Embraced by Darkness

Reviewed by mtngirl3 on January 28th, 2008, 7:08am

by Keri Arthur

Format: Print Books

Series: Other

This book is one of my favs in this
Riley Jenson, Guardian series - there is a greater focus on plotting
and characterisation and less emphasis on sex to carry the story along.
The book starts with Riley on holiday on an island to recover from all
the events of the last year (and last four books). She is contacted
there by a member of her former pack who demands that she looks into
the disappearance of a pack member, Adrienne, and threatens to hurt
Riley and Rhoan's mother if she doesn't comply. Shortly afterwards the
Directorate ask her to look into the strange murder of a woman who
appears to have been torn limb from limb by her fiancé and Riley
discerns a supernatural element to the crime. She works on both
investigations at the same time, also finding herself under attack from
an unknown assailant, dealing with the memories that contact with her
pack has dredged up, and trying to make sense of her relationship with
Kellen who wants to 'go solo' with her. Riley's not sure if she can
commit to that and clearly has some feelings still for vampire Quinn,
although he doesn't appear in person in this story. Unfortunately for me Quinn isn't in this book much - I am really still hoping they will get back together - it seemed a steamy match to me.

"There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing." (fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury)