Rise of the Blood

By Lucienne Diver

Just great. Tori Karacis finds her face on the front of yet another tabloid “news"paper, linked to Hollywood hottie Apollo Demas. It was only one dinner, and she was already pissed off at him at the time. But tabloids are the least of her worries. Just before leaving for her cousin's destination wedding in Delphi, Tori learns that her arch nemeses, Zeus and Poseidon, have escaped police custody. And when angry gods escape...
Even though she was looking forward to seeing Detective Nick Armani in a tux, Tori's bad pre-flight jitters are confirmed when Apollo, with his sexy new co-star on his arm, boards the same plane...a plane that is nearly torn out of the sky by a freak storm.
What awaits them atop Mount Parnassus is even more deadly. A prophecy, a kidnapping, and a bloodletting that stirs up the mother of all trouble—literally. The Titan Rhea is awakened, and she's none too happy with her offspring for losing their usurped dominion over the Earth.
The Olympians have fallen. It's time for the Titans to rise again. Which means it'll be a bad day for anyone standing in their way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WordFire Press
• Release date: Jan 8, 2018
• ISBN: 9781614756118

Reviews for Rise of the Blood

[dearheart_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Can’t a girl catch a break? Traveling to Greece for her cousin’s wedding along with her date, Detective Nick Armani, Tori finds that Apollo and his beautiful co-star are also making the trip as the wedding, being paid for by her Uncle Hector, is being used as part of a film they are making. If that’s not bad enough, Zeus and Poseidon have escaped jail and are out for vengeance. But wait, Rhea, their mother and a Titan who is rather ticked off at all of her children, finds a way to awaken and believes it’s time for the Titans to take over again. Greece might never be the same.Just a short time ago, Tori, a private investigator from a circus performing family, who had been raised on stories that they had gorgon blood and that the gods from Olympus were walking around amongst them, hadn’t believed any of it. But since that time she’s fought against Zeus, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Hades and Dionysius, gotten chummy (NOT that chummy) with Apollo, become addicted to ambrosia and found pathways opening up inside of her, giving her some pre-cog ability, a mental connection to Apollo and an internal warning system.We finally get to meet her interesting family, and Tori’s friends are along for the event that doesn’t go especially smoothly. We are once again provided with a story filled with a great deal of drama, action, mythology and humor. More of Tori’s feelings are expressed in this installment than in the prior books. There is quite a bit to experience, both with various relationships as well as what she’s experiencing internally.I’ve now blasted through all 3 books after discovering the story, The Parlor, in the anthology, Kicking it, less than 1 week ago. I was immediately drawn into the world, characters and situations they encounter. This Urban Fantasy series has the gods with diminished powers because they are no longer worshiped, living among humans who don’t realize who they really are. Much of the humor comes from Tori’s sarcasm and it’s fun to watch her mental and verbal dance when having to answer questions without giving too much away. Tori is smart, funny, strong willed and has definitive convictions, and yet we see a very vulnerable side as well. Thankfully she’s not coming across as a Mary Sue. She’s got the gorgon stare which can freeze someone for a short period of time. But while the abilities she gains are useful to her—such as rapid healing and knowing things—there’s nothing new that she could use to stop another. It’s still her brain and strong will that makes it work.