Barbara S. (barbsis) - , reviewed on 6/26/2010 + 1076 more book reviews

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I was disappointed in this installment of the Daughters of Arianne series. [book:A Mermaid's Kiss|2896122] was beyond excellent. [book:A Witch's Beauty|3430165] was a darkly erotic romance. But this one is just too dark for my taste. Half-vampire, half-Dark One (demon spawn) Dante is overly violent and a brute. As a line in the book claims "Dante is held by a dark madness and does harm without intent." I do understand that his environment spawned him but as a romance hero he was a bit much. I was seriously upset with the rape scene though I guess it was a setup to show how far Dante will come (no pun intended).

Alexis (Anna and Jonah's daughter) is all sweetness and light (literally being half-angel, half-mermaid - a merangel with a tail, fins and wings). Dante is a mix of darkness, violence and niceness (very briefly) which is extremely confusing for Alexis because only she can see the tiny spark of goodness inside him. Being an angel and an empath, Alexis sees hope where there is little and sticks with Dante in the hopes of turning him from the darkness. She puts up with a lot from him and excuses his behavior time and again even when he physically and emotionally hurts her.

I must say that I actually got tired of the sex scenes between Alexis and Dante as they were every few pages or so and really distracted from the basic storyline. Yeah great he can screw like a champ but is that really going to save his soul? He used dominant sex as a tool to avoid communication since he had no real emotions and couldn't identify his own feelings.

A very long journey but a satisfying ending. It was left open for another sequel...maybe Marcellus and Clara????

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