Review: Love the Plot Twists!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2012
Dark Awakening is the 3rd book in Natalie Hancock's Cursed in Darkness series and picks the storyline up right where Dark Shadows, book 2, left off.In the first chapter we learn more about Layla's childhood and background.  Layla suffers near fatal injuries in a surprise attack.  While she is prepared to die the fates will not allow it and she finds herself, or her soul, on a mountainside having an intriguing conversation with her mother.  She knows she must return to her body and continue the fight to save her people.This book contains much more of the training sequences and fighting scenes that Ms. Hancock writes so well and we begin to see more of the enemies our vampires are up against.  Throughout the book Shade and Layla continue to deepen their relationship, and this does not sit well with some of the students at the academy, among others.The last few chapters of Dark Awakenings will have you sitting on the edge of your seat turning pages as fast as you can to find out what's coming next.  I highly recommend this book for it's action, on and off the training field and I look forward to reading the next book in this series.