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A review by vikcs
Dark Glitter by C.M. Stunich, Tate James
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
While I wasn’t over the moon about the author duo first co-production, individually I love their works and I had a feeling that Dark glitter is going to be way better. OH BOY, was it better, beyond imagination! I absolutely loved every minute of this dark and sensual fantasy romance and if I would go only by how much I enjoyed the story then the book definitely would get 5+ stars. However there were a couple of things that bothered me so I decided to reflect this by giving only 4.5 stars. But let’s start at the beginning.
I’m not going to analyze the writing style since I did that in a couple of other reviews of books by the authors, I’m only going to say that both of them has an awesome but different style yet they combine their craft beautifully. It not only works together but really engaging and easy to read, has quite a dynamic flow to it. I would say that heavy dark atmosphere is more C.M. Stunich style but I think Tate James also has a bit of a gruesome flare, only not as explored yet.
What I loved most about this story was the utilization of the Wild hunt motive and the phenomenal way the authors combined it with modern elements, like the MC. Combining these effects leads to a hierarchy that lets the whole reverse harem thingy and the public displays be a more believable part of the story. I personally, don’t really like fae stories but this premise is so intriguing and interesting that I couldn’t put the book down.
I think the plot has a lot of promise and quite a few different directions to go and while I enjoyed the progress the characters took towards their goal I also felt a bit confused here and there regarding the events. I just feel that for one the world building is lacking in places, not huge things that some little details that let you navigate the storyline better. Also I found it a bit strange that a lot of huge things simply are not addressed, leaving them open and out there, and however it doesn’t mean they won’t be in future books.
The story is narrated by different POV, so far 4 if I remember correctly, alternating between the different members of the RH, but mainly by Ciarah.
I loved her character, especially her duality with the young human persona and the ageless goddess. I loved how they put this duality in use, which helped to make the fact that her broken and clueless self could became a powerful and commanding persona by a snap of a finger. That saying, sometimes her ‘goddess’ self entitlement annoyed me a bit. I enjoyed how she discovered herself and how despite her brokenness she stood her ground facing every danger.
As for the men in the harem, I liked them, especially Reece even if he and Killian are kinda in the background if it comes to Arlo. They all represent a hugely different personality but all of them are alpha males whom need to learn submitting to Ciarah whims. What bothered me a bit was the whole accent thing written out. That was just annoying; I didn’t like it a bit. But I could overlook it because of the brilliance of the story.
There is one more thing that wasn’t my fave thing about this story was the way it went about sex. While it could have been steamy, okay it was too, for me the way they did the sexual scenes, the whole public display, demanding, no care in the world atmosphere just took away something from it. Not the sensuality maybe a bit of the intimacy and thanks to this for me it felt a bit clinical, sterile or more like as if having sex is just another bodily function like breathing and the emotional element just wasn’t there.
Anyway I loved the book and can’t wait for the next one especially after the way it ended. It was EPIC!! Thanks to the authors for the opportunity to read it early.
I’m not going to analyze the writing style since I did that in a couple of other reviews of books by the authors, I’m only going to say that both of them has an awesome but different style yet they combine their craft beautifully. It not only works together but really engaging and easy to read, has quite a dynamic flow to it. I would say that heavy dark atmosphere is more C.M. Stunich style but I think Tate James also has a bit of a gruesome flare, only not as explored yet.
What I loved most about this story was the utilization of the Wild hunt motive and the phenomenal way the authors combined it with modern elements, like the MC. Combining these effects leads to a hierarchy that lets the whole reverse harem thingy and the public displays be a more believable part of the story. I personally, don’t really like fae stories but this premise is so intriguing and interesting that I couldn’t put the book down.
I think the plot has a lot of promise and quite a few different directions to go and while I enjoyed the progress the characters took towards their goal I also felt a bit confused here and there regarding the events. I just feel that for one the world building is lacking in places, not huge things that some little details that let you navigate the storyline better. Also I found it a bit strange that a lot of huge things simply are not addressed, leaving them open and out there, and however it doesn’t mean they won’t be in future books.
The story is narrated by different POV, so far 4 if I remember correctly, alternating between the different members of the RH, but mainly by Ciarah.
I loved her character, especially her duality with the young human persona and the ageless goddess. I loved how they put this duality in use, which helped to make the fact that her broken and clueless self could became a powerful and commanding persona by a snap of a finger. That saying, sometimes her ‘goddess’ self entitlement annoyed me a bit. I enjoyed how she discovered herself and how despite her brokenness she stood her ground facing every danger.
As for the men in the harem, I liked them, especially Reece even if he and Killian are kinda in the background if it comes to Arlo. They all represent a hugely different personality but all of them are alpha males whom need to learn submitting to Ciarah whims. What bothered me a bit was the whole accent thing written out. That was just annoying; I didn’t like it a bit. But I could overlook it because of the brilliance of the story.
There is one more thing that wasn’t my fave thing about this story was the way it went about sex. While it could have been steamy, okay it was too, for me the way they did the sexual scenes, the whole public display, demanding, no care in the world atmosphere just took away something from it. Not the sensuality maybe a bit of the intimacy and thanks to this for me it felt a bit clinical, sterile or more like as if having sex is just another bodily function like breathing and the emotional element just wasn’t there.
Anyway I loved the book and can’t wait for the next one especially after the way it ended. It was EPIC!! Thanks to the authors for the opportunity to read it early.