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A review by vikingwolf
A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang
2.0
What attracted me to this book was the idea of a pervy unicorn living in her underwear drawer. That certainly caught my attention and made me want to read this book! Phineaus does not disappoint-he is really cool but we hardly see him in the whole book! Why go to all the trouble of creating such a great character and then have him vastly underused! Gah!
Abby is not your typical kickass heroine. She has talents but isn't an invincible being, has insecurities and is not always the sharpest tool in the box. It is quite easy to like her though and it is important to me to like my MC. However I despised the way she let herself be treated by Brystion and seemed to be unable to function on any level without a man to order her about. Great, turn useless why don't you. I was not convinced by the so called love interest at any point in the story. I never liked or trusted him, he treats Abby badly and is a total asshat. I had no interest in even the thought of them as a couple.
The plot itself was decent and there were interesting elements to the world building. If there had been more of the magic and introducing Moira, and less of the lurve crap, I'd have been a lot happier. There were good elements to this book and if they had been developed, it could have been a decent read. But as usual we have the destructive relationship cliche which spoils the book for me.
A pity, but I won't read on if there are more books in the series.
Abby is not your typical kickass heroine. She has talents but isn't an invincible being, has insecurities and is not always the sharpest tool in the box. It is quite easy to like her though and it is important to me to like my MC. However I despised the way she let herself be treated by Brystion and seemed to be unable to function on any level without a man to order her about. Great, turn useless why don't you. I was not convinced by the so called love interest at any point in the story. I never liked or trusted him, he treats Abby badly and is a total asshat. I had no interest in even the thought of them as a couple.
The plot itself was decent and there were interesting elements to the world building. If there had been more of the magic and introducing Moira, and less of the lurve crap, I'd have been a lot happier. There were good elements to this book and if they had been developed, it could have been a decent read. But as usual we have the destructive relationship cliche which spoils the book for me.
A pity, but I won't read on if there are more books in the series.