Review: Awaken the Darkness

Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 Stars

I thought Susan was more likable than some of the other human women in the books and selfless at times. I didn't like the woman in the previous book so that was a relief. It was really great to learn more about Stanislav. I felt for him with all that he'd gone through for such a long time. Susan was a wonderful savior and it was interesting to see one of the immortal guardians in such a vulnerable state.

I wish there'd been more romance in this book in the form of sex but I liked this couple nonetheless. It was great that how they both worked together throughout it all and supported one another. I loved the reunion and the dream at the end.

Some things that have bothered me:

- I wish the men were less hesitant to drink blood around their human women. If they're weak, they can't protect the women they care for. Also, they can simply go into another room to drink blood if they're both so uncomfortable about it. So it annoys me when they're like "no I don't need blood." "No I refuse to drink in front of her."

- Slightly annoyed me that Stan wouldn't allow Alexei to call Seth so much longer ago. After he'd protected them and helped them, I thought it was quite ridiculous. They should have checked for tracking devices long ago too. I feel like that should have been instinctual to Stan. Instantly when Stan remembered, he should have called Seth.

- One thing that's getting old to me is the men letting the women have their way even in a situation where the woman could be removed from danger so that the Immortal guardian doesn't have to split his attention between protecting himself and her. It's one thing if the woman actually has skill but it'll be a larger risk if the human gets hurt than the immortal guardian.

I really would like Aidan to transform all future Immortal Guardians and/or Roland. Roland needs to get over himself. They need all immortal guardians to be as strong as possible to defeat Gershom. He shouldn't have made a big deal about the other two women he was asked to transform since he knew what kind of attacks they were facing and now it's even worse. He shouldn't have an issue with it. That's just selfish in my opinion since their goal is to protect humanity. I'd forgot I'd been angry about that.


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