Sweep in Peace: Dina Demille
(Innkeeper Chronicles #2)
Summary:
From Goodreads.com
Dina DeMille doesn’t run your typical Bed and Breakfast. Her
inn defies laws of physics, her fluffy dog is secretly a monster, and the only
paying guest is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head. But the inn needs
guests to thrive, and guests have been scarce, so when an Arbitrator shows up
at Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring
species, she jumps on the chance.
Unfortunately, for Dina, keeping the peace between Space
Vampires, the Hope-Crushing Horde, and the devious Merchants of Baha-char is
much easier said than done. On top of keeping her guests from murdering each
other, she must find a chef, remodel the inn...and risk everything, even her
life, to save the man she might fall in love with. But then it's all in the
day's work for an Innkeeper…
Review:
I’m a total Ilona Andrews fan girl, this is no secret.
Whenever a new book comes out its on my auto-buy list. I haven’t read a single
book by Ilona Andrews that I haven’t enjoyed.
This particular series is made available online in pieces on Ilona
Andrews website. This in itself is super awesome and lets you know they care
about their fans. That being said, I did start out reading this tale online as
the pieces came out but stopped about halfway through so that when it was all
done I could read it in one piece.. I was a day late and missed it being online
for free so alas I had to wait until they prettied it up and released it as one
piece. Was it worth the wait and the cost?! Absolutely!
So we are back with Dina, maybe 6 months ish after the last
book. Sean had left the planet to see the universe and repay a debt. Arland aka
Rapunzel (Seans nickname for him) left to join his House and now it’s just Dina
and Caldenia in the house and no guests. When the Arbiter approaches Dina, she
knows what she is about to undertake is very risky and dangerous but she needs
this, not just for herself and the quest for her parents but for the inn itself.
The story is laced with typical Andrews’s humor/sarcasm. The
description of Grumpy Cat about had me rolling. Dina is participating an a peace talk among
three factions that desperately want peace but their prides won’t permit it, on
top of that there is a thief she must find and a temperamental chief in
residence. The pace of the book is steady and intriguing,
there isn’t time to get bored not with all the preparations to be made and the
three factions out to kill each other. The
end of the story when Dina has to interfere to get everyone on the same page is
so deeply emotional and heartbreaking. George is a conniving asshole but he
gets the job done. Caldenia has her typical wise insights and wisecracks and we
get a new cat! (With no name) My only issue with this book is we didn’t get
enough time with Sean, but im sure he’ll be featured in the next book whenever
that one starts. I assume early next year.
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