World Famous Comics: Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 5)
Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 5)
By: Keri Arthur Publisher: Dell Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Dell Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 384 Publication Date: July 31, 2007 Release Date: July 31, 2007
Product Description: She's hunting a killer— and shattering every boundary— she's ever known.…
Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it’s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family’s alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die.
Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on...and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix—at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has only just begun....
As a Guardian, Riley begins working two cases. One is connected to her former Pack, another deals with a Serial killer. They're connected, but again, not really.
What has me so disappointed in this outing isn't the lack of steamy sex scenes. It's there, but after the first few books Riley was really becoming like Anita Blake... doing any thing, any time, any where... so her promise to try to make a go at it with Kellen was something fresh and unexpected. What I had a problem with is that this lacked the pick up and go action that the first novels had. I purchased this book when it first came out, and I'm only getting around to reading it now because from the very beginning, I was able to put it down at any time. Riley has always been one to grab my attention from go, and that was missing this time. It was like just another day in the life... which tends to get boring if not done right. And sadly enough, this was just 3 shades away from boring.
I like Riley. I really do. But Embraced By Darkness left a lot to be desired. And I hope that with the return of Quinn in The Darkest Kiss, the next book will return Riley back to her glory.
Still going strong overall I have read all of this series, and have enjoyed not only the skill and dynamic scope of each of the stories, but also the unfettered and freshly unreserved style of the sensual side of these stories. Riley is great, and I love love love the way that Arthur portrayes and embraces homosexuality. Creative, interesting, you are embroiled with Riley throughout all her adventures. Great fun, well written, very exciting.
Can't Wait for Book #6 I loved this series since the first installment. It's true that this book doesn't have the "heat" of some of the previous books. Here we see Riley starting to develop more as a character who isn't a complete prisoner to her hormones.
Hopefully, Riley will have someone new come into her life. Quinn has his own issues, and can't accept her for herself. As for breaking off her relationship with Kellem, it was no great loss. His character always seemed a little flat to me.
Ms. Arthur has a good imagination so hopefully she will surprise us all in the next book.Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 5)
My mom says it's good. I don't know how fair it is to do a review on a book that I bought as a gift, but for what it's worth, my mom said Embraced by Darkness was good. She reads a lot of mysteries, including some others by Keri Arthur, and according to her, this one did not disappoint.
Not like others in the series... This installment of the series had NONE of the highly erotic scenes that to date have been a trademark of the "Riley Jensen" stories. It was especially a disappointment after the last book, Dangerous Games, which was super-hot. The story itself was okay, but nothing to write home about. FYI-if you are expecting sizzling scenes, you will get nothing from this book beyond perfuctory, traditional (obligatory?) sex scenes.
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