ending to be quite a surprise, which is always welcome :) This series is highly recommended if, mentally, you really want to get away from it all. ( )

Finding out this was book 3 and not book 2 wasn't a problem as the story just trundled along,with it's vague bits of drama and simplistic story telling. Shan't bother tracking book 2 down. ( )

It's really more of a 3.5 - this is the best of the series thus far, with a lot of the early-novel kinks worked out and the characters all well-enough established that they can take a running start at all of the adventure ahead of them. I appreciated the backstory reminders and the further exploration of the witchy history of this particular literary universe - and I liked the subtle shifting of expectations by putting what you think will be the big fight about 100 pages in. But it still falls into that so-so guilty pleasure column for me.

More (including an open letter to publishers to get rid of these horrible TV tie-in covers!) at RB: http://wp.me/pGVzJ-Ff ( )