Review: Patchwork collage
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
This book left me disappointed. I have read other books by Cross and enjoyed them, but this one missed the mark. It brought to mind a shadow version of The Midnight Breed and Black Dagar Brotherhood series.Potential Spoilers:  In Darkest Caress, Daegan is the Coven Leader of a very small band of Empowered males. They need a new, larger estate for their headquarters in the coming war against the Obsidian Lord, an Empowered male who has gone over to the dark side after the death of his bonded mate. The OL has been building an army of evil followers to wipe out the few remaining Empowered. But when Daegan meets with the realtor, he realizes immediately that she is different, she is an Empowered, and she is his fated mate. And so it begins. He wants her, but can't have her because of X, he wants to protect her but leaves her alone, she needs to know what is going on but he won't tell her, etc.. It is like a fuzzy, unexplained patchwork and much too predictable.  Also, the end is headed for a book two. Hopefully Cade will be smarter than Daegan and Vaughan won't completely go over.  Otherwise it will be a very short war.