REVIEWED by Jay V.

TITLE: The Heart’s Blood Arrow

AUTHOR: Kai Butler

SERIES: San Amaro Investigations #5

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 495 pages

RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2022

BLURB:

An old nemesis is out for blood…

Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down.

With succubae going missing, an old god on the loose, and his boyfriend’s mother in town, the last thing Parker has time for is human politics. But with a marriage proposal that he can’t quite figure out and mysteries that keep landing him in hot water with the feds, Parker must keep one step ahead or end up in handcuffs himself.

REVIEW:

Parker Ferro is not fine. Again.

I’ve said it more than once and I’ll say it again – If you haven’t started reading the San Amaro series, I highly recommend you do so now. Come back when you’ve gotten to this point.

For the rest of us that have read all the books before this one, we can talk about what’s happening. The last two books have had major effects on Parker – the final death of his mother and the reappearance of his father. Big stuff happened. Oh, and Parker is still trying to solve cases and mysteries all at the same time.

There’s always interesting characters that float in and out in Parker’s world, and he keeps managing to pick up more. I have to say that the Brownies are my all time favorite. They’ve got such great spunk and attitude. Close second is Sugar, who could have been one-dimensional but has had a great development of her character. This books seemingly puts her front and center, though she’s really just a catalyst for working through mysterious circumstances. There’s a lot going on this time and as always, Butler pulls all the threads together and then drops a pretty big bomb in the last half. The books never leave you on a serious cliffhanger but generally resolve most of what is transpiring.

As always, Parker has too much going on. Even though much of what happens is very personal to him, this time goes even deeper as he tries to navigate his relationship with Nick. Throwing Nick’s family into the mix always shakes things up. They’re able to navigate their way through all the trials and tribulations. I’m still rooting for them and they are getting even more closer as time passes.

Butler again delivers a great book. Twists and turns abound in a supernatural universe but with so many situations that seem almost grounded in reality. The arcs, big and small, just work so well. Butler is a natural story teller, nuanced enough to give great stories that all tie into each other. I’m sad. And that’s because there’s only one more book in the series and I don’t want to leave the world that Parker and Nick reside. Lovely escape from the real world, even though the stakes are high in the other, there’s jus so much detail and rich universe building.

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