Rating: 3.5🌈
Major arcana card : Judgement
Zero Judgement is short paranormal romance in the Tales from the Tarot series. It’s a sequel or side story to Quinn’s novel, Love Potions and Moonlight. That story, which I haven’t read, is from another multi-author series and shared universe, Cauldrons and Kisses.
Zero Judgment highlights how a story is often hurt by a author’s decision to make a new book’s storyline a crossover from another universe, complete with those characters and world building, without fully laying down all the knowledge and details needed for new readers to understand and appreciate the characters, relationships in this world and local setting.
I enjoyed the story and characters and was able to see the connections that carried over from the first book but I also missed the details and depth this might have had if it would be a world unto itself.
Example of this is the character of Calix, the childhood friend who’s had a tragic history that led to him being kidnapped, becoming a prisoner and being turned into a vampire. There’s enormous amounts of information and trauma associated with Calix and his background, most of which is “off page” information. His story and character is connected to another person’s story, Nico, who turns out to be a witch. How they came to be together, there’s a significant connection between them (friendship, not romance) but hugely important to the story, but then Nicole basically disappears except for one more reoccurring scene.
But there’s enough missing narrative here for a book or two, the least of which is that Calix was a witch himself.
But the trauma, and most of the realistically induced emotional distress is done away with when the other main character makes his entrance . At The Magic Shop.
The Owner, The Magic Shop and pertinent tarot card are included in the story and get their important part to play. Quinn does a good job of incorporating the series elements into the book.
The fated mates aspect happens immediately which serves to speed up the relationship and romance between the characters of Calix and Zero, the dragon shifter/former vampire hunter.
I think, for me, the reunion part of this was my favorite and could have used further exploration and time spent on their renewed connection.
There’s a dramatic element that brings the main theme back into play but the villain and his story wasn’t really that well explored.
Overall, a nice story with potential but with an attached book that I probably should have read beforehand to get all the characters and universe firmly connected.
Cover art: Fae Quin . Fabulous as always
Cover design: Amanda Meuwissen
Tales from the Tarot- 22 books
🔷 Where Fools Have Tread by Jennifer Cody❤️
🔷The Magician’s Heart by J.P. Jackson
🔷Cleric of Desire by Amanda Meuwissen❤️
🔷The Nephilim’s Touch by Morgan Lysand
🔷King of Hollywood by Fae Quin
🔷My Minotaur Daddy: An MM Romantasy by Laura Lascarso
🔷Across Space and Time by Kit Barrie
🔷Chariot of Souls by Morgan Mason
🔷By Rude Strength ❤️by K.L. Hiers
🔷Found in Obscurity by A. M. Rose
🔷Twisted Fates by Adam J. Ridley
🔷No Justice for the Damned by Hellie Heat
🔷The Angel’s Kiss by Nicholas Bella
🔷Death Song by B. Ripley
🔷Arcanum ❤️by Ashlyn Drewek
🔷The Devil’s Dilemma by Alex J. Adams
🔷Camelot’s Tower by Brooke Matthews
🔷A Highland Gargoyle’s Lucky Star
❤️by Chloe Archer
🔷Trust in the Moon ❤️by Delaney Rain
🔷Raising the Sun ❤️by Eryn Hawk
🔷Zero Judgment by Kota Quinn
🔷The End of the World by Drake LaMarque
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Blurb
Zero is a tracker for the Elite Guard, the supernatural police that hunts down rogues. Zero’s number one goal was to work for the Elite and seek revenge on the vampires who killed his childhood friend.
But after so many years of moving from place to place, he wants to settle down. Zero volunteers to help guard one of the magical small towns where paranormals and humans live together openly.
He’s settled in this new town, has a life, friends, and hopefully, soon he’ll meet his mate. But what he doesn’t expect to find is his childhood friend alive and well. Except his friend isn’t alive. He’s undead, just like all the creatures he’s hunted down.
Zero Judgment is a standalone MM romance novel as part of the multi-author collaboration Tales from the Tarot. This book is based on the major arcana card Judgment.
- Publication date: November 7, 2024
- Language: English
- Print length: 129 pages
Note: some purchasers were saying that their copies were incomplete at 75 pages or less. Some had it corrected. Pls double check your copy.
Connected to :
Love Potions and Moonlight (Cauldrons and Kisses novel) – 8 books in a multi author series
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 