Darkness Devours (Dark Angels, book 3) by Keri Arthur
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Edition Reviewed: eBook
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle
Goodreads: Darkness Devours (3)
New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur has been hailed for her “smart, sexy”* urban fantasy novels. Now, she continues her Dark Angels series set in the realm of danger and desire known as the Guardian World…
Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead. Now, she is using her gifts—and the investigative know-how of a man who broke her heart—to find a cabal searching for the power to control time, reality, and fate. And this is besides her work for the Vampire Council, half of whom want her dead.
But for now the Council needs her alive. Someone is killing blood-whore addicted vampires, and Risa must find the guilty party. If she succeeds, she may finally convince the council to lift the execution order on her life. But before she succeeds, she must first survive…
Review:
How does saving the world from the gates of hell being opened not work as enough of a storyline for a series? Oh, it’s probably not enough when you're trying to drag said series out for a while. The problem is the mysteries/jobs that Madeline Hunter is forcing Risa to work on are slapped on. It's both too much and boring at the same time. This time I will admit that it fleshes out the chilling world of vampires in the Arthur's world. Which is a nice touch.
What I don't like is that clearly Lucian is the leak. Or some kind of stink. Risa clinging onto her “belief” that she can trust him is exhausting. Especially since she's constantly saying she can trust him, but then thinking to herself “maybe”. Plus, Lucian is just an annoying slut. Please. Just stop. He’s reading your mind during sex. Yeah, that doesn’t sound shady at all.
Oh, Azriel. He knows a lot more then he's telling. Enough so that his little hissy about Risa not trusting him are annoying. Oh, and for goodness sake Risa shouldn't trust him. She should just ignore her feelings for him. It's smarter. I get that she needs sex as a werewolf half breed, but her own ideals about only having sex with people she can “trust” are silly. Because she's having sex with a lot of people she can't trust now!
In the end I enjoyed the dark twist of this book. The camos are again fun. However, Risa's story is becoming even more and more like Riley's. It is exhausting. And sloppy. Somehow Arthur has created male love interests that I can't stand. However, I don't think she can pull a Quinn. Amaya is the most interesting character here and she's a magical sword! It's sad when the person I want Risa to get to know more and explore her relationship with is a demon sword. (OK, a demon sword is super cool.)
Sexual Content: Oh, yeah. But I have to be honest that shit was stale. And I was saying no-no-no-no for frustrated-she-be-stupid reasons.
3/5- Adored it, just a few minor details held it back.
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| Darkness Unbound (1) Darkness Rising (2) Darkness Devours (3) Darkness Hunts (4) Darkness Unmasked (5) Darkness Splintered (6) Darkness Falls (7) | Darkness Unbound (1)Darkness Rising (2) | Darkness Unbound (1) Darkness Rising (2) Darkness Devours (3) Darkness Hunts (4) Darkness Unmasked (5) Darkness Splintered (6) Darkness Falls (7) |
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