A review by lucy_qhuay
Burning Dawn by Gena Showalter

4.0

Another great story from one of my favourite paranormal romance writers, Gena freaking Showalter!

I swear this woman is awesome. Can't wait for her next works, especially Torin's and William's books in the Lords of the Underworld series and Bjorn's and Xerxes's in this one!

That being said, I must admit this book wasn't between my favourites.

In order for me to have a blast while reading a book, I need awesome characters and world-shattering angst. I didn't get that.

The angst wasn't that...angsty, if that makes sense. At least, not to me. Plus, I admit Thane and Elin weren't able to capture my heart and hold it with their story.

Thane is a sexy bastard and Elin is a nice girl, but they just can't reach the pure awesomeness that are Xerxes, Bjorn, Aeron, William, Maleah, Olivia and Gilly, my favourite Showalter characters so far.

Don't get me wrong, Thane is an interesting guy. Like I said, he's very attractive and hot and I would totally do him if I was enthralled by him as Elin was, but he's just not important to me when compared to the guys I mentioned above.

And Elin, she's a sweet woman, really. Too sweet. There were times I thought she felt too much like a little girl, due to the things she said and how she acted.

I mean, Gilly herself is supposed to be only 17, but she feels much older. The things she went through shaped her into the mature young woman she is.

But Elin? She went through awful things as well, but when we're inside her mind, it feels like we're looking into the mind of a 12-year-old or something.

She was frequently thinking things in the line of 'Yes. No. I don't know. Bad, bad, Elin.'

See? It looks exactly like a little girl. Or a dog, which is kind of funny now that I'm thinking about it.

Anyway, it was a great story just the same, the characters just didn't catch my attention as others did.

I'm dying to read Bjorn's book, which I'm guessing it's going to be the next in the series, since he can't go on much longer going through that situation with the demon queen bitch. And Xerxes's. What the heck means he has to remember? Oh boy, and Maleah totally has to be Bjorn's woman, then, since I think that Cario is going to be Xerxes's.

O.M.G! So many possibilities!





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Before

THANE's story?

I so want to read about the trio Thane/Bjorn/Xerxes!

What about the heroine? Is she Maleah, the fallen angel?