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I was very pleasantly surprised by The Dark Divine! I was intrigued that it was a Paranormal Romance featuring a pastor's daughter. This could have gone very wrong, but it really worked for me! Three years ago, Grace's brother's best friend, Daniel, disappeared. She has no idea what happened, but no one has spoken his name in all that time. But now he's back, and isn't welcome into their home anymore. Grace still has no clue how her family went from taking him in, into keeping him out, but she's sick of being kept in the dark. Well, the truth is the last thing she ever expected, but now that she knows, she may be the only one able to save Daniel from himself.

I loved how werewolves were described as being created by God to fight monsters. In The Dark Divine, there has been a string of dead bodies turning up that appeared to have been mauled by an animal after their death. Of course, no one knows about werewolves, but there's stories of The Markham Monster. Grace now knows that monsters are real, but they didn't really start out that way. I just really liked how it was all explained. The religious aspects never took over, and nothing got preachy. It was just the basis for the lore used, and I think it was well done.

Of course, there's a romance at the center of The Dark Divine. Grace is in love with Daniel even after all of these years and her parents' protests. Even Daniel is afraid to have her love him, because of reasons. Loving a werewolf is both a blessing and a curse, and this is what really made me bump up my rating. I had been enjoying it, but then that last third was pretty great. I totally didn't see any of that coming. It certainly kept me on the edge, and I must know more!

I really liked The Dark Divine. The mix of Christianity and Paranormal was really interesting to me. I also liked the idea of werewolves being a type of protector, but having gone wrong over the years. The twists were also really good and kept me engaged once things really started happening. It doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but it's obvious that the story isn't over yet!


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The Dark Divine Bree Despain 9781606840573 Books Reviews

The vague description on the jacket blurb is what kept me from this story for a full year. In retrospect, it was a good thing because the sequel has already been released! But I am a little behind the times by just reading this story now. The cover and the blurb don't give away much of the story, so readers might feel like they are flying blind at first, but gratefully the story gets really interesting really quickly!

Grace Divine is the pastor's daughter, and she and her family must live up to that status. Her brother Jude is the epitome of a pastor's son. He always thinks of others first, never fails to go out of his way to help people, and is the apple of everyone's eye. When Daniel Kalbi returns after a mysterious disappearance, Grace is drawn to him. Despite the memories of her brother returning covered in blood from seeing Daniel right before he disappeared and Jude's warning for Grace to stay far away from Daniel, she keeps finding herself with him.

As Daniel's story unfolds, Grace isn't sure who she can trust. Stories of ancient beings created to do God's bidding swirl into modern day stories of werewolves and monsters. Meanwhile, the town is again plagued with odd deaths and mutilations just as it was years ago before Daniel disappeared. Jude insists Daniel is evil, but Grace can't see beyond the kind, caring Daniel she used to know. Now Grace must decide whether she can make the ultimate sacrifice to save Daniel, and must weigh the consequences of her choice.

While this story has certainly been well played int he past few years, Despain does a good job of changing up the ready worn. She takes a supernatural creature and gives it new life and new purpose. I was glad this story did not take as long as some others (*cough* Hush, Hush *cough* Fallen) to reveal the nature of the odd stirrings and bumps in the night. Sometimes when the meat of the story is revealed too late, I find myself wondering whether it was worth the work to get through. Instead this is a well-paced story with interesting characters and plenty to keep you interested. The writing is relatively clean with hints of creepy happenings and violence without any real gore. It would be suitable for any junior high to high school student, but would probably appeal mostly to girls (the cover might have something to do with that).
~3.5/5

I’ve had this book on my shelf for a long time, and it was actually better than I expected.

When Daniel shows back up in town, Grace is forced to either ignore him and push away the past, or let him back in her life and find out what really happened between him and her brother all those years ago.

It’s definitely frustrating the way they’re all keeping Grace in the dark about it, but it’s a surprise when she finally figures out what happened. It makes sense why they kept it a secret, and why Daniel disappeared. I wasn’t terribly surprised by who was behind it all, but it’s still a surprise how it went down and who all knew.

This was better than I thought it would be; it kept me interested through the whole book, and I liked the relationship between Grace and Daniel. I liked him. And the plot was actually pretty interesting, and makes me a little intrigued for the next book. I don’t know if I’ll be picking it up, but I definitely would have enjoyed it more when I was in high school.

[More of my reviews are available on my blog, Geeky Reading, to which there's a link on my profile.]
I was very pleasantly surprised by The Dark Divine! I was intrigued that it was a Paranormal Romance featuring a pastor's daughter. This could have gone very wrong, but it really worked for me! Three years ago, Grace's brother's best friend, Daniel, disappeared. She has no idea what happened, but no one has spoken his name in all that time. But now he's back, and isn't welcome into their home anymore. Grace still has no clue how her family went from taking him in, into keeping him out, but she's sick of being kept in the dark. Well, the truth is the last thing she ever expected, but now that she knows, she may be the only one able to save Daniel from himself.

I loved how werewolves were described as being created by God to fight monsters. In The Dark Divine, there has been a string of dead bodies turning up that appeared to have been mauled by an animal after their death. Of course, no one knows about werewolves, but there's stories of The Markham Monster. Grace now knows that monsters are real, but they didn't really start out that way. I just really liked how it was all explained. The religious aspects never took over, and nothing got preachy. It was just the basis for the lore used, and I think it was well done.

Of course, there's a romance at the center of The Dark Divine. Grace is in love with Daniel even after all of these years and her parents' protests. Even Daniel is afraid to have her love him, because of reasons. Loving a werewolf is both a blessing and a curse, and this is what really made me bump up my rating. I had been enjoying it, but then that last third was pretty great. I totally didn't see any of that coming. It certainly kept me on the edge, and I must know more!

I really liked The Dark Divine. The mix of Christianity and Paranormal was really interesting to me. I also liked the idea of werewolves being a type of protector, but having gone wrong over the years. The twists were also really good and kept me engaged once things really started happening. It doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but it's obvious that the story isn't over yet!