Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Scarlett Bernard Series by Melissa F. Olson



Book 1 - Dead Spots




Book 2 - Trail of Dead



Book 3 - Hunter's Trail


Melissa F. Olson writes a wonderful Urban Fantasy trilogy about Scarlett Bernard. Scarlett Bernard is a Null. She can take magic away from any magical being that enters her radius. In this series she begins to discover who she is and what it means to be a null. She works for the head vampire, head werewolf and head witch of the Los Angeles area. She is responsible to cover-up crime scene caused by the Old World. Even though these books are written for adults, mature teens who enjoy urban fantasy about a strong lead female character could appreciate this series.

Book 1 - She is in charge of finding out who is killing vampires and werewolves. A police detective from the LAPD becomes aware of the Old World. Scarlet must work with Jesse in order to solve the mystery to the crime. Jesse struggles with the reality that justice may not be served for the individuals responsible because if information got out about the Old World LA would never be the same. Eli is a werewolf that Scarlet has been getting to know after the death of her mentor. He becomes her assistant. She struggles to define what she wants their relationship to be.

Book 2 - Scarlet has to help the witches solve the most recent wave of killings of some low level witches. She comes to realize her mentor Olivia is still alive as a Vampire not a Null. Scarlet has to work through the reality that Olivia is psycho and obsessed with her. Jesse and Scarlett are paired again in order to solve the crimes and mystery of where Olivia is before information gets out. Jesse struggles with his honor and why he became a cop. Scarlet is having feelings for both Eli and Jesse and does not know what to do about either. 

Book 3 - Scarlet and Jesse are responsible to find the Nova Wolf that is killing females in LA. He is dumping the bodies at the alpha werewolves house. Jesse struggles with the fact that the bodies of victims need to be destroyed with out informing the victims families. He starts to make Scarlett question the morality of what she is doing when she covers up the crimes of the Old World. Old fashioned police work helps solve the mystery of where the Nova is and Old World magic helps put a stop to his murders.

Learn more about Melissa F. Olson and her many books at her website.

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