A Gate of Night

Book 6 is a wonderful suspense filled continuation of Sophie and Dereks story. Bella Forrest is definitely one of todays top paranormal romance writers. The shade series thus far has been full of interesting twists and has not followed the usual predictable format of this genre.

This series has gifted us with a stories filled with strong memorable charters for which I have come to love and care about. It is rare that an author can write interesting support charters that I feel invested in. Often support charters dilute the story but in the shades case I could actually see many of these charters having their own series.

Not sure but hope that book 7 will be the last in the series. Not sure I can see the story wrapped up in one more book. But I really feel that the series needs to come to a conclusion. In some series each book contains a full story. This is not true for this series and as such I think the cliff hangers and heart break are becoming a bit much and hard to take due to the length of time between books.

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Please do not take Sophie into the dark or if you do please do not keep her there for too long. We have seen what the dark did to Derek, what it did to Sophie and what it did when it possessed our beloved shade vampires. Additionally I found this book very sad and dark compared to the previous one. So little happiness for any of the charters in this addition and the continuation of another cliff hanger prevent me from giving 5 stars.

Thank you for another wonderful book.

GAAAHHH!!! I think my exact words as I read the last line in this book were What the f^*k?! This book was by far the most heart breaking of the series so far, I cannot believe all of the loss that occurred throughout, both loss of life and loss of much of The Shade. There were some pretty well known characters that met their demise in this book, I was shocked. I knew The Elder was going to be trouble but I had no idea just what all of the elders were capable of. There was not one life that was unaffected by what took place here. There were also several other factions, for lack of a better word, that were introduced in this book and we realize that this world consists of more than just vampires, humans, and witches. I feel like this book set us up for an epic conclusion in the next book. And that twist at the end, GAAAHHHH! I cant believe it and I have no idea what its going to mean for Sofia and Derek in the final book. After all that theyve had to go through up to this point, and everything that happened in this book, theyve sure earned a HEA! I wish I could say more but I dont want to spoil anything, you really need to experience all of the twists and turns for yourself.

One thing I will say is that I really like the light/dark, good/evil allegory that has been present throughout the series. It was especially prevalent in this book with the presence of The Elder who is essentially the epitome of darkness. I find it interesting, through all of the different viewpoints that we get, to see each persons individual struggle with overcoming their inner darkness and trying to find their light. I think that at one point or another in this book everyone who we got a view from had to deal with this and while it could have easily become repetitive, each persons struggle was quite different. Thats one thing Ive really liked about this whole series.

You are who you choose to be. No matter how much light is shed upon you, if you still choose to remain in darkness, thats your doing, not anyone elses.

Now Id better go start A Break of Day because I need to know what happens after that cliffhanger from this book!

The end of this book will leave you reeling! Not to say the rest of the book isn’t absolutely mind blowing. I dont even know where to begin. Sophia and Derek dont even get their month before things turn for the worse. Trapped at the blood keep Sofia will do anything to escape even let the darkness in. The elders having taken control of the portals have now invaded the shade completely and are taking over loved ones. Derek left with no options makes a deal with the guardians in order to save everyone. Aiden makes a life altering decision that will once again take him away from his family.

As with book 5, the quality of writing is just not there anymore. These books are in need of an editor who can help tighten sentences and flush out unneeded and overused words. I love that her books come out fast, but I am willing to wait for a strong and finished book. Again, I hate giving any book in this series less than 5 stars, but I have to do it because of the writing.

The characters stay true to form and evolve nicely throughout the book. Kiev is the kind of guy you feel the need to hate, but can’t help wondering what is going on in his head. I’m very interested to jump into his series and see where his story takes me. Although I understand the circumstances concerning Sofia’s loss of light, I am a little disappointed in her decision to let go and unknowingly let in the darkness. I may dislike it, but it also shows that she isn’t infallible, which is refreshing. I just hope that with how the book ends, things will work out for her and her family.

I started reading these books because they were listed as Amazon’s #1 vampire sellers and they were cheap. At first I was very skeptical because the heroine was 17 years old–when I started I thought oh no another Twilight mess–BUT–I was WRONG! These books tell a good story and they are action-packed ,bloody and pretty much anything you would expect a good vampire book to be. There are so many twists and turns in the story-line and action that you are never bored. It took me a few minutes to get into the first book in the series but then I finished it and call the rest in one sitting and I am anxiously awaiting the next installment. I am hard to please when it comes to my paranormal books–but I enjoyed these books

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