Reviewed by
Merrylee, Fallen Angels Reviews
Passion of Thunder
continues the story of Annie and
Rion from where Lord of
Thunder left off, with their
tumultuous trip through an
inter-dimensional rift between
Earth and Rion's home world of
Parra.
On Parra, iridescent flowers
color the pristine land and
orange lightning splits the
storm clouds. Crystalline and
obsidian towers soar
majestically into an orange sky
dominated by a red giant and a
smaller glowing white sun very
much like Earth's. Although the
people are enlightened and the
society advanced, the angel-like
people of Parra possess no cars,
electricity or telephones. They
fly or walk wherever they go.
They communicate using
messengers and light their world
with candles and lanterns. Parra
is an environmentalist's dream,
it's residents progressive,
free-thinking and tolerant. Most
are fascinated by Annie, Rion's
"wingless wonder," but there are
those who refuse to accept an "otherworlder"
residing among them. They resent
Annie and conspire to destroy
her marriage to Rion, devastate
their lives and ruin their
children's futures. It will take
all the strength and
determination Rion and Annie
posses to confront the hurdles
raised before them and to battle
the jealousy and hatred that
will ultimately drive an angel
to murder.
While Passion of Thunder
could be considered a
stand-alone novel, I highly
recommend reading Lord of
Thunder first as a lead-in
to the beginning of this book.
Passion begins a bit slow
and without the impetus of book
one, the reader could very well
make the huge mistake of putting
this book down before the plot
picks up pace. And believe me,
it does, flowing as smoothly as
warm butter from one chapter to
the next and from one situation
to another. Throughout the
story, I felt as if I were in a
symbiotic relationship with
Annie, enjoying her good times
and suffering along with her
through the bad. The powerful
and sensual sex scenes between
Annie and Rion add a deep,
abounding passion to their
devoted relationship. Rion's
commitment to Annie drew me to
him more than any fictional hero
ever has. I will be waiting
anxiously for the December 15th
release of Wings of Thunder,
the third and final book in this
exceptional one-of-a-kind series
by Linda Mooney. |