Axegate Walk

Dark Ones, Book 15

By: Katie MacAlister

Narrated by: Elizabeth Russell

A sexy-as-sin grumpy vampire hiding from the world . . . a cursed woman who can hear colors . . . and a demigod determined to take over Instagram.

When Finch Dante settles in Ravenfall, the last thing he expects is to find himself on Axegate Walk, a boardwalk of Otherworldian vendors. Keeping his head down and his secrets tight was all Finch wanted . . . but fate had other ideas in the form of a bubbly, quirky woman with a penchant for the weird, and an uncanny ability to know what he was feeling.

Tatiana Romanoff might sell haunted dolls, but she doesn't believe in the paranormal . . . until she realizes the town council has cursed her romantic endeavors. So when the mysterious and incredibly handsome Finch strolls into her life, she is determined to keep him at arm's length lest he be blighted by her curse.

Once a body is discovered, it's up to Tatiana and Finch to overcome their own emotional wounds to untangle the mystery surrounding them . . . one that risks their life together if they want to save humankind from destruction.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Katie MacAlister (P)2023 Tantor

This Dark One Doesn't Sparkle or Move Quickly...

I'm so sad. At last, a new Dark Ones Novel. I wanted to love it, but I'll be honest, it took me weeks to get through the story. Nothing happened until over 5 hours into the book. Not even background, it just feels like Finch is being introduced to people and complains that he's having to run a shop. He's in hiding. WHY? He's grumpy? WHY?
I started listening weeks ago. It simply would not hold my attention. I would go on to other audio books, and come back. It wasn't until I was having to do a long drive today and finally got to the last two hours that anything happened. The story did get fairly entertaining, but this is not at all what I have come to expect from Katie MacAlister. I feel as if we're being set up for another story, but give me some content to make me want to come back for another book!

Surprise ending times 3 or 4

The characters were quite different than those in the other books but they were very interesting and entertaining.
I kept thinking that the ending had arrived but then —BANG— the story circumstances changed, that happened three or four times with each new event making the circumstances even more interesting.
This was a very good book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.