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The Darkest Night
by Gena Showalter
4/5
Reread 10/18/17
After reading The Dark Promise, I was wondering if I had imagined how good this book was. I wondered if my desire to leap into this series had been a fluke or due to temporary literary fugue. Nope. Upon rereading this, I was delighted by confirmation of how cute this love story was. Maddox and Ashlyn LOVE each other. Basically immediately. Their scenes are a little silly but so sweet and cute. They have great chemistry between them and it burns the pages at time. I read these types of books bc I like love stories. I do not like, I hate you and want nothing to do with you books. Those aren't fun for me. This one was fun for me.
This book is all over the place. Clearly there are many storylines beginning with this. I remembered being fairly confused by several of the events and was happy to see how it all made sense to me. Now. Then, it was too much. I think this is one of the worst parts of Showalter's books. That she packs so much into the books to keep readers' interested, that things become confusing and convoluted. It dulls the reading experience rather than enhancing it.
Regardless of the writing snafus, I still think these first books in the series were great fun.
Reread 10/18/17
After reading The Dark Promise, I was wondering if I had imagined how good this book was. I wondered if my desire to leap into this series had been a fluke or due to temporary literary fugue. Nope. Upon rereading this, I was delighted by confirmation of how cute this love story was. Maddox and Ashlyn LOVE each other. Basically immediately. Their scenes are a little silly but so sweet and cute. They have great chemistry between them and it burns the pages at time. I read these types of books bc I like love stories. I do not like, I hate you and want nothing to do with you books. Those aren't fun for me. This one was fun for me.
This book is all over the place. Clearly there are many storylines beginning with this. I remembered being fairly confused by several of the events and was happy to see how it all made sense to me. Now. Then, it was too much. I think this is one of the worst parts of Showalter's books. That she packs so much into the books to keep readers' interested, that things become confusing and convoluted. It dulls the reading experience rather than enhancing it.
Regardless of the writing snafus, I still think these first books in the series were great fun.