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I went into Black Widow fully expecting this to be the end of the series. Well, it’s not, but it is easily my favorite! The mysterious M.M. Monroe is finally making a play for power in Ashland, and her main priority is to destroy The Spider. Gin is also keeping tabs on Madeline, trying to find the perfect opportunity to take her out, but Madeline is completely unlike any of Gin’s other opponents. She is an evil genius and uses her brain instead of brawn to hit Gin where it hurts. All of Gin’s friends suddenly have all kinds of legal troubles, and finally The Pork Pit is targeted. There’s nothing Gin can do without causing an even bigger scene, but she has no idea what to do in this situation anyway. There were honestly points where I thought Gin would lose. I was certainly on the edge of my seat the entire time!

Black Widow would have been a super fantastic close to this series! Even the last chapter was perfect! It showed what was next for Gin, but also left things just a little open. I was ready for the series to be over, but now I’m kind of glad there’s more! Although I am a bit worried, since I enjoyed this one so much, and it did work super well as ending. With Gin’s #1 enemy out of the picture, where can it possibly go from here?

What I loved best about Black Widow was that Gin’s cockiness finally caught up to her. She always relies on her physical strength and elemental abilities to get out of tough situations and defeat opponents. She’s completely blindsided by all of the legal attacks. Madeline had the perfect plan, and I was so worried for Gin and her friends. Of course, you can’t keep The Spider down for long, and it’s ultimately cockiness that helps Gin save herself and her city. However, I did feel like I had read that final battle before. It’s very similar to Gin vs. Mab. Maybe it was suppose to be that way, given the family ties, but I was hoping for something new and exciting.

Black Widow was pretty fantastic. It was fast paced and I was never bored. I didn’t even get annoyed when Gin told us for the millionth time where she stashes her five knives, so that’s really saying something! While I do think this would have been the perfect place to end Gin’s story, and I am very curious to see what the streets of Ashland hold for my favorite assassin now.

*Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.


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Black Widow Elemental Assassin Jennifer Estep Books Reviews

Well, that was intense. Of course none of the books in this series are a calm walk in the park, but Black Widow took things up a notch. I never thought that I would hate a character more than Mab Monroe, but her daughter turned out to be a whole new level of ‘witch.’

Instead of going for the obvious kill like all the other crime bosses in Ashland, M.M. Monroe decided to go the ‘legal’ route. Or as legal as things got in their fair city. She didn’t go about it slowly either. One by one, everyone that Gin loved and cared about was targeted. They never saw it coming. The one thing that Ms. Monroe didn’t take into consideration was the level of payback that Gin would send her way for messing with her family.

The battle got super personal and they were pretty much surrounded by danger from the beginning to the end. The tactics were clever but once Gin knew the game plan, she took her time and worked as smartly as her opponent. As usual, she didn’t do it alone though. Her friends and family were behind and beside her all the way, which is one of the many things I love about the Elemental Assassin series.

Gin seems to pick up more family as she goes, which is keeping things interesting. So are the twists and turns in Black Widow that could have changed everything and still might. Gin’s status in Ashland also took a new turn and I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book, Spider’s Trap. 13 books in and I’m not even close to being tired of Gin and company.
This is the twelfth installment in the ever popular Elemental Assassins series by Jennifer Estep; and in my opinion, these books just seem to grow in depth and character. The emotional intensity pairs with superb character development to land a one-two punch to the senses, leaving you wide open to the following explosive events that drop like nuclear bombs...one...two...BOOM.

Gin is slowly recuperating and getting used to a particularly unsettling peace after offing Southtown's repulsive drug pin mastermind Beauregard Benson. But peace of mind is hard to keep when an immaculately-attired Madeline Magda Monroe is always lurking with giant bodyguard Emery Slater in tow. She's arrived in town to take over her mother Mab's empire with the help of lawyer Jonah McAllister. Mab Monroe was the evil fire elemental who ruled over the crime lords of Ashland, killing legions--including Gin's family and her mentor Fletcher Lane.

Until Gin killed her.

But Madeline Magda Monroe has an appreciably larger agenda in place. It seems that her devious plan is much more subtle and made to play across a considerably grander stage than any other challenger Gin's met so far. You see, Madeline has discovered that the one key to taking out the Spider, aka Gin Blanco, lies in first systematically destroying or handicapping everyone she loves. And then, when Gin's alone without help, to just keep coming until she goes down... that one last time.

But that's where Gin has always been underestimated... to everyone's peril. Villains think she's gone, she's quit, she's defeated. But it's when the odds are against her that our girl shines. Who else but someone with nothing to lose will continue to fight? If you don't care if you make it out alive but you DO care that your opponent doesn't, then you've already got the upper hand.

As Gin watches from the sidelines, Madeline ingratiates herself with both the upper-crust Northtown snobs and the low-life Ashland crime lords by spreading her inherited ill-gotten gains across the cities in charitable endeavors far and wide. A library here, a park there, all in the illustrious name of Monroe--ostensibly for her mother, but not really. Feeding Madeline's own ego is the name of the game--all under the guise of honoring dear dead mom. Gin attends each and every event, a little thorn in M.M.'s side.

One sunny October day at noon, Gin and stepbrother Finnegan Lane attend the opening of the Monroe Memorial Park in Northtown, a very familiar battleground for Gin. Normally Madeline ignores her at these events; however, strangely, this day she approaches Gin. After exchanging their usual barbs, Madeline turns to leave, remarking that she needs to prepare for the library event at 3 o'clock. Gin responds that she'll see her there to which Madeline replies, it isn't likely. Odd? Yes.

Uneasiness starts to flare as subsequently throughout the early afternoon bad things begin to happen for Gin's friends. It starts out with a liquor distributor giving Roslyn a hard time at her bar, Northern Aggression, when Gin and Finn stop by for a drink after the park ribbon-cutting. They return to The Pork Pitt, and as Gin starts serving up lunch with Sophia and Catalina, events begin to multiply along with the customers. Which include Madeline and her bodyguard Emery, who apparently stopped by for lunch and a show.

A sure-thing business deal for boyfriend Owen Grayson gets lost, stepbrother Finn gets served for mismanagement of funds, and Owen's sister Eva Grayson gets suspended from the local community college--all within about thirty minutes. In the beginning Finn had told Gin she was just being paranoid--but they're all paranoid now. When Captain Lou Dobson shows up at The Pork Pitt shortly after, it's time for Madeline's showstopper--and for the sigma to hit the fan. Captain Dobson is there to arrest Gin for murder; a conundrum for sure. She's murdered lots of people in Ashland--who's he there about?

We all know that there's no way that Gin Blanco would survive the Ashland jail--not with all the cops on the take, and her with a bounty on her head. Talk about a sitting duck. And with the way Captain Dobson keeps glancing at Madeline Magda Monroe like a puppet on a chain, it's doubtful Gin would even make it to the police station.

This is a situation that calls for a freezer full of frozen peas.

Jennifer Estep is an award-winning journalist and it shows in the consistent excellence of her writing. The story flows beautifully and the characterization and world-building are beyond flawless. This world becomes an intimate character as you cozy up to these people and make them your own. At times with this book I had to walk away.... in a very complimentary way, this was not a comfortable read for me. I am so familiar with the characters and feel like I've lived through so much with them that what hurts them... hurts me. What sets Estep's work above all other urban fantasy and romantic suspense for me is the voice of Gin. Gin is funny. Gin is very self-deprecating, kind and honest. She has integrity. Gin is educated--mostly self-educated. Gin has taken untenable situations and worked through them with help and sometimes alone. She's not a super hero. She gets lucky. But she sticks. She keeps going. And she deeply cares about those around her. And I keep on reading these books because I care about HER. And through her, those around her.

See if you can resist her.
Originally posted on itsabouttheblog.com http//itsaboutthebook.com/2014/11/25/black-widow-elemental-assassin-12/
I went into Black Widow fully expecting this to be the end of the series. Well, it’s not, but it is easily my favorite! The mysterious M.M. Monroe is finally making a play for power in Ashland, and her main priority is to destroy The Spider. Gin is also keeping tabs on Madeline, trying to find the perfect opportunity to take her out, but Madeline is completely unlike any of Gin’s other opponents. She is an evil genius and uses her brain instead of brawn to hit Gin where it hurts. All of Gin’s friends suddenly have all kinds of legal troubles, and finally The Pork Pit is targeted. There’s nothing Gin can do without causing an even bigger scene, but she has no idea what to do in this situation anyway. There were honestly points where I thought Gin would lose. I was certainly on the edge of my seat the entire time!

Black Widow would have been a super fantastic close to this series! Even the last chapter was perfect! It showed what was next for Gin, but also left things just a little open. I was ready for the series to be over, but now I’m kind of glad there’s more! Although I am a bit worried, since I enjoyed this one so much, and it did work super well as ending. With Gin’s #1 enemy out of the picture, where can it possibly go from here?

What I loved best about Black Widow was that Gin’s cockiness finally caught up to her. She always relies on her physical strength and elemental abilities to get out of tough situations and defeat opponents. She’s completely blindsided by all of the legal attacks. Madeline had the perfect plan, and I was so worried for Gin and her friends. Of course, you can’t keep The Spider down for long, and it’s ultimately cockiness that helps Gin save herself and her city. However, I did feel like I had read that final battle before. It’s very similar to Gin vs. Mab. Maybe it was suppose to be that way, given the family ties, but I was hoping for something new and exciting.

Black Widow was pretty fantastic. It was fast paced and I was never bored. I didn’t even get annoyed when Gin told us for the millionth time where she stashes her five knives, so that’s really saying something! While I do think this would have been the perfect place to end Gin’s story, and I am very curious to see what the streets of Ashland hold for my favorite assassin now.

*Disclaimer I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.