Picking up right where we left off in THE LION'S DEN, I think that this was the most emotionally charged book of the series. It's the final chapter, it's a culmination of all of our favorite characters. It's about protecting those you love. We meet the most powerful vampires in existence, the Founts, the original seven and hear their origination story as they are gathering to fight against one another to save the human race. Natasha is kidnapped again, infected with the virus killing off the human race, molested, and then returned ill. Xavier will do anything to save Darian. Darian will do anything to save Xavier, his Chosen One. Kysen will do anything to protect the heart of his Chosen One, Darian, and so forth as we meet stronger and stronger vampires.

The Founts, with the exception of one, are annoying, arrogant, and everything you expect from a being as old as they each are. I suppose after so many millenia of watching petty human jealousies work their way out, you, too, would be selfish, jaded, and cynical. And then to be the ONLY female Fount? Yeah, Irikara is a bitch alright! I like the wake up call for humans, especially as their general attitudes are ones that we would encounter on a day to day basis in our own lives: arrogant, asinine, petty, and disingenuous. That is our reality, unfortunately, and only a handful are like Natasha: genuine, cares for fellow man, demonstrates integrity, etc.

There are only a few glitches throughout the series that readers may "trip" over: a handful of spelling/grammar errors (wretched vs retched, son vs sun, etc). and then colloquallisms and speech patterns that are regional based. Natasha and Devin's "voices" and slang made me stumble a few times. These errors over the course of six books can be counted on your hands without using all of your fingers, so they are easily overlooked.

This was a very satisfying series, focusing on different players while keeping a central theme. I really loved it and totally loved having all the books at once to read consecutively. Fight sequences as well as every conversation are written so vividly without bogging you down with minutia that it was like watching a movie play in my head. In fact, this would make a brilliant television drama series, appealing to vampire junkies and shifter junkies alike.

If this isn't on your TBR yet, it should be! ( )

The Wrap-up book in the Knights of Darkness Chronicles brings to head the issues and injustices the supernaturals face by humans all throughout the world. A rebel group of very powerful vampires are tired of the negotiations between the UN and supernatural council that just never get anywhere. They take action to force changes in the laws. A worldwide virus is created and they aren't going to share the antidote until their demands are met. Many of the vampires and shapeshifters agree with the end result, but not the means.

When one of their own is infected as retaliation for action taken--all supernaturals had been warned not to help the humans--the group from Chicago won't sit still and work to stop the madness.

We meet the seven original vampires created ten thousand years ago and the Chicago vampires are nothing but babies compared to the abilities of these seven. Arrogant is such an inadequate word for six of these seven who are too old to care much about any but their own pleasures.

The concept of the story itself is interesting and there is plenty of emotion and some action. Sex--at least the talk or desire of it--plays a rather large role among the vampires, especially the older ones. There are perhaps 3 onscreen sex scenes containing homosexual or heterosexual couplings.

Overall I thought the book was okay, not especially either good or bad. But I was happy to have read the final installment after following this series since the first book, Desires Unleashed, made its debut.

Book was read for free through Amazon Prime. ( )