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Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur

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Jul 07, 12

bookshelves: urban-paranormal, vaginal-urban-fantasy
Read in July, 2012

So I guess this is a spinoff from the Riley Jensen series (which I really enjoyed for several installments, then stopped reading because I got frustrated with the main character and her wolf problems). ANYHOO, I walked into this one with somewhat less backstory than a spin-off-savvy read would have, but I felt like I was along for the ride enough that I wasn't lost. The world is interesting and the bad guys were motivated and some twists at the end were pretty awesome. I liked her friends too.

I guess I don't feel strongly one way or another about this book. I enjoyed the plot, I enjoyed the side characters somewhat. I think I lost respect for the main character when was acting soooo stupid with the guy she "randomly" hooked up with half-way through the book. I mean, as a reader I'm like "THIS GUY IS GONNA SCREW YOU OVER ARE YOU SERIOUS YOU THINK HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR OVERALL PLOT?!!?" It's like she had orgasm amnesia. He's acting SO SUSPICIOUS and she has no red flag whatsoever, which seems JUST for the writing, not character. ALSO:

SPOILER:
I'm all for interesting naughty scenes, and I guess when you're in a werewolf club it's orgy-timez in this world, but seriously her giving some random wolf some "handling" on the dance floor while her dude was participating behind her was just TOOOOOOOO unsanitary for me to be like, "YEAH!" I mean, at least get the guy's name, right!?!? And how could those club hottubs be clean after behavior like that? I was thinking about skin rashes the whole time.

Whatever. I might pick up the next one later. But she seriously needs some hand sanitizer in that club.


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message 1: by Karly (new)

Karly Heh heh orgasm amnesia. Lolz.


message 2: by Amanda (new)

Amanda I'm glad I'm not the only one who wonders about hygiene in sex scenes from time to time.


message 3: by Zoe (new) - rated it 4 stars

Zoe I agree, I felt ambivalent towards this book. Sad, since I loved the Riley Jensen series.


message 4: by Earl (new)

Earl C Yeah, there seems to be quite a few series that go in that direction. I find something else to read if that is what the story is revolving around. I loved the Penny Arcade take on the Anita Blake series.

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/06/02


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