A review by blove0312
Daylighters by Rachel Caine

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

Friends, it is done. <i>except for the small oversight in the fact that there is a book full of the short stories I didn’t bother tracking down in my haste to see what happens next, and I shall read that soon lol</i>

I recommend this series fully. 

First… Claire rubbing Amelie’s blood all over her to lead the hell hound off was ingenious and I love her for it. <i>(I’d have liked to explore the hell hound/werewolf aspect because if vampires exist then that opens a whole building full of other doors…)</i>

Second though, is that Claire wasn’t gone a couple weeks max and I honestly think one week is stretching things, and I work in construction and I’m telling you brand new buildings do not go up that quickly. Not even dollar generals. 

Anyway. I really enjoyed this series. I might even have to buy copies for myself because I absolutely plan on reading them again, though I may check out the audiobooks. 

I’ve watched so many characters grow, and they were all done really well. There were very few plot holes or mistakes, there are just a couple I can think of, but there are 15 books in this series. Not bad. Some of these characters may piss you off one book and then in the next leave your head spinning while you’re making banners to root for them… only to do something so outrageous the following book you shred your brand new banners. I loved it. 

The banter and humor is consistent, the characters rarely feel “off” - and if they do, unfortunately there’s probably some supernatural reason for it. 

I guess I can go ahead and tell you Claire doesn’t leave Shane for Myrnin. Which is utterly heartbreaking. Except of course that I’d rather have him myself so maybe there’s hope. 

Fanatical peoples are dangerous peoples. Just because in the short term something ugly benefits a larger group does not mean it’s right. In fact if people are being hurt it almost always is wrong. (I always finish these too late when I’m tired and fail to complete my train of thought or hesitate to write something bc I know I’m forgetting the exception to the rule or what have you.) Live and let live is the name of the game.