Destined Darkness

Nephilim's Destiny, Book 1

De: Tessa Cole

Narrado por: Bridie Lawrence, Lucas Webley, Brandon Williams

They’ll do anything to protect her...as long as they never learn her secret.

I’m Officer Essie Shaw, and I shouldn’t exist. If anyone finds out their friendly neighborhood beat cop is a nephilim - public enemy number one - I’ll be imprisoned. Or worse, dissected. I survive by keeping my head down and my barely there magic under wraps.

But when I lose a fight with a strange, smoke-like wraith, I’m confronted with my worst nightmare. A Joined Parliament Team of Agents - supernatural monster hunters who’d arrest me in a heartbeat if they knew the truth - a no-nonsense angel whose mere gaze captures my soul, a vampire with a breathtaking bite, an incubus with enticing hellfire in his eyes, and, worst of all, my smoldering-hot ex-partner, turned werewolf thanks to my rookie mistake.

This wraith has been picking off veterans of the recently won war against the archangel Michael, and the bodies are piling up. My unwanted connection to it, along with the team’s skills, could be the key to trapping it in magical stasis. Question is, am I strong enough to serve as bait, while keeping the secret that could brand me their enemy?

Destined Darkness is the first book in the Nephilim’s Destiny series, an action-packed full-length paranormal romance with four irresistible guys and a kick-ass heroine who doesn’t have to choose.

©2018 Tessa Cole (P)2019 Tessa Cole

maybe wait to binge? but likeable

decent story with great potential but it just leaves you wanting the next book. it's not a story you'd listen to again and again for it's own sake. it's a teaser.

Must Listen Book Highly Recommend

I loved this book on its own, but bringing it to life to all the characters with the three narrators this book was amazing, I fell in love with it all over again.

This is a must have!

I love the book version. It's on my frequently read list. After listening to the audio version, it will definitely be added to my listen again list.

The narration is amazing. It really brought the story to life. I look forward to having the entire series in audio form.

Interesting concept, a little bit amateur writing though

The story was good, but I noticed several instances of amateur writing such as telling instead of showing as well as many repetitive descriptive words. Especially using the word ‘scream’ I remember in one chapter the authors used scream many many times. The audio performance was pretty good with two small criticisms. I thought Gideon’s voice was a little bit too nerdy/snobby sounding to be attractive or likable. And I thought the leading female character sounded a little bit too formal/bookworm sounding rather than the more relaxed slightly gritty voice you might expect with a police officer. But overall pretty good

It was ok

This book was ok but it had the potential for more. The best part was Lucas webbly’s narrating. There’s no actual harem going on yet soooo this is a no burn. It’s not multiple POV so that knocks another point off for me. I do however love that it has duet narration. The FMC tries to come off as a kick butt cop but she doesn’t think anything through. I got the next book,I’m hoping she turns into a better cop and sup soon…and that we see some spice 🔥

page tuner

Great storyline, makes you think about fate and destiny. the more you fight against her the harder we make it on ourselves.

Fantastic!

The voices are perfect, and I love how they used multiple voice actors. They were able to bring the book to life in a way I didn’t get from just read the series. I definitely recommend you buy the audiobook if you liked the series.

Cute Story

This could have been awesome, but it seems a bit more young romance than adult.

Just ok 🤷🏻‍♀️

The performance of the characters was decent, I liked having both a male and female read for the different characters. The storyline though was meh...could of been a lot worse I guess but wasn’t great. Maybe this was just because it was building up to something more happening in the second book/rest of series but I still feel like this first installment could have been a lot stronger.

Unique

I'm really torn on this review- on the one hand, it's an interesting and unique story line, and the actual writing is really good. The characters are interesting, or could be! But the story really fell short in fleshing out the characters, as it just focused on how the FMC felt, and her internal struggle just got old after the first half dozen times🙄 I'm getting tired of authors that just repeat the same internal dialog over and over, ad nauseum! We got it after the first time, for sure the second!🙄 Also, my biggest complaint about this is probably petty, but it grated on my nerves like sandpaper after awhile having to hear the words Arch Nephilim EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE!!! O.M.G!!! I swear, by the halfway point,I just wanted it to be OVER so I didn't have to hear those words again! And again, and again, and again!!! Aghhh!!! The author made a HUGE mistake not giving that character a name, or even a nickname! It was sooo irritating that I didn't even want to finish and couldn't concentrate on the plot! At the end of the audio book they played an excerp from the next one and she was back to her whiney internal dialog again, same old same old! I will NOT be continuing this series, sorry! The narration was good though, I really like the dual narration. My only complaint there was them mispronouncing Arch Nehilim,ironically 😂😂😂