Oh, goodness. I've found a new guilty pleasure series -- one that ranks up there with J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood. It's cover art is cheesy, and there's quite a bit of, um, spice in the content. But overall, I'm really intrigued by the premier novel of Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker's series.
In Jacob, we're introduced to the world of Demons, which aren't anything like the snarling, grotesque monsters that humankind believe they are. In Frank's world, Demons are intelligent, beautiful and ancient beings that live in harmony with humans -- except for twice a year, when the moons of Beltrane and Semhain make them a little impulsive, uncontrolled and lusty.
Jacob is the Enforcer of his race, and keeps the peace and doles out punishments during the moon-crazed weeks that try all Demons' control. For 600 years, he has lived to protect humans from Demons -- but finds himself inexplicably -- and uncontrollably -- drawn to Isabella, a young New York librarian that falls into his life one night while he is tracking a necromancer. These human magic-weilders are Demons only threat: when a Demon is Summoned by a necromancer, they are forced to serve the sorcerors against their will and perverted into the ugly and insane Demons depicted in literature and religious texts.
Jacob provides a compelling love story that was exceptional for a novel of this paranormal romance genre -- the characters actually experience relationship development instead of the star-crossed lover syndrome that's stereotypical. There's a lot of repetition used as Jacob and Isabella tentatively edge toward a romantic (not to mention illegal and immoral) relatinoship, but there's a lot of chemistry between the characters and the steamier scenes are written with lots of sizzle, but tasteful language. Frank manages to write passages that will fog up your glasses without using profanity or coarse sexual slang. Again, an impressive feat for this genre.
The action, world-building and cast of supporting characters in Jacob are all also excellent. The book sets up an exciting premise for a multi-book world, and does a good job of endearing its secondary characters to readers and making them eager to see more of them in primary roles in future books.
That said, I'm looking forward to reading the next book, Gideon, very soon. Like, as quickly as I can get to the library again soon. And I guess that's one of the highest recommendations I can give.
In Jacob, we're introduced to the world of Demons, which aren't anything like the snarling, grotesque monsters that humankind believe they are. In Frank's world, Demons are intelligent, beautiful and ancient beings that live in harmony with humans -- except for twice a year, when the moons of Beltrane and Semhain make them a little impulsive, uncontrolled and lusty.
Jacob is the Enforcer of his race, and keeps the peace and doles out punishments during the moon-crazed weeks that try all Demons' control. For 600 years, he has lived to protect humans from Demons -- but finds himself inexplicably -- and uncontrollably -- drawn to Isabella, a young New York librarian that falls into his life one night while he is tracking a necromancer. These human magic-weilders are Demons only threat: when a Demon is Summoned by a necromancer, they are forced to serve the sorcerors against their will and perverted into the ugly and insane Demons depicted in literature and religious texts.
Jacob provides a compelling love story that was exceptional for a novel of this paranormal romance genre -- the characters actually experience relationship development instead of the star-crossed lover syndrome that's stereotypical. There's a lot of repetition used as Jacob and Isabella tentatively edge toward a romantic (not to mention illegal and immoral) relatinoship, but there's a lot of chemistry between the characters and the steamier scenes are written with lots of sizzle, but tasteful language. Frank manages to write passages that will fog up your glasses without using profanity or coarse sexual slang. Again, an impressive feat for this genre.
The action, world-building and cast of supporting characters in Jacob are all also excellent. The book sets up an exciting premise for a multi-book world, and does a good job of endearing its secondary characters to readers and making them eager to see more of them in primary roles in future books.
That said, I'm looking forward to reading the next book, Gideon, very soon. Like, as quickly as I can get to the library again soon. And I guess that's one of the highest recommendations I can give.
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