I'm not sure how to review this book. The premise was interesting and the storyline ok. I think that's the problem...the premise was interesting but the execution just ok. Nothing really stands out for me. The story never really engaged me.

The heroine irritated me throughout the novel. She's rather weak and insipid. Instead of standing out, she faded into the background. The same with the hero. He was a 700 year old warrior, but his indecision and whining didn't make him out to be strong.

I was curious how the story would play out, but not really invested in the outcome. ( )

I’m not really sure what to say about this one. I’m not often ambivalent about books but this time I was. HER DARK KNIGHT is a perfectly serviceable novel but there was nothing about it at really dazzled me or turned me off. The characters are okay, the villains are okay, the plot is okay, and the writing is okay. I just wasn’t particularly engaged by any of it, which makes it difficult to write a post about it.

I liked the idea of a man given immortality to guard a sacred treasure. Christien Chevalier is your typical weary do-gooder, shocked back into really living by the appearance of Madelaine, who looks exactly like his forbidden love from when he was mortal. It’s a trope I enjoy on romance novels and Sharon Cullen has nice execution but there was nothing overwhelmingly original about it. The characters are nicely developed and I enjoyed watching the past be revealed as Christien and Madelaine’s relationship develops but I wasn’t overly invested in their Happily Ever After.

Probably my favorite part of the story is the last few chapters. Of course, I can’t exactly tell you why because that’s a one-way ticket to spoiling the novel but I will say that I was most engaged at the end of HER DARK KNIGHT. If the entire book had that much intensity, I would have been a very happy camper.

Overall, I’d say HER DARK KNIGHT is a nice romance novel with some nice ties to history and religion. If you’re a fan of this type of novel, you might enjoy HER DARK KNIGHT but I can’t recommend it to just anyone. That being said, I would definitely give this author another try! But I’d probably get it from the library first.

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