Monster
Hunter Maggie Hoskie is reeling from some personal losses and trying to make
the best of things as she waits, hoping Kai, the man she sacrificed, the man
she loves, will find his way back to her.
When she
agrees to go out on a monster hunt with Hastiin and the Thirsty Boys, things go
sideways fast. Hastiin is killed, leaving Maggie responsible for his orphaned
niece, Ben. Ben is dead set on revenge and wants to pursue The White Locust.
When the Goodacre twins show up and need Maggie's help there's more tension.
Rissa is still angry with Maggie and Clive is anxious. It turns out Kai has gone
missing, along with their younger brother Caleb. They've been taken by The
White Locust. With The White Locust leaving a trail of kidnappings and murders
in his wake, and with Kai in his grasp, Maggie is going after him - with or
without anyone's help.
Ben also
wants revenge for her uncle, and Maggie realizes that if she tries to leave Ben
behind the girl will just follow her. Pretty soon, the gang are headed out,
towards the wall that separates their world from the one outside, a rougher
world filled with threats to those who've survived Big Water.
Storm of Locusts builds on the
foundation that author Rebecca Roanhorse established in the first book in The
Sixth World series, Trail of
Lightning. In case you aren't familiar with the series, most of the
world has been swallowed by floodwaters, which wiped out millions of souls.
What's left is Dinetah, where the Navajo live, and some parts of states to the
south, including Colorado. There have been wars since the flooding, and a wall
was erected to keep Dinetah safe; the world outside is anything but a
comfortable safe place. Monsters are real, and some Navajo have clan powers,
which makes them capable of doing things others can't do. Maggie is one of
those people; she's an expert killer. Ben also has clan powers, and is able to
track.
With book
2, Roanhorse takes us beyond Dinetah, to the outer world, while still bringing
back a few memorable characters and adding in some new ones. Is the monster
hunter ready for the horrors she will face? And why does everyone who had any
connection to The White Locust seem to think Kai went with him voluntarily?
Events
force a separation in the team early on, leaving a crew of bad ass women to
venture beyond the wall. They make new enemies and allies as their quest unfolds,
but will Maggie and her friends piece things together in time to save Dinetah
from destruction?
This book
expertly builds the tension and brings in a lot of unexpected elements and
discoveries along the way. Roanhorse balances the demands of a series expertly,
giving us enough for a satisfying ending, but hinting at what the future holds
for Maggie, leaving us already wanting more. A fantastic series that promises
that the tension and drama from books 1 and 2 will be sustained in the next
book.
Sandra Ruttan ©2019
Sandra
Ruttan is an author and is editor for Bronzeville Bee (www.bronzevillebee.com/)
and Bronzeville Books (http://www.bronzevillebooks.com/)
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