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Nightfall by LH Cosway


‘“Do you know what it feels like when I’m near you?” he asked in a seductive, entrancing voice. It made me instantly forget why I was wary of him or why I should be leaving.

“What does it feel like?” I whispered.

He lowered his mouth so that it was hair’s breadth from mine. “It feels like my entire body is vibrating with the undiscovered mystery that lies inside of you.”

“There’s no mystery in me.”

“I beg to differ.”


LH Cosway is one of my all-time top three writers. She is consistently brilliant in everything she writes, regardless of trope, which is why it definitely pains me that I just could not get into this first book in her supernatural series. It felt like it was more of a YA read and I absolutely adore YA but with this book I felt like certain aspects needed to be fleshed out and maybe explained a little better. Characters, plot devices and some dialogue just felt a little stilted and cliched. Without getting bogged down in spoilers, it felt like every vampire romance I’ve ever read or watched condensed down into one. The mysterious guy who always shows up to save the girl, the girl who isn’t like other girls, who is rather unique but doesn’t quite know it, the zany sidekicks and the plethora of shady can-we-trust-them cast of players. I know this was LH Cosway’s first release, even before Painted Faces. It’s a revised version of that debut publication but I think you can tell just how far she has come in her writing skills since then. She has matured in leaps and bounds, delivering stellar and sensational romance stories time and time again.


Nightfall was interesting and engaging up to a point, particularly in reference to how Tegan was grieving, the strong bond she had with her neighbour’s kid, and how strong and resilient she is as a heroic figure for the story however, it didn’t seem to flow as well as it could have. The potential was certainly there, with all the key ingredients in making this a fabulous and thrilling paranormal romance adventure, but somewhere around the halfway mark it started to meander a little and I felt my patience waning along with the plot. I wanted a little more substance and build up to events, some of it felt hurried whilst other parts seemed to drag.


Maybe because it’s the first book in a series, everything and everyone, including our main protagonists are being established, that it’s just building up to a more exciting and exhilarating journey. I liked Nightfall, it kept me reading to the very end, to see how it all played out. I even loved Teagan and Ethan, I think as magical and mystical leads, they will get even better, hopefully with more romance infused into the storyline. I will read book two because it certainly deserves a chance to redeem itself. I am intrigued to see where the story flows to and if the mystery and action kicks into high gear.