The Wicked (Elder Races, #5.5) by Thea Harrison

The Wicked (Thea Harrison)

SUMMARY

For a librarian with a focus on rare magic books, Olivia’s new job is a dream come true. She has been hired as part of a team to help manage the safe transportation of the collection of books owned by the Vampyre sorceress Carling Severan. The fact that the library is located on a mysterious island in an Other land only heightens the adventure.

Head of security for the expedition, Sebastian Hale is tired of his rootless life of adventure and finds himself attracted to the calm, beautiful librarian. But he is living a personal nightmare. He has been hit with a curse that is slowly taking away his sight, and he doesn’t know if he will survive the results.

But the powerful feelings growing between them, along with Sebastian’s inner turmoil, take a backseat when they learn there is a traitor lurking among their expedition team. With Elder Races politics and a priceless library on the line, they’ll have to rely on each other to survive the experience.

Warning: When a librarian who likes to nest meets an owl Wyr who has always lived for adventure, their romance won’t just be fly-by-night…

MY REVIEW

Sebastian and Olivia
Olivia is a human witch and symbologist. She is also a friend of the Oracle Grace and a member of the team that will transfer Carlin's dangerous library out of her island. The first time we have read about this library was in the book Serpert's kiss ( Serpent's Kiss). So, this little novella is a continuation of this book.

The team that will transfer the books includes people we already know like Phaedra (Khalil's daughter), but also a security team lead by Sebastian, the Wyr. Sebastian is almost blind, but still powerful and he has lived almost all the years that an Eagle owl normally lives. He still has about 50 years left hehehe.

And this is the part where I am absolutely ecstatic because a librarian will be matched and mated with an owl shifter. Perfect combination!

The moon called to him. It always called to him.
Come dance with me, it said. Take wing and fly wild into the night.
And he always had, before now.
This time, he said to the moon, I cannot fly with you this night, for I have another with whom I will dance, and she is even lovelier than you.
And the knowledge of that was both bitter and sweet, as he let go of one thing to reach for the other.