Night Demon by Lisa Kessler (Night Series #2)
March 18, 2013
Paranormal Romance
Entangled
Reviewed by Mandi
Lukas Smith has been immortal for hundreds of years and he is now searching a way to end his life. Long ago he became a Night Walker and he doesn’t know why or how. All he knows is he must drink blood, he can shift into an owl and he can’t be in the sunlight. Other than his maker, he has yet to meet another person like him. But now deep in the ruins of the Yucatan rainforest, he thinks he is close to deciphering ancient glyphs that may give him answers. Under the guise of working for a university, Lukas travels with his research partner Gretchen Finch. Gretchen loves this job of researching but Lukas remains a mystery to her. As she continues to uncover more and more, a very dark unsettling feeling comes closer. About the same time, many people start dying of apparent self inflicted wounds in a small Texas town close to the Mexican border. The Night Demon is rising, a being that has been asleep for a long time. She was put to rest after the Night Walker gods of the North, South, East and West performed a sacrificial ritual. They thought she would never walk again, but she has and they need to stop her again.
My biggest complaint of this book is the lack of romance. It’s very much non-existent. Not only does Lukas and Gretchen love each other from page one, but there is no tension, no chemistry and no romance at all between them. It was really disappointing. To further the frustration, there is so much page time spent with a million other characters, which hindered the romance as well. Speaking of the other characters (and Lukas and Gretchen) they never felt fleshed out. I never felt like we really got to know any of them. We watched them fight, talk, and just be – but we never get to know them.
The demon rising and their fight to try to stop them is a solid foundation. But I felt like the characters were just plopped into the story and never given a chance to evolve. With the lack of romance, it was a disappointing read.
Rating: C-
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