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.  

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Night Betrayed by Joss Ware

Night Betrayed

By Joss Ware



Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Expected publication: January 25th 2011 by Avon

ISBN13: 9780062018632

Series: Envy Chronicles #4.

3 Stars

2 Flames

                I was a bit disappointed by this book in the Envy Chronicles. Please keep in mind that these books need to be read as a series and in the correct order. This book SHOULD NOT be read as a stand-alone.

Theo and Selena don’t really connect. They both seem just attracted to one another. The passion and romantic connection seems lacking. This leads to not so hot sex. She’s too busy making a fuss about their age difference. As we know from the previous books Theo is close to 80 years old. He was wounded during the Change and was left with a computer integrated circuit in his back. The circuit in his back is fitting since he and his brother Lou are Envy’s computer junkies. I liked the concept of how Selena was different from most people. She has the ability of being able to see a death aura around people. She knows exactly when they are about to take their last breath. Selena first noticed this ability when she was a child. She has earned the title of the Death Lady. That is not her only ability though. Selena gets up close with the gangas on a regular basis. She helps their human soul pass into the afterlife. Theo being an alpha male has major issues with her putting herself in danger. Selena is such a secretive woman that will not share the reasons and the compulsions behind why she does what she does. This is the cause of much conflict and strain on her and Theo’s relationship. Theo is also mending a heart that Sage broke.  

                Few questions were answered, more were presented. I think that is typical of series books. The readers do get to find out how the gangas came to be. The characters from the previous books in the series get very little play in this book. We do not get much insight into the Elite. Remy is still around and still running from the residents of Envy. I keep wondering if there is a chance we might see her and Wyatt getting a book. They certainly share Dantes well. The readers learn a little bit more about Remington Truth. Selena had a personal interaction 20 years before. (can’t tell ya, big spoiler). The bounty hunters are up to no good and Theo has the opportunity to see first-hand what happens when they visit a settlement. This book just did not have a climactic battle for the good of the new world that we have seen in the previous books.

I have really enjoyed this series thus far. I hate that this book left me feeling, meh. I have full intentions of continuing to read the series. I just hope I enjoy the next one more than this one. I believe I read somewhere that it is Fence's book.

            The book wraps up with Lou getting to help Vonnie move a bookshelf! Yes, this is a good thing.