The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
Paperback, 320 Pages
2011, DP
ISBN: 1428511474
Series: Book 2 of Strangely Beautiful
Synopsis
Learning the truth of her mythic past and that of the reincarnated souls called The Guard is only the beginning, for young Percy Parker’s destiny is to defend both the world and true love from the gathering undead minions of Darkness.
Review
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker begins right where The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker left off. Having survived the most recent ghostly misadventure, the Guard welcomes Percy into the fold. Of course, bringing Percy fully into the group sets off an inevitable reaction. The Guard, having forsaken love for the sake of their cause, see the love Percy and Alexi share, causing them all to long for their own versions of romantic happiness.
I loved the love story of Alexi and Percy in Strangely Beautiful as well as its continuation here in Darkly Luminous. The focus on love with the rest of the Guard in this book was even more exciting and in some cases, rather unexpected. It seemed like each character was longing for something another wouldn't or couldn't give them, making each of their stories feel very fulfilling once concluded.
The ghosts in Strangely Beautiful were out in the world for the most part. In Darkly Luminous, much of the ghostly happenings occurred in the Whisper-world. The ghosts on their own didn't work for me as well as when they were interacting with the living. While the Whisper-world scenes were important to the story and ultimately led to the big fight at the end, I found them to be too dark for my personal taste.
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker has the same basic feel as its predecessor, but is very different in its focus. The supernatural aspects held much of the appeal of the original, but the many romantic story lines of Darkly Luminous make it a much more emotional book. The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker brings about a fantastic conclusion to the story of Persephone Parker.
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