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Gefangene Der Dämmerung (2012)

by Mia James(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

3442478421 (ISBN13: 9783442478422)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Goldmann Verlag

series

Ravenwood Mysteries

review 1: The story is of April, who has recently escaped a murder and is trying to find a cure for her vampire boyfriend so that he won’t dieI didn’t enjoy this book, whether it was the fact that it was another paranormal romance, which all appear to be exactly the same since ‘Twilight’, or that I didn’t like the idea behind it, I don’t know, but it didn’t go down well with me at all.For starters I disliked the main characters. April was horrible to all of her friends, and her boyfriend yet they appeared to worship her. She only thought about herself, in fact it is mentioned several times in the ‘why aren’t you thinking about’ me phrase was mentioned in the book several times. She was horrible to her mother, the reason she chose to leave home was ridiculous. Her... more mother was weak and pathetic, had no control over April, and made lame excuses. Gabriel was selfish and I have no idea why April so clearly adored him. I did like, however Ben, Layla and Davina, who I thought were powerful well built characters.Secondly, I thought it dragged on a bit. It was unnecessarily long, and too much time was spent on the wrong things and little time on the others. For example she found the book to cure Gabriel in no time at all, yet it took ages for her to work out other things, like who The Regent was, though it was clear to the reader at the start.Thirdly, the plot would have been more interesting if it was less predictable and could be livened up a bit with some twists and turns that you wouldn’t expect.However I do think that the writer has talent, and that she should use her talent to her advantage but in another genre of books, because I didn’t feel that her writing style was suited to paranormal romances.
review 2: To start with, I wasn't the biggest fan of the first book in this series 'By Midnight' but I did love the idea behind it so decided to give this one a shot with the hopes that it would get better. Darkness Falls picks up right where By Midnight left off, following April and the bad things that have been happening around her. From here, I remembered how much April bugged me. Yes, she has had a hell of a lot to deal with so I could sympathise with her in that respect but overall, she's childish and selfish. Although her vampire boyfriend is dying... and because of her I might add... everything still has to be all about her or she throws a bit of a hissy fit. Because of her constant whining, I actually hated April and the sympathy I did feel to begin with quickly went away. Then there are the people that April goes to school with. Caro, her best friend, I actually quite liked. She has a lot of common sense and is pretty rational considering everything that is happening. I probably liked her as much as I did because she's the complete opposite to April. Ben, a secondary love interest was another character that I liked but he wasn't featured nearly enough. To me, it seems that he does genuinely like April although there still may be an ulterior motive in there somewhere. Ben just seems like a lovely guy who would actually treat April right, unlike her boyfriend Gabriel. The dialogue between characters, for the most part, was terrible. The popular clique at school, 'The Faces', come from money and not only do they act like stuck up snobs, they act and talk like 50 year old socialites. I dread to think how many times darling or honey were used in conversation in this book. The teenagers do not talk at all like normal teenagers though in certain ways, they do act their age. For a large chunk of the book, nothing seems to really happen. There is a lot of running around, talking to different people, trying to figure out answers and while this was supposed to add to the mystery and build tension, I found it quite boring. Nothing really exciting happens for at least 200 pages so the pacing was completely wrong for me. I would have loved for something exciting to happen a bit earlier so it kept me interested. As you can probably tell by now, I really didn't like this book and won't be carrying on with the series anymore. less

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