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The Bloodgate Guardian
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Worlds within worlds await through the Maya Bloodgate...
Dr. Jaid Merritt doesn't do digs. The last time she ventured into the jungle, someone died. Now she's content to decipher Maya glyphs from pictures sent to her by her famous archaeologist father. But when he goes missing while trying to perform a ritual based on her translations of an ancient codex, Jaid must put aside her fears and travel to Guatemala to find him.
After misusing the Bloodgates to bring his twin brother back from the afterlife, the Maya priest known as Ruin was cursed by the gods to stand as the guardian for all time. He was unable to stop Dr. Charles Merritt from opening the gates, and now demons roam this world. The last thing he wants to do is hurt the beautiful woman who is somehow infused with his magic, but if she uses the codex to retrieve her father, Ruin must do his duty. And this time, he won't fail. Even if it kills him. Again.
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Dr. Jaid Merritt doesn't do digs. The last time she ventured into the jungle, someone died. Now she's content to decipher Maya glyphs from pictures sent to her by her famous archaeologist father. But when he goes missing while trying to perform a ritual based on her translations of an ancient codex, Jaid must put aside her fears and travel to Guatemala to find him.
After misusing the Bloodgates to bring his twin brother back from the afterlife, the Maya priest known as Ruin was cursed by the gods to stand as the guardian for all time. He was unable to stop Dr. Charles Merritt from opening the gates, and now demons roam this world. The last thing he wants to do is hurt the beautiful woman who is somehow infused with his magic, but if she uses the codex to retrieve her father, Ruin must do his duty. And this time, he won't fail. Even if it kills him. Again.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A little confusing at first, possibly thanks to the inventive world building (based on Maya mythology). The characters were interesting, and I appreciated that they had some nuance.The hero is a centuries-old priest trying to protect the world from his past mistakes, but is unapologetic about having conducted human sacrifices for his gods. The heroine (who has serious qualms about that last bit) has to make tough decisions about whether to try to save her father from the Maya hell, at the risk of destroying the world. And somehow the moral choices these characters make seem real, rather than OTT or cheesy.Still, I wasn't as engrossed in the story as I had hoped to be. I'm not sure if that was because of the pacing, or the new-to-me-and-a-little-confusing Maya mythology or just mid-summer lack of focus on my part. Things did pick up enough in the second half of the book that I'll probably pick up book two, though.Favorite quote: "Next time I complain about grading mid-terms, remind me that I jumped into the world's deepest lake, got shot at, had my throat slit, and was chased by demons. I guess office hours aren't so bad, are they?"
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dr. Jaid Merritt's father has mysteriously disappeared...into a portal after performing an ancient Mayan ritual...and she saw it all on her webcam. Jaid heads to her father's dig site (overcoming a childhood fear of digs), to try and find a way to bring him back.Instead, she stumbles upon an ancient priest, and by ancient I mean thousands of years old, but still amazingly handsome, named Ruin. Ruin is the guardian of the gate her father inadvertently crossed through, which also allowed a few demons from hell into the world.Jaid and Ruin rush to find a way to close the gate and save their loved ones from eternal torment at the hand of the demons, and to save the world from being devoured by the demons that escaped.This is an Indiana Jones meets romance style of book, and the author really pulled it off very well. A great read (and not gory), full of action, adventure, mystery, and romance.4/5