Ashlyn is a sorceress but she is not a very powerful one. Her life is spent enslaved to a vampire named Brennen who is addicted to her blood. Ashlyn loathes him but knows that without his protection she will quickly held captive by another vampire who may not be as kind as Brennen. Though Ashlyn's yellow eyes mark her as other, she wants nothing more than to participate in the human world and pretend that she is not different.
Ashlyn suddenly finds out her precarious her world is when she awakes one morning to find her house entirely empty. Not only is Brennan missing but so are all of the children he sired. Things escalate when the cops start sniffing around and asking questions Ashlyn can possibly answer if she wants to remain alive.
Full Dark is told in the first person and this would have worked if Ashlyn was even remotely an interesting character. She spent most of her time simpering and being anything but active. I understand that Ashlyn spent most of the book in peril surrounded by creatures far stronger than herself but she was nothing but a pawn throughout the story. Even her one rebellion keeping a nosy cop alive was weak. Ashlyn seemed to spend far too much time either screaming, drinking or crying. Ashlyn existed largely to be a victim.
Ashlyn suddenly finds out her precarious her world is when she awakes one morning to find her house entirely empty. Not only is Brennan missing but so are all of the children he sired. Things escalate when the cops start sniffing around and asking questions Ashlyn can possibly answer if she wants to remain alive.
Full Dark is told in the first person and this would have worked if Ashlyn was even remotely an interesting character. She spent most of her time simpering and being anything but active. I understand that Ashlyn spent most of the book in peril surrounded by creatures far stronger than herself but she was nothing but a pawn throughout the story. Even her one rebellion keeping a nosy cop alive was weak. Ashlyn seemed to spend far too much time either screaming, drinking or crying. Ashlyn existed largely to be a victim.
