Review: If you like it DARK, then check this book out.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2012
For some reason I was expecting a light(er) read... must be the cover. Well, this book is as far from light read as possible, and I absolutely loved it! It actually gave me creeps because of how realistically dark it was.Ever since the End Times people are living in the constant danger of demon possessing or killing them, and there is nothing they can do! People's only hope are Knights Templar and Demon Hunters, but there are not enough of those to deal with all the problems. Now add a baby to the mix, and Aisling (pronounced Ashlin, as we are reminded several times) has her hands full. She has a dark secret from her past, and she'd been running away from it for several years now. But now she has a baby, and she doesn't want to run anymore. And if you think having a baby while leading a regular life is hard, try doing it while being a Demon Hunter with all kinds of demons seemingly after you specifically. Talk about day care problems.I applaud Mrs. Elliot for writing a book where the main heroine is not only kick ass, but also a mother. In fact, the only other work that I've read, where the heroine is a mother, was the Rhine Maiden by. I just don't think there are many books like that out there. I loved the world that Mrs. Elliot created. Everything was thought out, like why people would drive in London. As a person who tried to drive in London, I can tell you that it's madness, and an almost suicide (when you get almost run over by a doubledecker bus... while in a car... yeah), so at first I was about to get all high and mighty, until I've read that people barely take the tube anymore because it's too dangerous. Ha, now that makes sense! People ward their houses and themselves, but generally they are just trying to lead their lives as normal as possible. In fact, I'm amazed that people ARE able to lead their lives, considering how dangerous the world they live in is.Since the book kept surprising me, there wasn't as much romance in there as I expected, but it didn't take away from my enjoyment. What little was thrown in (especially at the end) made me go AWWWWWW and wish for the next book in the series. The demons are not hot, sexy and "good", but are genuinely demon-like, meaning they are genuinely better off dead and as far away from you as possible.There were few minor things that I didn't care for, and the first of them would be the cover. It is seriously misleading, and for a dark book like this, I think the cover needs to be darker too. Ash sometimes kept making stupid decisions, and while I could *kind of* understand her reasoning, for someone who had the same thing happen to her pretty much three times in a row, it was stupid. Or running out un-prepared while being such an experienced Hunter. Or overlooking something that was so blatantly screaming "something wrong here".Overall, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes their Paranormal Fantasy on the darker side, or for anyone who doesn't like a lot of romance. Forget about cutesy cover and give this book a chance, I think you will not be disappointed.