A SECRET TO DIE FOR is the eighth and final book in the >Secret McQueen series. Sierra Dean has been on my radar for a while now, based on recommendations from some book blog friends with similar tastes. When I finally picked up the first in the series, I wanted to yell at my friends, "Why did you not tell me to drop everything and read this series immediately?!" Because the books are really THAT good. This is a kickass Urban Fantasy series with a grouchy smart-mouthed assassin who is half vampire, half werewolf. She's impulsive and immature, getting herself into hot water again and again, in her quests to punish the bad guys and protect her friends and lovers. Despite her faults, I love Secret. Sadly, this is the final book in the series, but it's been quite an amazing adventure with Secret McQueen and company.
Readers will benefit from knowing the complex backstory from the previous seven books and two novellas, which are an absolute pleasure to read. Book seven, Cold Hard Secret, wrapped up most of the previous story threads, and I was very curious to see where Secret would go next, knowing that book eight would be the finale. Secret, her vampire consort Holden, her werewolf lover Desmond, and her sister return to New York City after Secret kills her mother, who was an insane murderer bent on taking over as Queen over Secret's dead body. The group is shocked to find New York City burning and virtually deserted, with roving bands of animated undead lurching through the abandoned streets.
Not even the supernaturals can believe what creatures they're chasing this time! Secret must round up a team of vampire wardens to help her usual team suss out the villain masterminding this horrific plot, while trying to keep her loved ones safe. I was thrilled with A SECRET TO DIE FOR, which brings back old enemies and friends, and provides many shocking twists and unexpected turns. Dean writes with wonderful snarky humor, entertaining pop references, and knuckle biting action alternating with high tension. Be forewarned, this is a book that will make you laugh out loud when reading! The action was fast, the repartee sparklingly witty, and the blood and anguish very real.
A SECRET TO DIE FOR grabbed me and drew me through the action with my heart in my mouth, and I'm so glad I went along for the fantastic ride!
No one is safe. Secret McQueen, Book 8 Secret McQueen thought she’d seen it all, but that was before she, Desmond and Holden came home to find New York City burning and the streets overwhelmed with the walking dead. Now, in a race against time, she must find out who is responsible for unleashing hell on Earth. For that, she’s going to need a whole new team of vampire wardens to help round up the perpetrators, who turn out to be a gang that makes Sons of Anarchy look like toddlers on tricycles. Her quest across the city brings old friends and enemies out of the woodwork and reminds Secret once and for all why mercy and forgiveness are not always prudent. Lives will be lost, sacrifices will be made, and when the dust settles, nothing will ever be the same again. With no time to mourn her losses, the only question remaining is if Secret can survive long enough to stop the apocalypse…or if this is the one challenge that will finally drown her in rivers of undead blood. Warning: The final book in the Secret McQueen series has it all: hot kisses, unexpected guests, and enough tear- jerking moments to require a whole box of tissues. You’ve been warned.
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