Servant: The Acceptance

Book 2 in the Servant-series: Even better than book 1

S. Fischer am 24.11.2008
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Gaby has grown up a complete outsider since she not only is an orphan, but she also has paranormal abilities that make people fear and dislike her. For as long as she can remember, she could sense evil from afar and see the bad in people. She has unusual strength, speed and fighting skills, but when her ability kicks in, it comes with severe pain and makes her mostly blind to whatever else is going on around her. When she was 17, she met a priest who finally helped her understand that she wasn't mad or evil and from then on she saw her paranormal powers as a gift and duty from god, meant to help her fight evil. But after the priest's death she has been alone, always on the outside and at risk from the law that would see her as a mad killer. In book 1, 'The Awakening', Gaby made friends with Mort and met Detective Luther Cross. They felt very attracted to each other but her less than law-abiding lifestyle made it impossible to let him know too much about her abilities and activities. When she thought that Mort had died and was afraid that Luther might arrest her, Gaby left. She moved into a bad neighbourhood in order to protect the prostitutes living there. But Mort isn't dead and neither he nor Luther can forget her. When Luther finds her, they are even more strongly attracted to each other than before and when he tries to get Gaby to open up, she lets him see more of her unusual abilities. But when she starts hunting a serial killer who tortures and murders prostitutes, Luther's belief in her and his duties as a policeman are soon in conflict. But if he doesn't trust her, there will be more deaths - and the killer has his eyes on both Gaby and Luther as his next victims... Just like the first book in the series, the second is a great mix between dark urban fantasy, paranormal romance and crime novel, with humour, action, depth, great characters and an intelligent plot. I liked it even more than the first and can't wait for the series to be continued.