Review: Deliciously Decadent... Is The Darkest Day!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2012
I fell in love with this book a few pages in - this is definitely right up my genre alley. I love the details put forth in the prologue - from the first page I knew that this authors work was going to be an amazing read.Upon meeting our heroine Izel Campbell I knew she and I were in for a tumultuous ride. She is a Poet Fionn from the Campbell Clan. A Poet Fionn possess magic in their voices and mouths. They can persuade others and bend them to their will. Although this is what Izel is she has not conquered the use of her persuasions yet.  She has spent her entire life void of emotions and upon returning to her homeland of Scotland Izel's world opens up and everything about her is about to change.  Izel's  path soon crosses with Kelvin Kerrs - Battle Chief of the Kerr Army. Kelvin knows the moment he sees her that she is the one - HIS one and only - but she is also the one that he has been sent to kill. Izel doesn't know that her grandfathers spell that has kept her safe and out of harms way is about to break and reveal an amazingly beautiful woman that for the first time in her life feels real emotions.  Upon experiencing the change in her body and her entire being Izel's true self is revealed and Kelvin realizes that she is the last full mortal human in the world.  Fate has a cruel hand and as his sworn enemy  Kelvin does everything in his power to deny what he feels for her. Izel is a strong woman who is coming into her own - experiencing emotions for the first time and overwhelmed at what fate has put in front of her.  Kelvin must get her back to Castle Kerr and that is a long and winding trip - out of way of others - out of way of towns - he must protect her - as demons and Alps lurk the woods and love anything with human blood. As time passes he realizes he wants nothing more than her. And he will stop at nothing to protect what is his. The change in Kelvin gave me goosebumps and  I loved the connection between the characters - I loved the way they both denied it and fought it with every ounce of their beings.I could not wait for The Darkest Day - I wanted the solstice and I wanted it quick! And it did not disappoint!Along the way we meet the sub-characters - Ian Kerr - Kelvins brother - has some things locked up in his dungeon that should prove quite interesting in the next book! Ryo - (loved her) a witch that the Kerr's employ - snarky and smart mouthed and oh so vague about EVERYTHING!!! And my favorite character - Ramsey - Campbell Clan - helps Izel when she thinks there is no help left for her.The sub-characters were delicious and I am so living for the day to read their books!I highly recommend - if you want something new and refreshing! I have to admit the reveal at the end of the book by Andrew shocked me and left me breathless. This is a completely different kind of story with a lot of twists and turns.  And a homerun for a debut novel!I want to know more - want to experience more and I can't wait for more books to show me the way!!