A review by iffer
After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle
3.0
2.5 stars
This wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. The writing was fine, and this was entertaining, but the characters, setting, and plot weren't very well-developed. I suppose that this might get better in future volumes, as many series do. Although I was amused by this book (sometimes probably not at at the things that the author meant me to be amused by, like her obvious channeling of her experiences as a PhD student in making the main character's former PI (primary investigator) the horrible ex-boyfriend, demonstrated by how he would always make himself first author or research publications), it wasn't as exciting as it seems like a book that starts with a dead body and involves pulpy magic, should be.
Although I can usually do without the romance in these types of books, for a book classified as paranormal romance, the characters didn't seem like they had much chemistry, which could've merely been due to the lack of character depth. Most romance novels, at least the ones about "the chase" require a reason for the protagonists not to get together right away, to develop the tension that is eventually relieved in the happily-ever-after. I had trouble suspending my disbelief about the reasons the characters didn't just get together right away.
This wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. The writing was fine, and this was entertaining, but the characters, setting, and plot weren't very well-developed. I suppose that this might get better in future volumes, as many series do. Although I was amused by this book (sometimes probably not at at the things that the author meant me to be amused by, like her obvious channeling of her experiences as a PhD student in making the main character's former PI (primary investigator) the horrible ex-boyfriend, demonstrated by how he would always make himself first author or research publications), it wasn't as exciting as it seems like a book that starts with a dead body and involves pulpy magic, should be.
Although I can usually do without the romance in these types of books, for a book classified as paranormal romance, the characters didn't seem like they had much chemistry, which could've merely been due to the lack of character depth. Most romance novels, at least the ones about "the chase" require a reason for the protagonists not to get together right away, to develop the tension that is eventually relieved in the happily-ever-after. I had trouble suspending my disbelief about the reasons the characters didn't just get together right away.