Review: Phew!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
Dark Innocence is Madeline Pryce's companion novella, which follows Hannah after her ordeal at the Vampire Queen's hands. Hannah is a shadow of the person she was; physically, mentally and emotionally she has been destroyed by the cruelty of LisBeth. Hannah finds herself unable to trust, using sex, drugs and alcohol to numb her pain but reluctant to return to the house where she now lives with Ella, which once belonged to the Queen.Hannah has been seeking comfort from Dante as a friend, their fifteen year age gap preventing her from pursuing the relationship she wants, but after her life is threatened again, it becomes inevitable.The sex scenes in Dark Innocence lack the roughness of those between Micah and Ella, but I think Madeline Pryce has tailored them perfectly, as they build in intensity and power.I admit that I had always presumed Eli was Hannah's mate, though clearly Dark Innocence proves me wrong. I am, however, saddened by Eli's mental state and hope that Madeline Pryce might write Eli's story soon?The author continues to build the mystery surrounding Hannah's stalker; enthralling the reader in the action and excitement of the story and surprising us with Hannah's maturity, both sexually and physically as a fighter.Dark Innocence is a paranormal novella packed with more Madeline Pryce awesomeness; shifters, vampires, battles and eroticism! What more could a girl want???!I received this as a review copy, but this has had no influence on my opinion.