Reckoning

"<strong>Like "Deliverance" with a modern day twist....</strong><br/><br/>If you're into a bit of the more macabre, graphic novels of King, Blake Crouch, & Jack Ketchum then you'll probably dig this book (and it's predecessor, "Wildlife").....The storyline is well developed, fast paced, and awesomely horrific. You should definitely read "Wildlife" before reading this one in order to have a better understand of many the main characters (for the most part, the background of the family from which all of all the "bad guy" characters in the storyline originate comes from the first book). Equally important, neither book contains the grammatical or editing errors that are so annoyingly common in most independently published books. This is a super entertaining, nightmare inducing read. If you're into that sort of thing (which I definitely am), then I highly recommend)! And I NEVER write reviews, but felt that this indie author deserves to be supported."

"V is an incredible talent. I'm glad that they have brought us along for so much of their life. A painful and difficult read — check those content warnings."

"{4.25/5}<br/><br/>CW: violence, gore, mental health struggles, experimentation/mental torture, spice, some others<br/><br/>Thank you to the author for the gifted copy!<br/><br/>I love it when a series wraps everything up well.<br/><br/>War is coming. To the humans. To Regonia. The Drennar just don’t know it yet. If Tenna and Krona can’t convince Taron tribe to align with the Daen tribe, to support Olivia and Ricardo in their efforts to stop the Drennar, then all may be lost. On Novay, Rone and Reginald are doing everything they can to aid their distant allies, but the experiment has changed, and time is running out. <br/><br/>Talk about emotions; this book decided to take that nice, leisurely pace we’ve seen in the three previous books and ramp it up just enough to ensure that I had to finish the whole book in a day. <br/><br/>You already know the characters are great, but looking back on where each of them started, specifically Olivia, and comparing it to where they are going into this final installment was wonderful. Every single one of them could probably use a hug and a nap, though. And the found family vibes here? All the fuzzy feels.<br/><br/>We also get even more world building and scene setting, and it’s all so beautiful. We started to get a glimpse of Regonia in book 3, but we get to expand upon it even more as the group has journeyed up the mountains, and then further as the story progresses. <br/><br/>Of course you already know the plot was doing all the things, wrapping up all the questions, giving us some answers and resolution. I can’t tell you much about that without spoiling things, but you should know that I was stressed at some of these deadlines. There’s more action, there’s a lot more moving pieces, but it all stayed engaging and entertaining. <br/><br/>I was really pleased with how the series wrapped up, and I’m so glad I got the chance to read it. It’s been a while since I was able to sit and read an entire storyline across multiple books without any interruptions, so if your usual argument is “I’m waiting for all the books to be done before I start reading,” then you’re in luck! All four books in “The Regonia Chronicles” are now out, so you have no excuses. It’s a solidly entertaining sci-fi series that won’t lose you in all the technicalities, and I really think you should give it a try.<br/>"