Lynn Viehl: Dreamveil

Note: this review was originally written in 2010. It was lost for a long time, so wasn't added to the blog until 9 years after I wrote it. My opinions may have changed between now and then, but I'm posting this review here unchanged for reference anyway. I am not including content warnings or representation...

Lynn Viehl: Shadowlight

Shadowlight (Kyndred #1) by Lynn Viehl (paranormal romance) This is the first in her new series about the Kyndred, which is a spinoff of her Darkyn series. You can, technically, read these without having read the Darkyn books and not get lost, but honestly, why would you want to? The Darkyn books (starting with If...

Lynn Viehl: Dark Need

Dark Need (Darkyn book #3) by Lynn Viehl (urban fantasy, paranormal romance) This third book in the Darkyn series focuses on Lucan, a character we meet in the first book but don't see in the second. I really liked him, and the insights we get into his life. Samantha, his heroine, is also likable and...

Lynn Viehl: If Angels Burn

If Angels Burn by Lynn Viehl (urban fantasy, romance) I enjoyed If Angels Burn, in part because I knew (to an extent) what I was getting in for. I read it for a book club, and was told before I read it that it was more dark fantasy than paranormal romance. So I expected dark...

Lynn Viehl: Private Demon

Private Demon (Darkyn #2) by Lynn Viehl (fantasy, paranormal romance) This is the second book in Lynn Viehl’s Darkyn series. It follows up If Angels Burn with the same semi-predictable but still very enjoyable plot style, yet there is nowhere near the unsettling feeling that comes from the torture scenes in the first book. This...