Private Demon (Darkyn #2) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Feb 12, 2010 Zeek rated it really liked it

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I've been reading Viehl's work since the first StarDoc came out. Although the Darkyn series is not Sci Fi, it bears her hallmark (intricate plotting with a dash of medical realism) and drew me in immediately.

Second in the Darkyn series, the saga continues, this time with the focus on Thierry, a member of the Darkyn, tormented and mentally unstable after the betrayal of his beloved wife and the torture he endured by The Brethren, dreaded enemy of the Darkyn. (Which occurred in the first of the Da I've been reading Viehl's work since the first StarDoc came out. Although the Darkyn series is not Sci Fi, it bears her hallmark (intricate plotting with a dash of medical realism) and drew me in immediately.

Second in the Darkyn series, the saga continues, this time with the focus on Thierry, a member of the Darkyn, tormented and mentally unstable after the betrayal of his beloved wife and the torture he endured by The Brethren, dreaded enemy of the Darkyn. (Which occurred in the first of the Darkyn series If Angel's Burn).

Each of the Darkyn have talents and Thierry's is the ability to invade dreams. Thierry finds himself drawn to Jema Shaw, from their first encounter. Jema is an antiquities expert for her family's museum by day, part time independent forensic consultant with the Chicago coroner's office by night.

Convincing himself he is doing it to discover the identities of those responsible for the brutal mutilation of another young woman, Thierry uses his powers to visit Jema Shaw in her dreams and finds himself in a place of healing- and unwanted attraction.

Although Theirry and Jema are clearly the hero and heroine of this story, we do see enough of Alex and Michael from the first book (If Angels Burn, Darkyn Book 1), and other creatures from their world, to make this a book about the Darkyn and Brethern as much as the hero and heroine.

Viehl has created a complicated world with all kinds of threads hanging out there, that, in anyone else but this author's hands, could make one throw the book down in frustration. The intricate pattern she's weaving could so easily get lost on a reader, but man I love the intelligence of it! She writes romance for the thinking woman better than anyone I know, although some would argue that she writes romance at all considering the suspense/thriller feel of her stories.

In the end, things come together in Private Demon to bring a close to Jema and Thierry's story while still leaving things open for the next installment (Dark Need). ...more

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