Darkness Rises (Dark Angels, book 2) by Keri Arthur
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Edition Reviewed: eBook
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle
Goodreads: Darkness Rises (2)
The sexy, thrilling adventures continue in bestselling author Keri Arthur’s new Dark Angels series, starring half-werewolf/half-Aedh Risa Jones.
Risa will go to any lengths to avenge her mother’s murder—even if it means making a pact with the most evil vampire she’s ever met. Lethal and powerful, Madeline Hunter is leader of the vampire council, and will put her resources behind finding the killer—for a price. The venerable vampire requires the assistance of Risa’s psychic powers. Quid pro quo.Someone—or something—is targeting the elders of the local council, cursing the immortal vampires to rapidly age, sink into madness, and die. Risa must track down the vengeful being responsible. But Risa’s father, a rogue Aedh priest, also enlists her in a dangerous mission. And not even the great Madeline Hunter may be able to protect her from the shadowy forces that desire nothing less than Risa’s destruction.
Review:
It saddens me when the second book doesn't live up to the first book, or exceed it. Especially when it echoes too strongly of the previous series. Don't get me wrong, the first book of Arthur's Dark Angels series echoed strongly of Riley. But Risa's story was her own. This time Darkness Rising parallels the Riley books too much. Especially with Risa being suckered into working for Madeline Hunter. Basically like Riley being suckered into being a guardian. Risa is unwilling though, from solving the “cases” Hunter gives her to finding the Keys.
Ah. Madeline Hunter. Risa’s grief was in charge and maybe short circuited her power of reasoning when she made the deal. Because being Hunter's little trained bitch doesn't benefit Risa in finding her mother's killer. And having read up to book 4 while writing this review it doesn't help much through all of those other books either. It's a tiring trope. And at least Riley admits part of her wants that life, Risa keeps denying it.
The first book managed to stand out on it's own. Reminisced enough of Riley's books, but still managed to be its own. The cameos of favorite characters were awesome. This time the cameos are low, but it smacks so strongly of Riley's series that it's . . . insulting.
Not to mention that something is up with Lucian. Come on! Risa is so adamant that she can trust him is warning flags enough. Not to mention that it's clear Risa has an information leak somewhere. Not to mention when she's kidnapped yet again Lucian conveniently shows up to kill the guy. Kill the guy before they can question him, hmmmmm? And other blatant stuff.
It was also annoying that the ending suddenly pooped up and she needed her frinds. Friends she kept out of the loop of her “dangerous life”, basically putting them at risk. Forewarned is forearmed. And I have a feeling this is going to be an issue that is going to plague Dark Angles. Because while I enjoy Risa I do feel like a lot of times she makes the wrong mistakes and Arthur simply claims Risa is just stubborn. Insert nonchalant shoulder shrug.
In all honesty this was a huge let down. Risa is coming off really bad. While I enjoy a lot of her character traits I feel like she's just being more and more unbearable. And there's certain things in Arthur's stories that always annoy me. Undeniable attraction that her leads can't ignore being one of them. Risa however can't stop her vagina loving. At least Riley could separate just sex from love when she needed to, especially when she couldn't fully trust someone. In the end it was still fun, but there's a point when your new series needs to stand on it's own.
Sexual Content: Sex, yep indeedy.
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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