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Dark of the Night
Henley Stark is no angel, but she is a survivor.
When Henley’s witch coven disowned her for the vampiric tendencies she inherited from her father, desperation drove Henley to Amos, a vampire loan shark. Working with vampires was never her dream job. However, as long as the work put food on the table and a roof over her head, Henley followed the orders given her.
Working with Alex Davenport, a vampire Elder, wasn’t on her wish list either. Henley can’t decide if his sneer is because he has to work with a halfbreed vampire-witch or because that halfbreed is his mate. Either way, there’s a job to do and it’s Henley’s chance to prove herself.
Henley’s been given the job every vampire wants: to work side by side with an Elder and be noticed by him. Will the attempts to sidetrack the mission find her back on louse patrol or will she end up dead? Can she prove to Alex, and to herself, that she’s worth more than everyone thinks?
For readers who enjoy books by K.F. Breene, Heather Hildebrand, Jaymin Eve, and Karen Lynch.
When Henley’s witch coven disowned her for the vampiric tendencies she inherited from her father, desperation drove Henley to Amos, a vampire loan shark. Working with vampires was never her dream job. However, as long as the work put food on the table and a roof over her head, Henley followed the orders given her.
Working with Alex Davenport, a vampire Elder, wasn’t on her wish list either. Henley can’t decide if his sneer is because he has to work with a halfbreed vampire-witch or because that halfbreed is his mate. Either way, there’s a job to do and it’s Henley’s chance to prove herself.
Henley’s been given the job every vampire wants: to work side by side with an Elder and be noticed by him. Will the attempts to sidetrack the mission find her back on louse patrol or will she end up dead? Can she prove to Alex, and to herself, that she’s worth more than everyone thinks?
For readers who enjoy books by K.F. Breene, Heather Hildebrand, Jaymin Eve, and Karen Lynch.
231 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 29, 2021
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October 5, 2021
DARK OF THE NIGHT is a blind KU read for me. It was enjoyable and I was able to read it in two sittings.
From beginning to end, the story follows Henley Stark and her actions to prove her worth. It kind of had a "bully romance" feeling about it with a bit of witchcraft combined with ancient vampires, and a road trip thrown in for some distance.
There is a lot going on and I am left with questions after closing the book. I think this is one I will think of months from now wondering "where they are now".
From beginning to end, the story follows Henley Stark and her actions to prove her worth. It kind of had a "bully romance" feeling about it with a bit of witchcraft combined with ancient vampires, and a road trip thrown in for some distance.
There is a lot going on and I am left with questions after closing the book. I think this is one I will think of months from now wondering "where they are now".
September 23, 2021
An action packed, edge of your seat, twist you don't see coming, paranormal romance from the dynamic duo of Gilbert and Karn! I can't wait for more!
I started this book shortly before midnight and swiped the last page around 3am this morning.
I love the tough as nails, smart mouthed, witty MC Henley! The heat between her and Alex is on fire! And that twist!!!!!
I started this book shortly before midnight and swiped the last page around 3am this morning.
I love the tough as nails, smart mouthed, witty MC Henley! The heat between her and Alex is on fire! And that twist!!!!!
October 2, 2021
Love this new story!
Read it in one go!
Read it in one go!
May 17, 2022
Just a warning, while this book is technically clean ( no onscreen sex ) it does cozy right up to that line with its bite-based make-outs.
My feelings about this book are split down the middle - mostly because the first half and second half of the book are so different.
The first half of the book is a little problematic. Alex starts out SO MEAN that it's impossible to not resent him. His degrading behavior is not okay and not sexy. Its especially bad given the crappy, sad life Henley is living ( The typical racist, rapey, vampire book environment that as a teen I read and shrugged off and as an adult I find singularly lazy and distasteful ). However, there were good points in that first half too.
Henley is a good mix of pragmatic, explosive, and vulnerable. She doesn't have a problem defending herself verbally and physically, and while she may be being victimized, she doesn't let herself be a victim. I thought she was written well and, unlike most "mouthy" characters I've read, I actually liked her. I think this made it extra difficult to be in her head when Alex keeps hurting her feelings and being a crappy person because it's really easy to empathize with her inner pain.
Besides Alex's emotional abuse in the first half needing to be toned down, another big issue with the book is Manuel. He's a generic friendly side character, but by the end of the book he's being depicted as Henley's only friend back when she lived with the vampires despite the fact that, when we as readers saw him back then, he was straight up sexually harassing her. His first half character and second half character are very different, and his initial character is played off like he was just this guy who liked to tease his friend, and that is a horrible way to excuse sexual harassment.
The second half of the book has Alex pulling a 180 and being the perfect, kind gentleman. It kind of gave me whiplash. I do like that they addressed why Alex acted horrible and then why he changed: Alex completely misread and misunderstood Henley and her situation. The book has Henley put Alex in his place and give him better insight into what is going on with her and how he is affecting her when she loses her temper at one point, and after this point is when Alex completely changes (there is also a bonus chapter at the end where we see how Alex incorrectly took in the situation at the beginning), and in a book I can say to myself, okay, this is what the author meant for the feelings to be so it's ok, but it's really not excusable. Even with Alex's impaired understanding in the beginning, it doesn't change the fact that he is the type of person to be ok treating someone that way for purely selfish reasons - and I don't think that split second of clarity that he has would really completely erase his racism and domineering personality the way it did.
If you ignore all of that beginning stuff, the second half does a pretty good job of switching out of that smarmy tone. Alex does a lot to atone for his earlier behavior ( which is acceptable in a book but that I feel like is pretty unrealistic).
I liked the overall storyline and am curious about what happened with Henley's mother. I think that this world could be really interesting to develop.
My feelings about this book are split down the middle - mostly because the first half and second half of the book are so different.
The first half of the book is a little problematic. Alex starts out SO MEAN that it's impossible to not resent him. His degrading behavior is not okay and not sexy. Its especially bad given the crappy, sad life Henley is living ( The typical racist, rapey, vampire book environment that as a teen I read and shrugged off and as an adult I find singularly lazy and distasteful ). However, there were good points in that first half too.
Henley is a good mix of pragmatic, explosive, and vulnerable. She doesn't have a problem defending herself verbally and physically, and while she may be being victimized, she doesn't let herself be a victim. I thought she was written well and, unlike most "mouthy" characters I've read, I actually liked her. I think this made it extra difficult to be in her head when Alex keeps hurting her feelings and being a crappy person because it's really easy to empathize with her inner pain.
Besides Alex's emotional abuse in the first half needing to be toned down, another big issue with the book is Manuel. He's a generic friendly side character, but by the end of the book he's being depicted as Henley's only friend back when she lived with the vampires despite the fact that, when we as readers saw him back then, he was straight up sexually harassing her. His first half character and second half character are very different, and his initial character is played off like he was just this guy who liked to tease his friend, and that is a horrible way to excuse sexual harassment.
The second half of the book has Alex pulling a 180 and being the perfect, kind gentleman. It kind of gave me whiplash. I do like that they addressed why Alex acted horrible and then why he changed: Alex completely misread and misunderstood Henley and her situation. The book has Henley put Alex in his place and give him better insight into what is going on with her and how he is affecting her when she loses her temper at one point, and after this point is when Alex completely changes (there is also a bonus chapter at the end where we see how Alex incorrectly took in the situation at the beginning), and in a book I can say to myself, okay, this is what the author meant for the feelings to be so it's ok, but it's really not excusable. Even with Alex's impaired understanding in the beginning, it doesn't change the fact that he is the type of person to be ok treating someone that way for purely selfish reasons - and I don't think that split second of clarity that he has would really completely erase his racism and domineering personality the way it did.
If you ignore all of that beginning stuff, the second half does a pretty good job of switching out of that smarmy tone. Alex does a lot to atone for his earlier behavior ( which is acceptable in a book but that I feel like is pretty unrealistic).
I liked the overall storyline and am curious about what happened with Henley's mother. I think that this world could be really interesting to develop.
October 13, 2021
Amazing book definitely am excited to read more thankfully both authors have other books I'm reading in the interim.....
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