Review: When Darkness Breaks by Brianna West

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

As usual, Ms. West leaves you wanting… more!

When Darkness Breaks By Brianna West

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Released: December 6, 2016

Publisher: Self Published

Series: The Underground Guardians, Book #

Synopsis .

Ebony has spent the last two hundred years trying to escape the Underworld, because who she is doesn’t match what’s in her heart. Being a demon that has a pure heart is unnatural, and those around her, mostly her family, want to keep her imprisoned for the rest of her life.

While escaping, she saves an angel imprisoned in the Underworld and the course of her entire life is change from the moment she meets the mysterious angel, Simon.

With the help of the Promiscus Guardians, and their lesser known subgroup, the Underground Guardians, Ebony is set on a path that will lead her to discovering the true depth behind her power, the value of her pure heart, and a life worth living. But will her undeniable connection with Simon lead to her undoing?

Review .

Reviewed by Jean

As usual, Ms. West leaves you wanting… more!

More Ebony, more Simon, more Promiscus Guardians… simply more, please! I’ve liked the hard-ass lead angel of the Promiscus Guardians since he was first introduced in the previous series. I have to admit though that I was pleasantly surprised with discovering Simon’s search for his soul mate or Cor Vocanti as they are called and just where it would lead him… straight into the bowels of hell itself. Typical of all of Ms. West’s books, When Darkness Breaks is full of action, adventure, danger, and suspense. All of that is the icing on top of a very hot paranormal romance.

Unlike the heroines of her previous books, Ms. West’s Ebony is total innocence personified in a demon package. She is so far from kick-butt it isn’t funny. Ebony has spent the past two hundred years as a prisoner of her family in hell. With her pure light core, she is the anathema of a demon. She has a fascination with humans and the world above, a fascination that led her to escape a hundred years ago. Her escape was short lived but she has no intention of getting caught this time around. With her mother dead, she has only her words of wisdom to guide her. So if Ebony is lucky she’ll find the Promiscus Guardians and find a spot among them. Lucky for her the angel she rescues from hell just happens to be the leader of the guardians.

When Ebony rescues Simon from hell he knows he’s met his destiny. Now he just has to convince the council of angels that Ebony is as innocent and worthy as she appears. He’ll also have to help Ebony grow into her abilities as a guardian in a special group that consists of those normally of a dark nature. Prepare to see a side of Simon never seen before. Ebony is everything this angel has been searching for and everything he’ll fight to keep at his side.

When Darkness Breaks is a wonderful start to a new series. I can’t wait to read more of The Underground Guardians series with Ebony and Simon. If Ms. West stays on course, I think we can at least expect a trilogy out of this series story line. Hopefully, she’ll also continue with her spin-off series featuring the other members of the Promiscus Guardians. This is a world I am totally enjoying and I’m sure you will too.

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O Factor: Spicy

Guardians In Love Series

Victor, Book 1

Lilly Hughes, pureblood witch and Guardian-in-training, has worked arduously the last three years to become the best Guardian in her class in hopes of securing a position on Lucas Easton’s team, the highest coveted position in the Guardians and the team her late mother was a member of. However, she suffers from a dangerously clumsy nature that threatens to make that dream just that, a dream.

Until she meets Victor, supervising angel to Lucas Easton’s team and active member on the Promiscus Guardian council. He’s an angel with a gentlemanly demeanor and incredible looks that immediately turns her bad luck for good. Or does he? His gentle nature is hiding a dark secret, a past that Lilly has been desperate to know since she was told of how her mother perished in a mission.

What is Victor’s connection to it? How can she control these subsurface desires for the one man who might hold the key to her future and the secret behind her mother’s death? Will it ultimately lead to tragedy?

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Pavel Book 2

Eve’s entire existence and the secret power she harbors is forever changed when she meets the incredibly gorgeous Russian, Pavel Volkov, one night after he single-handedly saves her from being attacked. Claiming he’s part of an elite group of Guardians that police the Light and Dark, Pavel takes her into his protection.

The playboy warlock-faerie helps Eve unlock the secrets of her past, training the hidden power within as they attempt to keep her from the Dark that seeks to capture her. But with nothing short of disdain for the man claiming to be her protector, can Eve discover the truth behind who she really is? Will she be able to learn how to use her powers efficiently? And more importantly, will she be able to deflect the relentless advances of her so-called protector?

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Books in the Related
Promiscus Guardians Series

Awakening, Book 1

Izzy is on the fast track to nowhere. Being ordinary really blew sometimes. That’s until she meets Lucas–a man that’s unlike anyone she’s ever met. Mostly because he isn’t actually a man. He is a supernatural creature that proclaims to police the Light and Dark in order to protect humans.And Izzy–well–she isn’t the human she thought she was. She is actually a supernatural being as well. And now Lucas is going to do everything in his power to find out what she is and protect her from the Dark lurking around the corner.Awakening follows Izzy as she navigates this new world of demons, vampires, angels, and many other supernatural creatures. Recruited by the Promiscus Guardians and partnering with the most brooding and devilishly handsome man she’s every met, Lucas, Izzy is suddenly knee-deep up crap creek. Discover the secret behind her power and why it’s such a commodity in her Awakening.

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Metamorphosis, Book 2

After managing to escape their last foe, Izzy and Lucas are back to face a new formidable villain that will test their strength, relationship, and even the collaboration of the incredibly powerful, entirely hilarious group of Promiscus Guardians.

Despite the odds stacking against them, Izzy maintains her diligence on honing her powers, delving deeper into her origins, and enjoying her incredibly delicious boss slash beau, Lucas.

A continuation of the Promiscus Guardians series, Metamorphosis delivers more fantastical creatures, a sordid amount of humor coupled with fast, incredibly riveting action. Mysteries are unraveled while more about the world Izzy lives in is unveiled in this highly anticipated addition.

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Dawning, Book 3

Izzy and Lucas have been through quite the ordeal over the last year: chased down by demons, hunted by Dark angels, and sought after by a sadistic, gorgeous mother-in-law. Now they’re back, and there’s a lot of loose ends to tie up. Like the army of juiced up toddlers, the flamboyant villain, and the sociopathic Mother Dearest. Not to mention, it’s now their sole duty to seek the help of the seven kings in the In-Between realm, which sounds easier than it is.

Dawning follows Izzy as she is once again the woman of the hour, the woman who can bring the realms together, the woman with that special something-something that everyone, including her vindictive, crazy mother-in-law, are working tirelessly to capture. Being special never felt like so much work. Saving the world was never something Izzy planned to do, but she’ll have to if she doesn’t want the mortal world to end, or any others for that matter.

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About Brianna West .

I am a mother of three, living in California, USA. I have always been an avid reader of romance, particularly the paranormal genre. However, in the last few years, I have taken a serious interest in writing my own versions of these worlds. I write mainly romance, mainly featuring paranormal, supernatural, and vampires. All of my stories have an element of humor. I want to create a world that my readers can really immerse themselves into as the main protagonist.

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