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I'm going to add my voice to the chorus of those that tell you not to waste your money on this book. I am a third of the way through and as much as the story had promise, I'm not going to make it. I wish rather than look at the star rating I had actually read a few of the negative reviews. The dialogue between the characters goes on for hours (literally - I bought the audio book) and is, as one reviewer described, sophomoric. The sexual tension is nonexistent. But by far the most annoying part of this book is that the author feels the need to use her book as a platform to spout her philosophical beliefs about the environment. Early in the book I thought the diatribe about the dangers of cell phones was a bit odd, but could live with it. Little did I know this was only the beginning. The book goes on at length as to the evils of meat, nonorganic food, GMO products.... It is apparently important to know that our characters recycle responsibly and use environmentally friendly dish soap. When one of the male characters (handsome, muscled, dressed in black) drives up in a sleek black . . . .Prius -- I almost lost my cookies. It's called escapist fiction for a reason. Tossing the book. I am done.


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Darkness Dawns Immortal Guardians Dianne Duvall 9781420118612 Books Reviews

Where to start. I've slept since finishing it, so all of the myriad things that bugged me so greatly yesterday have had time to settle and hide in my brain...

Well, I will start with Roland. He is supposed to be 936 years old but there really is no hint throughout the book to that affect - unless you count using the word "trencher" or referring to his kids as "babes." Otherwise, he was like any other man from the 21st Century. Not to mention he is supposed to be this reclusive, antisocial type who is angry with the world... And yet he is written as uber polite and thoughtful from the first. Having no problems socializing whatsoever. And he reveals ALL of his deep, dark secrets to Sarah so easily. Roland just felt totally flat and one dimensional.

And Sarah. Nothing really wrong with her other than I found her to be completely uninteresting. And the things she said often made me roll my eyes. And she fell in love so incredibly quickly. I think the whole book spans maybe seven days. I just couldn't buy it.

And the plot. Nothing much happens. Someone with a vendetta for Roland is pursuing him, trying to kill him. And when they aren't fighting, well, they're doing it. It's like, "Hmm nothing is happening right now, good time for a sex scene." Then a few pages later, "Pace is kind of slow, they might as well have sex again." I'm usually not a complainer when it comes to the intimacies in a book, unless it's to say there aren't enough, so for me to complain about gratuitous sex - that's saying something.

I'm not going to pick on Dianne Duvall's writing... It wasn't bad. There were a lot of redundancies in descriptions, though. Particularly when describing Sarah's "full breasts." There are many other adjectives to be used, no need to repeatedly use "full." Other than that, I just didn't feel there was significant character or plot development. And, honestly, the difference between an "immortal" and a "vampire" did not intrigue me. Not enough to try the next book, unless my trusted friend Paula tells me to give it a go.

I had to give this book two stars. After reading such wonderfully crafted books by the likes of Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione, and Jeaniene Frost... This book falls way short. And since two stars represents that "it was ok" - that's truly all it was, in my opinion
4.5 Stars!Since reading and reviewing this back in 2013, I have kept up with this series and have thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. The thing is, people change, and how they percieve the books they read can change as well. So I thought it would be fun to listen to it this time and see what I thought five years later.

First in the Immortal Guardians series, Darkness Dawns, tells the story of a group of immortal guardians that live and fight vampires in North Carolina. Not only do they fight vampires, they too have the vampire virus inside them. Regular vampires eventually go mad from the virus while Immortals had a different DNA before their changing, allowing them to not be driven mad. Immortals are born as human with a “gift”, whether it be psychic abilities, seeing ghosts, transporting, healing with their hands, reading minds or any number of other gifts that one can have. People with these gifts only become immortal if they are infected with the virus or changed in a process by another immortal. Their calling is to protect humankind from blood thirsty vampires.

Roland is a grouchy old man immortal. It has to be said. The fact that he still is handsome and young looking doesn’t change the fact of his determination to be left alone or how vocal he is about it. He does his job every night of killing vampires, but other than that has a reputation of being hard to like among the rest of the guardians. They all give him a wide berth. Sarah is human and a school teacher. She has just started to work in her garden early one pre-dawn morning(due to the heat of the day)when the sky might as well have turned her world upside down. She hears someone being tortured and can’t keep from trying to help. When she manages to save Roland from two vampires that have staked him out for the sun to die, he is astounded to be attracted to a woman for the first time in years. On Sarah’s part, she is terrified, especially when the man has to ride out the day in her home because of the sun. She too, feels the attraction though, although his eyes glowing at times and his wounds healing faster are pretty scary to her.

Of course, this is a wonderful paranormal romance, but it’s also pretty much an urban fantasy as well. These immortals are hunters of what amounts to be blood thirsty monsters. Duvall took the story to another level with a vampire leader that has a vendetta against Roland for personal reasons. He has been hunting him for centuries and has finally found him. It’s up to all the local guardians and their leader, Seth, to find out what’s going on and figure out what to do about it. Along the way, we meet lots of guardians and are treated to another completely different story that is happening at the same time. Enough said about that. There’s a bit of story set-up to read or listen to, but that’s mainly just good world building and therefore necessary to the listen/read.

Darkness Dawns Audiobook Narration

5 Hearts

Narration by Kirsten Potter was pretty perfect. She is a very talented narrator and I have since listened to the next in the series, Night Reigns, and she narrated that one amazingly, as well. Since these characters are from different parts of the world, she had to do different accents and she handled those with ease. Even though I had read the book previously, I think the narration “made” the book even more for me even more so than reading. Narration was definitely 5 stars for me.

Well written, paced, and performed, I can easily highly recommend this listen to adult(sensual scenes)paranormal romance readers as well as urban fantasy fans that don’t mind a romance. Originally posted review on Hot Listens
I'm going to add my voice to the chorus of those that tell you not to waste your money on this book. I am a third of the way through and as much as the story had promise, I'm not going to make it. I wish rather than look at the star rating I had actually read a few of the negative reviews. The dialogue between the characters goes on for hours (literally - I bought the audio book) and is, as one reviewer described, sophomoric. The sexual tension is nonexistent. But by far the most annoying part of this book is that the author feels the need to use her book as a platform to spout her philosophical beliefs about the environment. Early in the book I thought the diatribe about the dangers of cell phones was a bit odd, but could live with it. Little did I know this was only the beginning. The book goes on at length as to the evils of meat, nonorganic food, GMO products.... It is apparently important to know that our characters recycle responsibly and use environmentally friendly dish soap. When one of the male characters (handsome, muscled, dressed in black) drives up in a sleek black . . . .Prius -- I almost lost my cookies. It's called escapist fiction for a reason. Tossing the book. I am done.