Anna Ruiz and her crew are in a bind. One of their crew, seer Karyn Ames, is lost in her own mind, adrift in a world of various possible futures with no tie into the present other than her physical body. Meanwhile, Anna, Nail, and Genevieve are also trapped working for Enoch Sobell, a deadly crime lord with some scary magical powers. Unfortunately, things are about to get a lot worse.
SPLINTERED is the second book in the Arcane Underworld series and I highly suggest reading this series in order. The events in the first book, PREMONITIONS, set the stage for the relationships and various happenings in SPLINTERED. Jamie Schultz's world is a complex one, and jumping straight into the second book may leave readers a bit confused without the foundation established in PREMONITIONS.
Jamie Schultz gives us new insight into our main crew in SPLINTERED. While PREMONITIONS focused mainly on Karyn and her ability to see visions, SPLINTERED gives us better insight into Anna and Nail. I love hearing the story from Anna's perspective and it was nice to see the softer side of Nail. I have mixed feelings about Gen and SPLINTERED definitely throws a twist into her relationship with Anna. My favorite character remains Nail as his loyalty and dedication are admirable, especially when lives are on the line.
SPLINTERED is a very dark urban fantasy, bordering on the horror genre at times, as we have demons and monsters galore. Some of the scenes are quite gory as Jamie Schultz doesn't hesitate to put his characters in some precarious positions. SPLINTERED is a wickedly good roller coaster ride that I want to keep on riding! I'm definitely curious to see what dark and scary places Jamie Schultz will take us next.
The author of Premonitions continues his Arcane Underworld saga... Anna Ruiz is on a mission: Help her friend and partner-in-crime Karyn Ames break free of the tangle of hallucinations and premonitions that have cut her off from reality. With the aid of her crew—ex-soldier Nail and sorcerer Genevieve—she’ll do whatever it takes to get Karyn help, even if it means tracking down every lowlife informant and back alley magic practitioner in the occult underworld of Los Angeles. But since a magical heist went to hell, the crew has been working for crimelord and doomed magus Enoch Sobell. Between fighting Sobell’s battles with some seriously scary demonic forces and tangling with a group of violent fanatics who want to manipulate Karyn’s abilities for their own gains, Anna, Nail, and Genevieve are beginning to realize they’re in way over their heads. And now that Karyn’s secret about seeing the future is out, even more unpleasant parties—human and otherwise—are about to come knocking… "Jamie Schultz breathes new life into the urban fantasy genre." (Fresh Fiction)
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