REVIEW: A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends #1) by Jayde Scott

 

Author: Jayde Scott

Series:  Ancient Legends #1

Pages: ebook

Genre: YA - Paranormal

AMAZON: A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends)
A Job From Hell was kindly provided to me by author Jayde Scott.

Synopsis. (Goodreads)

In a world of love bonds, rituals, dark magic, ancient enemies and immortals, nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.

Seventeen-year-old Amber enters the paranormal world by chance when her brother, Dallas, sets her up with a summer job in Scotland. Dallas has spied something in the woods he thinks could make them rich beyond their wildest dreams. But instead of finding riches, Amber unknowingly enters a paranormal race—and promptly wins the first prize—a prize for which many would kill. Soon, she discovers her new boss, Aidan, didn’t employ her for her astounding housekeeping skills and he isn't who he claims to be either.

As the dark forces slowly conspire against Amber, her naivety and love for Aidan catapults her into a calamitous series of otherworldly events. With every immortal creature hunting for her, whom can she trust with her life?

REVIEW: 4 out of 5 stars

A Job From Hell by Jayde Scott is her debut novel in the Ancient Legends series and is an exciting and fresh read which had me captivated from the first to the very last page.

Amber is a 17 year old student who has accepted a house-keeping summer job in Scotland to earn some extra dollars for college. When her brother, Dallas finds what appear to be gemstones in the woods, they see it as a get rich quick scheme and set-out to steal them.

What Amber didn’t realize was she had won an age old race (think 500years) and has inadvertently entered the paranormal world by winning. It has also gifted her with a number of abilities which holds her in high esteem in their world and it could also be something that could get her killed.

Aidan McAllister is Amber’s new boss, who is absolutely gorgeous and has a number of secrets, the biggest being he is a Vampire Bounty Hunter, the other being she is his Mate.

I loved reading about Amber; she is sarcastic, smart, humorous and has a strong voice, Aidan appeared her opposite, he is brooding, serious and mysterious; I enjoyed the dialogue between them and the dynamic of their relationship.

The flow of the story is smooth and leaves the reader yearning to discover what is going to happen next. I enjoyed Ms Scott’s style of writing, the setting is vividly detailed and draws you right it; you can just imagine a big old mansion surrounded by forests in the middle of nowhere.

The characters were all well-developed and likeable, I especially loved Kieran (who is hilarious!), Cass, Angel and Clare, there are a number of supernatural beings in this book including Succubi, a demi-goddess, demons, the daughter of Lucifer and a new one for me, Shadows.

What I would have liked is to see more of the abilities Amber should have gained when she won the race, she had a few ghost sightings but that seemed to be the extent of it; I was also curious to know more about the race and it’s main purpose, I was quite interested in this aspect of the storyline and wanted to know more.

A wonderful debut novel in this exciting new series for Ms Scott. I look forward to reading the sequel, Doomed.