Why, oh why did Karina Halle feel the need to go back to this series? It's been six years. We had nine books. Dex and Perry, their lovable quirkiness and creepy ghost stories were done. We followed them through the ups and downs, got their happy ending. All was good with the world. Why go back? Sometimes, a series just needs to be finished, and I think we can all agree that it finished on a high note with Dust to Dust.
Now, first of all, I have to admit that ever since the EIT series finished, I have become increasingly disappointed with Halle's work. She would continuously pump out 5 to 6 books a year, all of them a copy of one another, all of them some smut romance, with bland characters and no real story behind it. It kind of felt like she was just publishing the same book, over and over again, change some names, turn a hunky Rugby player into a hunky Prince, or just some other hunky rich dude and done. But, I loved EIT. So every now and then I would check out what books she's published, to see if maybe at some point she could come up with something new again that would become a favorite of mine... What I was not expecting was for her to go back to EIT and, in my opinion, ruin that series.
I didn't read Veiled, I admit, because to be honest Ada was never a character I was interested in or cared for. But at least it could have been a new direction of this series. Lay Dex and Perry to rest, start something new with Ada as a badass demon hunter. I could have respected that. But instead, we're back to Dex and Perry. Supposedly, they're happily married. Though it doesn't feel like it. There is no chemistry. There is no healthy relationship. There is no spark.
Dex used to be funny. His comments and insults were always childish, but you could connect to him, understand him and laugh at his silliness. That is gone. Now we have a mid-thirties guy who is just ridiculous. I hated him. I hated Perry. And all the while reading this, I was wondering why why why do we need to drag up the Palomino family drama again. Just no.
Now maybe I am being unfair because this is only a short novella. Maybe I have to give the tenth installment of this series a go and get some of that EIT magic back. But I do have to say I am going into this biased because I honest to God don't understand why this series was dredged up again.