“(4.5 Stars)
When 18 year old Evangeline Hollis has a chance encounter with an all too sexy stranger an ends up giving up her virginity to him, she knows that she’s hard pressed to ever find another man Alec Cain. Ten years later, Eve is an up-and-coming interior designer and has just received a job interview with real estate tycoon, Raguel Gardara . The last thing on Eve’s mind is that she’ll run into yet another devastatingly handsome stranger, who just so happens to eerily resemble Alec. Never being one to engage in casual sex, Eve just can’t understand what suddenly makes her decide to have hot, passionate sex in the hallway of her potential employer’s hallway with yet another complete stranger.
It turns out there’s a reason these two incredibly hot men look so much alike – they’re brothers. But not just any brothers – the infamous Cain and Abel of biblical times! Not much has changed between the brothers since their birth, including their intense rivalry with each other. Unbeknownst to Eve, her dalliance with the two brothers’ results in her receiving the Mark of Cain, which means she’s now basically a warrior for Jehovah and has to hunt the demons that live on the mortal plain. The only problem? Eve’s agnostic, which makes for an interesting time when you’re supposedly now in the service of the Almighty.
Between trying to survive demon attacks, dealing with celestial bureaucracy, and being stuck between two sexy-as-sin brothers, both of which who are determined to lay claim to her, Eve’s life has definitely a whole lot busier than it used to be.
Eve of Darkness is the first of S. J. Day’s (aka Sylvia Day) new urban fantasy “Marked” series. I found the premise of this book completely original and fresh within the ever-popular urban fantasy/paranormal genre. I must admit that I was a bit reluctant to read the series. It just didn’t seem like it would be all that exciting. Wow, was I ever wrong! From page one I was sucked into this action-packed, high-octane, and wickedly sexy new world that Ms. Day created. Not only did I love the relationship between Eve, Alec, and Cain, but I also loved the twists that were added to the biblical stories I’d grown up hearing. Ms. Day pens a well-written and endlessly inventive new series that I absolutely love. I highly recommend this new series to fans of the paranormal and urban fantasy genre. Ms. Day does not disappoint.
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Mippy wrote this review Wednesday, August 26 2009.
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