Red-Haired Ash Reads

Roman wants nothing more than to be left alone during the holiday, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard begging for sanctuary, he takes him in. Now mercenaries and priests are attacking his property trying to get the boy, but they don’t realize they are messing with the Black Volhv. 

Roman has been a character that I have been interested in learning more about since he was introduced in the Kate Daniels series. He is the Black Volhv, serving Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death. In the Kate Daniels series we see Roman be a confident man who wields fascinating magic in the name of his God, but in this we see a different side of him. He isn’t all confident but instead struggling with the trauma of his past that reignites itself every holiday season. I like that we are finally getting to see more of Roman’s personality and backstory. 

Roman fights to protect a kid and his dog from mercenaries and priests. The battle was fantastic because we got to see all different kinds of things that Roman can do and what these new priests can do as well. It was an action packed story with some great magical fights. Finn may be a kid but he was a cool character who fought back when he knew he would probably fail. His sister Androa was a badass and I really want to know more about her abilities and duties to the Gods now. 

Overall, this was a great new spin-off series and I can’t wait to read more about Roman’s adventures, especially with all his cute sounding critters. Also I really hope we see more of Finn and his sister Andora in future books because they were cool side characters. 

TW: death, gore; brief mention of past bullying; 

*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*

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