Review: Fantastic beginning to the series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2012
Eternal Darkness is the first book in the Cursed in Darkness  series.  The book centers around Layla, a half-breed vampire called a Dhampir.  She resides at the vampire academy to train and come to grips with her past. She meets and is attracted to sexy vampire, Shade her one-on-one trainer.The characters in the book are really interesting.  Layla is very complex, and a certain amount of mystery surrounds her.  Layla and Shade have an undeniable and electric attraction, and they are hot together.  The book hints that more will be revealed about the nature of this attraction, but we will have to wait.  Aside from Layla and Shade, there is Layla's guardian, Nikalye, who I found to be very intriguing. He is also a Dhampir with powers to see the past, present and future.  I would hope to see his character evolve more in future books.Hancock was very descriptive in her writing, painting a picture of the setting and also providing well developed characters.  Although we learn a lot about them, the author doesn't give everything away at once. We know there is much more to learn and that knowledge will continue to come in future installments.The book is written in first person, and because of this the flow and the wording of the story was a little rough and this made some parts a little slow for me.  On the other hand, when the story picked up, I was on board and totally engrossed.  The last few pages really had me, and I was really into it only to encounter the cliffhanger!After the cliffhanger ending I am curious to see where this story goes and luckily I don't have to wait! The second book of the series titled Dark Shadows was released April 1st, 2012.***Reviewed by Teresa D. for VampireRomanceBooks.com***