Author(s): Gena Showalter
Title: The Darkest Kiss
Publication: Kindle
Pages:
Genre: Supernatural Romance
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Date Completed: January 13, 2011
Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5
Sloppy, contrived, and downright clumsy. The different plots pull the reader in far too many directions without any real development, and by the end of the novel it's clear that all of those different plotlines are really just a device to keep readers interested in the series and buying subsequent books. Lucien is well-developed and interesting, but Anya is one of the more ridiculous characters I've met in a supernatural romance. I have a feeling these books are actually intended for straight men, because characters like Anya leave far to be desired; she's tacky, immature, shallow, and obnoxious. Really, she's nothing more than the "sheath" Showalter is always so happy to describe. And what being, who has existed for thousands of years, would spew such slang-drenched gibberish? If nothing else, at least I got that out of my system.
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