Killing Rites: Black Suns Daughter: Book Four

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Blood on the Bayou. Shadows Before the Sun. Another Kind of Dead. Enslaved By the Others. A Trace of Moonlight. Anna and the Vampire Prince. The Hour of Dust and Ashes. Back from the Undead. Sacrificial Magic Downside Ghosts, Book 4.

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Undead to the World. Dead on the Delta. Forsaken by the Others. Demon Hunting in Dixie. Goddess with a Blade. Blade to the Keep. How to write a great review. The review must be at least 50 characters long. The title should be at least 4 characters long. Your display name should be at least 2 characters long. At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer's personal information.

You submitted the following rating and review. I look forward to seeing where this series goes next. Notes to keep you in the know: Its design bases on a sun wheel incorporated in a floor of Wewelsburg Castle during the Nazi era. Today, it may also be used in occult currents of Germanic neopaganism, and in Irminenschaft or Armanenschaft-inspired esotericism - but not necessarily in a racial or neo-Nazi context.

To see more of my reviews please visit my blog at www. Mar 19, Shelley rated it liked it Shelves: Thanks to her Uncle Eric who has now been dead for 18 months, the answers are not easily accessible. She also inherited his so called friends in Ex Xavier Chogyi Jake, Aubrey and Kim in their quest to eliminating the so called Riders or demons from the world. Things we do know after reading this book.

The rider only manages to take over her body when she is in extreme danger. She seems reluctant yet agreeable with the rider that they need each other in order to survive. Still not answered after four books: Am I the only one that ends up rolling my eyes or putting head to table each and every time we have the displeasure of someone calling Jayne by the wrong name? Jan 14, Pauline Ross rated it it was amazing Shelves: The fourth in the Black Sun's Daughter series, written under a pseudonym by Daniel Abraham, and at last things are coming to the boil.

Jayne has finally stopped shopping and randomly cataloguing dear Uncle Eric's many houses, and started to think more carefully, both about herself and what she's doing, but also about the people who surround her. People who give her mostly unconditional love and support, but are also individuals with their own hopes and dreams and murky past histories. And Jayn The fourth in the Black Sun's Daughter series, written under a pseudonym by Daniel Abraham, and at last things are coming to the boil. And Jayne now knows for sure that she has a rider - a demon residing inside her, who helps her in moments of extreme stress, but who is generally regarded as a Very Bad Thing.

This book leaves behind former lover Aubrey, now trying to reconcile with his ex-wife, and, for most of the time, philosophy-man Chogyi Jake, leaving Jayne with one-time priest Ex, a man she now knows desires her. It's a sign of how far Jayne has come that she doesn't fall into bed with Ex, despite the two of them being thrown together in a pretty intense way for some time. But Ex's intentions are not towards Jayne's body, but her immortal soul; he wants to exorcise her, to rid her of the rider inside her, and at the same time lay to rest his own ghosts.

This book has a very different tone from the previous horror-fest. There are some dark moments and dramatic confrontations, it's true, but the heart of the story is Jayne confronting literally her inner demon, finding out something about who or what she carries inside her. Jayne also has to come to terms with what she as an individual truly wants. In many ways this is more of a coming of age story than most that call themselves that.

Jayne finally grows up. It's typical of the author that when he writes urban fantasy, he isn't content to wheel on the evil beasties and leave it at that. Nothing in this book falls neatly into good and bad. Sometimes the best of intentions lead to terrible outcomes. Sometimes all you can hope for is a least worst option. Sometimes you have to hurt the people you love to do the right thing.

Sometimes good things are destroyed along the way. And sometimes you need to join forces with a lesser evil to defeat a greater one. This book is about trust and faith and doing the best you can and being able to bend when the wind blows. A fine book, and much deeper than urban fantasy has any right to be. I won't be reading any more about Jayne Heller and friends. Not because this is the end of the series - it isn't, there's a fifth book out. The series was projected to be ten books long, but I believe it was terminated after five.

No, the reason why I won't be reading on is because book five, 'Graveyard Child', isn't out in ebook form. Can you believe, in this day and age, that it's not possible to get an ebook version of any book still in print? But I don't read dead tree books any more, so I'll never know how the series ends. Which makes me sad.

Nov 08, Laura the Highland Hussy rated it liked it. This is a darker, grittier series than I normally would go for, but I really got into it. Her demon hunting skills are way off the charts. But a lot of this book is internal. So a big part of her internal debate is in dealing with the nature of her demon. One thing, though, is that if you like more of a dark and intense Urban Fantasy with a thriller vibe, you will love this series. View all 10 comments.

Still loving this series. These books have really long situations that lead to the climax. This one was slower for me during the first half and then I couldn't bear to put it down later on. There was an Akkadian wind demon in this! That part was seriously cool. I did not like Chapin though, and I don't like Ex, so I'm not crazy about the possibility of a relationship between him and Jayne.

And now I feel like I'm gos Still loving this series. And now I feel like I'm gossiping. May 03, Vanessa rated it it was amazing Shelves: Little did she know at the time that she'd be inheriting the equivalent of a small nation in money and property. Then she spent the next year learning what Uncle Eric really did for a living: As a result, not only does she take over his fortune, she takes over his job.

She has no idea what she's really getting into. The bummer is that I can't tell you much more than that because it would spoil the first three books in the series. The bonus is that you can read these books for yourself and experience your own joy at finding a gem in an over-populated Urban Fantasy genre. What makes it a gem? In her early twenties, she still hasn't lived a "real life", but despite her big learning curve she isn't written with the overbearing emo-chatter some authors think is required when writing about women experiencing difficult circumstances.

She feels a responsibility to fulfill the void left by Uncle Eric's death, and does her best to learn. She's admirable in that even though she's in over her head, she still wants to do the right thing. But she realizes she can't do it alone and finds old compatriots of Eric's to build herself a cadre to help fight the bad guys. Then there's Eric himself, who's absent, but definitely influences the stories. It's easy to love these characters in spite of maybe because of?

Hanover also develops a well-conceived world of riders. It's easy to wonder: Fortunately, as the rider hunter she seems more open-minded than most, including Ex, who's seen first-hand the damage that riders are capable of. All the main characters use magic to an extent as qi from within themselves for wards, protections, and as rites to rip rider from human. But a single human's magic isn't enough to fight the magical strength of a human with a rider.

Readers will enjoy watching the team work around the problems associated with hunting and defeating a rider. The prose hums with energy.

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Sure she's got a sarcastic streak, but her personality isn't overdone. Even better is Hanover's superior attention to detail, which really helps readers feel in the moment, as we travel from city to city, but also the things you notice just sitting in a restaurant or talking to someone. But best of all are the stories themselves--even the little sub-plots. The fight scenes are easy to visualize and unpredictable and fun. Each book has consistent pacing and well developed plots with mind-blowing endings. The only thing I'm worried about?

How in the world is Hanover going to keep up the rest of the series anticipated to be a total of ten books with more amazing novels like these? He's kept this series consistent and forward moving, building on each book, even when each would do fine as a standalone. That is some serious writing talent can't really be surprised with the likes of Abraham.

Strong in some places, otherwise scattered; not for the easily offended Violence: Fighting riders is never pretty, there's details and pain, but not excessively gory Sex: Detailed references and innuendo; previous books have a few detailed scenes, but they don't distract from the story Check out this awesome series so far: May 05, Rea rated it it was amazing Shelves: Full review can be found here. In the previous books in the series, the prologue has served to introduce the concept of whatever form the big bad will take in that book.

In Killing Rites, I immediately recognised Midian. I was so happy to see him back again as none of the new characters introduced since his departure has managed to fill his shoes. He does appear, though, and f Full review can be found here. He does appear, though, and for that short while that he was there, he was wonderful! This is the first book in the series that has been really introspective. She knows that she has a rider and she wants it out. Ex takes her to a group of religious zealots and they plan to exorcise the unclean spirit from her.

Soon, though, she realises that her rider may not be the real enemy here but of course no one will believe her. It goes to show how well the author planned this series before he embarked on the adventure of writing it. As of the very first book, I found myself more drawn to Ex than I was Aubrey. I just hope that they get acted upon in book five! Another big theme in this book is coming to terms with the emotional aftermath of events in the previous book.

Killing Rites bring religion to the forefront of things. As far as I can tell, their faith in the Christian God is just a conduit for channelling their will, which omits the necessity to accept His existence. It gave an interesting view into how these religious ideals can become warped, though. Great mythology, smooth action, and a number of relationships that I was invested in, the only piece missing from the total package was an emotional reaction to the romance.

Dec 27, Alexia Chantel rated it really liked it. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. As with so many things, evil is in the eye of the beholder. But unlike any of those movies Hanover places you on the other side of the exorcism making you wonder if every rider deserves or needs to be sent back to Hell. When you are dedicated to something and then find out you fit the criteria to hunt yourself it will mess with your head.

Doubting every decision you have ever made, needing to know if there is a real you or just a puppet, and even wishing for proof to absolve you of past misdeeds. Can an ex-priest come to accept someone carrying a rider of her own free will? At least we can hope that is the case and we will get a book number five. Review posted at Reading Between the Wines blog: Nov 27, Cheryl rated it really liked it. Jayne is possessed with a demon. Her and Ex are in search of some priests to help perform an exorcism on Jayne. While, Jayne does not want the demon or likes the thought of if the demon was to completely take over, Jayne does have some mixed feelings about the exorcism.

To fully appreciate this series, you really need to read these books in chorological order starting with book one, Unclean Spirits. There is not a lot of pri Jayne is possessed with a demon. There is not a lot of prior information to catch you up on what has been happening in the series if you were to jump into the middle.

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Though, I am sure you would figure out what events took place fairly quickly. While, I have enjoyed this series, this book for me started out slowly. The first half of the book was more about Jayne and Ex trying to find a way to rid Jayne of the demon inside of her. There was a lot of conversing and not a lot of action. The romance between Jayne and Ex is on the lighter side.

The second half was where the book picked up. Overall, a pretty good book. Sep 06, Ken Burruss rated it it was ok.

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Maybe it's because I liked the third book in the series so much or because I had built my expectations up so much for this one or because I had some bad guacamole that night, but I felt the fourth Black Sun's Daughter book was a bit disappointing. It's still worth reading but I found it so far to be the weakest of the series. Paradoxically, I think this was mostly due to the fact that most of the novel focused so much directly on the protagonist herself. Much of the fun of previous books in the Maybe it's because I liked the third book in the series so much or because I had built my expectations up so much for this one or because I had some bad guacamole that night, but I felt the fourth Black Sun's Daughter book was a bit disappointing.

Much of the fun of previous books in the series were her interactions with her companions, most of whom are missing for large parts of this one. Maybe it's the fact that without her actually being on a case for other people that the first-person narrative of her own struggles seems to plod or drag. Or maybe it's because despite the fact that both the reader and protagonist know that something is up with her and she needs to find out what, at the end of the book we know precious little more than we did at the beginning.

There was nothing bad about this book but whereas I had wanted a bang as big as we got in the third book, the fourth was disappointing by comparison. With each new book, I like this series more and more. Jayne Heller is reeling from the events of the last book. She knows she has a Rider and in an attempt to ease her conscience, she is looking for an exorcist. Ex brings her to the priests he used to work with before he turned away from the priesthood. This is an exciting emotional roller coaster of a book.

Things I had guessed at during the first book turn out to be true.

We still don't know the whole story, but we get another piece of the puz With each new book, I like this series more and more. We still don't know the whole story, but we get another piece of the puzzle. Jayne really grew up in this book. I can't wait for the next book. My only complaint is that I wanted more, and now I will have to wait another year to get it. I skipped books because I thought book 5 would give the details of The Black Sun. Hopefully, the details will be in book 5. Apr 22, Dark Faerie Tales rated it really liked it Shelves: Our heroine discovers the differences between good and evil, and all the grey areas in between the two.

This book has lots of theological and philosophical debates followed by good ole-fashion demon fighting. After the three prior books, this is the one that finally answers my question. So many questions have been posed throughout the series and now we get some of our long-awaited answers. She can fight, without really knowing how. She has powers that no one else does, and that has been giving her an edge in the war she and her team are waging on the demons. After the last big fight at Grace Memorial Hospital, she has another hypothesis: She senses another demon attacking her during the demon banishing ritual, but no one believes her.

Her faith in God has been tainted by her family. Now, she is forced to rely on these priests and their ideals to save her. But this doubt she has for religion lets her view the entire situation with more than just blind faith. She recognizes that there are shades of grey in good and evil, and is willing to accept that her demon may not be as bad as she once thought. Ex is a former Jesuit priest that trained in exorcisms for years before he left. Now that he has returned to the same men that he trained under and fought alongside so long ago, Ex falls into his old patterns of obedience.

He gets caught between his loyalty to the men that taught him everything he knows and the woman he has grown to love. Can Ex let go of his past? Or will the failures that have haunted him for years be doomed to repeat themselves? In going off with Ex, she left everyone else on her team behind.

Now that Ex is siding against her, she must find proof of the extra demon alone. Oddly, the only one she can rely on is another demon; the one inside her. Even though she can do some serious damage in a fight, she is still young for a demon. But the demon has never given any reason to want to hurt anyone; she just wants to live. The arguments for the definitions of good and evil really do it for me in this book. For most people, the philosophical topics discussed throughout the book are volatile. We all have opinions on good vs.

Overall, this has been the best book of the series for me. Perhaps there is a future involving more of personal relationship with Ex? I can only hope. The old man screwed up. The television next door switched to the deep, authoritative voice of a news announcer. On the bed, Alexander folded his hands over his chest. The urge to defend myself was like an itch. What was wrong with me? I had once, or almost did, anyway. What they had to offer was redemption from evil. The two looked the same if you squinted, but I was starting to think they were really pretty different. The only payment received came in the form of hugs and kisses from my little boys.

Jun 03, Asmaa rated it it was amazing Shelves: Now all of a sudden she's interested in Ex? If she don't leave that man alone before she breaks his heart and ends up losing what few friends she has left smh. I feel like her character has shown little to no growth in the maturity department. Update I liked Janye a lot better once she got away from Ex and really started thinking things through better. The ending really got me excited. I will say that Hanover definitely has a way of describing a scene.

Can be a little long winded with it at times like Dean Koontz lol, but overall I love reading all the different descriptions. Just order the next book. Nov 30, Matt rated it really liked it.

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It dragged a little bit for me in the beginning but the second half of the book was great. Dec 29, Teresa Crumpton rated it it was amazing. Killing Rites is darker than the first three to me. Kill an innocent to save the world from madness. We learn about riders in book one Unclean Spirits. Aubrey and Kim are working on getting back together after Eric split them apart. With their friends out of sight they become intimate but not in a sexual way. Ex was a priest who was in a group sanctioned by the Vatican to preform exorcisms. Ex as we learn was one of the best but something happened and he left the group.

This is when things get hairy and shit hits the fan. She goes back to where she found Midian and finds that he has disappeared. This is where things get interesting and while the book is full of action. At this part of the story we get the most kick ass action. Since we know where they will go next, it seems like next November will be a good month.

His mentor and his band of exorcist priests. When her friends think she has been taken over they intensify the search to track her down. Doing so may lead the one thing directly to her doorstep that she has been trying to avoid more then herself. Killing Rites is the fourth book in M. Jake has been hospitalized after nearly getting beat to death and suffering massive internal injuries. Aubrey left behind in Chicago to work things out with his ex wife Kim. As the series has progressed we have learned what kind of person Eric was in life and how he manipulated everyone around him.

Esentially she has had to grow up over the course of a few years and in the process discover who she is and what she is capable of. With Aubrey out of the picture I was hoping that she might explore her complex feelings involving Ex and while she hedges at the actual assertion of any feelings she does think about it…several times. Ex is a hard guy to get to know. Killing Rites gives the reader a TON more insight into why he is the way he is.

I feel a lot like her actually so I really connected with her rejection of many of the beliefs. How she decides to proceed against the wants of nearly everyone around her. When she is left with only herself to save and the hard choices she makes to preserve the version of herself that she has grown accustom to. Ex seemed to be completely different once he gets around his priest friends. We all know my severe hate for internal diatribes. There are new characters though that I hope we get to see again. The continuation of the world building was excellent and while some questions did get answers we got even more problems thrown at us that will have to be delved into later.

She has conflicting emotions constantly and shes all over the map with her emotions. Hanover has created a jewel in the urban fantasy genre and is not to be missed! I absolutely adore this series! I give Killing Rites by M. I wish I could give half stars as well as whole ones because this would easily be a 4. I really enjoyed this book. I read it in one day, in one sitting, because I just couldn't put it down. This series started out a little slow, but had quickly picked up speed with books two and three, to be set on fire with book four! Emotionally strung out from those events, her psyche torn, and deep in shame from thinking she has a rider inside her, she sets off with Ex, unwisely leaving the one person who centers her, Chogyi Jake, behind to heal from his wounds in which she feels responsible.

Aubrey and Kim are no longer in the picture as they are trying to pick up the pieces of their broken life. We get a lot of great back story into Ex's history and why he left the priesthood. We meet the Black Sun's Daughter and we find a little about the riders moral character.

Ex is very prominent in this book and becomes somewhat of a love interest. So seeing his character "man up" and diverge from that was great! My only real complaint is Hanover kept bringing Ex into a romantic light, or tried to, and then failed to actual progress that part of the story. I was disappointed there wasn't more to this aspect since it kept being brought up in the pages. It just seemed lacking and I kept expecting something, anything, to happen..

Maybe in the next book My only other complaint is the ending and the "final showdown" was just I was expecting something bigger. Without giving to much away, the odds were huge, but the events were small. Overall, this book was great and a terrific next step in the series.

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