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A review by ericawrites
Dark Skye by Kresley Cole
3.0
Dark Skye felt like it didn't know what type of book it wanted to be. Was it an IAD adventure romp using Dante's Inferno as a blueprint with a fallen angel being led into fated mate temptation? (We haven't had a romp since Pleasure of a Dark Prince, 6 books ago!) Or was it about a disabled autistic man who is being deprogrammed from a cult (clearly based on Evangelical Christianity and Mormonism) and is a virgin?
The book also felt 50-100 pages too long with some of the scenes needing shortening.
I loved the moment where, after they're married/have had sex, Thronos asks Lanthe what he's going to dream of at night because she's fulfilled all his dreams. That was so romantic and sweet, and it really fit their childhood friends to enemies to lovers' journey and reflected their childhood innocent best friends' love.
IAD LGBTQ+ Watch
Portia and Ember were back. They are still evil. Lanthe notes that she doesn't know if they're sisters or lesbians, but after sharing an Order cell with them, she leans toward lesbians. Ember sexually harasses Thronos, so she's likely bisexual. But they confirm they are evil by cutting out Lanthe's tongue and otherwise being evil.
Lanthe does appreciate Nïx's looks in a gay way, but as she's shamed for her sexual experience by Thronos throughout the book, Lanthe doesn't mention any non-male lovers.
Nereus' court holds lots of orgies. While we do not explicitly see queer couplings, it's pretty easy to at least see the women (nereids and nymphs) being sexy with each other. Whether those acts would be for themselves or performative ones for Nereus? Unknown. Nereus is a trickster god, and while he's not in the Pravus evil camp, he's pretty much out for himself and does some evil stuff.
The book also felt 50-100 pages too long with some of the scenes needing shortening.
I loved the moment where, after they're married/have had sex, Thronos asks Lanthe what he's going to dream of at night because she's fulfilled all his dreams. That was so romantic and sweet, and it really fit their childhood friends to enemies to lovers' journey and reflected their childhood innocent best friends' love.
IAD LGBTQ+ Watch
Portia and Ember were back. They are still evil. Lanthe notes that she doesn't know if they're sisters or lesbians, but after sharing an Order cell with them, she leans toward lesbians. Ember sexually harasses Thronos, so she's likely bisexual. But they confirm they are evil by cutting out Lanthe's tongue and otherwise being evil.
Lanthe does appreciate Nïx's looks in a gay way, but as she's shamed for her sexual experience by Thronos throughout the book, Lanthe doesn't mention any non-male lovers.
Nereus' court holds lots of orgies. While we do not explicitly see queer couplings, it's pretty easy to at least see the women (nereids and nymphs) being sexy with each other. Whether those acts would be for themselves or performative ones for Nereus? Unknown. Nereus is a trickster god, and while he's not in the Pravus evil camp, he's pretty much out for himself and does some evil stuff.