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A review by elfbread
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
1.0
This book. 😖 I can’t even adequately express how much I disliked this. I haven’t rolled my eyes so much in a very long time. Annoyed by insta-love? Be prepared to hate this book!
The premise of this book sounded so interesting. Greek mythology and fantasy? YES PLEASE. I don't think that biased my expectations that much but wow, was I disappointed in this book. As a general rule, I despise insta-love (looking at you A Discovery of Witches) but this took it to a whole new level. Within one to two days of meeting who is willing to die for a sexual partner? Additionally, after a first hook up, who is head over heels in love with someone? COME ON.
I also found the dialog between Maddox and Ashlyn to be absolutely annoying. Do these two ever speak in a complete sentence to each other? Why waste your time with a sentence when you are spending time with your one true love I guess. This absolutely drove me insane and made me laugh every time they had a scene together.
Instead of focusing on this insta-love, this book would have been better served with more development of the warriors. I was interested in learning more about their characters and backgrounds, but instead I had to suffer through cringe-worthy scenes between Maddox and Ashlyn.
I clearly did not get the appeal of this book, based on it's Goodreads rating. I'm just thankful I borrowed it from my local library instead of spending money on it.
The premise of this book sounded so interesting. Greek mythology and fantasy? YES PLEASE. I don't think that biased my expectations that much but wow, was I disappointed in this book. As a general rule, I despise insta-love (looking at you A Discovery of Witches) but this took it to a whole new level. Within one to two days of meeting who is willing to die for a sexual partner? Additionally, after a first hook up, who is head over heels in love with someone? COME ON.
I also found the dialog between Maddox and Ashlyn to be absolutely annoying. Do these two ever speak in a complete sentence to each other? Why waste your time with a sentence when you are spending time with your one true love I guess. This absolutely drove me insane and made me laugh every time they had a scene together.
Instead of focusing on this insta-love, this book would have been better served with more development of the warriors. I was interested in learning more about their characters and backgrounds, but instead I had to suffer through cringe-worthy scenes between Maddox and Ashlyn.
I clearly did not get the appeal of this book, based on it's Goodreads rating. I'm just thankful I borrowed it from my local library instead of spending money on it.