A review by bookwyrm_kate
Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn

3.0

The big draw for me was the idea of vampiric fae. I've never read that twist on the mythology before. The proverbial BA tough chick protagonist was somewhat juvenile and a bit annoying, but I thought the story had a lot of potential.
It started out strong, then slowly weakened from the middle until the end. Small inconsistencies bothered me, for example one case where the author described a character as dressing in black jeans and a black turtleneck, then shortly after described a drop of blood running down her neck onto the fabric of her t-shirt. It totally takes me out of the moment when I've pictured something the way it is described, then it suddenly changes without reason. The editors should have caught that.
The woman narrating the audiobook had a pleasant voice, but would put strange emphasis in certain places, making a character who should sound frightened or determined sound flat, valley-girlish, or annoyed.
The romance wasn't believable, I didn't care for the characters' names (Grieve, Cherish, Rhia, etc), but overall, I was entertained. Not high-fantasy by a long shot, but what I've come to expect from urban fantasy/paranormal romance. Warning: very sexually explicit, in a gratuitous, not-necessary way (forceful, Dom)