Darkness Hunts (Dark Angles, book 4) by Keri Arthur
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Edition Reviewed: eBook
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Goodreads: Darkness Hunts (1)
"New York Times" bestselling author Keri Arthur returns to the enthralling Guardian World--and a twilight realm of danger and desire...
Risa Jones, half-Aedh/half-werewolf, can enter the realm between life and death. She can speak to the dying and the dead, and she can see the reapers, collectors of souls. What she can not yet see is the identity of a stranger murdering women and draining their blood. Now Risa must summon her gifts to find him, even if it means putting her own life in danger. But Risa needn't look far. The killer knows who she is.
He tells her his victims are infected by darkness and he's fated to destroy them. Fascinated by Risa, he engages her in a sinister game: the chance to save the life of his next victim by deciphering his series of clues. In a race against time, she enlists the help of the reaper Azriel.
But as an attraction between them grows, so does the fear that the stranger's motives are only part of a larger, more dangerous stratagem--one that that has lured Risa and Azriel into the dark.
Review:
Amaya is totally freaking awesome! What a cool demon sword! Yes, I have enough experience with demon swords to know when an amazing one is introduced. The connection Risa and Amaya have is awesome. And as the two get more acquainted I love it!! If the other “romances” were dropped and the story was about Amaya and Risa it would be perfect.
Sadly it's not. The truth about Lucian is out. It's just what I thought he was doing and I am so annoyed how unworried Risa seems. She's not worried that Lucian is spying, not really, it's that he physically attacks. Might even have accidently killed her when she confronts Lucian and doesn't fall into line. The only thing saving her was Azriel.
But don't get all chocked up that Azriel is standing up for his woman. Katy Perry's Hot'n Cold song is pretty much Azriel to a T, except he’s worse. And man is he on his Reaper menstrual cycle of mood swings. Firstly he seduced Risa in the last book. He opened that can of worms that Risa was fine to ignore. Now he's talking about all of these horrible things of what could happen by them being together, all these dangers. When he was the one that couldn't keep it in his pants.
Of course now that he broke through Risa's ignore barrier she can't say no any more. She has to have him. Despite all those dangerous reasons, and the huge fact that he's withholding information. Information that I know is going to seriously affect her. Probably information that is super important and will basically be a betrayal.
But she can't seek love/sex else where. No she doesn't do random casual, and if she did she could put that lover at risk. Not to mention that she was fine with Lucian screwing her for information, no really he was reading her mind. Oh, and all of the amazing characters that made the first book good still get benched. There's development but it's all behind the scenes. It's basically second hand information.
This book was too much. Riley's books were always a rush and somehow managed to combine the overall arc with the latest mystery/mission. Risa's books are not doing it. It's actually exhausting, and this time when Risa is pulled into a Directorate case it felt so sloppy. And I feel like Arthur is trying to take back her “gene” altering. You know Riley was experimented on and got tons of powers, well Risa was remade with more Aedh parts in the last book. Now I feel like Risa is too dumb to explore those new powers. Or . . .
I don't know. The romance feels super stupid. Especially since this, and the previous, book Riley's Ex has been back. It's three stupid male love interests in one go. Risa constantly talking about how she shouldn't be attracted but is. With Risa's involvement in this sloppy plot it feels like the search for the Keys and the impending terror of the gates of hell being opened/or closed forever don't seem like a real threat. I've hit a point of exhaustion with this series. Too much of the bad and not enough good. I really enjoy Risa's character. I love that she's got differences from Riley, enough anyway to feel like a different person. It feels like Arthur is trying to make the story so action packed that she forgot secondary characters are a good thing. That they are key to a story. Risa being unwilling to let people help her is passed as her protecting everyone. This is the most tiring book of the series. I'll keep going. But mainly because I want those cameos of the past faves. Oh, and Amaya.
Sexual Content: Wow, if there were sex scenes I can’t remember. I don’t think there were. Strange.
2/5- Average/disappointing, library check-out.
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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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