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There was something raw and terrible about linking yourself to another person through a bond, at being able to feel ripples of their anger and hurt, lust and hunger, pride and shame, shivering through you night and day. It was one reason I fought tooth and nail to keep the pack bonds with my family closed down. Why I’d made a point never to let things with any girl go too far...

DARK is a dark fantasy teeming with potential and the best sort of darkness -- dark desires, dark shadows, and dark secrets caged within the hearts of creatures that innately bite. Kat Kinney's characterizations are solid, her lines are well crafted, her dialogue is natural, and her sense of pacing is excellent. My one complaint is that transitions and repetitions sometimes tripped me up (so. much. shivering. :)) and the flashbacks often jarred me from the flow of the story; these are smaller things in the scope of the big picture, however.



Kinney balances romance and mystery well; her steamy scenes will heat up the room just as surely as her suspenseful ones will chill your bones. Most commendable, I think, is her impeccable fusion of worlds -- a setting that delicately balances the reality we know with otherworldly elements she enables us to easily imagine. Job well done, K.

We both knew I was the one who turned our first kiss into a scar. If this was going to happen, for real this time, it had to be on her terms. But like I jinxed it, just as I started leaning in, she stepped away. And damn if it wasn’t like getting knifed in the chest. She crossed her arms, chewing that lip ring that less than a second ago was about to be mine. “You’ve never known what you wanted,� she said at last. “You didn’t on my birthday. Much less last night.�

Young adult fans of paranormal fantasy rejoice -- a sexy new Twilight Saga is here to leave its mark.