Title: Darklove
Series: Dark Ink Chronicles Book #5
Stand alone: no
Author: Elle Jasper
Genre: Paranormal romance
Blurb:
Utterly destroyed, or lost forever?
This is the question that plagues Riley Poe. After her vampire lover, Eli Dupre, was seemingly murdered by a fallen angel, she receives word that he’s actually trapped in an alternate dimension, where hell on earth is revealed and dark forces reign. Riley’s been there before, and it nearly ripped her to pieces.
But her efforts to find Eli are thwarted by a new foe: a powerful, unstoppable vampire is slaughtering humans. Riley knows how to handle a vamp, and with the WUP team by her side, she’s determined to take down the rogue.
But what she finds rocks her to the core, as she discovers a startling connection between the slaughter and Eli, who might not be missing after all—and who might not be the same vampire she fell in love with.
Favorite Quote(s)/Excerpt(s): ” Why does everyone love you so much, Riley?” Rhine asks in the shadows. “Have you bewitched every ale around you?”
“Nah,” I answer, and I’m searching for the way out. “It’s the ink.”
Thoughts: First off, it took me forever to get around to reading this book. It has been sitting in my TBR pile for awhile. It has nothing to do with the author or the book itself. Frankly, when I snatched it up because the blurb sounded so good, I didn’t realize it was part of a series…and definitely not book five down the line in it! I could tell to from trying to start it that it is not one of those ‘stand alone’ in a series books that you can just grab and start. Needless to say, it took me around to starting the series.
Now, with that being said, I really enjoyed the series itself. It is interesting, refreshing, and just a different type of urban fantasy. After reading Darklove and getting my own thoughts on it, I looked at what other people had to say – many of which praised this one as best in the series. Personally, I actually enjoyed the first book much more than this. Darklove is special in it’s own way, because so much happens up until this book…and you are so invested in the characters by then that you just have to see what happens! I can’t say that it pulled enough emotion to bring a tear to my eye, but it is an emotional book, no doubt. We see our characters hit some lows that we never saw coming. We also get a bunch of new characters that I wouldn’t mind seeing more of. And I just know I’m not the only one hoping Noah gets his own book! 😉
The first book (as I mentioned above) is my favorite – probably because it has the promise of a great new urban fantasy to it – plus, we get to slowly get to know Riley before the sh*& hits the fan. Book four (Black Fallen) was my least favorite, but not enough to keep me from continuing on. All in all, a great series to start if your looking for a new series to begin!
Rating: B
