Continuing where Dark Need left off, in Night Lost we find Dr. Alexandra Keller, lover of Michael Cyprien Top Darkyn in America, held hostage in the Irish castle of the Darkyn King. King Richard needs Alex's special talent to find a cure for the disease thrust upon him by their much loathed enemy, The Brethren. But Alex will have none of it- as we've seen before, blackmail and force will not get her to do a thing. Besides, how can she think when all she wants is to get back to Michael?

In the midst of this storyline we find Gabriel and Nicola. Gabriel Seran, thought dead by the rest of the Darkyn, is imprisoned in a hidden dungeon of a moldering old church in France, constantly tortured for information by the Brethren. Though she doesn't know it, Nikki has been visiting him in her dreams where he appears to her as a nymph-like woodland king. Gabriel doesn't understand how he can visit her because his talent is not to enter dreams- like Thierry, the hero of Private Demon- but rather, to command the insects of the earth!

Though troubled by these dreams, Nikki is on another mission- to seek out the ancient treasure stolen from her family home upon the murder of her beloved mother and father- and destroy the person who killed them.

Still, she is helplessly drawn to find the green man who haunts her dreams- because finding lost things is what she does best.

Night Lost was my favorite up until Evermore (REALLY liked that one!). Niki is strong and independent and Gabriel is heart breaking in his will survive.

The two tales in this story merge in a climax that not only sets you on the edge of your seat but also satisfies in its resolution. ( )

I enjoyed this outing of the series. It's a lot better than the last one. The twist was also cool. I like that each of the books has it's own story as well as following the ongoing research of Alex. ( )

Gabriel Seran has fallen into the hands of the Brethern and has been tortured and left for dead when Nicola 'Nick' Jefferson stumbles on him, while searching for treasure.

Their romance is quite good but the ongoing issues with Alexandra detracted greatly from the story. The way the vampires treat their women just rubbed me up completely the wrong way. ( )

If you are into paranormal romance or a book with a kick ass strong willed woman take this one. It's about a woman named Nick who is good at finding things. She finds Gabriel (totally hot guy apparently) and saves him (for he is imprisoned). So together they have to survive.
TWIST (ooooo)
Gabriel is blind ( )

Since it had been a while since I had read the last installment in the Darkyn series, I found the inclusion of the many characters a bit confusing. I'm still not sure of who was who of the secondary-characters. And I don't know that I'll ever figure out the complex heirarchy that exists between vampires (or Kyn) and the humans that serve them. The use of foreign names for these various levels doesn't make it any easier.

That being said, this book started off strong for me. I really liked the heroine, who was of the kick-ass tomboy variety. And the hero was one of my favorite kind - tortured (both literally and figuratively) and in need of rescue. I was happy they both found a connection. However, the conflict between the two turned out to be not a small red herring, which might explain why it felt a bit forced. I just didn't understand why heroine Nick was so afraid of hiding some mysterious "truth" that didn't seem to be all that bad or, for that matter, even a big secret. However, a big reveal at the very end of the story proved both positive and negative - positive in that it did give Nick a big secret and negative in that it came entirely out of left field.

Again, I found the villain to be over the top, never quite sure of the motivation behind the evil.

Not my favorite in the series, but still very readable. The world is very complex - perhaps a bit too complex - and the characters interesting. But the plots are kind of forced. ( )