Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians series Book 1)

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Yuma and Astral appear in front of the Door and Yuma says this is from his dreams. The Door urges Astral to remember his mission (in the dub, the Door says that Astral is worthy and all will be revealed). Yuma and Astral are suddenly floating through a blue tunnel and Astral speculates that the Door is showing them the path to his memories. His true memories are in front of them. As they emerge from the tunnel, they see a shining blue void, a gout of red energy rising from it. Astral says he remembers now - there is a card that documents everything that has happened in the world. Inside it is how the world developed and where it is heading. The two are now in front of a card-like object in Astral's memories, which swirls around into different forms. Astral says that the past and future are both written in it. The card is the fate of all the worlds and the power that decides everything. Astral insists that the world itself was born from this one card. It is the God Card that created the entire world - the Numeron Code. Astral says that the "Numbers" they have yet to collect holds its location and that his true mission is to find this card before the Barians do (in the dub, Astral says that as they collect "Numbers", they will learn of the Numeron Code's location). This is a strong start in what looks to be a thrilling and chilling new paranormal series. Fantastic! "

Given the fact that I have for a few years now been tired of the Dark-Hunter series (although it mostly had to do with the distinct author's voice), this resemblance was an unwelcome surprise to me. Well...there is no such thing as "innocence" and the author acting as jury, judge and executioner, through her characters, is highly annoying. I might have even rated 2 stars based on the knowledge that my tastes change. A book I rated 5 stars a few years ago has an excellent chance of earning only 3 stars now. I try to stay true to rating how i felt immediately after reading a book. As my pnr-read list grew, I became more critical, vocal in my complaints, and wanting something unique. This book is like so many series already out there. And since I equate reading pnr to eating plain ol' sugar, I obviously can not live off of plain ol' sugar and occasionally need a fat piece of pie or milkshake. Simply, it's all sugar.After all, I've read quite a few Paranormal Romances now. I don't MIND the formula. The formula works and giving this book two stars simply because it follows a highly successful formula, wouldn't be fair. It's a bad sign when before you get to 5%, you are already hitting your head against something hard - and if you end up pissed and frequently ranting for 95% of the book. Granted, this was partially due to my general crankiness for the majority of the time I was reading this, which may have affected how I perceived this book, but it also had to do with the things I've read previously. Or maybe it was just the book.

I love this book. Roland is wonderful, he's so gruff but yet sweet with Sarah. Sarah is just a great heroine, hands down one of the better heroines I've read. Together they make a great couple. The secondary characters are interesting as well and make me anxious to read more about them all. The story is interesting and engaging enough that I had problems stopping...I always wanted to see what was coming next. I'd highly recommend this book as it's an all time fave of mine. 2 thumbs up! :D

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star for entertainment value. There were a few funny parts, and when things didn't irritate me or reminded me too strongly of the Dark-Hunters, I enjoyed it. Civil twilight is the brightest form of twilight. There is enough natural sunlight during this period that artificial light may not be required to carry out outdoor activities. Only the brightest celestial objects can be observed by the naked eye during this time.