Bound By Darkness (Guardians of Eternity Book 8)

Oh but I do love my Guardians of Eternity. Being the series reader that I am this one is a must because of it's addictive nature and charmingly entertaining cast of characters. Short and sweet: I love the chemistry between this couple. The women heroines in this series usually are strong female leads but Jaelyn takes the prize. She is strong in both will and physicality and lets nothing stand in her way...not even her strong attraction for the sexy Sylvermyst Prince, Ariyal. After all her latest agreement with the Oracles is to stay close to him so she's just doing her job really...yeah. In true GoE fashion we go on a merry chase. This time it's to track down the baby vessel before the Dark Prince breaks out of his prison behind the veil and take possession of the child bringing death and destruction to this side. Along the way there are Immortal Ones, mages, spirits, curs, vampires, werewolves, oracles, demons, ogres, zombies, trolls, rogue Sylvermysts and a tiny gargoyle who all join in the melee of the battle of good vs. evil. Wonderfully sexy, with snarky humor and kick ass magical fun to be had by all!

A throughly enjoyable link in the "Guardians of Eternity" chain of books. Good as a stand alone novel too. Synopsis: Ariyal is the Prince of the Sylvermyst. (Think supersized elves on steroids.) Centuries ago, he convinced his people to break away from serving the Prince of Darkness, but they paid a terrible price of enslavement to Morgana who tortured them and murdered their mates. Now freed, Ariyal is determined to stop the Dark Prince from entering our world and save his Sylvermyst at any cost, including killing an innocent baby that Jaelyn protects. Jaelyn is a Hunter vampire. She is described by Ariyal as "A beautiful, lethal predator in spandex who had managed to kick-start his lust into hyper drive and reminded him in vivid detail the pleasure of being a fully functioning male." She is charged with capturing Ariyal for the Oracles, but is shocked when he turns the tables and manages to take her hostage to the mysterious Avalon. Hunters have been trained to ignore their hearts, desires and emotions. But Jaelyn finds herself tumbling for the big Sylvermyst Prince who proposes she join forces with him to track down his missing kinsmen. Together, they track down the rogue Sylvermyst who are under the control of a spirit intent on the destruction of the world, battle the newly resurrected Dark Prince, and help join together natural enemies the Vampires and the Werewolves to save the planet. What I like: I love the chemistry between Jaelyn and Ariyal. They naturally fell together and both seemed to embrace with inevitability and joy that they would be `mated'. I love the strong female characters that Ivy creates. Jaelyn is the baddest of the Hunters and doesn't have to rely on the hero to save her tush. She isn't afraid to face death, and gives everything she does her best effort. She has nightmares about people she was forced to kill, and people she wasn't able to help, and when she decides she loves Ariyal, knowing she will face certain death for leaving the Hunters, she does so with such magnificent dignity and honor that made me want to shout YES! In eager anticipation of this book I re-read all 7 books in this "Guardians of Eternity" series. They were even better the 2nd time around or actually the 10th time around for book "Embrace the Darkness" which is still my all around favorite paranormal romance book. Alexandra Ivy also has a cool web site that details her books and the assortment of upcoming novelettes about the "Guardians" characters. I heartily recommend Ivy for action packed vampire and werewolf romance literature.

This story, to me, and several things all at once that I like about this genre of book. There's enough action to keep those interested in that entertained and enough character development and emotion to keep that set of readers entertained as well. I won't bore you with a plot summary as I know other reviewers are fond of doing that. If you liked the previous books in this series, you should give this one a shot. I don't think you'll be disappointed, so have at it! My only real problem with this book is that it either had unnecessary words or words missing in sentences. I very much appreciate that this book has chapter demarcations. Chapter demarcations make it so much easier to find a stopping place when you need to do so or to see how close you are to the end of a chapter. I can't wait to read the next one!

May be habit forming! I swear Ms Ivy is an imp that puts hexes on her books to make you crave them, designed for binge reading for sure! I am embarrased to say I found myself getting irritated if I wasnt getting my daily dose of at least an hour of reading (or 3 or 4...). another great book in the Guardians of Eternity series. Although these books definitely follow a set pattern, that is also part of their allure, knowing that you will get a HEA in the end. And all the adventures are different. I also love how they are building on one another, adding new elements and types of magic. One of the attractive things is the intense desire between the couples, but with the hero always clear that she must be ready before he will bed her. The sex scenes are steamy without being crude. I will be sorry to see the series end! I see she has started a new dragon series. Please keep them coming!

I love this book! I could hardly put it down once I started to read it. The story is funny,romantic and original. Count tep is lovable and very memorable. Cat and bones make a cameo appearance which will leave you laughing and hoping they stick around a little longer. This is a five star book series as far as I'm concerned,but you gotta start from the beginning of the series so you can get to know all the wonderful characters frost introduces. Ms.frost is right up there with j.r ward and sherrilyn Kenyon as a very talented and original writer. Absolutely genius!

He had kidnapped her. Unloaded her unconscious body in the decimated halls of his deposed master, the vicious Morgana le Fey. Once he had her secured beyond the mists in Avalon he chained her with silver - protecting her delectable skin, of course - and waited. She is Jaelyn, a vampire, one of their feared Hunters. Ariyal chose not to look too closely at his reasons for taking her. That way lies madness. Instead, he's going to punish her for his interest and torment her a bit. After all, he blames her for his failure to stop the Dark Lord. It's only fair he exact a little retribution...before he tracks down his brother and continues the distasteful task he started. He has to kill the child born to be the reincarnation of the Dark Lord or it will be the end of the world as all know it. Regaining consciousness chained up in a strange place with a Sylvermyst bastard looming over her isn't exactly the highlight of Jaelyn's long life. Oh sure, the bare-chested bastard is gorgeous. Lovely eye candy. And if she wasn't a Hunter, immune to his fine-bodied charm, she might have been worried. Instead, all she wants to do is sink her fangs into the fiend and show him what a Hunter like her can really do. And she means that in the most painful and deadly way. Really. She's definitely not going to let Ariyal continue with his heinous plan. She'll find a way to stop him from killing that child. But when an Oracle pops up and suddenly changes the nature of the contract between her and the Consortium, she can't help but wonder what in the hell is in store for both her and the Sylvermyst. Bringing him in is one thing, but sticking by his side - even helping him - given how he affects her, may be more dangerous to Jaelyn than anything else she's ever faced. And riskier than facing the Dark Lord himself. ~*~ Just before I started reading this installment of Ivy's popular Guardians of Eternity series, I checked to see when I'd read its predecessor. I was a little surprised it had been over a year and a half and a little concerned that I'd have a hard time slipping back into the series after so long. Thankfully, that wasn't the case. Ivy did a decent job with the series exposition, weaving it in with the book's story arc in a way that reminded me of what went before even as the current plotline progressed. While I don't think this book would work well as a stand-alone, or as a starting point for interested readers unfamiliar with the series, it worked just fine for me. As much as I read, there are surprisingly few series that hold my attention as long as this one has. The world that Ivy's created here may not be the most expansively detailed, nor are the plotlines all that complex, but each book offers a sexy, fun, action-packed read with wonderful dashes of snarky humor liberally sprinkled throughout. There is also a wealth of originality in the world and mythos, and that keeps the series from feeling like just another incarnation of the paranormal romance genre masters. I liked Ariyal and Jaelyn as characters. Ariyal is a gorgeous, sexy alpha male who's had it very rough in the past. He bears the brunt of the responsibility for the future of his people and feels the pain of his brother's betrayal. Jaelyn is a gorgeous female warrior, cold and deadly because she's had to be, threatened by the fiery heat of her attraction to Ariyal because the cost of feeling for him is too high. He's insouciant and sardonic, she's chilly and quick to bare her fangs or reach for her shotgun. It was fun seeing them evolve and grow closer despite themselves as they were forced to work together, and the chemistry between them was top-notch. There was a nice balance in the shifting points of view in this book, too. As the threat of the Dark Lord continues to grow, important characters from earlier books, as well as a few new characters, have significant secondary character roles in this one. I'm a big fan of Styx, and Ivy made me a Salvatore convert with his book, and their increased presence served both the arc of the series and the storyline of this book quite well. And I appreciated very much that Ivy didn't shortchange the romance between Ariyal and Jaelyn while including them. Then there's Levet. It just wouldn't be a Guardians of Eternity book without Levet. I love that little fairy-winged, French-spouting, magic-exploding gargoyle. This series may fall closer to the brain candy end of the spectrum than the series I favor for their dark, detailed, complex worlds and angsty, deadly romances, but sometimes I just don't want to work that hard to enjoy a read. I trust Ivy to entertain me and raise my temperature. The male characters are sexy and powerful, the female characters are strong and independent, and the stories have been adding depth and dimension as the series has progressed. For all of that I'm still reading, still enjoying, and plan to continue to do so. ~*~*~*~ Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.

Pretty good book. Read all of her books and this one is pretty good. .Ariyal is a Sylvermyst and they r the sinister cousins of the fey. To save his people from banishment he sold himself to the evil Morgana. Now that he is finally free he has another problem.. Jaelyn a vampire warrior has been sent to capture him and he finds he can't hurt her and both find that they r meant for each other. Pretty good story of how they set out to save his people together..

Love Love this series! This is my second time reading it, and I'm just as enthralled as the first time!

I should be doing so many other things, but I am ploughing through these books. The series has quite captivated me and book 8 does not disappoint. Do yourself a serious favour, get into these books 😀 👍

I enjoyed this book. It's a paranormal romance that kept my interest and is part of a large series with different main characters. I would recommend.

Habe alle Bücher dieser Serie. Es geht genauso spannend weiter wie die ganze Serie. Macht schon fast süchtig. Immer wieder ein toller Zeitvertreib.

I haven't been able to put the books down the series is proving to be a winner for me, now on to the next book

Fascinating story, full of suspense, romance, action and flair. Totally enjoyable, could not put down until I reached the end