K. Iwancio's Reviews > A Dance Of Twilight:

** spoiler alert ** What I liked:
I love the fantasy genre, especially romantasy (which yay! there’s finally a name for it!). I devoured so many fantasy books looking for the romance so I’m always looking for more to read. The book was fairly well written with decently done explicit scenes. The storyline was good and compelling. I had to keep reading to see it to the end. The section art was lovely as was the chapter font styles.



*TRIGGERS BELOW*

What I didn’t like:
My biggest issue was Nicholas. He was touted as a Shadow Daddy Villain when he is more of a DV villain. The way his moods shifted from one extreme to the other screamed DV: emotional and physical. I felt that it was romanticized and I really *really* disliked that part. The FMC was still in love with him and wanted to kiss him after he threatened her life and that of her family. In his good times Nicholas was a dream boat of a book boyfriend, but in his dark times…I was screaming for the FMC to run away and get a restraining order. There was all this talk of his “shadows” but no real solution on how to get rid of them or what they actually were.

The voice seemed more YA than Dark Fantasy Romance, which made the explicit scenes uncomfortable. Due to the FMC’s prior SA, I felt that the FMC’s and MMC’s first time (my opinion) wasn’t fitting for someone with past trauma. It was more reminiscent of seasoned lovers than a traumatized “virgin” and a playboy. (She rides him in a bathtub with little foreplay, and he’s “big”. She initiates it.)

There were some glaring errors here and there which I chalked up to it being an advance copy. I was rather underwhelmed by the ending and honestly hoped for a bigger fanfare. Especially since there were so many loose ends to tie up.