Darkest Angel

by Tabitha Shay

[Cocktails and Books]

2.5 Cocktails

I was torn between laughing because I thought the author was doing some type parody of paranormal romance and crying because the book was so confusing. The language was historically inaccurate and used quite a lot of coarse language. The F word was used liberally to indicate intimacy although I don’t remember reading any passionate scenes in the book. I love an alpha male hero, but if a man I just met told me he was going to take me, F-- me, and make me his woman I wouldn’t be so quick to swoon over him. I just didn’t see the least bit of romance in that at all.

The author began each chapter with a quotes that oddly had absolutely nothing to do with the chapters. Each chapter was about a different character or set of characters in the book. There were a lot of characters in this book. Some of them were related. Others were simply associates or people from their past. Grace was a young widow that cared for a son (whose father wasn’t her late husband) and a younger sister, Kate. Grace’s stepdaughter (Elizabeth) and her husband Gabriel owned a store and saloon. They housed and protected a slave (Michelle) and her children (Pansy and Lily). Did I mention the father of Michelle’s children was Grace’s former fiancé Nicholas? Nicholas is crazy and intent on hunting both of them down. Then there is a would-be prostitute Emily that is rescued by a demon killing gunslinger, Rio. Then the devil himself is also a character with his wife (Mrs. Satan) and their three sons (Devlin, Little Heat, and Hell’s Fire). I guess we can’t have demons with some heavenly help so the Lord sent two brothers/cherubs (Bishop and Webster) to make sure that Grace and Rio (the father of Grace’s son) were reunited.

I really became weary of the storyline because it was so farfetched. From dialogue between Satan and his sons to the overly dramatic slave language between Michelle and “biggest, handsomest, most chocolate-colored man she ever seen” also known as Ollie. As I waded through the cast of characters and ridiculous dialogue I didn’t care for any of the characters. My only goal was to finish this book, and I got to the end only to have insult added to injury when the author had a cliffhanger. I was lost from the beginning to the ending of this book. I hope the next book is light years better than this one, but I will definitely NOT be buying it.

Reviewed by MIchelle for Cocktails and Books