Alp's Reviews > Lord of Darkness

2.25/5

I'm so sad to report that Lord of Darkness, the fifth installment in Maiden Lane series, is a disappointing read in my opinion.

Even though I enjoyed many parts of this book, there were also some parts that made me mad, some made me roll my eyes, and others bored me to sleep. I struggled through almost the entire story. The hero, Godric St. John, didn’t meet my expectations. He’s plain and bland, and seems more like another general character than the hero. Anyway, I admired his determination to save people of St. Giles. To be honest, I neither loved nor hated him.

Lady Margaret Reading, on the other hand, irritated me from the very start to the end. She’s everything I hate in the heroines. She's selfish, pushy, and annoying. I don't understand why Godric fell in love with her or what he saw in her.

There was no chemistry between them. NONE. The romance totally fell flat. I was really disappointed with their first time sleeping together. They both regretted it, and felt like they did something wrong and betrayed their exes. Nope, it wasn't romantic at all.

The good things about this book were Winter, Alf (a girl in disguise), the investigations, and the action scenes.

If only I had known that I would be displeased with this book, I would have never picked it up. It's really not to my liking.