Book Review: Death of a Darklord by Laurell K Hamilton

Eya Lovelies! 

It's meeeeee.... with your weekly dose of a bookish addiction share. 

This week I am sharing an author I have been wanting to read for a long long time. She is so well known in the paranormal genre, mostly for her Anita Blake series, which I am still to read. It's just a really long reading commitment and I have only starting collecting a few of her books. 

This book was gifted to me from my hubby last year, and he made an excellent choice as it is a perfect stand alone. He doesn't read at all so it was merely luck of the draw on his account, but I love him for it anyway. 

So let's get down to business...

Paperback

Published: 11 July 2006

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

306 pages

* What it's about *

"Death of a Darklord" focuses on a young woman who finds that she has a talent for magic in a land and a family unforgiving of such abilities, and her tragic attempts to redeem herself in the eyes of her family by aiding them on their quest to end the dark magic that has destroyed a neighboring town.

* My thoughts *

What a book and I was quite conflicted when it came to writing this review. There is no doubt in my mind that Ms Hamilton is an amazing writer and definitely knows how to weave a story together. 

I really wanted this to be a 4 star review and it completely was... right up until near the end of the book in the last few chapters. 

I loved the story and the characters up until things started to get weird with Elaine. 

The deterioration of relationships had me on edge from the beginning to the very end. 

It's the ending that had me conflicted, as it was not quite what I expected, which in most cases can be a good thing. Sadly for me it was not. I had such hope and them bam... weird disappointing ending. 


It wasn't a bad read, I still want to try her other series Anita Blake.

* Rating * 

Author Links and Bio: 

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Laurell K. Hamilton is one of the leading writers of paranormal fiction. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Hamilton writes the popular Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels and the Meredith Gentry series. She is also the creator of a bestselling comic book series based on her Anita Blake novels and published by Marvel Comics. Hamilton is a full-time writer and lives in the suburbs of St. Louis with her family.

Happy Reading <3 

Love 

Chanzie 

xxx