Peer Reviews

Peer Review of The Light Who Shines

by K.K. Allen

Author of the Summer Solstice Series.

I’m giddy to say I finally finished reading The Light Who Shines! This has been on my Want to Read list forever and a day but it’s one of those novels that you need to sit down and give your full attention to it. Christmas break was the perfect time to dive into this book that has me excited for more. Everything I could possibly want in a good read was here—a riveting opening scene, interesting characters, great world building, romance, and magic. Loved it.

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Peer Review of The Light Who Binds

by Louise White

Author of The Gateway Series

The Light Who Binds by Lilo Abernathy was an excellent follow up to her first book, The Light Who Shines. Packed with action-adventure, mystery and suspense, I was thoroughly entertained throughout, and terribly sad that I’ll have a wait a while before the next one is out.

Blue’s training serves to supplement her quiet strength which is severely tested   by a series of events and revelations that blew me away.

I loved learning more about Varg and Jack. Their loyalty and devotion knows no bounds. The characters have all been beautifully developed with Dragomira and weirdly, Shmidt – don’t judge until you read it – as particular favourites.

I believe that Crimson Hollow is real place with a sickness for which the cure is imminent. I look forward to finding out what happens with the next installment of this gripping series.

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Peer Review of The Light Who Binds

by Rose Montague

Author of the Norma Jean School of Witchery Series

This book grabs you, wraps you up, and won’t let go until you’re done. I loved The Light Who Shines and have been waiting on this one with great anticipation. I was not disappointed. Blue grows in so many ways during this book, there is a lot more action and some very hot romance. My favorite character, Varg, gets a lot more attention and that mystery as well as several more left from the first book are revealed. A terrific second installment!

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Peer Review of The Light Who Shines

by Cary Allen Stone

Author of The Jake Roberts Series

The Light Who Shines centers around a world of dark and light vampires, a world of Gifted and Normal humans. Together they live in close proximity based on an uneasy peace forged 2000 years earlier. Highlighted are the elements of hatred and prejudice toward anyone who is not a Normal. Jack, a Light vampire is in a budding romance with Blue, a Gifted human. The sweet Maud and resourceful Alexis are Blue’s supportive friends. Blue also has the friendship of a very special wolf named Varq. Blue and Jack both work for the Supernatural Crimes Bureau. They work to solve supernatural crimes, and recently occurring hate crimes. Blue stumbles into a dangerous criminal who almost ends her life. Jack and Varq come to her rescue. Brilliantly well-written by Lilo Abernathy, the paranormal romance and mystery has a supernatural power all its own. I highly recommend it.

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Peer Review of The Light Who Shines

by Tima Maria Lacoba

Author of the Dantonville Legacy Series

If a gripping paranormal, suspense mystery with a deeper social message is your kind of read, then this is the book for you. In The Light Who Shines, the author has successfully combined a whodunnit with the stronger issues of prejudice and bigotry, highlighting the injustice faced by those who manifest “gifts” feared by the human community.

Bluebell Kildare, who works for the Supernatural Investigation Bureau (SIB), has the gift of being able to read souls. In other words, she can spot a lie a mile away. Her boss is a vampire. Both are on the fringes of a society which has reluctantly accepted their existence—’coming out’ was never meant to be easy—and both face human opposition in their investigations.

Underpinning all this, is the burgeoning romance between Blue and her dishy boss, Jack Tanner. The sexual tension between them is nicely maintained throughout the story, but don’t look for a quick resolution. This is a series after all.

I’m looking forward to Book 2, The Light Who Binds.

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Peer Review of The Light Who Shines

by  Rose Montague

Author of the Norma Jean’s School of Witchery Series

This was just an amazing book and a great read. It has everything. Wonderful characters, an element of mystery, lots of action, and just the right touch of romance. Fans of urban fantasy have a new heroine in Blubell Kildare. If you are a fan of Jane Yellowrock, Kate Daniels, or Mercy Thompson, you will love this book. If you are just starting in the urban fantasy genre, this one is a good place to begin. I can’t wait for the next book.

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Peer Review of The Light Who Shines

by Madhuri Blaylock

Author of The Sanctum Trilogy

Lilo Abernathy is a masterful storyteller, which she proves emphatically with her debut novel, The Light Who Shines.

Set in the twenty-first century of the Red Ages, a time when Gifteds and Vampires help keep Norms safe from Dark Vampires, TLWS centers around the brutal murder of a young boy and its investigation by Bluebell “Blue” Kildaire, an investigator for The Supernatural Homicide Investigation Unit.

Blue is a Gifted, an interpreter of souls, and an excellent and empathetic detective, but there is more to her story and very early on hints are dropped that she holds a key to something very important, that she is very significant to the souls, both human and supernatural, around her.

Abernathy’s writing style, her rich, detailed world-building, and her meticulous descriptions keep you turning the pages of TLWS, wanting more of Blue’s story, her painful past, her interesting (and painful!) present and her intriguing future.

Then there is Jack.

I love Jack.

I don’t know how Ms. Abernathy feels about Jack – every writer has their favorite character, like my love affair with my own character, Darby Winthrop – but I love him. This love runs counter to my initial intention, which was to fall head over heels for Blue, since she’s a working woman in this man’s world, making her way on her own and whatnot.

But Jack entered the picture and all girl power stuff was pretty much forgotten. Pretty freaking fast.

Also, I should clarify this little love fest – I initially met Jack through Blue’s eyes and honestly, wasn’t that intrigued. He came across as a sexy, sure-of-himself vampire, a character I’d read hundreds of times over. Then I actually met him, for the story is told from his perspective as well, and that’s when I fell for him.

Yes, he’s sexy and sure of himself – you would be, too, if you were an old ass, been-around-the-block-a-few-times vampire. But Jack has layers that make him very interesting, much more than the one-dimensional character Blue introduces us to at the crime scene.

He’s vulnerable, insecure, protective, conflicted, loving, controlled and he’s hiding something huge. HUGE.

Oh. And as an added bonus, homeboy is gifted in his knowledge of a woman’s body. I mean gifted. Whoa, Lilo writes good sex. Trust me when I say, everyone, man or woman, needs a little Jack in their lives. (For the record, I fell for Jack long before I learned of his excellent bedside manner.)

But I digress.

Needless to say, if you are looking for a new fantasy author and series to follow, I highly recommend picking up Lilo Abernathy’s The Light Who Shines. The world she has created will pull you in from page one and then the characters take over and hold your attention until the very last word.

My only regret is that I cannot immediately turn my attentions to book two in the series.

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Peer Review of The Light Who Shines

by Louise White

Author of The Gateway Series

This gritty urban fantasy by Lilo Abernathy, was an amazing read that kept me gripped from the outstanding prologue until the very end.

The characters – especially Blue, and the situations in this dark and compelling story were realistically drawn and I could easily envisage the world that has been created in The Light Who Shines.

The plot moves at a fast pace, building the suspense and entertaining throughout. It also provokes deeper thought for disturbing parallels that may be drawn to the real world.

I didn’t once want to put this book down, and I look forward to the next in what promises to be a fantastic series.

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