The Descent Series, Books 1-3: Death's Hand, The Darkest Gate, and Dark Union (The Descent Series, #1) Book Reviews

AUTHOR
SM Reine
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,343

The Descent Series, Books 1-3: Death's Hand, The Darkest Gate, and Dark Union (The Descent Series, #1) by SM Reine Book Summary

This is a collection of the first three titles in The Descent Series, which are gritty urban fantasy books about an exorcist, a witch, and their battles against the forces of Heaven and Hell. (Approx. 200,000 words total.)

Books included:
1. Death's Hand
2. The Darkest Gate
3. Dark Union

DEATH'S HAND
Elise Kavanagh doesn't want to hunt demons anymore. It's been five years since she killed her last enemy, and life has been quiet since then. She went to college. Got a job, and then lost it. Made a friend or two. Lived a normal life. Now her former partner, a powerful witch named James Faulkner, wants Elise to fight one more time. The daughter of a coven member has been possessed, and Elise is the only exorcist nearby.

Becoming a hero again would mean risking discovery by old enemies. But digging into the case reveals that it might already be too late--bodies are disappearing, demons slither through the night, and the cogs of apocalypse are beginning to turn. Some enemies aren't willing to let the secrets of the past stay dead...

THE DARKEST GATE
When Elise Kavanagh retired from demon hunting, she swore it would be permanent. But an attack from a powerful necromancer forced her back into the business, and now she's trying to balance her normal boyfriend and normal job with everything supernatural.

Mr. Black is a demon hunter gone rogue. He's enslaving angels and stealing ethereal artifacts in pursuit of forbidden immortality, and an old grudge drives him to make his final stand in Elise's territory. Destroying her life and killing her friends isn't the goal, but it's a definite perk.

A demonic overlord offers to join against Mr. Black and protect Elise's loved ones. All she needs to do is ally with the demons she's sworn to kill, at the cost of her morals--and maybe her immortal soul. But once she crosses that line, there's no turning back.

Nothing is sacred when Heaven and Hell collide on Earth...

DARK UNION
Every fifty years, the most powerful ethereal and infernal beings convene on Earth to resolve conflicts with mediation by kopides--humans born to police relations between Heaven and Hell. They're meeting in Elise Kavanagh's territory this year, and she used to be the greatest kopis in the world. But she's not invited.

An old friend, Lucas McIntyre, asks her to attend the summit in his place. But when she arrives, she discovers that a human faction called The Union has taken charge of the summit, and they're not playing nice. Worse yet, someone has killed a prominent Union member... and now they're demanding blood.

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The Descent Series, Books 1-3: Death's Hand, The Darkest Gate, and Dark Union (The Descent Series, #1) (SM Reine) Book Reviews 2024

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Lesley. These are amazing.

🤢🤮😢😔. This is a very disappointing series. People who like books like this should read Sara Cannons books they are great!

This series. OMG this book series needs more recognition, this could easily be the next wildly popular book series... And if that ever happens... Jane Levy should be Elise in a movie!!!!!!!!

Wow!!. I'm not much of a reader, so for me to give 5stars is a big deal. I loved this book from the beginning. Not a linear read. You jump back and forth in time, but it all weaves together. Can't wait to read more in the series.

Good, but not an easy read. This is an interesting story with good characters and a nice fast pace. The problem is that it isn’t always chronological, and it isn’t always easy to follow what is happening, and whether it is in the present or past.

Decent read. Overall it’s been interesting enough for me to continue reading. It’s definitely not my favorite read. The writing is not captivating. There were no moments that had me so interested that I just needed to find out what happens next. Can put this down anytime, and maybe forget about finishing it. P.S. Your husband is a “wife beater”. A white undershirt is called a “white beater”.

THIS!. This series.... ROCKS! I'm totally addicted. I can't say too much, as the plot's twists and turns start from the very first page. All I can say is, as a writer, reader and researcher, thus series is worth every minute of reading.

A must-read for this genre.. Every one of SM Reine's books I've read - and I've read over 30 of them - are very high-quality entertainment. She has an ability to create characters with very real viewpoints and to make those viewpoints totally unique to each of them. Depending on the character you're following, the book takes on a whole different feel. There is romance, action and plenty of crass, witty, contemporary humor. She's a very talented writer.

Excellent series. Really fun read so far! Looking forward to the next several books. I have enjoyed the characters, the story, just everything about it. SM Reine writes in a way that is reminiscent of Jim Butcher's style. There are similarities to the wonderfully entertaining Dresden Files series while still being original. Loved the first three books.

The Descent Series Books. Good read.

The Descent Series Books 1-3. Great books. Had to keep reading...now I need to get the rest!

E&J Team!. Elise and James are the best! Fan for life right here.

Addicted!. I wasn't sure when I first read the description wether or not I was going to like these books, but now I am so addicted. Looking forward to reading the rest and would love to see this put into a movie series as long as it was done on the same fashion as the books, not all distorted he way they tear apart some books. 💜💜💜💜💜

Vocab. Ms.Reine is obviously a highly intelligent, talented story teller with an extremely gifted imagination and an impressive ability to bring together complex plots to make a truly outstanding masterwork. Although I realize that sometimes profanity is necessary in order to depict certain characters, the number of f-bombs that are used is truly distracting and unnecessary. I wish she would make more use of her obvious vocab abilities and not rely so much on profanity to obtain character development.

Love, love, love...... Everything is awesome. Like literally, this series had me up for days reading nonstop.

Horrible. 1 star is too many for this

The Descent Series Books 1-3. This was a very captivating tale of not so evil vs extremely evil, that will certainly leave you wanting more. Very imaginative plot & storyline and just when you think you know, you don’t give this one a try, you won’t be sorry you did.

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Great a book of books keeps you reading, I loved all of it.. Thank you for sharing, excellently written

Bad. Rich storyline is bad

Nice one. A good story. Plenty of plot development and decent characters.

Great!. Enjoyed these books and feel the characters, Elise is such a powerful female lead, and I want a bit of the slightly unattainable James! Next books!

Best read. Loved it.

Fab. Brilliant read

Good but unclear. This is a decent book with a really good plot line but I think the writer sells himself short at some stages by not explaining some pretty major things (eg- the significance of a kopis and aspis bond) also not very descriptive at fight scenes so hard to imagine what's really happening.

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Highly addictive series!. Great books, love the characters and the story line stays on track. Love love love them!

Loved it!. So well written, easy to follow and entertaining story. Can't wait to read the next installment!

Great Read. I'm new to this genre but absolutely loved the first 3 I can't wait to read the next one!!

Absolutely wicked!. Over 1700 pages of great reading with most of them action packed! So many mysteries and then the last page crept up on me it was soooo frustrating :) the only thing I had trouble with and only at the beginning was the past to the present storyline. I was too hooked to notice the year had changed so maybe past could be put in with the new chapter?

Warning: cannot put down!. Thoroughly enjoyed this book from first page to the last! Must read for anyone into the genre-in fact anyone who likes to read full-stop! Finishing this review and them starting on the next book I can't seem to put this series down and can't wait to see what happens next :)

Brilliant. Couldn't stop reading.. loving this series

The descent series. Loved the 3 books Elsi Kavanare is realistic the stories are great

The descent series 1-3. Great read loved the story line and all the action, with demon, and angels

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Summary of The Descent Series, Books 1-3: Death's Hand, The Darkest Gate, and Dark Union (The Descent Series, #1) by SM Reine

The The Descent Series, Books 1-3: Death's Hand, The Darkest Gate, and Dark Union (The Descent Series, #1) book written by SM Reine was published on 01 March 2014, Saturday in the Contemporary category. A total of 1,343 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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