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352 pages
First published September 10, 2019
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I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.This review kills me to write, and I've put it off for some time. I am a huge fan of Sherrilyn Kenyon and for one of her books to just totally fall short for me was devastating. I was really looking forward to this conclusion to the Deadman's Cross series.
The biggest thing that sticks out for me about this book is how many times we have long, unnecessary diatribes about the suffering the two main characters have endured. How everyone in their life has done them wrong and terrorized them their whole lives. Hearing the character's back story makes sense. But having it take up most of the book was just too much. It took up time that we could have been having adventures and new stuff happening. I found myself shaking my head every time we rehashed Valynda's and Xuri's stories.
Also, after following the author on social media, I felt like some of her real life experiences were being brought into this story. It was interesting to hear how the situations were handled by the characters.
There was some good action scenes, and the Malachai is an ever present danger, gathering his troops to take on the world, but I just felt there was so much "poor me" from the main characters, that it swallowed up all the short bursts of action we did get.
I do enjoy seeing Acheron and Thorn in the early days. We even get a bit of Simi which is always fun. The story leads us to New Orleans so we get to see New Orleans start up as the main site for the Dark Hunters.
It hurts me to say there was little I enjoyed in At Death's Door. It was a story that I debated giving up on many times. This is just my opinion and you could very well have a different one after reading. I'd really like to hear what you liked or did not like about this story.This review was originally posted on Rantings of a Reading Addict
Valynda cleared her throat to politely get her favourite psychopomp's [love interest's] attention off the much more beautiful woman before she completely escaped everyone's memory.
Valynda winced at words that meant the god had been without sex and his wife for months now. Which put him in an obviously bad mood and them at a great disadvantage.
Nibo flashed him a charming grin. “Well, you’re not me type.”
Hades crossed his arms over his chest. “Really? You’re going to piss me off more? You think that’s a wise move to make?”
“Can’t seem to help myself.”
“You should try.”
“Why, when this is so much fun?”
Hades blasted him. “Aye, it is.”