Brave the Tempest (Cassie Palmer)

Cassie has her hands full (as if she doesn’t usually) trying to get three groups including the demons, vamps, and mages to cooperate. Considering they are all mistrustful of each other and of her - yeah, you’d have to be a goddess to get this shxt done. Good thing Cassie has it covered!
I am super excited to see where things go with Cleo, who is increasingly aware of the ties that bind between Mircea, Cassie, Dory, Marlowe, LC, etc. I also wait with bated breath to see how Caedemon complicated things because that gorgeous s.o.b. MUST have something up his sleeve. He brings such a gleeful, chaotic air to the series, in my opinion, and thus he fits right in.
Don’t worry Pritkin fans: he certainly has his moments ;)

Loved the last two days where I was able to indulge in the latest Cassie adventure. I started the book planning to stretch it out as there is a long wait time between books but once I began reading I was sucked in! Cassie actually grew up a bit in this book which was great to see. The C & P romance is one of the best slow burns out there and totally worth the wait. Chance is brilliant at creating likable, flawed yet heroic characters. I can’t wait for the next book. Now I think I’ll go back for a re-read. Don’t want to leave that world quite yet.

Loved the last two days where I was able to indulge in the latest Cassie adventure. I started the book planning to stretch it out as there is a long wait time between books but once I began reading I was sucked in! Cassie actually grew up a bit in this book which was great to see. The C & P romance is one of the best slow burns out there and totally worth the wait. Chance is brilliant at creating likable, flawed yet heroic characters. I can’t wait for the next book. Now I think I’ll go back for a re-read. Don’t want to leave that world quite yet.

Loved the last two days where I was able to indulge in the latest Cassie adventure. I started the book planning to stretch it out as there is a long wait time between books but once I began reading I was sucked in! Cassie actually grew up a bit in this book which was great to see. The C & P romance is one of the best slow burns out there and totally worth the wait. Chance is brilliant at creating likable, flawed yet heroic characters. I can’t wait for the next book. Now I think I’ll go back for a re-read. Don’t want to leave that world quite yet.

Another great installment from my favorite author. I absolutely love the character growth in this newest book. Go Cassie!

I enjoy the Cassie Palmer series. This particular book addressed a few plot points from books earlier in the series while simultaneously introducing new ones. Overall, I enjoyed this book.

Cassie Palmer is the Pythia, the supernatural world’s top seer. Even though she holds the title, none of the powers that be really have told her much about her position. It seems they like keeping her in the dark so they can hold the power at each of their own whims… Big mistake on their parts, because Cassie isn’t going to take their hand out sitting down. She finally takes the reins for her own powers and realizes the machinations each faction has been using to hold her back. Now the vampires, mages and demons will have to work together to face their newest foes and it is up Cassie to bring them all together without them destroying each other before they can save their worlds.

Chance writes a perfect addition to the Cassie Palmer series! The balance of humor, drama, action and world building flat out works! This was one of those reads that I read from start to finish and then started all over again because yes, there is that much going on.

There is no denying, I love the Karen Chance’s writing and I loved Brave the Tempest. I highly recommend this book as a must read to any urban fantasy connoisseur.

I received this ARC copy of Brave the Tempest from Penguin - Random House and Berkley Publishing Group. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Brave the Tempest is the 9th book in the Cassie Palmer series and should be read in timeline order with the Dorina Basarab series. Cassie and Pritkin — that’s right, he’s back! — have killed two gods but the war still rages. Jo’s spirit, the last of Agnes’ acolytes, is still out there causing problems and Jonathan, Louis-Cesare’s nemesis, is back to his old tricks. Plus a couple of ancient demons get thrown in the mix.

This book has the complete cast of characters plus most of the characters from the Dory books. Which is so fantastic! Cassie and Dory finally have a conversation instead of trying to kill each other and it was everything I had ever hoped for. Caedmon apparently flirts with everyone and gets his just desserts. Cassie takes a trip to faerie and goes to a coven mall which was a major highlight for me (think Diagon Alley magical wonderment).

I love that Cassie has grown so much as a character. She’s embracing her position and the power that gives her in the supernatural community. She finally expects to be respected as Pythia and is no longer allowing the other leaders to roll over her. She’s also stepping it up on the emotional side and opening up to all the new people in her life. Having a court and a family no longer just means people to protect but people to love and let inside her emotional walls.

I think the best thing about this book is “the between times.” Most Cassie books are constant action and running from one crisis to the next. Which I absolutely love and there is plenty of that here. But there’s also quite a bit of downtime where they get to just talk to each other. Augustine opens up about his childhood. Cassie helps Rhea, Pritkin, and Mircea through some of their issues. And Marco helps Cassie through hers. We get to spend time getting to know Saffy and Vi from the covens, the young Pythian court members, and the latest vampire bodyguards. Cassie gets some unexpected help and training. And some Casskin hanky panky makes everything complete.

Karen Chance is one of my favorite authors. Not just for her endearing characters but the amazing, intricate storylines with insane fights and crazy politics. Read this book, well this whole timeline. It’s fantastic. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

This book deals with a lot of fallout from Ride the Storm, in all the best ways. There is a ton of payoff of things set up in previous books. Lots of twists and turns. All in all a solid addition to the series. I could say more, but you'd be better off experiencing it for yourself!

Wow! FINALLY! This book was above amazing. I absolutely love this series. The characters, how much they are developing. I'm still smiling. Karen does such a good job with how her story delivers. The flow is smooth. It's a story you never want to put down.