Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Day of Wrath

SERIES: Taking Shield Book 5

AUTHOR: Anna Butler

PUBLISHER: Glass Hat Press

LENGTH: 370 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  June 28, 2018

BLURB:

In less than a week, Bennet will finally return to the Shield Regiment, leaving behind the Gyrfalcon, his father, his friends… and Flynn. Promotion to Shield Major and being given command of a battle group despite the political fallout from Makepeace the year before is everything he thought he wanted. Everything he’s worked towards for the last three years. Except for leaving Flynn. He really doesn’t want to leave Flynn.

There’s time for one last flight together. A routine mission. Nothing too taxing, just savouring every moment with the best wingman, the best friend, he’s ever had. That’s the plan.

Bennet should know better than to trust to routine because what waits for them out there will change their lives forever.

REVIEW:

Grief. It’s what I’ve been feeling for a couple days…and I’ve tracked it back to finishing this series. I loved the Taking Shield series, and the last installment was no exception. But the ending! OH MY GOD. I was so totally not expecting Ms. Butler to go there! No spoilers on that, but when you read this one, be prepared for a hell of a ride!

So, let’s talk about the book. We’re back with Bennet and Flynn and their continuing dysfunctional relationship. Bennet is still a superior officer, and fraternization is still forbidden by military regulations even 10,000 years in our future.  As the blurb says, Bennet is to leave in less than week to return to Shield, again leaving Flynn on the Gyrfalcon, but real life tends to get in the way for these two and this time is no exception. The book proceeds and drags you kicking and screaming along at a very fast pace. I was enthralled and stayed up way too late a couple nights in a row to finish it. It was so worth it.

Ms. Butler is one of my favorite sci-fi authors at this point. Her stories are spot on, the technology is enough to the keep the story flowing, without being too over the top technical, and her humans and aliens are totally believable. If you’re a sci-fi reader, and you haven’t read this series, you need to start it right now. Read it in order, they aren’t in any way standalones.

I could go on praising the author all day and believe me there is tons I would like to say about the book, but I’m not going to. I want the shock, awe, and grief to be the same for all. Take my advice, go one click this one immediately.

I can only give 5.0 stars, but I’m cheating a little on this one. Don’t tell Dani! This will go down as one of my favorite books of the year.

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