Forsaken by Shadow by Kait Nolan

Format: eBook
Target audience: Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Words: 44717

I got it from: Bought myself

Author’s website & blog: Kaitnolan.com

Embry’s father has been kidnapped by military scientists. The only one she can turn to for help is Gage, the great love from her past. Banished from her world years ago, his memory wiped, he’s got a new name and new life as Cade Shepherd, and no knowledge her kind exist. Can he relearn the Shadow Walker skills he learned from her father? If they survive, will Embry be able to walk away again?

I love the beginning of this novella, even if ultimate fighters aren’t really my thing (I can only think about them getting chipped teeth, and that’s not very sexy).

Cade Shepherd (whom I will call Cade in this review all the way to avoid missunderstandings) wakes up, not remembering anything from his past. He builds a new life as a successful ultima fighter. That world gets shaken, when Embry Hollister appears with his memories. Cade gets sucked back into a paranormal world with shifters and magic. Embry’s reasons for helping Cade get back his memories, has nothing to do with him though. She only needs Cade’s help to rescue his father from the U.S. military, and she’s going to take all the memories away again, when the job is done.

This is the first story in the Mirus series. The plot kept me reading the novella in one sit (kept me up to the wee hours, bad Kait Nolan, bad!), and after I was done I had to fight the urge to start with the next Mirus story right away. I loved Cade and Embry, I loved the Mirus world, the writing was smooth, and I hate it was just a novella, since I would have wanted more. But it was the perfect lenght for the story.

Nolan has managed to build a gripping world, that leaves you craving for more. If you haven’t read Forsaken by Shadow yet, and you’re into paranormal romance, I strongly recommend it.

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