[ARC Review] Resurrection by Lissa Kasey
Format: eARC
eARC provided by: Lissa Kasey via Gay Romance Reviews
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Resurrection by Lissa Kasey is the first book in her Pillars of Magic: Dominion spin-off series, forebodingly titled Pillars of Magic: Dark Awakening. In Resurrection, readers follow Seiran Rou, the head of the Department of Magical Investigations at the Dominion, as he deals with a whole lot of stuff going down. First, there’s a powerful golem running around and Sei intends to put it to rest without hurting any of the souls tied to it. But before he can do that, Sei’s vampire lover, Gabe, is reawakened after thirteen years in the ground. Neither Gabe nor Sei have any clue who - or what - pulled Gabe from his slumber, but there’s too much magic in the air (golems, necromancy, and dark magic, oh my!) for Gabe’s reawakening to be a coincidence. As secrets and lies start revealing themselves, as the Dominion goes too far, Sei will have to trust in old friends and call on his ties to the vampire and fae communities if he hopes to save his family, his lover, the magical community, and even the human race from the impending destruction coming for them. With an old love by his side and a new strength flowing within him, Seiran Rou has a whole new adventure ahead of him.
Resurrection incorporates about as many urban fantasy elements as it possibly can. If you’re looking for a story that manages to pack in witches, vampires, fae, golems, and romance all in one cohesive plot, this is the book (and series) for you. Lissa Kasey pulls no stops on just how much fantasy and action she can incorporate into one book; with all the twists and turns in the action, I’m pretty sure the pages couldn’t hold anymore. Kasey also packs a lot of action and plot advancement into this one story. Between golems, finding the source of some powerful dark magic, Gabe reappearing in Sei’s life, Dominion fallout, and discovering hidden secrets, Seiran has a lot to deal with. And when you add in the romance factor from his old lover coming back after over a decade away? It’s a wonder everyone makes it through the plot with their sanity in check.
Lissa Kasey’s writing is easy to get lost in, and even easier to enjoy. All of Kasey’s character types and plot devices should be familiar to any fantasy/urban fantasy reader, but Kasey weaves them into a unique world that will pull the reader in. I think my only complaint while reading Resurrection is just how tied into the PIllars of Magic: Dominion series this book is. As the first book in the spin-off series, I wasn’t expecting so many references to things that happened off the page in the original Pillars of Magic books. I almost hesitate to call this a true spin-off series, as it seems more like a continuation of the Dominion series rather than stories separate from the Dominion plots. With all the character overlap, and with so many references to the past (some of them were explained later in the book, but some references to past events were left untouched), I would have a hard time recommending Resurrection to anyone who hasn’t already read the Pillars of Magic: Dominion series. This may be the first book in a spin-off series, but there are too many references that readers would need to know from the original series to fully appreciate everything that is said and done in Resurrection. I definitely recommend Resurrection, but I also recommend reading all the Pillars of Magic: Dominion titles before starting in on the Pillars of Magic: Dark Awakening spin-off series.
Thank you to the author and Gay Romance Reviews for providing an advanced reader copy of Resurrection in exchange for an honest review.
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