Twenty-one years ago, Gabriella's life was stolen from her before it even began.
Orphaned at birth and encompassed in a fortress of lies to protect her identity, she never truly understood her purpose on this earth. But now that she has ascended, embracing her destiny, the ghosts of her past have come back to haunt her.
Even with insurmountable power running through her veins, part of Gabriella is irreparably broken. And with old enemies working to destroy the tiny shred of normalcy she has left, she'll be forced to face the ugly truth about Dorian, the man she chose to love despite his darkness.
Everything she loved is a lie, and everyone she thought she knew is a stranger. And now that Gabriella is about to be thrust into the battle of her life, she discovers that she may be fighting for the wrong side.
*This is book 3 of The Dark Light Series, the highly anticipated conclusion to Gabriella and Dorian's beautifully tragic love story.
Without warning, we’re on the bed, wisps of charcoal vapors swirling around our bodies. I’m flat on my back with Dorian hovering over me, watching, waiting for his influence to overtake my consciousness. While his body doesn’t touch mine, his mind—his beautiful-fucking-mind—begins to infiltrate every part of me. Sliding over the surface of my skin, so soft and light, like the silkiest feather. Pinching my sensitive nipples and raking down my belly. Igniting heat between my thighs until my panties are damp with desire.
I feel him all over me—teasing my pleasure points with his phantom touches. He moves in closer, so close that our lips nearly meet, yet he still won’t kiss me. He still won’t let me taste the sweet longing that is undoubtedly tempting his tongue. I lift my head to take it from him only to find that I am bound to the bed, completely under his control.
I’ve been here before. I’ve been under Dorian’s spell enough times to know how this will play out. He’s a man of dominating control, and today has been nothing short of chaos. He’s taking it back. He’s taking me back.
“Touch me,” I beg, my voice breathless with agony.
“No.” His eyes spark with white fire on that single word, showing the torment of his restraint.
“Please,” I whimper. “I need you to touch me. I need to feel you.”
“You feel me now,” he rasps.
“No. That’s not enough.”
“Oh? Not enough?” Pressure spikes in my core and I cry out as sensation snakes through my swollen sex. He doesn’t move, but I feel him there—touching, licking, even biting. Soft and hard, hot and wet, all at the same time.
“I can feel you throbbing, Gabriella. It hurts, doesn’t it?”
“Yes.” My voice is an intelligible squeak. It does hurt, yet it feels oh-so-incredibly good. Dorian’s pain is the most potent form of pleasure.
“I feel the hardness of your nipples—how they ache to be licked and sucked. You want me to do that, Gabriella? You want me cover your nipples with my mouth and run my tongue over them? You want me to squeeze them between my teeth right before I suck them, baby?”
“Yes, Dorian,” I manage through a sob.
“And when I’m done teasing your nipples, you want me to run my tongue down…” Another jolt of electricity stings my sensitive flesh. “…down…down…until it meets that soft, sweet place that hurts you so bad? You want me to kiss it and make it better?”
I try to nod through the haze of lust and agony, but I can’t move. I can only feel him owning my body in the most delicious way.
Light Shadows is the 4th and final book in the Dark Light Series. I am not normally a fan of paranormal but this series by far surpasses any series I have read this year. If you have not picked up any of these books yet you need stop over thinking the paranormal part because I did for so long but finally my fellow blogger Jennifer D talked me into it, and god bless her because it was freaking fabulous! 5 fantastically magical stars! You will fall in love with Dorian the moment you start reading this series, oh and we can't forget his brother Niko, these men will steal your heart even though they are supposed to be evil of sorts. I devoured this book in one day and its pretty long but when you have to know the ending you can't seem to push it away no matter what distractions come your way.
I have waited a long time for this ending and boy oh boy did SL Jennings deliver a stellar performance! I could completely see this series in a television series or a movie.
Dark Light is the first book and that is when you meet Dorian and Gabriella and see how there journey begins with Dorian trying to not to fall for Gabriella and Gabriella finding out what her true destiny has always been. The Dark Prince was the second book and its delve even deeper into the lives that are now connected forever but with twist and turns fate will intervene and tragedy strikes and they have to find a way to pick up the pieces and Gabriella has to embrace her now found powers. The third book was Nikolaiwhich as you find out in book 2 is Dorian's sexy as sin brother, but in this story its a quick novella and it shows you the horrid past of Niko and what makes him the man he has become today. And finally you have Light Shadows the epic ending for this group of magical creatures, they will struggle with there future and there will be some many twists and tragedy it will leave your head spinning and just when you think all is good tragedy will strike again. The question that needs to be asked is will Dorian and Gabriella every find there HEA or will there be too many people standing in there way of happiness?
YOU have go to get this series as soon as possible. This book this ending was something I will never forget it will stick with me for a very long time, my heart is broken and grateful for this ending. I can't wait for more from SL Jennings!
“This is it.
The moment we’ve all been preparing for. What people have suffered for, bled for. Died for.
This is the end.”
This is the end…. Gah….. Reading this novel was bitter sweet for me. This series is so special to me. It’s the one of the first series that I read that just blew me away where the characters jumped off the pages to you and took hold of you like a choke hold around your neck. I can honestly say this series is why I started blogging. Not enough people knew about this phenomenal series and I felt like it was mission to get people to read it! Who cares if it’s categorized as Paranormal Romance but I saw this series as so much more than that! It’s a gut wrenching love story filled with passion, heartbreak, angst, and a whole lot of hotness. Sure there’s a sprinkle of magic but that just added to mystic of the series. If there was ever a series that I would tell people they must read, this is it!
So much of Light Shadows ripped my heart out. It seemed like everywhere Gabriella went, death was waiting. From the beginning, she loses her closes alias. It seems like she never has a chance to mourn before another tragedy strikes. It becomes apparent that someone is looking to assassin Gabriella and stop at nothing to do. Nobody is safe. When the attacker is revealed and the events that unfold left me wanting to drop kick a bitch and stab their eyes out. I so did not see things unfolding like this and my heart shattered into a million pieces. Dorian makes the ultimate sacrifice for Gabriella and gives himself back to his father and requests the link between him and Gabriella be removed. Literally at this point I am yelling at my kindle! What. The. Fuck!!! No…no…no!!!! Dorian and Gabriella must be together… they must have their happily ever after right???!!! What Dorian doesn’t know is that when his father removes the link, he also removed his memory. The loving Dorian is gone replaced by an arrogant self-centered ass that didn’t care about anything or anyone.
“That’s what the man I loved – love- had been reduced to. Him. I couldn’t look at him. I couldn’t try to see the person I had fallen in love with inside the monster who had threatened to rape and torture me until I begged for death. Whoever this person was, he wasn’t Dorian.” -Gabriella
Gabriella retreats with Niko and the focus on getting Dorian his memory back. This takes them to new places and new friends and aliases are formed. The relationship between Niko and Gabriella grows and several times I am scratching my head thinking, is Gabriella falling for Niko? The dark are strong sexual beings and they have always have a friendly bond but without Dorian, Niko is there for her and gives her strength when she needs it. When all hope is lost, Niko is there to fill the void Dorian left.
“You told me to let him go. I did what you wanted. Hell, I get that you’re hurt, but that doesn’t mean you give up! You don’t give up on the people you love, Gabs. Ever. You fight. You fight until you bleed. You fight until your reduced to nothing then you pick yourself up and you fight some more.” – Niko
The battle is brewing between light and dark and when all said is done I was left shattered! Utterly and completed spent!!! I thought I didn’t have any more heartbreak left in me but SL Jennings proved you can squeeze blood out of a turnip as I was left speechless!!! I died! I’m left questioning how I can go on after reading what I just read and I’m not even done with the novel!!! But with the ending, my broken heart was picked up off the floor and was molted back together and when I read those two little words THE END, I was left in awe of what a phenomenal conclusion this was. Its epic, its stupendous, its freaking amazing! I am very sad the story is over but I am thankful that I experienced this fabulous series. This is just one of those series that must be read! It defiantly falls into the category of favorite series ever!!!
Now I will leave you with this…
“I love you, little girl… In life and death…from now until eternity. And when nothing more than dust and bone, Ill love you some more because you are, my density. I was placed on this earth to love you, and no curse or spell or enemy force could ever take you away from me.”
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Dark Light
(Dark Light #1)
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The Dark Prince
Dark Light #2
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Nikolai
A Dark Light Novella
S.L. Jennings is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance, reality TV junkie, obsessive coffee drinker and collector of crazy.
