I’ve just finished reading it, it’s all still fresh to me. So yes, I just can’t catch this thing that messed with my excitement over reading the sequel of the book I enjoyed so much. I would prefer to see them more actually working together on a case, but I can bear with what I got. Some people may find it boring but I like it that way. Vic and Simon work together smoothly without any squabbles and I’m truly pleased about it. And fortunately, this is not a case with The Rising. I hate excessive drama in my books and I’m never good with the main couple breaking up over some minor issues.

Vic and Simon are also not a part of the dilemma. Let’s be honest who doesn’t like a good pirates theme once in a while. After reading about 10% at once I was constantly losing my interest in the story. Instead, in the meantime I read another book (500+ pages long one!) and started two others.

Somehow it took me over a week to read this one and starting it I seriously thought that would finish it in two days staying late at night. But for some reason I just couldn’t suck into this story.Īnd to be totally honest, I’m not sure what is the reason. The first book in this series is great and I had some high hopes regarding this one. I generally liked this book but I’m still disappointed. It is a MM romance intended for readers 18 years of age and older. The Rising is the second novel in the Badlands series. Vic and Simon race to stop the murders against an unholy deadline, but as they battle rising tides and risen ghosts, can they save the intended victims without getting trapped themselves? With the storm hammering the coast, and new victims piling up, Simon is certain that the sins and secrets of the past are coming due, and that the murders have a supernatural link. As Simon tries to reach out to the spirits of the murdered men to help the investigation, he’s attacked by malicious ghosts that don’t want anyone getting in the way of their long-overdue vengeance. Simon’s premonition confirms Vic’s gut feeling-the killing is just getting started. Rough tides wash the wreck of an old pirate ship into shallow waters, high winds threaten to damage an old mansion with a dark past, and the citizens of the beach town hunker down to ride out the storm.Īs the skies grow dark and the sea turns wild, several men from prominent local families end up dead under suspicious circumstances. Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his sexy cop boyfriend, homicide detective Vic D’Amato have their hands full helping the Grand Strand brace for rough surf, driving rain, and high winds as a winter storm roars toward shore.Įveryone’s on edge, and rumors are rampant about sightings of Blackcoat Benny, a ghostly omen of danger, and worse, the Gallows Nine, the spirits of nine infamous criminals hanged back in the 1700s, a harbinger of disaster. A big storm is brewing, there’s a killer on the loose, and the ghosts of Myrtle Beach are restless.

The Rising by Morgan Brice