Special Nightkeepers continued story to avert the end of time via Mayan prophesies. ( )

Dawnkeepers
3.5 Stars

Synopsis
Nightkeepers Nate Blackhawk and Alexis Grey are destined to be together but Nate finds it difficult to surrender himself to fate while Alexis wants all or nothing. Can they reconcile long enough to fight beside each other at the next battle against the evil sect working to bring about the 2012 apocalypse?

Review
The detailed mythology surrounding the 2012 apocalypse and the Mayan civilization as well as the search for the Mayan artifacts are the highlight of the book.

Unfortunately, the romance is lackluster and the lead characters not that likeable - Nate is an emotionally stunted jerk who refuses to accept Alexis as his mate, and Alexis is overly ambitious and for most of the book seems to embrace her relationship with Nate for what it can do for her politically. Their connection is based on sex and has very little substance.

The secondary characters are much better, especially Rabbit, Lucius and the elusive Sascha, all of whom are interesting enough to continue reading the series for. The villain, Iago, is suitably diabolical and unlike many evil characters in paranormal romance actually poses a significant threat. Anna, on the other hand, is seriously irritating. I have little patience for a woman who abandons her heritage because it is inconvenient and then to top it off goes back to a husband who cheats on her.

The writing is alright but there is still an annoying use of word contractions, especially "convo" instead of conversation.

All in all, an improvement on the first book and hopefully things will only get better. ( )

Nate Blackhawk is trying very hard to resist the demands of his birthline. He is trying to resist the feelings he has towards Alexis Gray. However they appear to be thrown together all the time.

Yeah, yeah, it goes the way you'd expect. I did want to like this story, however it just didn't work for me. I did like how the magic system used Aztec mythology rather than the regular western European systems. The couple didn't really come across as anything other than a couple brought together by fate not by very much else. However it just didn't gel well for me and left me feeling that if I found copies I'd read them but I wouldn't go out of my way to hunt them down. ( )

I loved the 1st book, and this one didn't let me down either. The series deals with the 2012 Mayan Prophecy. The books deal with the members of the group with each book centering individually on one of those members, each with their own unique story.

As a whole they are a group of people with special abilities that are called forth to fight the evil that is the destruction of the world if this is not achieved...end of time for the rest of humanity. If you are into this type of book, you will love not only this installment but the rest of the series as well. There is a lot to bite off, and if you just can't wrap yourself around this type of 'superman' powers idea you won't like this as that is what it's all about. Personally, I love this type of 'what if' type stuff. ( )