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harleybasswood's review
3.0
God the first half of this book pissed me off. It was slow, sluggish and I almost stopped reading I was so annoyed with Riley. Then Romania hits and the story gets much more interesting, setting up more intricate plot lines for future books. So I'll say, if you've enjoyed this series, even as just simple fluff lit, then stick this one out. The first half stinks, but the second half kicks some (literal) ass and makes up for it. Nice save Jasper.
elliefufu's review
3.0
“We’re vampires, Riley” he says pulling back and smiling, “No need to email when you can cyber chat”- he taps my temples- “here.”
Riley Poe is a world famous tattoo artist living in Savannah, Georgia with her adoptive godparents helping to raise her younger brother. Riley is not your average human, she is actually a human with tendencies after being bitten by two vampire brothers and was very lucky to escape being changed into one herself. Riley may not want to be a vampire but she is in love with one Eli Dupre, whose family made a deal with Riley’s Gullah godparents family hundreds of years ago to be the protectors of Savannah and the family takes their job very seriously.
I had a very hard time while reading this book and I honestly believe it’s because I’ve never read the series before and I was missing so much information that had happened in the previous two books. I really loved Riley and looking back on it I really wished that I would have caught myself up with the series before starting Eventide because it’s a great book I was was just spent the whole thing trying to catch up. This is definitely not a stand alone but I would recommend the series.
Riley is going through a very hard time in Eventide and a lot of the book is flashbacks or dreams. I honestly didn’t know if these were real or what was going on and again I was very confused. All of a sudden I felt the book took a very drastic twist and completely changed it’s direction. It happened so fast I thought I had skipped some chapters and keep going back and trying to figure out what happened. I really liked all the characters but since it’s a little far in the series you are expected to already know them and all the relationships (there are a lot) that are going on.
I found the set up for the next book interesting and I am going to try to give the series another chance. I hope that there is more of a back story with all of the new characters and I’m wondering of Mrs. Jasper isn’t going to take a page out of the Jeaniene Frost handbook and start a side series of friends of Riley and Eli. Again this is a great book but you need to read the series in order or you will as confused as I was and unable to really enjoy the world of Riley Poe.
Riley Poe is a world famous tattoo artist living in Savannah, Georgia with her adoptive godparents helping to raise her younger brother. Riley is not your average human, she is actually a human with tendencies after being bitten by two vampire brothers and was very lucky to escape being changed into one herself. Riley may not want to be a vampire but she is in love with one Eli Dupre, whose family made a deal with Riley’s Gullah godparents family hundreds of years ago to be the protectors of Savannah and the family takes their job very seriously.
I had a very hard time while reading this book and I honestly believe it’s because I’ve never read the series before and I was missing so much information that had happened in the previous two books. I really loved Riley and looking back on it I really wished that I would have caught myself up with the series before starting Eventide because it’s a great book I was was just spent the whole thing trying to catch up. This is definitely not a stand alone but I would recommend the series.
Riley is going through a very hard time in Eventide and a lot of the book is flashbacks or dreams. I honestly didn’t know if these were real or what was going on and again I was very confused. All of a sudden I felt the book took a very drastic twist and completely changed it’s direction. It happened so fast I thought I had skipped some chapters and keep going back and trying to figure out what happened. I really liked all the characters but since it’s a little far in the series you are expected to already know them and all the relationships (there are a lot) that are going on.
I found the set up for the next book interesting and I am going to try to give the series another chance. I hope that there is more of a back story with all of the new characters and I’m wondering of Mrs. Jasper isn’t going to take a page out of the Jeaniene Frost handbook and start a side series of friends of Riley and Eli. Again this is a great book but you need to read the series in order or you will as confused as I was and unable to really enjoy the world of Riley Poe.
chllybrd's review
3.0
I loved AFTERLIGHT and was not so into EVERDARK but EVENTIDE got me a little more excited about the future of the Dark Ink Chronicles series.
EVERDARK ended on a bit of a cliffhanger and EVENTIDE picks up exactly where it left off. I have always liked Riley. She is funky, is comfortable in her own skin and loves and protects those close to her. She is still struggling with the venom coursing through her body and book 3 deals with her losing chunks of time and not knowing what she is doing. She ends up in the hands of those she never would have thought she would be getting help from. Eli is there throughout it all but Riley does a lot of hiding and pushing him away because she doesn't want to admit there is a problem. The pacing was pretty slow and even though things happen there wasn't a lot put into the story as a whole. When all the stuff with Riley is finally out in the open at the end of the book is where I really felt the series was picking up again. Some new characters are thrown into the mix and I feel that a lot of great things will come of their arrival in future books.
There isn't a lot of action in EVENTIDE but it ends on a note that promises a lot in the future. I love Eli and Riley together and when Riley was in her right mind their relationship was full of hotness. I have liked the settings of all the books and EVENTIDE kept with that. For those disappointing in book 2 I think you will start to get a little more into the series again if you give it another chance.
EVERDARK ended on a bit of a cliffhanger and EVENTIDE picks up exactly where it left off. I have always liked Riley. She is funky, is comfortable in her own skin and loves and protects those close to her. She is still struggling with the venom coursing through her body and book 3 deals with her losing chunks of time and not knowing what she is doing. She ends up in the hands of those she never would have thought she would be getting help from. Eli is there throughout it all but Riley does a lot of hiding and pushing him away because she doesn't want to admit there is a problem. The pacing was pretty slow and even though things happen there wasn't a lot put into the story as a whole. When all the stuff with Riley is finally out in the open at the end of the book is where I really felt the series was picking up again. Some new characters are thrown into the mix and I feel that a lot of great things will come of their arrival in future books.
There isn't a lot of action in EVENTIDE but it ends on a note that promises a lot in the future. I love Eli and Riley together and when Riley was in her right mind their relationship was full of hotness. I have liked the settings of all the books and EVENTIDE kept with that. For those disappointing in book 2 I think you will start to get a little more into the series again if you give it another chance.
dtaylorbooks's review
3.0
How did we end up here?
It’s the third book in the series and it would appear I’m developing a liking for PNR smut. I’ll take it.
Okay, book. You've got fifty pages. Go!
I’m watching Riley quickly de-evolve into this unlikable super snatch and it’s kind of cranking my ass. Since I could read the book in a sitting I’m just going to follow through until the end. Plus I’ve come this far so why not?
What worked . . .
The last third or so of the book was its own redemption, really. I finally got to see the old Riley back, with super awesome powers of awesomeness, of course. That everyone’s so incredibly jealous of and makes all manner of guy want to bang her and whatever. But really, the kicker, was the introduction of new creatures and this organization that polices the supernatural world when shit gets out of hand. Jasper sucked me right back in and while I’m pretty much over Riley and her uncanny ability to get every guy in the world slathering over her I want to know more about this greater world that’s opening up. Namely angels. It got me good. Timing is everything and all that.
Plus Jasper that this rather awesome ability to loop interesting back into an otherwise uninteresting moment in the story. Since a solid chunk of the book was just Riley bitchifying Jasper kept little things happening, even if ti was just Riley losing her mind yet again. It was enough for me in the context of the greater story arc. I guess I just like her writing. Not the greatest in the world, as I’ve said before, but it hits me right. I really don’t have a good explanation for it.
What didn't work . . .
EVENTIDE is the book that sees Riley change into a mega bitch and, quite frankly, it goes on for a bit longer than it’s welcome. At first she just started off a bit cranky but then she just got nasty and I really didn’t like being in her head. It was just a rancid place to be and I think this part of the story would have been better off being told from the points of view of the people around her. You already knew what was happening to her and Riley was about as deep as a puddle in this one so it’s not like her inner thoughts offered much insight so why not get out of her head completely? I think the story would have been more enjoyable that way.
In EVERDARK the chapters were prefaced by snippets from Riley, a commentary about something to come in the chapter itself. In EVENTIDE they were blurbs from other characters about Riley and it felt like a cheap interview on plastic furniture had just been conducted. They were annoying and ultimately useless to the greater story. Maybe because they were so Riley-centric that they really got on my nerves, as if the characters only feel in terms of Riley. At this point the world is starting to revolve around her and I’m kind of over it.
And her relationship with Victorian was just . . . weird. It somewhat served a purpose in this book but at this point he’s just a creep. A creep that Riley warms up to. Weird. I hope it’s fleshed out in later books, and not necessarily that way either.
And in the end . . .
I already have the fourth book on my Goodreads WANT list. I can’t help it. I want to keep coming back. It’s like an addiction. Although I have a feeling this might be the make or break book. If I don’t enjoy it I’ll probably stop reading the series. There isn’t enough sex to keep me entertained and Riley really isn’t my friend anymore so it’s going to come down to the world but I’m still interested in seeing how it pans out.
It’s the third book in the series and it would appear I’m developing a liking for PNR smut. I’ll take it.
Okay, book. You've got fifty pages. Go!
I’m watching Riley quickly de-evolve into this unlikable super snatch and it’s kind of cranking my ass. Since I could read the book in a sitting I’m just going to follow through until the end. Plus I’ve come this far so why not?
What worked . . .
The last third or so of the book was its own redemption, really. I finally got to see the old Riley back, with super awesome powers of awesomeness, of course. That everyone’s so incredibly jealous of and makes all manner of guy want to bang her and whatever. But really, the kicker, was the introduction of new creatures and this organization that polices the supernatural world when shit gets out of hand. Jasper sucked me right back in and while I’m pretty much over Riley and her uncanny ability to get every guy in the world slathering over her I want to know more about this greater world that’s opening up. Namely angels. It got me good. Timing is everything and all that.
Plus Jasper that this rather awesome ability to loop interesting back into an otherwise uninteresting moment in the story. Since a solid chunk of the book was just Riley bitchifying Jasper kept little things happening, even if ti was just Riley losing her mind yet again. It was enough for me in the context of the greater story arc. I guess I just like her writing. Not the greatest in the world, as I’ve said before, but it hits me right. I really don’t have a good explanation for it.
What didn't work . . .
EVENTIDE is the book that sees Riley change into a mega bitch and, quite frankly, it goes on for a bit longer than it’s welcome. At first she just started off a bit cranky but then she just got nasty and I really didn’t like being in her head. It was just a rancid place to be and I think this part of the story would have been better off being told from the points of view of the people around her. You already knew what was happening to her and Riley was about as deep as a puddle in this one so it’s not like her inner thoughts offered much insight so why not get out of her head completely? I think the story would have been more enjoyable that way.
In EVERDARK the chapters were prefaced by snippets from Riley, a commentary about something to come in the chapter itself. In EVENTIDE they were blurbs from other characters about Riley and it felt like a cheap interview on plastic furniture had just been conducted. They were annoying and ultimately useless to the greater story. Maybe because they were so Riley-centric that they really got on my nerves, as if the characters only feel in terms of Riley. At this point the world is starting to revolve around her and I’m kind of over it.
And her relationship with Victorian was just . . . weird. It somewhat served a purpose in this book but at this point he’s just a creep. A creep that Riley warms up to. Weird. I hope it’s fleshed out in later books, and not necessarily that way either.
And in the end . . .
I already have the fourth book on my Goodreads WANT list. I can’t help it. I want to keep coming back. It’s like an addiction. Although I have a feeling this might be the make or break book. If I don’t enjoy it I’ll probably stop reading the series. There isn’t enough sex to keep me entertained and Riley really isn’t my friend anymore so it’s going to come down to the world but I’m still interested in seeing how it pans out.
shickmanhimes's review
3.0
God the first half of this book pissed me off. It was slow, sluggish and I almost stopped reading I was so annoyed with Riley. Then Romania hits and the story gets much more interesting, setting up more intricate plot lines for future books. So I'll say, if you've enjoyed this series, even as just simple fluff lit, then stick this one out. The first half stinks, but the second half kicks some (literal) ass and makes up for it. Nice save Jasper.
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