caseyvelasquez's review
3.0
3.5 ⭐️ I saw the undercover spy from the beginning. I’m still pissed that Eli is hiding things. This story is really drawn out and moving a little too slow for my liking, but I want all the answers! Dang it!! I think if I read this before Savage Lands I would have liked it more.
jlove731's review
5.0
Not going to lie, I definitely kept reading chunks and stopping instead of doing one straight sitting just so I could make it last a little longer. I was dreading finishing it because I just love this series to pieces! Dwellers of Darkness picks up right where Fire in the Darkness left us and takes off like a rocket.
Ember continues to make me love her as our protagonist. She is beyond stubborn and bad-ass and can dish it as well as she can take it. Plus I'm so happy to see her take charge of her feelings in this one, though I know... I just know there is a secret we have yet to discover that is going to explode in her face and I'm dying to know what that is. I'm hoping she'll be able to right everything with her tough interior and exterior though.
Eli Dragen, mother humping dominant sexy green-eyed hot beast, you. This man is all strength and muscles and protectiveness and I can never get enough of him. I absolutely loved to see that toughness crack slightly towards Ember in this installment, yet at the same time the intenseness just continues to build between him and Ember and I couldn't have loved it more. I know there's more were missing from him, and I can only hope it doesn't destroy anything. ELI FOREVVVER!
It's not just him and Ember I love, though they play the biggest roles.. I love the story. I absolutely adore the world of Fae and Dark Dwellers and all that is light and dark. I love the age range of the story and the romance, and betrayals, and snarky friendships. It's got a little (or maybe a lot) of everything I adore in a book.
The end of the book... man! I wanted to rip the queen in half, know everybody's secrets, slap and kiss Eli at the same time, and scream for the next book. I heart this series so freaken hard. I will definitely not be looking forward to the series coming to an end, however I can only hope for an epic and earth shattering happily ever after. Love this series!!
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Ember continues to make me love her as our protagonist. She is beyond stubborn and bad-ass and can dish it as well as she can take it. Plus I'm so happy to see her take charge of her feelings in this one, though I know... I just know there is a secret we have yet to discover that is going to explode in her face and I'm dying to know what that is. I'm hoping she'll be able to right everything with her tough interior and exterior though.
Eli Dragen, mother humping dominant sexy green-eyed hot beast, you. This man is all strength and muscles and protectiveness and I can never get enough of him. I absolutely loved to see that toughness crack slightly towards Ember in this installment, yet at the same time the intenseness just continues to build between him and Ember and I couldn't have loved it more. I know there's more were missing from him, and I can only hope it doesn't destroy anything. ELI FOREVVVER!
It's not just him and Ember I love, though they play the biggest roles.. I love the story. I absolutely adore the world of Fae and Dark Dwellers and all that is light and dark. I love the age range of the story and the romance, and betrayals, and snarky friendships. It's got a little (or maybe a lot) of everything I adore in a book.
The end of the book... man! I wanted to rip the queen in half, know everybody's secrets, slap and kiss Eli at the same time, and scream for the next book. I heart this series so freaken hard. I will definitely not be looking forward to the series coming to an end, however I can only hope for an epic and earth shattering happily ever after. Love this series!!
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authorkmg's review against another edition
5.0
from pagetrotter.blogspot.com
Whew! What a ride! We pick up right where we left off and I hope you have your running shoes on, kiddos because we do not stop until the end. It's a wild ride and every time you think things are one way Brown switches things up and you're left with your jaw hanging.
Ember has come so far from the girl we met in book 1 and I'm growing to love her so much! She's beginning to assume the roles she's meant to play and become the warrior she always was. It's fascinating to watch. Still though, her road is met with so much betrayal and pain that it's a wonder she has the strength to get out of bed in the morning. I think it helps that she has such a fantastic family. The people she has chosen to love are not all good and not all bad, they are all varying shades of gray and I think they all represent parts of Ember. They also give her strength and motivate her like no other. She would do anything for them and after how book 3 just ended, I'm biting my nails to see just how far she's going to have to go.
Things progress with Eli thank the LAWD! He is such a hot piece of fictional ass. Eli and Ember make the most volatile couple I've read about since Barrons and Mac and thats saying something people. They are pure fire and they burn up the pages of Dwellers of Darkness. Eli is still so much of a mystery and it seems like every time we learn a little bit about him we learn that there's even more that he's hiding. It's absolutely maddening and I wonder if, like Barrons, we will every truly know Eli. I have my theories about what's going to happen in book 4, but I'm not going to ruin it for y'all! I am dying to hear what you think so let me know on Twitter, FB and in the comments section below!
This is totally, completely, 100% recommended. This series keeps getting better and I am salivating for book 4! Thank goodness we only have to wait until Fall! Happy reading everyone!
*ARC provided in exchange for honest review!*
Whew! What a ride! We pick up right where we left off and I hope you have your running shoes on, kiddos because we do not stop until the end. It's a wild ride and every time you think things are one way Brown switches things up and you're left with your jaw hanging.
Ember has come so far from the girl we met in book 1 and I'm growing to love her so much! She's beginning to assume the roles she's meant to play and become the warrior she always was. It's fascinating to watch. Still though, her road is met with so much betrayal and pain that it's a wonder she has the strength to get out of bed in the morning. I think it helps that she has such a fantastic family. The people she has chosen to love are not all good and not all bad, they are all varying shades of gray and I think they all represent parts of Ember. They also give her strength and motivate her like no other. She would do anything for them and after how book 3 just ended, I'm biting my nails to see just how far she's going to have to go.
Things progress with Eli thank the LAWD! He is such a hot piece of fictional ass. Eli and Ember make the most volatile couple I've read about since Barrons and Mac and thats saying something people. They are pure fire and they burn up the pages of Dwellers of Darkness. Eli is still so much of a mystery and it seems like every time we learn a little bit about him we learn that there's even more that he's hiding. It's absolutely maddening and I wonder if, like Barrons, we will every truly know Eli. I have my theories about what's going to happen in book 4, but I'm not going to ruin it for y'all! I am dying to hear what you think so let me know on Twitter, FB and in the comments section below!
This is totally, completely, 100% recommended. This series keeps getting better and I am salivating for book 4! Thank goodness we only have to wait until Fall! Happy reading everyone!
*ARC provided in exchange for honest review!*
thymeslyp's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Enjoyable if a bit predictable.
sunflowerfoxglove's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
spiringvenus's review against another edition
4.0
Fast paced with a twisty plot and interesting characters! Can't wait to read the last installment!
lucypkeen's review
5.0
Found myself getting frustrated at Ember often, but I think that is intentional? I just LOVE Cal and Simmons, they are the extra heart squeeze you didn't know you needed (or maybe you did). Torin (and Lily supporting) wanting the betrothal bond kind of made me angry? But could be I am just so pro Eli???? Either way so glad the adventure continues.
gssmith7's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
raven168's review against another edition
4.0
Eli and Ember have definitely become one of my absolute favorite couples. The two of them feed off of each other and compliment the other perfectly. Plus they are just a hell of a lot of fun to read about. I hate love triangles, so I was thrilled with this book when Ember simply went with her heart and didn't become all wishy washy over who to choose. She really is quite a bad-ass sometimes, but with Eli there were times where she was such a girl and it was cute and made her seem so much more real. And I don't even know where to start with Eli because he was just so....awesome in this book.
Starting literally right where the last one ended, Ember isn't given much time to wrap her head around how long she has been gone and the change that came over Eli before the queen's soldiers come after them. They all flee and manage to get away with Ember being the only one hurt, though that was all her own fault. Lily is not happy about being around dark dwellers at all, and Ember also wants to leave because of the hostility coming off of Eli. But when enough logic is thrown at her, she realizes it is safer for them at the compound. When the fighting between Eli and Ember gets too much for the others to deal with, they find themselves locked together in room to work it out. Which they eventually kind of sorta do...until Lily and Kennedy walk in on them. Things greatly improve between the two of them after that and I was definitely happy that it took such a short time for Eli to calm down and be back to himself more or less. Then one day some visitors show up who have escaped from the queen. Practically carrying Torin are Thara and Josh. Torin's presence especially is not a welcome site, obviously most particularly for Eli. Making Eli more angry is when he finds out that Ember knew she was engaged to Torin and didn't say anything. But what pissed Ember off was when she found out that there literally was a magical bond on them and that it influenced her feelings and actions toward him. Whatever Torin had been thru has definitely had it's affect on him because he is not always the sweet guy Ember has always known. He has become quick to anger and volatile. Ember's choosing Eli over him does not help at all, but she knows who has her heart and says she's too selfish to let it go. While Ember is doing her things (most especially Eli
), Kennedy has found out she is a druid and has been practicing using her magic in order to help. It's purely accidental when she helps to discover what they have been searching for all along, a map to the sword of light. Of course, Lars also knows about this seeing how he has found her and sent in a spy of his own to watch Ember. After tagging along on a job with the dwellers where things literally blow up, Ember finds herself in Lars' home again making another deal of sorts. When they show up at the compound together, it doesn't go well with the dark dwellers, but Lily is the one who has the biggest problem with it. And we finally learn one of the many big secrets being kept from Ember. With Lars in command, we go forth to find the sword because he has figured out where it is. Unfortunately, it takes a few days of some torturous searching before they discover exactly where it's located. When things are starting to look up, naturally Lorcan shows up. Because that guy just can't not pop in at the worst times. Things go from bad to worse from there. And at the end a betrayal, which I just knew would happen damn it forces Ember to make a deal that could mean disaster for so many.
I really can't wait to get the final book and see how all of this is going to end.
Starting literally right where the last one ended, Ember isn't given much time to wrap her head around how long she has been gone and the change that came over Eli before the queen's soldiers come after them. They all flee and manage to get away with Ember being the only one hurt, though that was all her own fault. Lily is not happy about being around dark dwellers at all, and Ember also wants to leave because of the hostility coming off of Eli. But when enough logic is thrown at her, she realizes it is safer for them at the compound. When the fighting between Eli and Ember gets too much for the others to deal with, they find themselves locked together in room to work it out. Which they eventually kind of sorta do...until Lily and Kennedy walk in on them. Things greatly improve between the two of them after that and I was definitely happy that it took such a short time for Eli to calm down and be back to himself more or less. Then one day some visitors show up who have escaped from the queen. Practically carrying Torin are Thara and Josh. Torin's presence especially is not a welcome site, obviously most particularly for Eli. Making Eli more angry is when he finds out that Ember knew she was engaged to Torin and didn't say anything. But what pissed Ember off was when she found out that there literally was a magical bond on them and that it influenced her feelings and actions toward him. Whatever Torin had been thru has definitely had it's affect on him because he is not always the sweet guy Ember has always known. He has become quick to anger and volatile. Ember's choosing Eli over him does not help at all, but she knows who has her heart and says she's too selfish to let it go. While Ember is doing her things (most especially Eli
), Kennedy has found out she is a druid and has been practicing using her magic in order to help. It's purely accidental when she helps to discover what they have been searching for all along, a map to the sword of light. Of course, Lars also knows about this seeing how he has found her and sent in a spy of his own to watch Ember. After tagging along on a job with the dwellers where things literally blow up, Ember finds herself in Lars' home again making another deal of sorts. When they show up at the compound together, it doesn't go well with the dark dwellers, but Lily is the one who has the biggest problem with it. And we finally learn one of the many big secrets being kept from Ember. Spoiler
I had always suspected that Lars was her father because it just made sense. Finding out it was his brother and what happened between the two of them was something I didn't expect and was very interesting.Spoiler
From the moment that Josh showed up, I knew something was off. It just didn't make any sense that he would be there with them. And when his actions got more and more suspicious and he kept prying Ember for more and more information, I was certain he was a spy for the Seelie Queen. It kind of pissed me off to know I was right and for nobody else to notice...I really can't wait to get the final book and see how all of this is going to end.