Review: Dark Shadows Continues Mystique
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2012
Dark Shadows, the 2nd book of the Cursed in Darkness series, picks up where Eternal Darkness left off.  Layla is recovering from the attack by the Spirit Demons and she and Shade are growing closer, much to the chagrin of her guard Nikalye and her father.  The sexual tension between the two fairly explodes off the page and when the two do get together the reader is not disappointed.As Shade cares for Layla in his room after the attack she decides she can truly trust him and tell him who she really is.  She still fears that he may turn and run from her when he finds out her true identity but she feels he deserves to know the truth.  To her surprise, Shade does not run but vows to watch over and care for her.  As Nikalye reveals to them the reason for their strange connection Shade and Layla become even closer.  Layla's father is not pleased but promises not to hurt Shade.The other students are becoming suspicious of the closeness between Shade and Layla and they are not pleased when they are told that Layla is a Dhampir.  There is alot of anger and tension and Ms. Hancock writes the characters and scenes in such a way that the reader can almost feel the tension growing.  Again in Dark Shadows the training and fight scenes are very well written and draw the reader into them.The last chapters of the book are filled with dangerous exercises, injuries, and loss of life and I was turning pages very quickly to see what was going to happen and who Layla really is.  When I got to the last page I kept trying to turn to the next one because I was not ready for this book to end.  And Layla is - - - - .  Very well done Ms. Hancock!