ARC Review: Night Forbidden by Joss Ware

Night Forbidden (goodreads.com)

By: Joss Ware (author website)

Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Expected publication: July 31st 2012 by Avon

ISBN 13: 9780062018649

Source: Publisher/edelweiss, for the purpose of an honest review

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Series: Envy Chronicles, book #5

Best read in order: yes

Stars: 4

Flames: 3

I am positive this just became my favorite book of the series. I loved Fence. His personality is great. I loved the constant jokes and comments he made in (and out) his head. The fact that Ana got his humor and he made her laugh as often as he did just adds to the many reason they are a great couple. Ana is a very enjoyable heroine to read. She brings a very unique ability to the series. She also sheds some more light on the mysterious crystals that the Cult of Atlantis/Stranger/Elite is adorned with.

The new danger to Envy is definitely attention grabbing. Bounty hunters are after Quent because of what he took from his father. The Elite have been informing the Atlanteans that the residents of Envy are stronger than they appear and need to be stopped before they rise up. Ana is in tune with the ocean enough that she knows something is wrong deep in its depths, and then something strange washes up on the shore of Envy.  

I was glad to read pieces where past couples were involved. Zoe and Quent had larger roles than some of the other past couples. I was never a Zoe fan. She has been my least favorite heroine of the series. The fact the she got as much page time as she did annoyed me. I’m still very curious about Wyatt and when he will get his book. I think Joss may have set that up some at the end of Night Forbidden. I’ll keep my fingers crossed on that wish.

This is an easy series for me to love. I love paranormal romance. The paranormal element is also different from most. The majority of the characters were born human and the Change has changed them. The readers are still learning new things about the force behind the Change. I love reading worlds that have been affected by an apocalypse. The Envy Chronicles puts both of these elements into one book.