Darkness Calls

Darkness Calls (2009) Marjorie M. Liu

As a disclaimer, I read much of this book on the plane, so that may have affected my opinion to some degree.

Darkness Calls continues the story of Maxine Kiss. She is a Hunter who has inherited a fight against demons and the darkness. Unfortunately for her, it is no longer clear to her who are the bad guys in this fight. Grant, her lover and one called the Lightbringer, is being hunted by demons and the powers of darkness. Maxine, who was raised to be a loner, now has to look out for someone other than herself and the anonymous people possessed by demons.

First and foremost, there were several passages I have to go back and reread before I could make sense of what was going on. I got lost several times in the story, and occasionally wondered just precisely where things were going.

Most things eventually cleared up, but I am still not sure why the bad guys acted in the way they did. I mean, there are bad guys and there are bad guys, and I like to feel like bad guys have reasons for what they are doing, beyond simply Being Evil. I wasn’t so sure about that here.

Yes, the Big Bad was manipulating others, but I’m not sure that, “he’s a demon and they’re not like is” is enough of a reason for some of the things that happened.

I was also bothered by the fact things were far more visual this time. It’s not that I don’t like visuals, I’d just rather have action more than long descriptions of the horrors the bad guy has created.

I did keep reading, and did want to know what happened to the characters. I’m just hoping that the next book in the series (and there will be more books in this series) is better than this one.
Rating: 6/10

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