Review: Night Reigns (Immortal Guardians #2) by Dianne Duvall

Flora Reviews… Night Reigns (Immortal Guardians #2) by Dianne Duvall

So what’s Night Reigns about?

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Night Reigns is a paranormal romance tale but due to much of the content, it could also sit happily on an urban fantasy shelf due. Set in our modern human world, it features a new twist on the vampire genre.

Immortals and vampires are both infected with the same virus, which lends them dramatically increased strength, speed, healing capabilities and enhanced senses. Vampires are humans who have been infected, whereas immortals are gifted ones who have been infected. Gifted ones are men and women who were born with extremely advanced DNA that lends them special gifts, such as healing, telepathy, precognition and the like. Vampires rapidly descend into madness when the virus damages their brains but Immortals don’t; their advanced DNA protects them from that aspect of the virus.

So, what did I like about Night Reigns?

I have become a definite fan of Ms Duvall’s writing style and find her books very easy to read. She writes intelligent, engaging stories with a collection of well written characters within an imaginative world. Cleverly mixing fantasy and reality to create a world that I can believe in. The pace of her stories is usually fast and full of action but without being disorienting. I also like that she combines a couple of plot lines to run alongside the main romantic adventure.

Night Reigns does not disappoint.

My regular followers will know that I enjoy books where the characters are not black or white, good or evil but a multifaceted mix of positive and negative traits. I like to see them grow through embracing or overcoming their challenges. The fact that these supernatural characters have been written with personalities that we can see in those around us – even though most of the characters are mythical, paranormal beings – adds that level of believability to this fantasy tale.

I definitely enjoy a story more if the lead female character is intelligent, resilient and has a good sense of humour that’s similar to my own. I wasn’t disappointed here, Ami was all of these and more. In fact, I liked the way that Ami, Marcus and all of the characters in this story were written. None of them were flat 2-dimensional creations, they all felt very real for me. Oh, and like most Brits I do love a bit of banter – this story has plenty of it! I found myself COL (Chuckling Out Loud) throughout, usually at the banter and quips between the Immortals.

I loved the fact that the mystery and thriller aspect of this story kept me guessing. The action kept me on the edge of my seat. The blossoming romance made me shed a tear as well as put a smile on my face. And the passion set my tummy a-tingling. *oooh*

So, ummm, was there anything I disliked about it?

This well-written PNR only missed out on a 5-Star rating because of the ending. The running background story was left as a major cliffhanger that you just can’t leave… I understand having these sort of story arcs in a trilogy (albeit grudgingly). However, I really don’t like being forced to buy the next book in a long series to get closure or answers.

I’m unsure whether Night Reigns can really be read as a standalone story/ The romance aspect of the tale between Marcus and Ami is concluded by the end of this book in Ms Duvall’s signature HEA style. We meet characters from the previous book and there are references to past adventures. However, Ms Duvall makes sure her new readers aren’t lost. Pertinent information is weaved beautiful into this story without slowing the pace. However, I would like to point out that as with most series, you may miss the nuances of experiencing past relationships, plot lines and characters when jumping in cold or reading books out of order. As with most series, there are background story arcs that continue into the next book.

So, basically what I’m saying is…

Didn’t want to stop reading this book, it had everything that I look!

Intelligent writing style that’s easy to read, main characters with depth of personality that I can like and believe in, depth of character in the supporting cast, believable background story and setting and a balanced mix of relationship and/or romance to action scenes and sex scenes.

I would recommend Night Reigns to adults who love action-packed adventures. Those readers who want strong alpha heroes and independent capable heroines. With tense often traumatic and brutal confrontations mixed with hot lust and beautiful romance.

I certainly want to read more of the Immortal Guardians series.

So, has my review of NIGHT REIGNS (IMMORTAL GUARDIANS #2) encouraged you to find out more? Click on any of the links below to check out the book yourself. Keep reading to find out more about the Immortal Guardians series and the author herself.

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Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope you decide to add Night Reigns to your wish list.

I’ve already added Dianne Duvall to my list of amazing authors. I’m sure you’ll see more of her on my blog in the months and years to come. Have you read any of her books? Drop me a comment below.

Bye for now,

Flora x