Heart of Atlantis by Alyssa Day – a Review

Heart of Atlantis is the final book in Alyssa Day’s The Warriors of Poseidon series.  There are still some awesome characters that Alyssa may use someday in the future for novellas.  But for now, we say goodbye to our wonderful warriors and their mates that we have to come to love.  What better way to end it then with the long long awaited couple….Alaric and Quinn. Alyssa doesn’t disappoint, as Heart of Atlantis was a fitting end to this series, or hopefully this arc.

Right from the start, Quinn and Jack, are doing what they always do, fight evil, mostly vampires or demons.  Of course, Alaric is right beside them, protecting his beloved Quinn.  When we last left off in Vampire in Atlantis, Alaric decided he needed Quinn, and the hell with his duty to Poseidon, who never answers his call for help.  During the Battle, Jack almost loses his life, only to be somewhat saved by Serai and Alaric; but Jack at this time is no more, and his Tiger only remains.  Quinn is heartbroken, and promises to do all she can to bring Jack back.  So Alaric whisks her and Jack away through the portal to a place no one will find them.  Time passes, and Quinn has been unsuccessful to bring back Jack, and now the call to duty comes.   An imposter, who is another one of Alyssa’s evil villains, claims that he is the rightful heir as King of Atlantis, and he has the final jewel for Poseidon’s trident, that will help Atlantis rise. 

Ptolemy, is the imposter, who is a powerful warrior, but if he is part Atlantean, he also has an unknown extremely powerful other half.  He brings death, chaos, destruction upon anyone in range, to force the government to acknowledge that he is the King of Atlantis.  Anubisa makes a return, and she works with Ptolemy, as she doesn’t care if he becomes the King, as long as he gives her all of the Atlantean warriors, as well as prince Aidan.  He also tells the world on national tv that he wants Quinn Dawson.  With her cover blown, and her life at risk as the leader of the rebels, Quinn decides to face this imposter alone, hoping to get the jewel back, and ends up being kidnapped. 

This sets off Alaric, who being the High Priest of Atlantis is already powerful, and now he is in a maddening rage he cannot control, destroying everything in his sight, as he thinks he has lost Quinn. This is all in the early part of the story, and sets the stage for the rest of the book.  There is a lot of excitement, action, danger throughout the book.  Alaric, who needs to help save Atlantis, finds it harder and harder to control his desire for the love of his life, Quinn.  It was fun to watch Quinn deal with Alaric in her normal tough and sarcastic way, but discover herself how much she has fallen in love with him.  Danger finds both of them throughout the story, with Quinn doing what she does best, fight the enemy and put herself in danger.  Alaric, dealing with helping Conlan and the other warriors to stop the Trident from destroying Atlantis, as well as protecting Quinn.  But with his emotions raging and out of control, Alaric was also dangerous, as only Quinn can keep him somewhat focused, and make him realize that he needed to help his family in Atlantis.

I loved when all of them ended up back in Atlantis, every single couple from the start of the series.  They came together to save Atlantis, and it was great to see them all again, as they played a big part in this story.  It was an exciting ending, with two evil protagonists facing our Warriors of Poseidon.  But two things separated this story from the others.  One being that we get to spend time which each couple, even at the end. The other one was when Quinn and Alaric finally consummate their relationship and the soul meld.  With Alaric celibate for centuries, a lot of time was devoted almost all at once, to both of them sexually, and the chemistry between them was off the wall, almost hot enough to burn Atlantis by itself. 

This was a wonderful book to end this series, whether it is the final end or just the end of the arc. Thank you, Alyssa Day for giving us this fabulous series, and such a wonderful group of Warriors and their mates.  Bravo Alyssa, for giving us a beautiful ending in Heart of Atlantis, as I loved every moment of it.

Reviewed by Barb

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