When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between worlds, they allowed entry to the Others. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the darkness at bay....
The humanoid supersoldiers known as the déchet were almost eradicated by the war. Ever since, Tiger has tried to live her life in peace in hiding. But in the wake of her discovery that Central City’s children are being kidnapped and experimented on, Tiger’s conscience won’t let her look the other way.
The key to saving them lies within the walls of a pharmaceutical company called Winter Halo. But as she learns more about the facility, Tiger’s mission is derailed by a complication: Winter Halo’s female security guards are being systematically attacked by an unknown force.
Now Tiger must summon all her gifts to stop those responsible for both atrocities—no matter the cost to herself...
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Review:
White Halo is the second novel in Keri Arthur’s Outcast trilogy and is an enjoyable sequel that is as eventful and exciting as its predecessor, once more drawing readers into a world of danger and darkness.
Since the war between the humans and shifters that tore a hole between the worlds and allowed the Other’s in, Tiger has tried to live her life in peace alongside the ghosts of the children murdered when their déchet bunker was gassed. Yet ever since she discovered children were being kidnapped and experimented on, Tiger has found herself increasingly involved in efforts to rescue them as her conscience just won’t let her walk away. Even if that means working alongside a mysterious witch named Nuri and shifter and former Ranger Jonas who is a natural enemy to her kind but who makes her feel things she thought she would never feel. When the key to finding the children means Tiger must infiltrate a pharmaceutical company named Winter Halo, she’ll need to use all her gifts in order to discover their secrets, before the children wind up dead….or worse.
Two novels down and I still find myself very invested in Tiger’s story. Winter Halo picks up mostly where the last novel left off and continues to see Tiger search for the missing children. As she continues her own investigations, Keri Arthur weaves Tiger’s story together with intrigue and danger as well as a little romance. The darkly dangerous post-apocalyptic world within the series is still highly intriguing with supernatural creatures and different elements of paranormal and sci-fi woven into its makeup. It genuinely a raw but vivid world to get lost in.
Tiger continues to be a solidly written protagonist. She’s strong and capable and endlessly daring, but I also love that she’s genuinely human in nature. She’s willing to risk herself in order to rescue missing children who are basically strangers to her simply because it is the right thing to do. I feel like the nurturing and caring side of her intermingles well with the kick-ass déchet she is.
In Winter Halo Tiger finds herself attempting to infiltrate a pharmaceutical company in this instalment and in an effort to obtain information, she begins a relationship with a man named Charles. Arthur writes some more sizzling sex scenes in Winter Halo, but it’s Tiger’s relationship with Jonas that has me eagerly turning each page. I think the two will have a really beautiful and lasting romance once finally explored and I loved seeing Keri Arthur take the first steps in this direction as Tiger and Jonas do acknowledge their attraction in this novel for the first time in the series.
Building to a final action packed few chapters, Winter Halo ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger that has me very keen to see what happens next. I have big expectations for the final novel in the trilogy and am hoping it lives up to the first two!
Rating:
Source: Bought by me
Publisher: Piatkus
Format: Paperback
Release Date: December 6th 2016
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Final Thoughts: Enjoyable reading--I'll be beginning the next one soon.
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