Lucinda, Darkly

I originally picked this book up because I had heard that those who enjoyed Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy would also enjoy this story. Unfortunately, while I can see the resemblance, I found Sunny's Lucinda, Darkly to be a poorer, more sexually overt, poor man's version of The Black Jewels Trilogy.

The basic story is about Lucinda, who was once a queen of some sort of people called the Monere and is now some sort of bounty hunter demon. There isn't much information about any of it, either the Monere or being a demon, but I guess there was enough to have some story. Anyway, Lucinda meets a rogue Monere and then is sent after a different rogue and then a bunch of stuff happens.

Well, the set-up for a bunch of stuff happens but then the end comes and I felt like Sunny had taken a larger book and ripped it in half, leaving so much unresolved. That irked me.

What also irked me is related to how I feel about The Black Jewels Trilogy. In Bishop's work, there is a large amount of sexuality but there was never a cheap romance novel feel any of it. I liked that. It was tasteful and I appreciated that. In Lucinda, Darkly, however, it sometimes felt like a poorly executed romance novel parading around in the fantasy genre.

It was a quick read so I didn't waste a ton of my time but I certainly won't bother to waste any more time in this series or anything by this author.

Rating: 2.0