Nick plays a role in Nothing Gained and is also pivotal to Ms. I wholeheartedly agree with that recommendation, especially as it pertains to Give Him Hell, which provides essential context that Nothing Gained builds on, and introduces Sawyer’s brother Nick.

Blake provides a recommended reading order, and she suggests that you read books two and three of Hellhound Champions – Hell to Pay and Give Him Hell – before reading Nothing Gained. It’s essentially the same story being broadly told from two different vantage points – Sawyer and guardians/mates in this series and Meshaq and his pack in the Hellhound Champions series. The books run contemporaneously, and the plots and characters are interwoven. Blake’s Chosen One universe includes two series that run in parallel: this Chosen One series and the Hellhound Champions series. We’re right there figuring it all out alongside Sawyer, and the rollercoaster ride is thrilling.Īs I mentioned in my review of book three in this series, Next to Nothing, Ms. Blake doles out numerous reveals which are as fascinating as they are frustrating. It’s a mesmerizing mixture that enthralls, especially as Ms. Blake outdid herself with this story, deftly combining heat, humor, mystery and peril with the found family dynamic of Sawyer, his guardians/mates, and their extended families, packs and clans. Nothing Gained, the fourth book in Macy Blake’s completely addictive The Chosen One series, continues the riveting storyline of Sawyer Smith and his guardians/mates in their high-stakes supernatural mission to defeat the bad guy (you know who he is) and fix the broken magic in the world. Because at the end of the day, if there’s nothing ventured, there’s nothing gained. With time running out, Sawyer’s desperate enough to make a daring move - one that’s potentially deadly for him and his mates.

Meanwhile, his newest guardian, the one he’s calling Yellow Eyes, refuses to reveal himself. To complicate matters, Sawyer is growing weaker by the day. With every new layer of mystery that’s revealed, Sawyer’s doubts about his abilities get stronger. To say things are heating up between them is putting it mildly.Ī mess, because he’s the Chosen One, the son of a goddess with no powers of his own, tasked with fixing the broken magic in his world….And he has no clue how to do it. Hot, because he’s found six of his eight mates.

Stop at Nothing by Macy Blake