Aces Wild (Sin City Collectors, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 15, 2017 Rachel-RN rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2017

Neve and Jake had meet before when she had a fight in his bar, wrecked his bike, and ended up in his bed. Problem is, they have completely different memories of that night. This picks up 3 years after that. Neve is a Collector. She "arrests" supes. She is assigned a vampire and for this one, they assign her a partner. Yep, you guessed it! Jake!
This was well paced. I thought everything was explained well. The villain was a good one. For the length, this packed a nice punch. Looks like the next bo ...more

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May 29, 2014 Sherri rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: part-of-a-series, novella, pnr-uf

Just in time for the summer reading season comes ACES WILD, a Sin City Collectors Novella. It has everything that I need for that perfect poolside read:

Fiesty kickass heroine (Nevada) - ✔
Tall, dark and hellhound hunky hero (Jake) - ✔
Paranormal characters and storyline (Dhampires and Hellhound, hello!!!!) - ✔
Awesome setting (did I mention Las Vegas?) - ✔

The Sin City Collectors series consists of a supernatural community within Las Vegas as we know it. Numerous types of paranormal beings are intro Just in time for the summer reading season comes ACES WILD, a Sin City Collectors Novella. It has everything that I need for that perfect poolside read:

Fiesty kickass heroine (Nevada) - ✔
Tall, dark and hellhound hunky hero (Jake) - ✔
Paranormal characters and storyline (Dhampires and Hellhound, hello!!!!) - ✔
Awesome setting (did I mention Las Vegas?) - ✔

The Sin City Collectors series consists of a supernatural community within Las Vegas as we know it. Numerous types of paranormal beings are introduced including vampires, dhampirs, nymphs, witches, and hellhounds. The Collectors are charged with keeping the supernatural community in-line through their mysterious boss, and weekly assignments. The overall premise reminded me of Charlie's Angels; but with supernaturals.

ACES WILD kicks off quickly and the pacing is tight throughout the novella. I tend to feel that novellas have a hard time getting the characters background and world development correct; however, ACES WILD did not leave me with that reaction. Nevada and Jake's background had something to do with that along with the Las Vegas setting, both were recognizable and I could easily relate to the circumstances and world.

Nevada and Jake had a one-night stand three years ago and both wish to forget that event, but for very different reasons. You just know their attraction is going to happen, but I loved that Ms. Carlson took the time to delve into Nevada's character and develop facets to her that explained her attitude and barriers she put up. Without that development, I'm not sure I would have liked Nevada as much, since she would have come off just an angry female character to me.

Jake was a much more lovable character to me. First, he is a hellhound and I think that just rocks the paranormal world. Jake is my first hellhound (OK, that is not exactly how it sounds), but he is the first hellhound character that I have read about and I enjoyed the character's originality. Initially, I thought he needed to walk away from Nevada but once I learned more about Nevada I changed my mind about these two being together.

There is a surprising amount of action packed into the 115 pages and the story does wrap up rather quickly. I'm not going to say much about the ending since I hate spoilers and I can't say much without spoiling it for another reader. Needless to say, Nevada and Jake handle the situation and the future looks bright for the two of them. ACES WILD is a great start to this new and unique novella series and I look forward to reading the next installment, QUEEN OF HEARTS by Kristin Painter, along with hoping to see some appearance by Jake and Nevada. ...more

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May 29, 2014 Michelle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2015, amanda-carlson

I thoroughly enjoyed this novella and I am looking forward to seeing what the other authors bring to the series.

Absolutely loved the mythology, a fresh take on Vamps and a sexy Hellhound! Can't wait to see what else we find and how everything develops, I feel like there's so much more that they can bring to the table. ...more

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Jan 15, 2015 Steph rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: year-read-2015, series-book1, author-first-time-read, efreebie-amazon-kindle, series-ongoing, author-웃, series-multiple-authors

This intro into a multi-author collaborative series¹ Sin City Collectors was a quick, easy read. In this world, supernaturals police their own and employ Collectors to detain the offending supernatural(s) and turn them in to the Boss. This world is full of a variety of supernaturals, but this installment features Collectors Nevada, a dhampir and Jake, a hellhound sent to Collect a vampire.

I enjoyed it enough to check out add'l books in the series. If you're interested in reading Aces Wild, it's ...more

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