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For eight years, Baojia and Natalie have pursued their goals: family,
career, friendship and love--trying to carve out an ordinary life in an
immortal world. And for eight years they've been mostly successful save
for a world-bending adventure every now and then.
Except that their life was never ordinary. It was never going to be.
Natalie and Baojia might have made plans, but when ordinary life comes crashing down, they'll have to turn to the family they have chosen--vampire and human--for help keeping their world together. Five couples, four kids, three weeks, two paths... and a partridge in a pear tree? Return to the Elemental World for a Christmas reunion of old friends and forever loves. For Natalie Ellis, it's time to come home.
Except that their life was never ordinary. It was never going to be.
Natalie and Baojia might have made plans, but when ordinary life comes crashing down, they'll have to turn to the family they have chosen--vampire and human--for help keeping their world together. Five couples, four kids, three weeks, two paths... and a partridge in a pear tree? Return to the Elemental World for a Christmas reunion of old friends and forever loves. For Natalie Ellis, it's time to come home.
Genre: paranormal
Publication date: December 2019
Mature content: yes
Review: This is a great conclusion to Natalie and Baojia's story and, in addition, it has the advantage of getting together several of the other couples from the Elemental Mysteries/World series.
To be honest, after reading Blood and Sand I was mildly curious about Natalie and Baojia, especially because they rarely made appearances in any of the other books. I'm glad to finally get a glimpse of how their lives turned out.
My only concern in relation to Valley of the Shadow is the rushed ending. I know this is a novella, but I still would have liked to see Natalie reunited with her children and not still partly isolated. Maybe that's coming in another book, but I felt there was no closure, that there were things left unsaid.
You should also be aware that this is not a stand-alone book and should not be read as one. At the very least, you need to go through Blood and Sand before.
Happy readings,
To be honest, after reading Blood and Sand I was mildly curious about Natalie and Baojia, especially because they rarely made appearances in any of the other books. I'm glad to finally get a glimpse of how their lives turned out.
My only concern in relation to Valley of the Shadow is the rushed ending. I know this is a novella, but I still would have liked to see Natalie reunited with her children and not still partly isolated. Maybe that's coming in another book, but I felt there was no closure, that there were things left unsaid.
You should also be aware that this is not a stand-alone book and should not be read as one. At the very least, you need to go through Blood and Sand before.
Happy readings,
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