Apprenticed to the infamous Necromancer of Boston, Daniel Macavoy has seen a lot of upheaval in his life since that fateful day. Rescued from an abusive father and the monster he was once enslaved by, Daniel has struggled with every trauma that scarred his heart and mind.

Yet with the love and support of his found family, Daniel has become stronger than he ever imagined. A capable sorcerer, he’s been entrusted with the ancestral family seat of the Salvatores, the legendary site of the Massacre, the culmination of the centuries long Blood Wars between the Salvatores and the Macavoys. The huge mansion is a testament to old school magic, high sorcery, and comes with a history almost as impressive as the enigmatic fae warrior who calls the gardens home.

Rory Brennan is immortal. A member of the nearly extinct High Court Sidhe, Rory remembers when humans climbed down from trees and learned to stand upright. His long life has been spent hand in hand with his identical twin, Cian, who happens to be locked in prison, sentenced to a thousand years for heinous crimes committed while Rory slept for centuries in stasis, hovering at the edge of death. Rory wakes to a modern world after his resurrection at the hands of the Necromancer of Boston, only to lose Cian to a mortal prison.

Once worshipped as a god, Rory Brennan is learning what it means to exist in a modern mortal world. Rory finds that for the very first time, true love has found its way into his immortal heart.

Daniel and Rory grow closer, love springing to life in the narrowing space between them. Daniel has concerns about Cian, the serial killer twin brother of the man he loves, and the repeated attempts of strangers trying to break into the Mansion. He’s got no idea what these strangers are after, and Rory is certain that Cian is in ever-growing danger locked up in Blackguard Prison.

With the danger increasing from all sides, Daniel and Rory struggle to balance surviving with falling in love. A dragon with a growth spurt isn’t helping matters, and his mentor’s watchful eye makes things both more awkward and potentially lethal.

LOVE SPRINGS ETERNAL is the fifth book in the bestselling Beacon Hill Sorcerer series and should not be read as a standalone.

How was it?

As much as I wanted to see Ruairi and Daniel’s romance, I dragged my feet to read book 5 of The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series because for some reason I thought this book was the last in the series and I wasn’t ready for that. Anyway, it’s not the last book and I’ll talk about the next one later on.

Rory and Daniel’s story is very romantic, it’s been building since The Necromancer’s Reckoning (Book 3), and that slow and simmering built to their romance is found here as well despite being on a shorter timeline and not about them pinning for each other. Like Mastering the Flames (Book 4) the story is not rushed and feels a bit like an introductory novel. The tone is different, it reflects our main characters, meaning that it’s not as action-driven as the novels focusing on Angel, who’s a bit of a hot-head quick to act first and ask questions later.

However, there are glorious action scenes even if one of the antagonists feels like a…downgrade. Or more like, in my opinion, that the person in question shouldn’t have been as much of a problem for these two. The fact that they temporarily got away at one point baffled me even if it makes sense storywise that the villain sometimes gets a bit of luck.

In each novel that features Daniel, the evolution of his character is felt as much as it is seen in his actions but here he makes a few leaps in terms of becoming who he’s supposed to be. As for Rory, there’s not as much backstory as Constantine had but it’s not needed. His love and affection for Danie and his connection with Cian take precedence; His anatomy was a bit of a surprise for me but I rolled with it. I did like what was suggested about Cian’s sexuality and I wouldn’t be opposed to learning a little more about him.

Yet something in this book took some wind out of the sail of this story for me. Love Spring Eternal leans harder on the romance and political machinations than the action, which is fine but the tease for the upcoming story blew the whole novel away. I got far more excited about the next story than the one I was finishing. It’s good that it came so late in the story but it definitely took some of my enjoyment away from this book.

For reference when I watched Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the post-credit scene made the whole movie feel like a bit of a waste. In this case, it makes the entire book seem more like a side story that has little to no effect on the main plot.

In any case, the fifth book in The Beacon Hill Sorcerer series is worth a read and a listen – I was waiting for that but not as much as I’m waiting for The Necromancer’s War.

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