Review: The Warrior (Dante Walker #3) by Victoria Scott

First I have to say thanks to Entangled Publishing and Netgalley for allowing me to read an e-galley of this I didn't get it until kind of late, right around the time it was going to be published, and then I still had to read the 2nd one, The Liberator, before I could get to this one.  Let me tell you that this was one of the most epic conclusions to any series I have read.  The action, the suspense, the sadness, the snarkiness, and the smiles, all of it in one book.

Dante is back almost more like the Dante we first met in book 1, The Collector.  We get many moments of his really awesome one liners, that make me laugh out loud, and make it a little embarrassing sometimes to read in public.  But that's a good embarrassing, the kind I love about a book!  At the end of the last one, Dante had to leave someone in hell on his trip down to save Charlie's soul.  And even then he didn't make it back with what he'd thought he'd taken.  The sirens, the humans without souls that the Collectors have created to help  them out, are back, and in extremely large numbers.  Everyone is at The Hive.  Where Kraven is trying to train them for what seems to be THE upcoming/final war between Heaven and Hell.  A war that was predicted in a scroll, that only the Savior - Charlie, and the Soldier - Aspen, are truly able to read.  And they find more and more prophecies as the scroll is decoded.  But things can't be just all getting ready for the war.  There is a traitor in the midst.  And I have to say I did not guess this traitor, it was written so well that it was as much a shock to me as to Dante and the rest of the "good" guys.

Annabelle gets a possible love interest, even two in this one! Blue learns that there is another for him besides Charlie.  There is an old man who supposedly knows nothing real about why he's there, other than he needs to help solve what the scroll says.  But, he's kind of a funny old guy, and knows a lot more than he's supposed to.  The humans that work in the Hive will also become ones to fight on the side of "The Big Guy" as Dante calls him.  And Dante and Charlie get to finally truly be with each other.  And they even are able to overcome all that has kept them apart in the past.  And continue past pretty much any speed bump that comes their way.  And Aspen's friend Lincoln even gets his own, very important part in the final battle.

I seriously laughed, and cried, and then laughed some more.  I love Dante Walker, and I love Charlie.  And what an awesome series, even with the beloved characters that may be lost, it is still a great ending.

That's What He Said Thursday - May 15, 2014

Once again I find myself between reviews.  I'm only halfway through the current book, so probably won't be able to review it until tomorrow.  I wasn't feeling the Booking Through Thursday question today, so I'm going to join in to this fun meme. Especially since the book I'm reading right now has a really fun male character that says sooooo many good things I could share.  If you haven't read the Collector series by Victoria Scott, then you haven't met Dante Walker yet, and you're really missing out.  Here is a quote from him in the 3rd book, The Warrior.


"I wasn't treating you like an invalid  I was treating you like a piece of womanly meat I want to ogle.  I was going to watch your booty shake as you walked with all those books."

Dante to Charlie 

Now maybe that sounds kind of like a male pig, but he is trying to get her to calm down about him protecting her, and he is doing it in a humorous way, like he pretty much always does.  And look at the picture of him on the cover below, he can talk to me like that any day.

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Liberator (Dante Walker #2) by Victoria Scott

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we're eagerly awaiting.  This week it was easy to pick my book to talk about because of one of the last books I finished last week, The Collector by Victoria Scott.  You can read my review if you haven't yet by clicking on its title.  Now that I've just finished it, I'm sooooo ready to read the 2nd book and find out what happens next.  Luckily for me it comes out in August, so only about 2 months to wait.  Here is the preview from Goodreads:

Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance.

When Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he’s got this. But Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to resist sinful temptations. Though Dante is committed to living clean for his girlfriend Charlie, this dude’s been a playboy for far too long…and old demons die hard.

With Charlie becoming the girl she was never able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it feels to embrace his inner beast, Dante will have to go somewhere he never thought he’d return to in order to accomplish the impossible: save the girl he’s been assigned to, and keep the girl he loves.

It'll sure be interesting to see what happens next with Dante and Charlie.  Hoping Dante can continue to be what he is like with Charlie.
So, what book are you eagerly awaiting this week?