Where to Start Reading Each Series: Dark Series

I’m one of those people who like to read an entire back list when I come across an author I love. I’m excited when I see they have this huge body of work because I know I love their writing and it’s like finding buried treasure. But, I realize not everyone is like that. Some people find a long-established series to be daunting and get overwhelmed so they won’t read it. I understand now wanting to commit to starting from the very beginning when everyone else is talking about Book #30. You want to participate in what’s going on now and don’t want to have to invest time you may not have at the moment.





With this in mind I thought I would talk a bit about each series and whether or not you’d need to read the entire series, or where you might be able to just jump in. Keep in mind that I write ALL of my books so they can stand alone. Today we’ll talk about the DARK series.



DARK SERIES
The Dark Series, also called the Carpathian Series, is my longest running series. It’s about immortal vampire hunters called Carpathians who, if they don’t find their lifemate (think soulmate, but truly the other half of their soul) they lose the ability to see in color, lose their emotions and eventually either meet the sun or turn vampire.

The early books have many beloved characters including the Prince of the Carpathian people (there isn’t a king) Mikhail. The early books follow the struggles of the Carpathian people as they try to figure out why females aren’t surviving, thus leading the entire race toward extinction.



WHERE TO START IF NOT AT THE BEGINNING

If you don’t want to start with Book #1, Dark Prince, and want to catch up with what’s going on now you could start with the novella Dark Crime Book #27. This novella can be found in ebook form under Dark Crime or in paperback in an anthology called Edge of Darkness. This book has us back in the United States after a prolonged time in the Carpathian Mountains. We have new characters fighting a new evil and it’s all centralized on the West Coast so far. Tariq has been chosen by Mikhail to be the leader in the United States for the Carpathians and Tariq has the assistance of a new set of heroes that hail from a mysterious monastery high up on the mountains. They are ancient Carpathians who went to the monastery as a way of keeping others safe from them.

It’s always fun to go back and read the older books, but you can always do that at your leisure. Start with Tariq and his group so you can enjoy the current book talks for this series. These books are meant to be stand alone books, but of course it’s always fun to follow an overall ARC. And though you don’t have to go back, if you enjoy the series, I hope you’ll want to know all of the heroes of this series.