Rhyker's Key Orion’s Order, Book 2
Psychic Romance, Witches/Wizards, Shifters
M.C. Solaris
December 21, 2020
748
Rhyker, tattooed bad boy and lethal jaguar shifter, falls for the sweet and caring healer, Keena. Except, she’s determined to keep him in the friend zone..., Good thing he’s a predator that enjoys the hunt.
Together, can they heal their past and forge a future bonded with true love?
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Reviewed by Charlayne Elizabeth Denney
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Keena Oliver has a thriving practice of mind/spirit healing. She’s not really interested in a relationship; she’s still trying to get over her ex, Liam, who left her scarred and hurt. But there’s this guy who has joined her yoga class, a big, blue-eyed man covered in tattoos who reminds her of a predator. And she’s not too wrong, he’s a jaguar shifter. But she wants him to stay a friend, at arm’s length because she doesn’t want to get into another problem relationship.
And he’s set his sights on her. From the first time he saw her, his inner cat marked mental territory: Kenna was his. The argument inside him because he’s wanting to respect Keena’s boundaries but wanting to take her as his. And he joined the yoga class just so he could be around her, much to the laughter of his twin, Rhyland and the rest of the pack. But Ryker’s patient, he’s going to win her over yet, with love, laughter, and play.
That is, unless his own evil ex, Cecille, manages to pry him out of Kenna’s life. She’s scheming to do just that.
On top of the two ex’s and the love story, there’s a big baddy, the Mastermind, who is now the single project of Orion’s Order and he makes them work for a conclusion on that story (and I won’t spoil that one).
All in all, I liked Rhyker’s Key. The shifters were fun, it’s good to see a pack that isn’t an all macho biker types and I liked how Rhyker handles his attraction to Kenna. She was also pretty convincing, and I did feel for her with the ex’s thing.
There were problems with the book. At 748 pages, it’s a long story. It gets told by each of the characters, which got to be a drag on the story, in my opinion. There were times the story lagged, especially when the characters were talking to themselves (thoughts). It would have been better to have a friend or counselor to talk to about what was being thought; there’s a saying of “show, don’t tell” in writing that was needed here.
The only other problem I had is, granted, a personal issue. Rhyker smokes an incense called Indigo. It’s not addictive and it’s not cancer causing, but he’s smoking it a lot. I tend to skip over that part, it’s just not a character quirk I’m into. As I said, it’s something that is my own issue and it may not effect other’s enjoyment of this series.
I give Rhyker’s Key and the series Orion’s Order three and a half stars. It’s good, but needs some good editing.