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A review by geekxgirl
Bound By Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
3.0
2.5 Stars
I actually really liked that for a vampire Jaelyn was still considered quite young with from what I guessed was maybe a hundred years or less under her belt if not less. It was hard to say with what was mentioned but that was my assumption. So far most of the vampires in this series have been very old and all male. So having a female vampire as the heroine was a nice change and with her added youth playing a factor no matter her skill and strengths. I especially loved Ariyal. He was a lovely hero and was completely delish. I thought him and Jaelyn made for a good pairing.
What I didn't enjoy was the ever changing POVs. Yes, this has happened in every book where we get thrust inside the villain's head or in Salvatore's case anti-hero at the time. And mostly they've all bored me with a few exceptions but obviously they provide certain details needed to continue the story and sometimes the inside look into their thoughts enriches the story. In this books case I was just plain bored. Tearloch was not interesting in the least and I personally didn't care for his issues or wellbeing.
One thing that left me scratching my head was that Jaelyn mated Ariyal in the classic way all the vampires have done in the previous books but not once was there mention of the red scroll tattoo/mark that appears after the mating. Seriously, not once was it mentioned to have shown up on Ariyal's forearm or Jaelyn's so I was left confused! Are female vampires not worthy of a marking their soulmate when they mate? Was it because he was a dark fey even though the male vampires had mated other species too and still had the marks of mating them? Enquiring minds wanna know!
And honestly it was hard to care about the almighty Dark Lord returns part deux storyline either. It seems it's neverending with these creatures. Nearly every book almost seems to be centered around this story. I would think it could be wrapped up by now. But alas it isn't, and doesn't seem to be either. It did get a little interesting there at the end but ultimately this plot is just tired to me by now.
I am looking forward to Santiago and Nefri's book though.
I actually really liked that for a vampire Jaelyn was still considered quite young with from what I guessed was maybe a hundred years or less under her belt if not less. It was hard to say with what was mentioned but that was my assumption. So far most of the vampires in this series have been very old and all male. So having a female vampire as the heroine was a nice change and with her added youth playing a factor no matter her skill and strengths. I especially loved Ariyal. He was a lovely hero and was completely delish. I thought him and Jaelyn made for a good pairing.
What I didn't enjoy was the ever changing POVs. Yes, this has happened in every book where we get thrust inside the villain's head or in Salvatore's case anti-hero at the time. And mostly they've all bored me with a few exceptions but obviously they provide certain details needed to continue the story and sometimes the inside look into their thoughts enriches the story. In this books case I was just plain bored. Tearloch was not interesting in the least and I personally didn't care for his issues or wellbeing.
One thing that left me scratching my head was that Jaelyn mated Ariyal in the classic way all the vampires have done in the previous books but not once was there mention of the red scroll tattoo/mark that appears after the mating. Seriously, not once was it mentioned to have shown up on Ariyal's forearm or Jaelyn's so I was left confused! Are female vampires not worthy of a marking their soulmate when they mate? Was it because he was a dark fey even though the male vampires had mated other species too and still had the marks of mating them? Enquiring minds wanna know!
And honestly it was hard to care about the almighty Dark Lord returns part deux storyline either. It seems it's neverending with these creatures. Nearly every book almost seems to be centered around this story. I would think it could be wrapped up by now. But alas it isn't, and doesn't seem to be either. It did get a little interesting there at the end but ultimately this plot is just tired to me by now.
I am looking forward to Santiago and Nefri's book though.