Title: Darkness Unbound (Dark Angels #1)
Author: Keri Arthur
Source: Borrowed
Synopsis:
Risa Jones is as extraordinary as her heritage. Born from a lab-enhanced clone mother and an Aedh father, she can not only talk to the souls of the dying and the dead, but she can see the reapers and walk the gray fields that divide this world from the next.
They are skill she rarely uses, however, preferring to concentrate on the business she shares with her two best friends. But when her mother asks her to help the parents of a little girl locked in a coma, she reluctantly agrees. What she discovers scares the hell out of her. Because the little girl’s soul no longer resides in her body, and it wasn’t death and the reapers that took her.
Someone had ripped her soul from her flesh.
As it turns out, a creature consuming the souls of the innocent–and not so innocent–is the least of her problems.
Because someone wants to rip open the gates that divided hell from earth, and Risa is a key component in their plans.
And the only person standing between her and disaster is a reaper who isn’t exactly on her side.
Review:
*Note - contains spoilers*
Darkness Unbound is the first book in
the Dark Angels series by Keri Arthur. It is a spin off of the
popular Riley Jensen series. In this book we follow the brave heroine
Risa Jones. Being half werewolf, half Aedh has given her some awesome
powers that she rarely uses. However, when a creature starts ripping
souls out of bodies, including an innocent little girl, Risa must use
all her available powers to stop it.
I have decided that Keri Arthur books
just aren't for me. I read Full Moon Rising awhile back – the first
book in the Riley Jensen Guardian series, and didn't really enjoy it.
There was too much meaningless sex in it and this book was no
different. I like romance and passion but I felt like this book had
none. Risa meets a couple of sexy guys. The first is Lucien, an Aedh
who hits on her and they hook up before really even knowing each
other. I felt no spark whatsoever between them, and actually felt
that Lucien's character was a little shady. The second guy, is Azrael
– a reaper who helps Risa take care of the soul-stealing creature.
He is a very guarded being who tends to keep his distance from Risa –
yet I felt a spark between them. And NOTHING happens. The only reason
I finished this book was because of the small hope that something
would happen between them.
Risa really is a likable character who
would do anything to help others. She is strong, confident, loyal,
etc... She's just a bit, uhhh, slutty. I mean, who would go to a club
and give a complete stranger a blow job while your date is taking you
from behind? I know she's part werewolf, and this is the way
werewolves are in these books, but it's just not for me. Don't get me
wrong, I like reading about sex – just not emotionless sex. Besides
all that, the book is packed with action and it has a fairly
interesting plot. This book has some great reviews, so I'm part of
the minority giving this book less than 3 stars. If you are an Urban
Fantasy fan you might love this, it just wasn't my cup of tea.
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