A review by bunnerz
Cursed by Night by Jasmine Walt, Emma Stark
2.0
I thought this was an okay read, but I skimmed a lot since much of plot was pretty typical and easily predictable trope-y behavior. The intimate scenes themselves were spicy, and I appreciated Ace's independent attitude, but the hovering protective gargoyles didn't feel like they provided much momentum to character development and the plot. I felt that the dialogue often didn't flow very naturally and was very stilted.
Ace seemed to trip in her heels and while running around in general an awful lot, especially when she shouldn't. She would also often run out alone without backup against supernatural vampires with only the logic that she's a cop and it's her job rather than think of her safety. Why in the world would you open your locked front door, knowing that there were vampires outside, just because you didn't want them to kick it in? *facepalm* Or even going out in general, knowing that vampires were hunting you, and your powerful gargoyle protectors were still stone since it wasn't sunset yet?
Gargoyles as monster hunters, men cursed into becoming monsters because of a woman, and new uncontrolled vampires as evil un-discerning murdering monsters are nothing new (although new vampires eating bones while feeding is certainly different). I didn't feel like there was much new unique material that would make this book stand out from the generic urban fantasy reverse-harem romance.
I will not be reading more books in the series.
Ace seemed to trip in her heels and while running around in general an awful lot, especially when she shouldn't. She would also often run out alone without backup against supernatural vampires with only the logic that she's a cop and it's her job rather than think of her safety. Why in the world would you open your locked front door, knowing that there were vampires outside, just because you didn't want them to kick it in? *facepalm* Or even going out in general, knowing that vampires were hunting you, and your powerful gargoyle protectors were still stone since it wasn't sunset yet?
Gargoyles as monster hunters, men cursed into becoming monsters because of a woman, and new uncontrolled vampires as evil un-discerning murdering monsters are nothing new (although new vampires eating bones while feeding is certainly different). I didn't feel like there was much new unique material that would make this book stand out from the generic urban fantasy reverse-harem romance.
I will not be reading more books in the series.