Ash’s review of Ascension (Dark Breed Series, Book 1) by Sable Grace
Paranormal Romance published by Avon 26 Apr 11
When I read the blurb to Ascension, I was really excited. It sounded like a book I could really love, and while I really enjoyed it, a few things kept me from loving it.
First off, I don’t really like Kyana. She comes across as uncaring for most of the book, at least to me. I don’t get her reasons for doing things, and it seems as if she can’t bend for anything. I can’t understand why Ryker wanted to be with her. Honestly, I think he deserves someone better. By the end of the book, I don’t think she has grown enough for the position she has been put in. I just want more from her. She’s pretty much a bitch, and not even one I can cheer for. I was waiting for someone, Ryker for example, to put her in her place.
One of my biggest pet peeves happens again. Ascension is marked as paranormal romance and it is more like an urban fantasy. I’m looking for a strong romance, and I feel like it’s lacking. I like Ryker a lot. He could have been a great hero, if he had a better heroine and romantic storyline. Their love takes a back seat to me, and, in fact, it never really feels like love to me. The focus is much more on the plot and who is killing the Chosen. Not that that is a bad thing. I’m really into the world with vampires, weres, gods, and witches. We get to see a different spin on paranormal beings we are used to, and it feels fresh and exciting.
The secondary characters help the novel along, and I have been wondering whether we will get books for the others as well. I am especially looking forward to more of Geoffry. The ending of Ascension is a bit of a cliff hanger, and it seems as if Kyana is the lead for the next book as well, though I can’t find any blurb for it, so I don’t really know.
I am ready for the next one, to see what happens now and to hopefully find Kyana being a better person. More romance would be a plus as well. Oh, and more Geoffry. Must have more Geoffry.
Grade: B
Summary:
The gates of hell have opened, and one woman will stand in the crossfire as the Dark Breed—vampyre, demons, shape shifters—and mankind fight their last battle for survival.
Kyana is half Vampyre, half Lychen . . . and the last of her kind. Determined, dangerous, and damned, she has no love for the mortals who have imprisoned and misused her. But when the Order of Ancients entrusts her with a mission—to find the key that will send the Dark Breed back into Hell for eternity—Kyana has no choice but to accept.
She is furious to learn her assignment comes with an escort . . . Ryker, a demigod and fierce warrior who long ago found a way under her skin and stayed there. In a shaky alliance, they discover an ancient cult with dangerous motive and a god who seeks to destroy all others. And as Kyana begins to feel the heat that threatens to bind her to Ryker, she knows she has to resist. For it could only mean the undoing of them both . . .
Read an excerpt.
Other books in this series:
Bedeviled – 2012
