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Wild Darkness (2013)

by Lauren Dane(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0425262189 (ISBN13: 9780425262184)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley

series

Bound by Magick

review 1: Wild Darkness is the final book in Lauren Dane's Bound by Magick series. It the conclusion of the escalating war between the Human extremist groups and the Others. Fans of the series will be thrilled with this action packed novel. Dane focuses on character development and world building, like no other author in the genre. With political intrigue, personal betrayals and a whole lot of sensuality, this novel is one paranormal romance fans won't want to miss! Lauren Dane is probably one of my favorite adult romance writers. She knows how important it is for the erotic aspects of the book to be in balance with the rest of the story. If one side or the other is out of sync, that element overshadows the whole book. Dane has a knack for getting it just right. She has great charac... moreter development, great world building skills and some mind boggling sexual moments in each book. The Bound by Magick series is one of my favorites by Dane for a lot of reasons. In the second book in the Bound by Magick series, Chaos Burning, the Others, the supernaturals among us, were outed to the public and now the fall out has brought the society to an all out war. In Wild Darkness, the conclusion to the series readers are treated to some climatic battles and more political intrigue and machinations than you might find in the Obama camp. It's fast paced and has that 'hanging on by the seat of your pants' atmosphere that makes your heart speed up a little bit as you read. I thought Dane did a spectacular job of bringing it all together and making it make sense to the reader. The world building in this series has been top notch from the first book, but I think Dane's ability to tie up all of the loose ends in this one was very well done. Wild Darkness has characters from some of Dane's previous series', Cascadia Wolves and the De La Vega Cat's, as well as, previous books in the Bound by Magick series. Dane ability to bring each set of circumstances to a satisfying conclusion was wonderful and she was able to make the interactions of each of the characters understandable and believable. As a final book in a the series, I thought it held up to all my expectations and exceeded them in some ways. There was a lot going on in this series and Dane wraps it up nicely.Cental to every one of Dane's book is a romantic couple. In Wild Darkness the head of witch security, Helena Jaansen has more on her plate than the average heroine, as the fate of Others is clearly resting on her. Her bodyguard, and Lycan, Faine Leviathan tries to take care of her in every way. The sparks that fly between these two characters are only fanning the flames of their desire for each other. Dane shows readers, two alpha characters who both have a need for dominance. However, the twist to that is the fact that Faine has so much respect and admiration for Helena, he is willing to let her lead instead of the other way around. That makes for some very sexy scenes in and out of the bedroom. This is definitely an adult novel and not recommended for young readers, because the action is hot, and the sex is hotter. So be advised. Overall this was a very satisfying end to a great series. There were a few moments where I thought Dane rushed a bit, because this series has such a huge theme and I wanted a little more depth. But that's just a personal thing and did not take away anything from the overall impact of the book. This is a great adult paranormal series that I would recommend to anyone who likes the genre. I'm sad to see it end but I can't wait to see where Dane will take us next.
review 2: I'm so sorry that Wild Darkness be last book of series at least for two motive,first because I would loved read about the story between Senator Toshio and Senator Delilah and also because the love story between Helena and Faine isn't been the more beautiful of series; in fact in the plot there is a lot of political intrigue,battles , hate and blood... but of magic of love, very little . Looks as their couple relationship is prepackaged, we don't see courtship , nor the birth of love, nor just a bit fight or misunderstandings ,cooked and eat, just one bit flat if you ask me, maybe one month was really short time. Interesting and right the fight for the liberty for everyone, but this part is become more important than the story by main characters. less

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