Awaken Me Darkly

 

Mia Snow is a huntress for A.I.R., the Alien Investigation and Removal team in the city of New Chicago. This petite and feminine chick is no lady, she's known as the Angel of Death and she's earned her reputation. When a string of missing persons becomes a string of murders, Mia and her partner, Dallas set out to track their alien suspects. But when a sudden act of violence leaves Dallas fighting for his life, Mia will do whatever it takes to save her partner. Even if it means teaming up with the dark and seductive alien stranger, Kyrin en Arr. Kyrin's blood holds the key to saving Dallas and he's willing to help for a price, Mia. She's walking a razor edge and the closer she and Kyrin become the closer she comes to losing not only her badge but her life as well. As they fight to find the one responsible a secret reveals she's a lot closer to  the killer than she ever knew. 

 

 

Review

 

Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter is the first book of the Alien Huntress series. Much like her Lords of the Underworld series, this book contains a strong female heroine, a fantastic crew of supporting characters, and a fabulous story line, with a nice little twist thrown in. I enjoyed about 85% of this book. I liked the dynamic between Mia and her team and I liked the world Gena Showalter created filled with  all kinds of alien beings. I had three major problems with this book.

 Problem #1: the ending was super anti-climatic. There was no epic battle or even a kick-ass fight scene, it just happened and the end, plus there was no tying of loose ends. I was left felling unsatisfied with the last chapter.  

Problem #2: one word Kyrin. He's the male lead and the love interest, yet his personality is flat. I'm so used to Gena Showalters' characters have so much spunk and life, Kyrin was lacking.

Problem #3: The dialogue during the "love making". This was my biggest annoyance. I'm not going to go into it to much, but it was not good. 

But besides these things I liked most of the book and I'm willing to read the next book in hopes that this was just a fluke.