Black Sunshine Published by Independently Published on March 25th 2021
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Format: ebook
Source: Kindle Unlimited
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Rating 3/5

All Lenore Warwick wants for her 21st birthday is to hang out with her friends, finish her second year at Berkeley with flying colors, and maybe catch the eye of a hot musician playing a show at a club that she can now (legally) get into.

Unfortunately, fate has other plans for her.

A week before her birthday, she’s kidnapped by the brooding and dangerous stranger with cold eyes and a lethal touch, who has been stalking her on San Francisco’s fog-shrouded streets. Absolon “Solon” Stavig is…

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Liezel’s Thoughts:

Karina Halle has been one of my go-to authors for many years. Most of her books are highly addictive and unforgettable, such as her Artists Trilogy, so of course, I was curious to read her take on vampires. Overall, I thought the book was good, and here is why…

I enjoyed witnessing how the heroine Lenore evolves into her true self. Although, her acceptance of her true nature felt like an ordeal where it became too wordy at times. I have to admit that I found myself skipping past the narrative parts that involve their history.

I thought the angst between Lenore and her captor was good but lacking. There was an acceptable connection between the two, but for some reason, I didn’t feel the” I love you, I can’t live without you” vibe that I was most looking forward to. I know the word “mated” is overused in paranormal romance, but this was a story that needed such a term.

I think I have read enough PNR to realize that there were a few vampire elements that felt amiss such as the description of Lenore bloodlust. Again, the words were there but I thought hers would be more intense even if she wasn’t 100% vampire. I thought the action and suspenseful elements were great especially when they worked together.

Overall, Black Sunshine was a great introduction to hopefully what becomes a new series. Seeing how Lenore and Absolon powers meld and evolve as a couple is something that I will be looking forward to reading more of.