Eve of Darkness (Marked, Book 1)
by S.J. Day
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Author: S.J. DayEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-28
ISBN: 0765360411
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: An Inconsistent Read
Summary: 2 Stars
Evangeline (AKA - Eve) Hollis is inexplicably thrown into a world she never knew existed. Ten years before, she lost her virginity and her heart to Alec Cain. Until meeting him, she was level headed and not promiscuous, but she was so drawn to Alec that she could not help but do the deed. Soon after, Alec bails and does not come back. Although it is later revealed that he does this to protect her, Eve is left doing the "I got played" scene in a hotel room. Pan forward ten years and Eve is a successful designer going to a job interview. As she is leaving the interview, she sees some guy who looks a lot like Cain (but isn't) and she is so overcome by lust that she does him in the stairwell in front of a camera. So much for strong and level headed. This was my first "What?" moment. As a result, stairwell lover, in a moment of really hokey drama, leaves her with the "Mark of Cain" and now she must be a sinner who fights evil for the Lord. Hey, it could have been worse, he could have left her with the "Mark of Syphyllis." It is soon brought to light that she was targeted for the stairwell nookie (wait wasn't that a sin in the Bible?)because Cain is not playing by all of the rules and his brother and bosses want to control him. So, Eve gets damned because of something someone else did or wants. Not very Christian, but there are many interpretations of Christianty, so I was still with this story so far. Then another EEEW moment occurs when it is revealed that her stairwell lover is Reed (AKA - Abel). Cain and Abel are indeed the brothers from the Bible left to do penance for centuries. Why did the author name her Eve - wasn't that their mother's name? Another EEEW monent. I guess she was keeping it all in the family. Anyway, Eve, who the book continues to stress is so level headed except, of course, when it comes to the brothers, takes all of this relatively easily and determines to find a way to lose the "Mark of Cain". Oddly enough, she never becomes so overwhelmed that she cannot say "no" if she wants again, which makes me think that if she was not in control with Abel in the stairwell, then how could it have been her choice and wouldn't that be a form of rape? Why is she taking things so calmly with Reed/Abel? By this point, I am over this book, but I paid for it, so I finished it right to the very predictable ending. I am not giving away major plot here, most of the things I have written pretty much occur in the the beginning anyway. There are parts of this story that I found interesting and to have promise, but if the sex was a sin, then why are Eve and Alec still allowed to go at it? At least Eve is allowed to learn how to fight and much drama and action ensues as they try to find the bad guys. There are just a number of things that make no sense. This is a book that could be really good, but the author needs to decide whether this is a book about Eve doing two brothers or if she is to be an actual three dimensional character. There is a lot of potential, but it may be outweighed by the inconsistencies in the novel. Furthermore, rape sanctioned by God is really disturbing and damned by God so that he can get Cain to play the way he wants is not believable. God is the almighty in this story and this is the way that he has Cain play by the rules? Is he not the good guy? If Eve takes the Lord's name in vain, she gets a shock. But being unfairly marked for the brother's ambitions is fair game? The reasons for major events that occur in this novel are extremely shallow and often inexplicably cruel. While I am aware that bad things happen in life and people often suffer due to things they are not responsible for, I believe that a novel should offer valid reasons and not just ones that move the story along and allow Eve to bang the brothers for thrill and plot filler. I understand that two more novels are coming soon. Maybe Eve can do Moses, Adam, and the King of Egypt next.
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