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sparklychee's Reviews (66)

How to Fall in Love with a Demon

Lola Glass

5.0

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Darkest Flame

Donna Grant

4.0

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was a fun read! I've never read anything by Donna Grant before but I'm when I stumbled across this I knew I had to give it a try. If you like authors like J.R. Ward, Jenna Black, Jeanine Frost, Kim Harrison, Lilith Saintcrow, Kel Carpenter or Ilona Andrews, you'll likely really enjoy this book and the connected books in the series/universe!

Overall, I really liked the writing and the pacing was pretty fast but not really a surprise for a Paranormal Romance/Urban fantasy book. The relationship between Kellan and Denae was cute but pretty predictable lol. Though~ I wish we would've seen Kellan struggle more with his feelings bc of a specific part of his background (no spoilers 🫢). If you want to avoid spice, avoid this series lol! It's got a nice balance of plot and spice but the plot is more spread out across the books vs fleshed out in one.

My biggest complaint about this book is that this was book one in the Dark Kings series, but with all the plot references and characters that weren't really introduced, it felt like it should've been book four. It kept throwing me off lol! And when characters were introduced I found myself wondering who they were and why they were important.

The author said her series are standalone to each other, BUT I honestly wouldn't recommend reading in that order unless you just don't care to know allll of the context.

If you DO want to know all of the things, if recommend this series order:
Dark Sword, Dark Warriors, THEN Dark Kings (Dragon Kings and the Reapers comes after Dark Kings)

That said 🙃 loll it's one hell of a commitment...its almost 20 books (including novellas) BEFORE you get to book one of the Dark Kings series, so enter if you dare! It'll be a fun read all the same, I bet.

If you just want to start from the Dark Kings series, it might be better to just knock out the novellas and maybe Phelan's book (Dark Warriors #7) and possibly Ian's book (Dark Warriors #2) before Dark Kings book #1 (Darkest Flame).

Blood Song

Anthony Ryan

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have so many thoughts about this book 🫣! I really enjoyed this read but I caution new readers to be PATIENT with the plot. Definitely a strong start to the series but there's a LOT of context and exposition. In my opinion, the plot moves at a much slower pace in comparison to series like The Bound and the Broken or Faithful and the Fallen, BUT Ryan does a great job keeping you immersed in the story.

There's a hidden depth to this book that I wasn't really expecting that made it even more enjoyable. You really have to pay attention, because I noticed even things that didn't seem super significant ended up being pretty impactful.

I loved the found family element to this and the action was SUPERB 👌🏾🤩!!! I look forward to how much deeper this story goes. Even before the end of the book, it was clear that this was merely the tip of the iceberg. There's action, a lil romance, tragedy, betrayal, adventure and even some mystery! You're in for a good time if you pick it up 🤗.