Review: All Souls Near & Nigh by Hailey Turner
SYNOPSIS:
You can’t bargain with death if you’ve already sold your soul.
Special Agent Patrick Collins has been reassigned by the Supernatural Operations Agency to New York City. Navigating his new relationship with Jonothon de Vere, the werewolf he’s now soulbound to, is nothing compared to dealing with territorial disputes between the vampires and werecreatures who call the five boroughs home. But the delicate treaties that have kept the preternatural world in check are fraying at the edges, and the fallout is spilling into the mundane world.
Manhattan’s club scene is overrun with the vampire drug known as shine and the subways have become a dumping ground for bodies. When the dead are revealed as missing werecreatures, Patrick and Jono find themselves entangled in pack politics twisted by vampire machinations.
Learning to trust each other comes with problems for both of them, and the gods with a stake in Patrick’s soul debt aren’t finished with him yet. Bound by promises they can’t break, Patrick and Jono must find a way to survive a threat that takes no prisoners and is stalking them relentlessly through the city streets.
Old and new betrayals are coming home to roost but the truth—buried in blood—is more poisonous than the lies being spun. Trying to outrun death is a nightmare—one Patrick may never wake up from.
REVIEW:
I have spent the early part of this year re-reading stories and it has now come full circle and is time for me to binge read the Soulbound Series…seeing as I never finished it. These stories are heavy, the characters are forced to make all the sacrifices, and honestly I have no clue how the long game will play out. I both love it and hate it.
That being said, I positively adore Hailey Turner’s ability to keep me on the edge of my seat. The suspense, the plot twists, and the meddlesome gods (good and evil) have me anxious to turn the page. I didn’t want to put the book down once I got started. I hated what happened to Patrick this book (IYKYK), he doesn’t deserve anything that keeps getting thrown his way. The man truly cannot catch a break and it breaks my heart. Jono is the pillar of absolute strength we all need. I am enchanted with him; he is willing to sacrifice and go to bat for Patrick over and over again. I love the bond and strong relationship forming between these two.
The secondary characters we all love have returned from the first book. I think what I like most about Hailey’s writing styles is the layers of story. There are so many complex workings and intricacies happening; vampire courts, boundary lines, treaties with werecreatures, deals with gods, different layers of government red tape, all these facets merge together to create an intricate story line and even if the book ends on a HFN, I know there are more details and un-ravelings to come. It’s what makes me excited and nervous to start the next one.
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