Series: Darklight Trilogy (bk. 3)
Genera: Paranormal Romance
Subjects: supernatural, prophecies, prophets, visions,
premonitions, angels, demons, nephilim, New Mexico, love
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 255 pgs.
HC/PB: Paperback
List Price: $9.99
Publisher: MacMillan: St. Martin’s Griffin
Summary/ product description: “The fate of the world
is not something a girl wants on her shoulders, and that is especially true for
Lorelei McAlister. Unfortunately for her, that is exactly where the world’s
fate has decided to take up residence. Lorelei has seen firsthand the horrors
that lie beneath our everyday world. And those horrors are getting her friends
killed. Because of this, she agrees to leave the sanctity of her hometown and
is sent to a different world entirely. A boarding school. But even here she is
being watched. Someone knows what she is. What she carries inside her soul. And
on top of that she’s seeing visions. This is nothing new for Lorelei. But these
visions are something more: death, destruction, and the end of the world.
Lorelei must face the fact that there are people who want her dead, and no
matter where she goes, no matter how far she runs, the lives of her friends and
family are in mortal peril. Lucky for her, her friends and family include the
handsome Angel of Death, a fiercely protective half-angel, and a ragtag group
of loyal supporters who aren’t afraid to get a little dirty in the name of
fighting pure evil.”
My Review: I didn’t realize that this was the last
book in the series when I started reading it. I was hoping for more than three
books, but this turned out to be an interesting conclusion. This turned out way
differently than I expected. The ending was happy, and kind of epic.
I love this series so much. The covers are so
unfitting for the book that’s inside. This has been fun and entertaining and
full of romance. I love all the characters, both the main and side characters. Their
personalities are so flushed out and they are developed so well that I feel
like they’re real people. Lorelei and Brooklynn have the best friendship ever
(I think it’s called a femship or womance). Jared is hot and the Angel of
Death, and an interesting love interest. I like Glitch (aka Casey). He’s also a
funny friend who has an odd fear of turtles (which I funny, near the end of the
book when we find out why). Cameron is a nephilim and I’m pretty sure that he
and Brooklyn like each other. The new character, Kenya, is also pretty funny.
She acts so tough.
Anyways, the beginning of the book starts out at a
boarding school in Maine. Lorelei’s been there for a few week, hiding out,
going by Lorraine. She’s already made friends with a girl named Crystal and is
being picked on by Kenya. Some guy threatens and attacks Lorelei and she
decides to go back home to New Mexico. Thing are getting crazy there as the end
of the world approaches. Lorelei, her friends and family come up with ideas on
how to stop the word from ending. Lorelei’s ability to see into photos develops
more. She’s basically seeing into the past, but it more like astral
time-travel.
There’s a huge twist in the story in the last 80 pages
or so. This may be a spoiler, but it’s funny when Lorelei thinks she’s in
heaven and it’s crazy what actually happened. I think the ending did drag on a
bit. I liked it, but I thought it was going in a different direction. I was
expecting an epic battle, but what happened was even crazier than that. I was
hoping things would go back to the way they were because I didn’t like this change,
but everything worked out.
I’m kind of sad that it’s over now. So many other book
series are four or five books, and thing trilogy was made up of pretty short
book. The stories are so fast paced that you could probably read all three
books in under a week. I read this book in less than 2 days and I feel like it
went way to quick. I loved every second of it. I recommend this series to fans
of Hush, Hush, Fallen, The Winter Haven series, and any other YA paranormal
romance series. It’s truly a must read and is very under the radar.
Cover Art Review: Why are the covers so boring! School
photos suck. I want to see New Mexico, angels and supernatural stuff. This
looks too contemporary.
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