Dark Tomorrow

Bo Blackman #6

by Helen Harper

Smoke is still rising from the brutal and unnecessary destruction of the five vampire Families ... and Bo is in hiding. She won't be able to keep herself away for long, however. An old case and old rivalries rise to the surface and force her to face not just the new realities which London presents but the darkness that continues to dwell inside her.

And then there's the small matter of bitter revenge to consider too.

This is the sixth and final book in the Bo Blackman series.

Book One: Dire Straits
Book Two: New Order
Book Three: High Stakes
Book Four: Red Angel
Book Five: Vigilante Vampire

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal, Audiobook, Magic, Demons

280 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, I enjoyed getting to know Bo and following along on her journey/struggle. And, I'll likely miss her sassy, big-hearted self. Yet, I'd wanted more from the finale. We did get a decent mystery, some resolution and a taste of a happy ending.

Bye-bye, Bo.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

really enjoyed this series glad I fished it good read.

[Vannessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really good ending to this series, but it is shame it is all over (for) now. I would love to read more about Bo, Michael, Rogu3 and the rest of the gang one day!

London is not a good place for Bo this time round. The Families are all gone. The kakos daemons are still causing trouble as are Tor V'ra and the hybrid witches. A certain MP isn't helping the situation much either! Bo doesn't know what to do, where to go or who to trust, but she needs Michael to be safe and to heal again. Bo needs something to get her teeth into, something to help her feel back in control again and when she somehow sees something in Maria's mind, she knows what she has to do. Unfortunately, as can be expected, things don't run smoothly and Bo is soon captured by a group she least wants to be captured by. A group who wants her dead! But that only makes her more determined to succeed.

There are many twists and turns in this book. I always hoped for the best as our fabulous, feisty fanged heroine surely couldn't die, but there were times I was not so sure!

I liked Bo much better in this book. She wasn't as nasty and bitter. She was still leaning on the dark side of life at times, yet was much more likeable and her humanity was starting to come out a lot more. Yes she's a vampire, a reluctant vampire, but there is still a lot of good in her and it was great to see that side of her.

The side characters were perfect to fill up her little gang, even Michael, with his lack of vampire strength and power, managed to be a rock in the chaos going on around them all.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and hope that one day, maybe, Helen Harper, returns to it, even if it is a short novella telling us how Bo and Michael have been getting on in their new chapter of their lives together.

[Misa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not happy with the end!

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

As endings go this was just ok. Everything was wrapped up in an unsatisfying ball.

[Nanou · Rating 4 out of 5]

J’ai bien aimé cette série en 6 tomes. C’est divertissant, l’écriture est fluide, les intrigues sont bien menées et il y a une cohérence sur tous les tomes. Il y a clairement une montée en puissance dès le tome 4, qui va crescendo jusqu’au dernier.

Tous les personnages sont intéressants, un peu dommage que 2 d’entre eux soient un peu zappé sur les deux derniers tomes...

Ces bouquins pourraient être adaptés en série, ça serait être sympa 😁 ya un aspect très cinématographique à l’ambiance générale.

De toute façon, rien que pour le chien qui s’appelle Kimchi et le chat psychopathe, ça vaut le coup de le lire 🤣

[Mike Finn · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the previous two books "Red Angel" and "Vigilante Vampire", Bo Blackman has become, at least in her own eyes, a dark, violent creature, driven by anger and a need for revenge.

"DarK Tomorrow" continues straight on from "Vigilante Vampire" which ended with Bo's world being literally blown apart. She's now one of the few Vampires left in London, most of the rest who survived have fled the UK with it's increasingly anti-vampire government. B0's future is uncertain. She is angry and afraid and her first instinct is to exact revenge from those who destroyed her world.

Throughout this book, Bo is faced with three choices: run and hide, get revenge at any cost, or put revenge aside and try to fix what's broken. B0's temperament makes the first unthinkable and the second instinctive. In most books, the heroine would find herself drawn towards the moral high ground and do what she could to lead her people to a better way. Bo isn't that kind of heroine. She really, really wants to take slow, painful, lethal revenge on her enemies. She dreams about it. She can almost taste it. She also hates being a leader of any kind.

Into this mix, Helen Harper throws the one thing that might divert Bo from slaughter: a child from her past who is in danger.

I enjoyed the clever plotting in this book: it kept adding new twists, enriched itself by drawing on details from earlier novels and it kept Bo on a knife-edge about the kind of person she is going to let herself become.

The threats in this book are new and original but the characters stay true to themselves and develop in believable ways.

The ending of the book was nicely judged: if the series ends here, I'll feel that the story arcs resolved in a satisfying way; if the series continues, there are a whole new set of challenges ahead.

What more could I ask for?

[Gwen · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's with a heavy heart that I say good-bye to this series, there were good and bad times but overall a really great series which I thoroughly enjoyed. Even though there actually nothing wrong with the story and I still love Bo, I just couldn't get into the story, it all felt so flat.


So good-bye Bo we might meet again someday

[Jeanny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes, I DNF the last book in this series. I tried not to but after 51% it was just taking up shelf space. If i'm honest it was boring from the start & i was just being stubborn wanting to finish the series. The story felt flat & uninspired. Its like the author just wanted to finish the series & went down a to do list checking events off was done.
2 stars

[Tamika · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm sorry, I hated it so much I couldn't finish reading it. All of a sudden Michael turns into a human and becomes the most pathetic version in existence?!! When did being crippled warrant becoming an emotional and psychological abuser? Just no... ugh.. #barf. no. Waste of my life that I spent reading the first 6 chapters of the book.

[JadeShea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dark Tomorrow is the last book in the series, and Bo is having a lot of issues. After the crazy things that happened in the previous book, she's just trying to get it together in this one and keep her loved ones safe. That may be harder than she originally thought.

This book wasn't what I was expecting. I found it interesting, yet odd. It felt like the mystery in it came out of no where and didn't make much sense with the rest of the stuff going on. Also, I felt like the ending didn't really leave us with an HEA with Bo and Michael. I wish there had been more, other than that I liked it.

[Melinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its over.....what a great end to this series. Well maybe this book wasnt as action packed as some of the previous books, but it was all about Bo Blackman and her sidekicks - and it totally good to be back in her world. And I am a bit sad that this is the end....

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well it's safe to safe there is a giant Bo shaped hole in my heart! I always feel so sad when a good series comes to an end. I'm a sucker for all things Helen Harper, and this series was no exception

[Pamela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Curses!!!

Because of the Bo Blackman books I’ve lost more sleep over the past week and a half. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is when you have to do other things but you’re more interested in reading a book? Well this series is the embodiment of this situation. I sincerely look forward to more.

[Albablume · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun series that I really enjoyed reading.

[Serena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't believe that this is it because i absolutely NEED MORE! I'm gonna seriously miss reading about bo and only wish i could have seen more of bo and michael seeing as this is the last book. I'm still curious how their relationship will turn out because of the whole human/campire relationship complication. I'm sure they'll work through it but i wonder how bo will cope as michael gets older and eventually dies? What will her life be like after michael? What future conflicts might there be with the kakos demons? The only downside i found was that at some points in the book i found myself disliking bo a bit because of some of her actions. Although she's not as bad as she was in the previous book, there were still moments where she turned into the evil, bloodthirsty vampire bo. I found this side a bit hard to stomach. But i liked the message that came from it: the fact that people aren't bad or good but have potential to do both. Helen you are seriously amazing. Bo was amazing and despite all the questions i still have swirling in my head it was a satisfying ending. 5 stars people!

[Nicole Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice ending!

While I hated to see the end of the Bo Blackman series, I have to admit this was a good one. Things come full circle. One of Bo's first cases as a PI was the disappearance of a child named Alice Goldman. It's how she met Rogu3 and when she decided not to work for big business anymore. Now she has a lead and she's determined to discover the true fate of Alice, be it good or bad. She has no idea where it will lead her. A mastermind of epic proportions turns what was thought to be a simple kidnapping into so much more. There are only a few vampires left after the bombing of the families, but they have to adapt if they want to survive. With a MP gunning for their extinction that's easier said than done. Bo has been known to pull off miracles in the past, but this time she needs several. Can she do it? Read and find out!

[Liesel Meminger · Rating 3 out of 5]

The whole series started out good - and then suddenly Helen Harper took unexpected turns of the events and the story just became strangely placed and cut. I feel like there are a lot of missing holes in the story left unexplored. For one example, X. There is a huge potential in that character - he's like this conflicted, unnecessarily-dark anti-villain. He also has a soft spot for Bo, which she largely ignored. If anything, she hated him even more.

I'd expected more of the last installment in this series. I wanted to see Bo fight, actually in action rather than just sheer determination. What I got instead was an abrupt end that gives the overall a dark outlook and a spineless plot. I'm so sorry to say this, because I like Helen Harper. I felt that she did a great job with other series. Bo Blackman is just a failure.

[Francoise Debecker · Rating 5 out of 5]

The last one of the series and i will miss Bo and her friends. Helen Harper did a great job by this series and i became a realy big fan of her books. i recommend them to any fantasy-fan who loves a great female heroine....

[Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! No disappointment here! All these Bo Blackman books have been fascinating, enthralling and touching as we follow Bo from being a rebel human to a rebel vampire then slowly growing up.
In this book, which I hope isnt the final ofthe series, she has multiple problems dumped on her shoulders and being Bo, she goes at them like a bull at a gate!
A wonderful tale. Satisfactory and introduces a marvellous new range of characters who come under Bo's wing.
Read this series if you like fun, exciting paranormal urban stories, and if you just discovered it, start at the beginning. You wouldn't want to miss the ride.
. Every book by Helen Harper is worth the read.

[L.B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great conclusion to the Bo Blackman series. More trouble for Bo, more adoring fans she doesn't want, more obstacles to what she does want, more people she has to save she'd rather kill... The plot is flowing, the action and vigilantism abundant, unique, and surprising, and of course the moral questions and battle between what is right and righter or rather just less bad rages on. I really enjoyed this one and thought it was a great way to end the series, without too much finality but a sort of sense of knowing Bo has more-or-less figured out how to embrace all her sides and fit in society. A GREAT urban fantasy vampiric (plus demons and witches!) series, if you've not started it yet!

[ZINORA M. MITCHELL · Rating 5 out of 5]

Happy ending

Coming to the end of a series that I have Enjoyed is bitter sweet. Bo and Michael were complex and intriguing characters. The internal struggle against the darker forces that were part of Bo's make up demonstrated her humanity, she was not a monster. How the relationship between human Michael and Bo can work is difficult to imagine but maybe , in these very difficult times in which we live, where division, bigotry, despair seem to get the greatest attention, maybe love can prevail.

[Cryogenic Fire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series

Loved this series from the start and this final book ends it very satisfactorily. Great plot, well paced and lots of ends tied up but in such a way that its ended in a nicely 'messy, open ended' way where there can be no continuation of the present plotlines.

Great series, great ending and well worth the read. I'm now a huge fan of Helen Harper and hope to read lots more of her output.

[Stacy Gallina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sad to see the series end

Overall the book was good, and what you would expect from this series. However, in some instances the book seemed rushed and/or there could have been more depth to the situation. Also, I do not care that much about the ending, particularly in regards to Michael and Bo. Even with these complaints I still enjoyed the book and I am glad that I read the book.

[Sea Hag]

I tried but it was too damn boring. Cut and run at 43% due to total apathy.

[Marci · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, another series has come to an end. I give the entire series 2-stars and left me wondering why I continued with a series I rated 2-stars. I find this author confusing. Ms Harper is able to keep me hooked and wanting to know what happens because the premise of her stories, they are action packed, and the characters are interesting enough to make me want to know how it all ends. I always find myself wanting to try her next series. However, I did a lot skimming, or fast forwarding if we want to get technical, and just basic half-assed paying attention to the audiobook until I’d realize I was missing what I was waiting to hear in this series, more so than in her prior books.

I love the narrator of this series, I discovered this author due to the narrator, honestly. Even a great narrator cannot make up for all that was missing for me.

I know Bo is 5 foot nothing, and that she has curly hair. I do not recall being told any other physical attributes, like the color or even length of said hair. Nor are we really given much in way of her life before our story starts other than the life insurance investigating (to introduce Rogue), and a fledgling PI career. Her age is vague, but sounds like maybe mid 20s? We hear a brief bit about her parents, but other than her dad is dead and her mom is off somewhere, nothing more. We know Bo and her grandfather have a strained relationship but they love each other and he supposedly has this vast and illustrious career where non-humans fear him, but that is so thin through the entire series that it barely passes muster even when MI-7 is dropped in the story. Plus, is he Bo’s maternal or paternal grandfather? Who would know?

Next, the connection with Michael started off promising, but as is normal for the author, the main characters supposedly have this love of a lifetime connection we just have to accept. Bo and Michael are together here and there, and most of the time it is antagonistic, then when they finally get together I was left feeling like it was from out of nowhere. I get people can have immediate chemistry, but i feel the author is expecting a lot of the reader, I wanted to see more interactions. Why was Bo so special? Maybe if we heard a bit more about how she was raised, other than her grandfather expected perfect manners, and were told she was precocious and memorized maps of the city or something like that which seems to be really a stretch. What would have helped more was that she took martial arts (which would explain how she was such a good fighter), or excelled in academics like maybe matriculating at an early age (to explain how she could figure things out others couldn’t). Also, why was she able to survive outside of a vampire family home, when NO ONE else had EVER done it before, SOMETHING that might make Bo a more vibrant and realistic character, I would have enjoyed this more. Heck, we seem to know more about Maria’s background, a character introduced in the 5th book, than we do about Bo’s.

There is also the matter of world building, it seems to be half assed as well. I mean, I realize we get some history of the vampires by way of the treaties or laws in place with the British Government, but there are other “races” of beings out in the world we’re told are there or briefly meet, but other than who is afraid of whom, or who is good or bad we don’t get much else. I do think the author is smart in interweaving these otherworldly being with humans, as it makes it seem more realistic.

Also, there were other characters, specifically Beth and Matt, in the 1st book that I wanted more of throughout the series, only to have them enter again to add really very little to the story. I did like most of the characters and their relationships, I just feel the author needs to spend more time building these characters and relationships to allow it to seem more realistic, give us some reason WHY Bo was the way she was, or did the things she did like pushing Michael away. As it was, this was entertaining enough for me to read the entire series, but I do not like it as much as the other series I’ve read by her and I feel a little annoyed I continued on because the story ultimately wasn’t as fulfilling as I thought it might be.

[Relina Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Dark Tomorrow" is the sixth and final book in the "Bo Blackman" series by Helen Harper. Bo and what is left of her crew are on the run and are in hiding. They can only stay in each location for about two days for fear of being discovered. The vampire population is nearly extinct in the UK. Those that are left are in hiding, on the run, traveling to another country or they've been rounded up. Bo is not going to just go away. She's determined to get her revenge and make a difference too. Maria is the key to helping her and Rogu3 lay an old mystery to rest. One that is even more terrifying than the destruction of the Families. Can Bo get her HEA or will she die trying?
Overall, I have mixed feelings about how this series ended. I've learned that reading through most of Harpers' series that nothing ends nice and neat with a pretty bow on top. Such is the case with this series. Yes, I would have liked Bo and Michael to end on an equal footing, but that's not life. Which is fine. I also feels that it leaves the door open for any potential future series that might come along for this universe. If that is the case, then I'm eagerly awaiting what ever Harper comes up with. In conclusion, I enjoyed reading this entire series. I think Helen Harper is an amazing author that is extremely creative and is able to provide readers with fast paced novels with interesting characters, plots, and settings. I highly recommend reading all of her books.

[TP · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well this series started out good.

Although there were a lot of parallels to the "highland magic" series which i read first. Female investigators like Veronica Mars in a magical world. A feisty young female character, who thinks she is the rescuer of the world. Sadly both were too Stubborn, too independent and lying constantly by omission or not so apparently good reasons. The author did not manage to write a constantly engaging story in both series. The concept wasn't bad and it is a good woven net of cases and stories to solve with a strong backbone story to go along. But the humor for example fell flat and barely made me laugh in both books. The stories are both stretched out too long and i was left dissatisfied at the end with both books.
A love story in the background, her being scared of getting hurt. And the romance drags along through the entire series before anything substantial happens if it happens at all, which lacked big time for me and felt like pulling a tooth.

The first 2 books were a nice read, book 3 was at the limit of my patience, then it went fast forward into boring and annoying, i scrolled through book 4 and 5 only to not loose the hang of it and finally read book 6 fully again.
The finale wasn't that bad, but i missed the love from the author. The ending was disappointing and uncaring.

[Gemma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome. Didn't want it to end.

Wow just wow, this story explosive until the end (pun intended). The hardships Bo had to go through with her friends really showed me her determination to not give up and to seek out those who did her and her kind wrong and make them pay for their misgivings. Bo`s strength shone through in everything that she did, through protecting Michael, Maria, Rogu3, O`Shea and her Grandfather and even putting herself at risk when others were in danger as well.

I absolutely loved the series and I am upset that this is the end for Bo and Michael I really want more, I want to know what happens with the Kakos daemons and X. I want to know what happens to O`shea and if Rogu3 and Maria grow up and fall in love. This book was amazing it had everything that I could ever want and even things I never would have thought could happen. It was an amazing book with even more action packed situations thrown in. I knew I liked this Author from the Blood Destiny series as I really enjoyed her writing style and how she gave you so much detail to make you feel as though you were there but I think Bo`s story is my new Favourite. Can't wait to read more of Helen Harper.

[Breann · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many thoughts!

The good:
1. This is my favorite Helen Harper series so far. I’ve read everything but the Olympiana series so that’s a good sign.
2. Bo is a solid heroine. Her vigilante days are my favorite.
3. The supporting characters are also really solid and like-able or convincing.
4. Kimchi
5. The grandpa and his “moggy”
6. The story is traditional vampire with a twist. Worth it.
7. There are a few bits of social commentary that are incredibly relevant.

The bad (not really, just my whiny complaints);
1. We never find out more about Bo’s mama. I need to know what her deal is.
2. Did Lord Medici die or is he lurking somewhere? (This might be more under the “good” section; I hate it when things are too buttoned up)
3. Turn Michael back to a vamp, damnit.
4. Kill the Big bad daemons already. I’m over them. Actually, I love X. Let’s get him a girlfriend and write a spin-off about them.

The ugly:
1. Nothing. I actually really enjoyed this series.
2. Now leave me alone so I can go read Eros before Wraith releases.