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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
I'm hesitant about continuing this series but I liked this book enough to try the second and third.
I enjoyed this book, although still a little to "harlequin" feeling to me, the characters were likable. The story interesting and unique and just enough good promise for me to want to continue the series. However, it's making me realize that I really enjoy the urban fantasy genre more than paranormal romance genre. Or fantasy with bits of romance thrown in.
The concept is original, but the romance part was overly dramatic (aka clingy) for me.
Loveable characters:
No
Okay so studying for med school, I wanted a break and something EXTREMELY light and simple to read. This book gave me exactly that.
The Darkest Night is about a group of warriors possessed by demons with a much intricate plot than I excpected. One that was actually well constructed and I appretiated it. It has a shifting perspective between the characters keeping things interesting and away from the monotony of the 2 main characters.
Speaking about the protagonists, all the warriors seemend like the same exact type of men, without any major variations - so not much to say about them. I am curious though as to know about the others in further books. Now, the female heroin was annoying for me. It's my personal opinion, but I don't usually like weak, fragile princessy type of girls that need saving (just like she says in one of the scenes). Ashlyn was, however, purposefully made that way, and there are other women (like Anya and Danika) that are more interesting. Yet overall I found her contradicting - changing opinions in wanting to stay or leave in a blink of an eye, and also honestly just dumb.
Another thing that might not be an attractive factor for readers is the insta love that happens. I mean, in the expence of a night they are practically sacrificing themselves for each other. Personally, i didn't care because i just wanted a break from arduous academic texts, so I overlooked the few eye rolling scenes.
Overall its a cute read, with promising characters and plot that I'm surprisingly interested to see how the author explored them in the next books.
The Darkest Night is about a group of warriors possessed by demons with a much intricate plot than I excpected. One that was actually well constructed and I appretiated it. It has a shifting perspective between the characters keeping things interesting and away from the monotony of the 2 main characters.
Speaking about the protagonists, all the warriors seemend like the same exact type of men, without any major variations - so not much to say about them. I am curious though as to know about the others in further books. Now, the female heroin was annoying for me. It's my personal opinion, but I don't usually like weak, fragile princessy type of girls that need saving (just like she says in one of the scenes). Ashlyn was, however, purposefully made that way, and there are other women (like Anya and Danika) that are more interesting. Yet overall I found her contradicting - changing opinions in wanting to stay or leave in a blink of an eye, and also honestly just dumb.
Another thing that might not be an attractive factor for readers is the insta love that happens. I mean, in the expence of a night they are practically sacrificing themselves for each other. Personally, i didn't care because i just wanted a break from arduous academic texts, so I overlooked the few eye rolling scenes.
Overall its a cute read, with promising characters and plot that I'm surprisingly interested to see how the author explored them in the next books.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gena Showalter is a fantastic paranormal romance author. This is right in line with what I would expect from her as she always delivers on the steamy romance scenes and makes you feel what the characters are feeling.
Props to you ma'am. Keep doing what you are doing!
Props to you ma'am. Keep doing what you are doing!