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A review by romancelibrary
Abigail Jones by Grace Callaway
4.0
3.75 stars
Wow, was this DARK or what? I decided to read dark romance novels in honour of our Dark Romance romancestagram challenge on Instagram and also because it's October. I asked for dark and I got it in Abigail Jones. This book shook me...I had to take a break from it because I was scared shitless at one point lol. I'm sure it's not even the darkest romance out there, but man, the paranormal aspect actually scared me lol. I'm a total coward when it comes to certain supernatural things - I can't do horror at all. If it wasn't for the electrifying romance between Abigail and Hux, I would have probably DNF this purely out of cowardice LOL. Who am I kidding though? I love Grace Callaway so I could never DNF her books. Like I said, this book is dark, but keep in mind that things are not what they seem to be. I know some people could potentially DNF this book because some of the scenes that are described early on in the book are quite disturbing. But I will say this again: things are not what they seem to be because there's more to the story that is revealed later on.
Abigail Jones is a dark gothic paranormal historical erotic romance (a mouthful! lol!) - set in the Victorian era, of course. I don't want to spoil the paranormal element for anyone because it wasn't something I saw coming. I was expecting the usual paranormal stuff you find in romance novels and this one took me by surprise. Now that I think about it, it really shouldn't have taken me by surprise because there was some foreshadowing. Anyway, there is a power dynamic between Hux and Abigail that some people might not be overly comfortable with, but this dynamic blossomed into a sweeping and titillating romance. I won't go into much detail, but overall, I really enjoyed reading Abigail Jones, despite my irrational fear. As expected from Callaway, the romance was hooooot. I especially loved the revelation scenes - Hux's revelation was emotionally heavy and Abigail's revelation was sexually intense. So. Good.
Overall, this was good, but I feel like everything was resolved too swiftly in the end. I still have some lingering questions, but I'm guessing this will be a series? So maybe some of these questions will be answered later on.
Wow, was this DARK or what? I decided to read dark romance novels in honour of our Dark Romance romancestagram challenge on Instagram and also because it's October. I asked for dark and I got it in Abigail Jones. This book shook me...I had to take a break from it because I was scared shitless at one point lol. I'm sure it's not even the darkest romance out there, but man, the paranormal aspect actually scared me lol. I'm a total coward when it comes to certain supernatural things - I can't do horror at all. If it wasn't for the electrifying romance between Abigail and Hux, I would have probably DNF this purely out of cowardice LOL. Who am I kidding though? I love Grace Callaway so I could never DNF her books. Like I said, this book is dark, but keep in mind that things are not what they seem to be. I know some people could potentially DNF this book because some of the scenes that are described early on in the book are quite disturbing. But I will say this again: things are not what they seem to be because there's more to the story that is revealed later on.
Abigail Jones is a dark gothic paranormal historical erotic romance (a mouthful! lol!) - set in the Victorian era, of course. I don't want to spoil the paranormal element for anyone because it wasn't something I saw coming. I was expecting the usual paranormal stuff you find in romance novels and this one took me by surprise. Now that I think about it, it really shouldn't have taken me by surprise because there was some foreshadowing. Anyway, there is a power dynamic between Hux and Abigail that some people might not be overly comfortable with, but this dynamic blossomed into a sweeping and titillating romance. I won't go into much detail, but overall, I really enjoyed reading Abigail Jones, despite my irrational fear. As expected from Callaway, the romance was hooooot. I especially loved the revelation scenes - Hux's revelation was emotionally heavy and Abigail's revelation was sexually intense. So. Good.
Overall, this was good, but I feel like everything was resolved too swiftly in the end. I still have some lingering questions, but I'm guessing this will be a series? So maybe some of these questions will be answered later on.