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A review by divapitbull
Charles by K.F. Breene
2.0
Really 1 1/2 stars but rounded up out of nostalgia for books 1 - 5.
Charles is the final novella in The Darkness Series and I was more than ready to say “Goodbye” to everyone. I LOVED the first 5 books of the series. I never really got on board with the central romance; just didn’t feel the chemistry – but I liked the world building, the characters, the witty banter, the humor, the action/adventure of the mages and the magic wars, the intrigue and the political machinations with the Council and the warring factions and I really enjoyed Sasha as a reasonably strong, resilient, kick ass lead. In one of my reviews I stated that the series could have stopped at book 5 for me and that was prophetically true. Book 6 seemed like filler. Book 7 was Jonas’s story which didn’t grab me and now the grand finale Charles – and I have to say “meh”.
I enjoyed Charles as Sasha’s bodyguard. I loved him as the teenaged, hormonal, horny, little brother sidekick. I wasn’t impressed with the adult, hormonal, horny, manwhore with the self professed magic dick who wanted to screw his way through the mansion as a romantic lead. Not my thing, and to add insult to injury – again – I really just did not feel the chemistry with him and Ann. Chemistry is a really personal thing – it’s not them, it’s me – but there it is. Luckily the Charles and Ann arc has been building over the past several installments, otherwise I would characterize the first 75% of the novella as largely porn without much plot. I think the sex was well written (it’s just that without the chemistry – meh).
The story picks up 75% through – because of course something has to happen to help Charles realize the depth of his feeling and that he really doesn’t want to give up Ann for untold and copious amounts of anonymous sex with half the free world. The plot to get him to that point however is predictable and reads like a bad horror movie. You know the ones where the MCs state “Oh look, we’re in the middle of nowhere with no weapons, we haven’t eaten in days and we’re injured – but there’s a trail pf blood leading into that abandoned building and the sounds of a chainsaw and a woman screaming…let’s go investigate”!!!! Yeah. So that’s not what happens, but it may as well be.
No worries though, all’s well that ends well. Everybody’s happy. All the males are committed and every able bodied female has turned into a baby factory.
Charles is the final novella in The Darkness Series and I was more than ready to say “Goodbye” to everyone. I LOVED the first 5 books of the series. I never really got on board with the central romance; just didn’t feel the chemistry – but I liked the world building, the characters, the witty banter, the humor, the action/adventure of the mages and the magic wars, the intrigue and the political machinations with the Council and the warring factions and I really enjoyed Sasha as a reasonably strong, resilient, kick ass lead. In one of my reviews I stated that the series could have stopped at book 5 for me and that was prophetically true. Book 6 seemed like filler. Book 7 was Jonas’s story which didn’t grab me and now the grand finale Charles – and I have to say “meh”.
I enjoyed Charles as Sasha’s bodyguard. I loved him as the teenaged, hormonal, horny, little brother sidekick. I wasn’t impressed with the adult, hormonal, horny, manwhore with the self professed magic dick who wanted to screw his way through the mansion as a romantic lead. Not my thing, and to add insult to injury – again – I really just did not feel the chemistry with him and Ann. Chemistry is a really personal thing – it’s not them, it’s me – but there it is. Luckily the Charles and Ann arc has been building over the past several installments, otherwise I would characterize the first 75% of the novella as largely porn without much plot. I think the sex was well written (it’s just that without the chemistry – meh).
The story picks up 75% through – because of course something has to happen to help Charles realize the depth of his feeling and that he really doesn’t want to give up Ann for untold and copious amounts of anonymous sex with half the free world. The plot to get him to that point however is predictable and reads like a bad horror movie. You know the ones where the MCs state “Oh look, we’re in the middle of nowhere with no weapons, we haven’t eaten in days and we’re injured – but there’s a trail pf blood leading into that abandoned building and the sounds of a chainsaw and a woman screaming…let’s go investigate”!!!! Yeah. So that’s not what happens, but it may as well be.
No worries though, all’s well that ends well. Everybody’s happy. All the males are committed and every able bodied female has turned into a baby factory.