Shadow Marked by Anna J. Evans: Review by JesykaJames

Review for Shadow Marked by Anna J. Evans

Title: Shadow Marked
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Source: The Book Depository
Release Date: May 4th 2010
Publisher: NAL Trade/Signet Eclipse
Series: Yes
No. in Series: 1



Synopsis: Samantha Quinn has been in the dark since age six, when her parents sacrificed her sight in a Satanic ritual. She is trying to get over her demonic past, but horrific lifelike visions haunt her. Her intuition gets stronger and clearer after a wild, adrenaline-fueled sexual encounter with Jace, her brother's childhood friend. And now Samantha is more tormented than ever by what she can "see"-and by what she felt in that forbidden encounter...

Samantha must now prevent the deaths she sees in her premonitions and protect her body from the same demon from her twisted childhood. Her dark curse reveals that Jace will be the next victim, and it is crystal clear that she must destroy the demon to protect her love.



My Review: I didn't like this book, so this is going to be a pretty short review.

The book seemed to jump in way to fast. One minute the main character was a timid (blind) mouse about to be eaten and the next she was a sex kitten trying to fuck her brothers best friend up against a wall in a demon infested ally... WFT?

Usually, with a book like this there is a redeeming quality. Like, the plot is trash, the characters suck, but the sex scenes rock... well, this is not one of those books. The characters are uninteresting. The plot is nonsensical. And the sex scenes leave a lot to be desired.

To be honest, towards the end of the book, I started reading one in every three lines, sometimes just the dialog, because honestly, it was that bad. I can't even think of one thing to say in defense of this book... I guess, it was written okay, if you take into consideration that the main female character was blind... but really, I think that just made it harder to read. It just seemed like a ramble of words.

I didn't like any of the characters. They were all very one dimensional. I particularly hate Stephen, Sam's brother. He seemed like a pointless character until about the last quarter of the book. Jace was annoying. Sam was wish-washy and flakey. One minute she's the demure blind little sister, the next line she's braving the demon infested streets of NY.

The plot... well, I mean, it might have been a good concept it there was a little more effort put into it. But as it was, it was just all over the place.

I will not be picking up the second book in the series. Even if it's on sale at my local Reject store for .99c.

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