Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: A Vampire’s Redemption

SERIES: The Inquisition Trilogy #2

AUTHOR: Casey Wolfe

PUBLISHER: Ninestar Press

LENGTH: 453 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 3, 2019

BLURB:

Marcus was likely dead, killed by the Inquisition, or so it was believed. Then the vampire was found, broken beyond words, in an isolated prison fortress. Marcus had never expected to see daylight again, let alone be rescued by his mate. Now he worries he’ll drag Caleb into his darkness.

Caleb was the one who pulled Marcus out of his prison cell, and he’s determined to drag him from the nightmares of his mind as well. After all, that’s what mates are for, and Caleb had lost hope at finding his. And if he can help destroy the entire Inquisition? Well, all the better.

Dealing with Marcus’s physical and mental healing from his trauma is difficult enough, but Inquisition holdouts are causing chaos everywhere, and sinister plots are rampant. Marcus and Caleb have no choice but to fight back. It’s a good thing they are not alone.

Author’s Note: This title should not be read as a stand-alone.

REVIEW:

Take heed of the author’s note. These books are not standalones. But you need to be reading this series. Damn you guys are rocking these Paras books lately. At the end of book one, Rowan and Shaw’s story, Rowan’s best friend, Caleb, helps to free the prisoners of this warped experimental place for Paras. When he goes to the last cell, to free the last one, one word came to mind. Mate. Quickly followed by ‘mine’. 

So this is Caleb and Marcus’s story. Marcus was caught off guard and captured by the Inquisition. The horrors of that place were unbelievable. Each prisoner had to go through some form of hell and part of Marcus’s was that they took one of his arms, to see if ‘it would grow back’. Yeah, psychos. Clearly from it, Marcus has PTSD and is not dealing with it real well. He does ok most days, but some days just take home down. Having Caleb as his mate helps tremendously and having his coven and his own little made family help. Especially when his sire and one of his teammates seem to grasp what he needs. Caleb is trying to do the best he can to make things right for Marcus but he can only do so much. Or so he thought. Being forced to be the alpha he’s supposed to be has brought some interesting changes, especially once he and Marcus are mated. But even with his prosthetic, Marcus feels useless. Until it came time to save some survivor’s of that prison. Marcus is forced to finally face his demons and take time to heal the way he needs to. But in helping and going back to the squad, it may cost him more than his arm this time.

Gah, this series!! If you guys love the Paras and fantasy and all that, these books are for you. It is a series that keeps you engrossed the whole time, biting your nails, wondering what’s going to happen next. And let me tell you, some of the characters in this book are humdingers. Shew. But as a whole, they are family. Maybe a dysfunctional one, but still a family, willing to lay their lives down for each other. They love each other, they fight for each other and for others who can’t. It’s an amazing series. I’m enthralled. Each character brings his own special ‘brew’ to the mix and it can be some complex stuff. These guys have backgrounds that aren’t pretty and the battles they fight are worse. All of them have some form of PTSD or something that gets to them, but the deal. They get therapy if needed, they meditate, whatever it takes. But they get up and fight another day. All to prove, Paras are just as special as anyone else and deserve rights and freedoms like everyone else. And not to be treated like freaks or experimental crap.

I can’t wait to see how this ends. With all the info I learned in this one, I really want to see how this goes. 

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