Sanctuary (Roman's Chronicles #1) by Ilona Andrews
Publication Date: July 30th 2024 by NYLA
Pages: 152
Audio Book Length: 4hrs 27min
Narrator: Chris Brinkley
Source: Publisher
Rating: ★★★★½
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Thoughts:
Roman is grumpy, back from a task assigned by his Slavic god,
Chernobog, still not complete, but he has the Koliada, the Winter Festival off.
All he wants is to rest, sip eggnog and eat cookies, but things change when a teenage
boy and his puppy (cue heart eyes!) shows up on his property and asks for sanctuary.
You’d think Roman, a Dark Volhv serving an evil god wouldn’t
be a big-hearted softy, but “evil” in this story isn’t defined in the traditional
sense. Soon after taking the boy in, a band of mercenaries show up determined
to take the boy and the dog, but they have another thing coming if they think
Roman’s just going to give him up. It was fun to see them underestimate Roman
and his rag-tag bunch of strange and lethal creatures, adorable in their own
odd way!
I’m a big fan of Ilona Andrews! It was fun to have Roman
fleshed out, as I’ve liked him in the Kate Daniels series. Sanctuary was a fun,
fast read, action-packed and infused with Andrews’ signature humor! Things
wrapped up, but there were paths left open and I’m eager for more stories! A
possible romance a-brewing? I’m all in!
I listened to the audio version with Chris Brinkley, a
narrator I’ve enjoyed in the past, performing. His pronunciation of what seemed
to be to me, difficult words (gods, mythology, etc.) was smooth and well done!
I thoroughly enjoyed his performance! I listened at my usual 1.5x normal speed.
4.5 Stars
Book Description:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona
Andrews comes a novella featuring Roman, our favorite Volhv wizard in
the always intriguing, colorful, volatile Kate Daniels world.
It’s
not easy serving Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and
Death…especially during the holidays; and especially when you’re out of
eggnog and one of your pesky, freeloading mythic creatures has eaten
your last cookie.
Roman would like nothing more than to be left
alone, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard and begs for
sanctuary, Roman takes him in. Now elite mercenaries are camped out on
his property, combat mages are dousing the house with fire, and strange
priests are unleashing arcane magic. They thought Roman was easy
pickings, just a hermit in the woods, but they chose the wrong dark
priest to annoy. For while Roman might be patient, he is the Black
Volhv, filled with the love of his terrible god. For his adversaries,
it's a fight to the death, but for him, it's just another day in the
neighborhood.