Beyond the Darkness (Darkness, #3) by Katie Reus

Beyond the Darkness by Katie Reus

SUMMARY

Now that she has her freedom, she’s not giving it up. 

Dragon shifter Keelin Petronilla spent centuries in forced hibernation dreaming of one thing: freedom. Now she’s living life on her terms—she’s ditched her clan for an unruly wolf pack, she tends bar for a half-demon, and she’s loving it…until a powerful supernatural being targets her. She intends to handle the mysterious attacks on her own…without the help of dragon Alpha Bran Devlin. Sure, he’s sexy in that hot, scowling possessive way, but Keelin wants to live her own life in her own way.

Now that he’s found his mate, he’s not letting her go.

Former black ops agent Bran Devlin is a born dragon Alpha and leader of a fierce clan. Getting mated was never part of his plan—until a feisty dragon princess gets under his skin in a big way. The hell of it is, she doesn’t want a mate; she just wants to have a good time. He plays along, but when a dark and powerful being marks her for death, he’s determined to stay by her side in spite of her protests. Now that he’s found his mate, he means to keep her safe no matter what the cost…even if he has to risk it all.

MY REVIEW

Two dragon shifters fall in love. A simple story really.

Bran is the Alpha of the Devlin clan and Keelin is the Alpha’s sister of the Petronilla clan.

Bran is crazy in love and lust for Keelin.
Keelin wants Bran, but she does not want to mate.
Bran thinks that he is too unattractive to be wanted by Keelin.
Keelin thinks that she is not good enough for a magnificent male specimen like Bran.

Keelin and Bran together are adorable, tiptoeing around each other.

“You don’t get to tell me what to do or where to go or who I can talk to,”
“I don’t want to chain you down, Keelin. I just want to get to know you. Take you on a fucking date.”
“Really? I’ve never been on a date.”
“Me neither.”
“Truly?”

Everyone knows that Keelin and Bran will be mated really soon – except Keelin who does not admit it to herself and keeps looking for dating advice:

“But you don’t want anything long term?”
“Correct. I just want to have fun.”
“Then keep things light between the two of you. Just sex and fun.”
“Okay, and that’ll work?”
“Fuck no. He’s an Alpha, but that’s all I can give you. Just don’t be surprised when you end up mated in a couple weeks.”

Keelin’s parents are out of out of Protective Hibernation recently and they don’t really want their overprotective daughter to be mated with the brutal, scary totally Alpha from a different clan male.

At the same time Keelin has also many other problems:
-many dragons from the Moana clan are disappearing and this is somehow associated with her,
-a strange, dangerous male is stalking her
- Akkadian demons are trying to kill her

Her only source of information is her mother. And it is also time for Bran to meet her parents. A dragon will meet his future in-laws who are also dragons! Great fun :)

The book also starts the story of Bo Broussard (the half-demon owner of a supernatural-only club and Keelin’s boss) and of Nyx (a beautiful waitress of unknown species). Sex is the only way Bo can tame his half demon self, but Nyx doesn’t have any experience. “Hunted by Darkness”, the next book, tells their story.

My favourite book in the series so far. I really like the fact that although it is not a really long novel, the story is straight to the point. There is no way you may think that it is rushed. The details are critical and enough explanation is given.
The chemistry between Keelin and Bran is off the charts. Lots of glow and dragon fire and passion.