I’m back to tell you about the conclusion in this amazing Amish Bloodsuckers Series. I’ll be reviewing Reckoning by Barbara Ellen Brink and we have an awesome giveaway too! You can enter for a chance to win all three e-books in the series!
I love the cover art for this series. It’s fresh, humorous and “sticks” with the story.
Reckoning picks up right where Shunned, Book Two, left us.
Question : How do I review the third book in this series?
Answer : By telling you as little as possible.
That doesn’t mean I won’t tell you something.
We know Jael is the Chosen One, chosen to slay vampires. She wasn’t always Amish, but circumstances landed her at her grandparents home in an Amish community in Minnesota.
She knew she’d be going there sooner or later. Her target, The Bishop, was there and it was her destiny to destroy him.
Her best friend Bree, along with Shad, are in Minnesota for the summer and don’t plan on letting Jael face this all alone.
But she’s not alone. She has a sweet, loyal, and surprisingly determined new boyfriend, Gabe. He learns quick. He has to.
With Father Thomas, her Uncle Seth, and her three loyal companions, Jael sets out to do what must be done.
They are going to need a lot of luck if they are to survive. The vampires are more brazen than ever and even more determined to kill them.
Jael’s role as The Chosen One has forced her to do things most young women wouldn’t dream of. She’s grown a thick skin to fend off the pain of some tough decisions.
“Cure her?” Jael blew out a laugh. “The cure for bloodsuckers is death.”
“We must save her! She has a baby for heaven’s sake!”
Jael shook her head, releasing an exasperated sigh. “Here we go again. Another bleeding heart wanting to save something. The problem is, there’s just as many vampires running loose in Minnesota as there are wolves – but vamps are far more deadly and not even close to extinct…yet.”
This doesn’t mean she doesn’t care. She does. It just means she has to protect her heart lest it be crushed from the weight of her deeds.
Jael has a date with destiny.
A reckoning is looming.
There is only one outcome.
The Bishop dies or Jael does.
This is a great wrap up to this series! I’m sad it’s over. Who knows, Jael is young, maybe we’ll hear from her again! (Wink)
Five drops of blood for Reckoning!
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Blurb from Goodreads
With tongue firmly in cheek and genuine Amish-made stakes at hand, Jael the vampire slayer is ready to kick some serious bloodsucker butt. Seriously.
Move over Buffy – there’s a new slayer in town! Raised in the desert of Nevada, and destined for the Minnesota Loon Lake Amish Community, Jael Shetler is the Chosen One.
Trained by her uncle and father in twenty-one different forms of hand-to-hand combat – she also throws a knife with the speed of a bullet, and is accurate to within two centimeters of a cold, dead heart with her crossbow – she is a bloodsucker’s worst nightmare.
Her parents, forced to leave their plain and simple upbringing to escape the clutches of the new Bishop – an ancient and powerful vampire with plans to use the Amish Community as his own personal Jamba Juice – raise and train their daughter to continue the fight begun thousands of years earlier by another Jael, and to fulfill the prophecy in the Book of the Shunned.
Soon Jael is turning sweet sixteen and then … all hell will break loose.
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Blurb from Goodreads
In Shunned, Jael leaves Nevada and her close friends, Brianna and Shadow, behind. She travels to the Loon Lake Amish community in Minnesota where she moves in with grandparents she’s never met and learns to live the plain and simple life… at least as plain and simple as she can handle. She may learn to milk a goat, but she is definitely NOT giving up her cell phone or crossbow!
While finishing out the school year at Loon Lake Public High School, she meets the guy of her dreams…someone to keep her company when she goes out staking vampires at night.
Her true purpose is to destroy the Bishop, the oldest and most powerful vampire of all. But first she must find out just what his diabolical plans are for the teenagers of the community, and put a stop to him and his undead followers before it’s too late.
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Giveaway
And now for the giveaway!
One person wins all three e-books in The Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy.
To enter, please leave your email address and answer this question, “Do you believe you have a destiny, a purpose?”
Giveaway ends Feb. 11th.
Thank you and Good Luck!
About the author
I’m the author of eight novels, with another always on the way. I grew up on a small farm in Washington State but now live in the mean “burbs” of Minnesota with my husband and our dogs, Rugby and Willow. With our kids now pushed out of the nest and encouraged to fly, I spend much time reading, writing, collecting books, riding motorcycles with my husband, and keeping one step ahead of AARP. I’m a member of the Christian Writer’s Guild and try to attend a writer’s conference somewhere each year. At the 2006 Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference I was a finalist in the mainstream novel category with “Time in a Bottle.” (Now published under the title: “Entangled”) In 2007 I was once again a finalist, but in the mystery/thriller category, with
…moreI’m the author of eight novels, with another always on the way. I grew up on a small farm in Washington State but now live in the mean “burbs” of Minnesota with my husband and our dogs, Rugby and Willow. With our kids now pushed out of the nest and encouraged to fly, I spend much time reading, writing, collecting books, riding motorcycles with my husband, and keeping one step ahead of AARP. I’m a member of the Christian Writer’s Guild and try to attend a writer’s conference somewhere each year. At the 2006 Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference I was a finalist in the mainstream novel category with “Time in a Bottle.” (Now published under the title: “Entangled”) In 2007 I was once again a finalist, but in the mystery/thriller category, with “Sense of Danger.” (now published under the title: “Split Sense”) My new young adult Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy is now available: Chosen, Shunned, & Reckoning. I also really like black licorice.
Author Website/blog: http://www.barbaraellenbrink.com
Amish Bloodsuckers website: http://www.amishvampireslayer.moonfruit.com
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