Jonas (Darkness, 7): Volume 7 Paperback – 1 Mar. 2015

I received an ARC for an honest review.**warning possible spoilers alert***Jonas has been taken, caught unawares and is now in the hands of Nathanial and his gang who are gathering information in an effort to take on the Council and bring it down, whilst spilling the secrets of Stefan's people to the humans. Whilst there he's tortured by Emmy, who is half human but has been used as a blood slave. She's uses pain to try and get him to talk not knowing that for Jonas that's precisely what he's after. Emmy has had a hard time with the people she's with and is totally into Jonas and plots to help him escape. A fighter and ying to Jonas's Yang for sure. We also find out what happened to Darla from the earlier books.On the outside we have Sasha using all her resources to trace Jonas, and we a battle ensue that Cato's been warning about. She defo grows into her power here which is nice and learns new stuff. It's still fun, and fast paced but you could see that K.F was really trying to round out and tie up the story, so there is a few bits in there that you discover something new and wonder when it all happened and for how long was Jonas really gone for. As usual the connection between the guys was great and the story flowed.Although i totally loved this book, I just couldn't connect as i have done in previous books. I'd gotten used to only being in Sasha's head and i felt i was a spectator during this book. So that's why my 4.5 stars.I have totally loved this series and am really hoping that K. F decides to do another story just so i can see if anything ever develops between Charles and Ann, or if Sasha and Stefan moves up to regional or becomes part of the Council. It just seems there may be at least another book in there somewhere even if it's just a special for the fans.

I loved getting to read Jonas. We all knew his background was steeped in pain so having that expanded upon was fascinating.I really liked the new character Emmy & even though she has been broken in the worst ways, her inner strength was beautiful to see!!This book continues right where Shadow Watcher #6 finished but from Jonas' s perspective.An old foe, briefly, rears their head in this instalment. We meet an extremely powerful Mage of the likes we've never seen before & it's not pretty!!! Our heroes are in big trouble from this latest threat & they must face it to rescue Jonas!!Jonas, meanwhile, is in a different kind of battle altogether. One part of it he's a master at, pain but the other .. feelings, human's, vulnerability ... He isn't that equipped to deal with. Or has being around his human Mage, that he's also come to respect, helped to change him?I didn't give this book a 5* rating, surprisingly, because when reading it I felt a bit removed from the story & normally I'm right there with Sasha, Stefan, Charles, Jonas etcI still enjoyed it & wholeheartedly recommend others read this book & the rest of the Darkness Series, it is an amazing series after all!!UPDATE FROM A RE-READ 6th March '18:I totally connected with the entire book this time around & I found it was much more enjoyable than my first read so I've raised myrating to 5 star to reflect that. 😃👍😍 I thought it was only fair!!Debbie, 1970 , UK

This is book 7 in the Darkness series.Like the previous books, this one is filled with magic, a plethora of supernaturals, battles, explosions and more dungeon based steamy thrills than you can shake a stick at... or a whip or paddle.If you liked the rest of the series, you won't be disappointed.

I never give novellas five stars but this one really deserved it. Or maybe I was just excited to see how the main story arc of the series played out? I’ll let you decide.I loved getting a look into Jonas’ psyche. He’s a fascinating character and as Charles remarked in the previous novella, he’s done a complete one eighty since we first met him. Watching Emmy trying and failing to break him is entertaining in and of itself. I think the reason I loved this one so much is because Jonas and Emmy have a completely different relationship to Sasha and Stefan. And although I love Sasha and Stefan more, I find Jonas to be a far more interesting character. He’s a little broken, a little dark and a little sweeter than I ever realised. Watching as he connects with his torturer and finds a way out of the predicament he’s found himself in is absolutely brilliant. If you can’t stomach reading light BDSM though, then you might want to just skip over the steamer sections of this one. If you’ve been following the story from book 1 however, you won’t want to miss seeing the human/warrior dynamic come to fruition and how the Europeans react when the fight they’ve been planning to bring to the Council finds them first.Happy reading!