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DARK OF THE MOON
Susan Krinard
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ISBN: 0-373-77258-2
March 2008
Paranormal Romance
The second book in the Roaring 20’s shapeshifter
series, DARK OF THE MOON was not as engaging as I was
hoping a work by Ms. Krinard would be. Some of my
favorite all time books are written by this author, but
it seems to me that I find the first book in her series
engaging and the following stories less and less so.
Gwen Murphy is a reporter for the Sentinal newspaper in
New York. Her father was a Pulitzer Prize winning
reporter until the end of his life when a mission to
prove that there was a blood cult in New York ultimately
turned him into a byline. Gwen has been struggling in a
male dominated world and holding her own. When she hears
of a story that sounds related to her father’s crusade,
nothing is going to get in her way of finding the truth.
Dorian Black was the enforcer for the previous head
vampire. After killing his master, he is slowly going
insane. In the dark of the moon….nights with no moon, he
turns into an uncontrollable beast. I found the
character of Dorian Black very interesting in regards to
his origin. I wonder if Ms. Krinard is playing off of
the Dorian Gray story and the beast in all of us? An
interesting turn (play of words with the colors
allusions in the last name), but unfortunately one of
the only interesting turns in this book.
All in all, I had a hard time getting into both our
characters and the story. The book would plod along and
it was an effort for me to finish. I enjoyed the first
book in this series and was hoping to see more
interaction of the society set up in that book. Instead,
while there was a power vacuum left from the last story,
this story sidestepped that by introducing a totally new
element. An element that eerily echoes a totalitarian
type society or Jonestown-type cult in its philosophy,
but ultimately unrelated to the paranormal plot already
in progress (though it does have a relation to vampires
and their role in the world). I guess I felt that this
story tried too hard and didn’t flow. If you liked the
first book in this series, you might want to pick this
one up to find out what happens to Dorian and to get a
flavor of a time period seldom written about.
Review by Sarah Silversmith
Rating 3 |
