Hello fellow bookworms. Today, I want to share my thoughts about Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall. Book 10 in her bestselling paranormal romance series, Immortal Guardians.
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So, what did I think about Broken Dawn?
A Paranormal Romance That Had Me Hooked.
I’m already a big fan of Dianne Duvall’s books and have read all of them. Broken Dawn felt like a new beginning, although it’s book 10 in her Immortal Guardians series. I was drawn into this story and remained hooked throughout.
I love Dianne’s writing style, the language she uses and the way she paces her plots. There’s always a natural balance throughout the story between the mystery, fighting and violent scenes and the humorous, romantic and passionate ones. All of Dianne’s characters are well thought out, with a range of personalities without being stereotypical. Therefore, they feel real and believable, despite most of them being supernatural. Kayla, our female protagonist, was perfect. She displayed all the traits that I need a leading lady to have: resilience, intelligence and gumption. Kayla’s not a badass warrior but her inner strength is undeniable and I loved her wit.
I added the narration by Kristen Potter who has narrated Dianne’s other books. Kristen’s performance was excellent, as usual, and conveyed just what the story needed, when it was needed. She has a knack for voices. The difference accents she uses for Dianne’s characters brings them to life in my ear!
The Immortal Guardians team based in North Carolina will always hold a special place in my heart. I loved seeing the cameos from them in Broken Dawn. However, I really liked that I’m learning more about the Immortal Guardians, Gifted Ones and Network humans elsewhere. I’m looking forward to reading a story or two about the European headquarters. *hint*hint* Dianne. 😉
The Immortal Guardians series by Dianne Duvall
Immortal Guardians series sits in the paranormal romance genre. However, it could also sit happily on an urban fantasy shelf due to much of the content. 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.
Books in the Series
If you haven’t read any of the series yet, it’s never too late to start your adventure with these gripping alpha heroes and truly awesome heroines. Follow the links to read my reviews or buy your own copy.
- Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians, #1) (2011)
- Night Reigns (Immortal Guardians, #2) (2011)
- Phantom Shadows (Immortal Guardians, #3) (2012)
- In Still Darkness (Immortal Guardians, #3.5) (2014)
- Darkness Rises (Immortal Guardians, #4) (2013)
- Night Unbound (Immortal Guardians, #5) (2014)
- Phantom Embrace (Immortal Guardians, #5.5) (2016)
- Shadows Strike (Immortal Guardians, #6) (2015)
- Blade of Darkness (Immortal Guardians, #7) (2017)
- Awaken the Darkness (Immortal Guardians, #8) (2018)
- Death of Darkness (Immortal Guardians, #9) (2019)
- Broken Dawn (Immortal Guardians, #10) (2020)
- Cliff’s Descent (Immortal Guardians #11) (2021)
- An Immortal Guardians Companion (2021)
Buy any of these stories in print, digital and audio formats from all the usual sources including;
Amazon* ¦ Audible* ¦ Book Depository* ¦ Foyles* ¦ Waterstones*
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Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my thoughts. I hope I’ve sparked your interest in Broken Dawn and that you add it to your groaning TBR piles. 😉
I really LOVE this series. Dianne Duvall is one of the amazing authors on my favourites’ page. Have you read any of her books? Drop me a comment below.
Bye for now,
Flora x
3 replies on “Review: Broken Dawn (Immortal Guardians #10) by Dianne Duvall”
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10th book? My my! Funny how just a few days ago I was wondering about some Paranormal Romance reads and here you are – with a gorgeous review of a rather interesting book!
LOVED READING THIS, Flora!
Lol! Serendipity at her best, Rain.
The great thing about Broken Dawn is that it’s written like a first in series so it wont matter if you haven’t read the other Immortal Guardian books.