Dark Lover

This review is counterbalance for Seregil of Rhiminee's review.

It's not just about how the writer writes, or how beautifully the writer has made the characters or how "good quality" the book has.

It's about what you're looking for.

I can believe that some people don't like Dark Lover and it's sequels. But I'm sure that there are many people who like. If you have read hundreds of books and while reading you look specifically for quality, skillfully made characters and extraordinary storyboard, you probably don't think this book is very good. Or you think (like he does) that this is "definitely the worst book he've read this year".

When I read, I want to enjoy. Sometimes it's very nice to have those complicated storylines and intense characters hanging around, but sometimes you want something more... light? Easy? Entertaining? All of those.

And the characters are enough good to be entertaining. I'm not looking for philosophising or the ultimate questions. Dark Lover is not for young (adults) like Twilight-saga is. This is more for adults, and much more... rough.

I could write reveral lines of text more about this, but I won't do so. I think my opinion is clear enough by this. I simply say that If you are looking something like this, read this. If you [b]know[/b] that you won't like it, that you don't like books like that, don't read. It's useless. If you do like romantic books, I think you'll like this.

But I like books like this, and I like this. And that's enough for me. This is not c*ap. ;)

In my opinion J. R. Ward's Dark Lover is one of the worst vampire books I've ever read (and it's definitely the worst book I've read this year). I usually like vampire books, but I didn't like this book at all.

Although this book can be called horror fantasy, it's much closer to paranormal romance than genuine horror fantasy, which is a bad thing. This kind of romantic horror fantasy may appeal to some readers, but I don't like it (if somebody wants to read good horror fantasy, I can recommend Anne Rice's first vampire books - they're excellent books).

In my opinion Dark Lover is a good example of how not to write horror fantasy books. The writing was below average, the character development was horrible, the plot was almost non-existent etc...

I could write several lines of text about the badness and low quality of this book, but I won't do so. I simply say that do yourself a favour and don't read this book.