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Gwyneth
Stevens works for the local government keeping the supernatural in
check. A rash of supernatural homicides
sends Gwen
to the local paranormal theme park and into the arms of the local
vampire. Pallo runs the place and shares a
past with
Gwen. Is it enough to keep them alive?
Written in a first person
point of
view, Daughter of Darkness is a very difficult read. Though the publisher says that it has sexual
content and graphic violence, I found this to be a vast understatement. The sexual content was negligible but the
violence was overwhelming. When you add
to that, the constant changes in which male character Gwen was
interested in,
the book becomes a confusing mess. The
homicides were never truly explained or solved; they seem to have been
a
convenient plot device that was ignored once the male characters
started
appearing.
All things considered I
can find
little to recommend about this book, it is graphically violent, very
gory, and
somewhat bland in the few true sex scenes that appear in it. There were also some technical problems with
the book, like whole words or sentences having been edited out. In all, Daughter of
Darkness left me cold.
Reviewed by Meribeth
McCombs for The Road to Romance
May
11, 2004
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