A review by bear_ridge_tarot
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

dark mysterious tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 Kira Graceling is in possession of a sense of duty too strong to ignore the things she knows she should walk away from. Walking home from the private investigator office she works at, just before dawn, Kira hears the sounds of pain and violence coming from a warehouse. She rushes headlong into the building to discover Mencheres. A Master vampire of deep magic and mystery has decided to let himself die after his power to see the future shows him only a vast blackness. Kira "rescues" Mencheres and falls into a hidden world of corruption, power, and danger.

This is the second spin-off novel set in the Night Hunter world. This one was much better than the previous, though both novels can be read as stand-alones. The story made sense, flowed well and fit into the overall world's story arches in a way that I found pleasing. I particularly liked that Kira was not the fainting-rescue-me type and could hold her own beside a vampire with the depth and breadth of power that Mencheres possesses. 

 
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