This was less enjoyable than book #1 because it moves super rapidly and the romance basically relies on the soulmate spark to make Ash do a 180 in personality. Part of the issue, I think, is that the POVs in third person jumped between the sisters, Mary-Lynette, and Ash so the mystery angle is pretty quickly ruined by the shared POVs and by really, really, really obvious clues (which is bad because the romance is instant and the "mystery" aspects take up the majority of the story). Despite the protagonist being 17 or 18, the story is super simple and we barely even get a kiss.I don't know if at 24 in this modern age that I'm desensitized and need more complex and mature media to be engaged or if even in 1997 this book was relatively clean and basic considering because it's a story that's so simple the entire book can be explained in like one paragraph. I suppose that because Ash was in book #1 that that's supposed to count for some sort of character intro and that we're supposed to feel like he has some development, but he's bland and Mary-Lynette, while thankfully not annoying, didn't really stand out. Her dating profile would be "no nonsense, likes stars." The sisters were a bit more interesting, but this book tried to focus on a connecting story between Mary-Lynette, Mark, Ash, and the girls, so the sisters didn't get much time to develop outside of: Rowan is gentle and eldest, Kestrel is feral, Jade likes cats and boys and is sweet. The idea could have worked out okay, but it was unbearably boiled down to its bones. Also there's a lot of animal death in this book which made me sad.

No hay mucho que pueda decir de este libro porque para ser sincera no recuerdo muy bien de que trataba, era algo sobre tres vampiresas y su hermano buscándolas para regresarlas al Night World y si no me equivoco el libro es narrado por una humana de la que Ash (él hermano) se enamora.

“Incluso aunque estemos separados, estaremos viendo el mismo cielo.”

Mary-Lynnette es la chica que narra el libro, la chica que está muy intrigada a causa de las nuevas vecinas (las 3 hermanas) y la chica que hace a Ash se enamore, algo bueno de este libro es que Mary se enamora de Ash no porque él sea guapo, tarda en enamorarse de él y lo hace por su personalidad.
Otra cosa que me gusto de este libro es el vínculo que comparten las hermanas, que ellas se apoyan aunque muchas veces no se lleven bien.

It's very fun to see the old covers after each story I read! I own them as the three stories in one volumes.

Mary-Lynette just kicking Ash in the shins was killing me lol

Pretty ok! Some funny dialogue. I could never own goats.

3.5 stars
I wasn't quite as into this as I was the first book. Although, as characters, I found the sisters quite interesting. I am not sure who disturbs me more though, Kestral or Jade... And if soulmates are so rare in this world, why is everyone suddenly finding theirs?! I never liked that type of thing. Ash has me curious. I want a book from his perspective. Is he as bad as others think of him or is it all image? I wonder...

Yikes.

I thought this book sounded interesting. I thought this was about witches. Hard-core women, getting shit done, while their piece of shit brother is after them...

Alas. I was far from the truth and my goodness, so was the writing. This was the same woman who wrote Vampire Diaries and I remember I tried to get through that only to be in pain by what I was reading.

The same here only, this Night World is a joke. A fucking joke because to be quite honest it's neither scary nor existent. The characters like discussing it but we never see it or experience anything else from this terrifying world.

Oh, and the reason is eventually known: it's some 1700's island where women are told what they can and cannot do. That is why the three girls on the cover escaped and why they are on the run from their brother.

Also, I can see where Stephanie Meyer could have gotten her weird 'imprint' shit. Apparently the brother of the girls has a soulmate, who is a human, and who befriends the trio. The twist is he's supposed to hate humans but he cannot hate his soulmate! Oh dear. Let me tell you, their romance was nonsense. The author likes to flaunt that her characters are strong women and while that may be true she sure shows it in her writing by making the characters do outlandish things to prove it.

I honestly think there are some interesting ideas in this book (and probably the rest in the series). Will I pick up another? Hell no.

Daughters of Darkness is one of (it may even be my number one, but I haven’t read the others in so long that I can’t actually make that decision yet). I love Mary-Lynette. She’s smart, she sticks to what she believes in, and she isn’t willing to change herself for some boy she just met (she almost changed into a vampire, but she was kind of caught up in the moment when she made that decision). Ash’s character changes so much by the end (especially if you’ve read “Secret Vampire”). He starts off being an ass and hating humans, but by the end he realizes that he’s done a lot of bad stuff and he needs to fix himself. They don’t end up together, which I swear makes me cry every time I read it, but it’s still a good ending. Plus there’s a short-story called “Those Who Favor Fire” that they’re together in.