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Title: ‘Beast in the Darkness'
Author: Stacey Marie Brown Series: (Darkness #2.5) Novelette Genre: Urban Fantasy, New Adult, Paranormal romance, novella Year of Publication: 2013 Format: Free online read
NOTE: Recommends reading 'Darkness of Light' and 'Fire in the Darkness' before reading this review as there may be spoilers!
R E V I E W
“She was dead and I not only hated her, I resented her ever coming into my life.”
This novelette takes place during ‘Fire in the Darkness’ when Ember runs away from Lorcan and Eli in the forest outside of Lars's property and goes missing. 'Beast in the Darkness' is told from Eli's point of view, and we get to see what happens to him during three years on Earth in Ember's absence. This novella is an insight into the mind of this complicated beast, and it felt like a privilege to delve into his very broken and fragmented mind. Thinking the one woman who has always been more than just ‘another woman’ is dead, Eli spends two years searching for her until he becomes a hopeless man. He has completely lost control, drowning in his own failures, forsaking his duties and family, and acquiescing wholly to his beastly disposition and primal Dark Dweller needs: brawling, violence, sex and drinking heavily to anesthetize the pain of losing Ember.
He is careless, cruel, reckless, abusive, getting into trouble frequently with the law, and his mental state isn’t entirely intact. Eli has lost most of his rationality during his time away from Ember and is far from civil and human. He feels nothing but loathing, abhorrence and bitterness towards the woman responsible for changing his very make-up and making him into something other than what he is. Nobody can talk sense into him because he can't see sense and focus…until one fateful day when he feels his body ignite with pain and fire, and he knows the woman who destroyed him is not dead. He follows his blood in her veins to track her down. I’m anticipating the next book greatly to see how this transitions and plays out between both Ember and Eli, and whether they can overcome the blockades and bridges between them because right now it seems like it will be an epic task. I enjoyed this thoroughly and it made me want to read more from Eli's POV – I think the author would have benefited by included some chapters from Eli throughout the books, as it really would have heightened them overall.
This Novelette also includes two additional scenes from Eli’s point of view: Chapter 5 in ‘Darkness of Light’ when Eli first meets Ember and Chapter 2 in ‘Fire in the Darkness’ when Cole, Cooper and Eli rescue (or kidnap) Ember from the Strighoul in the iron warehouse.
“I was split In a battle: one instinct wanted to destroy my weakness; the other wanted to wrap my arms around her and protect her from the world and things that would hurt her…how long before that thing was me.”
I gave this book 4 stars -
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M Y R A T I N G S Y S T E M: ★ - 1 star: I did not like the book ★★ - 2 stars: The book was okay ★★★ - 3 stars: It was a good, solid read ★★★★ - 4 stars: A great book ★★★★★ - 5: A phenomenal read ---------------------------------------
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R E L A T E D P O S T S: ● Book Review: 'Darkness of Light' by Stacey Marie Brown ● Book Review: 'Fire in the Darkness' by Stacey Marie Brown ● Book Review: 'Dwellers of Darkness' by Stacey Marie Brown ● Book Review: 'Blood Beyond Darkness' by Stacey Marie Brown ________________________________________________________
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