Burn the Night: The Final Dark Days Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Jocelynn Drake (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 28, 2011 | Series: Dark Days

“A must-read addition to the urban fantasy genre.”
—Kim Harrison

“Drake has composed a love letter to the vampire genre.”
—Vicki Pettersson

“Jocelynn Drake will have you coming back for more.”
—Jeaniene Frost

New York Times bestselling author Jocelynn Drake brings her remarkable Dark Days series to a stunning and dramatic conclusion with Burn the Night—a thrilling, page-turning masterwork of urban fantasy that brings the powerful Nightwalker Mira and her cohort, the conflicted vampire slayer Danaus, face to face with their most feared demons as the dreaded Great Awakening approaches. Burn the Night offers superior supernatural thrills and adventure in the bestselling tradition of Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn, and Kelley Armstrong.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The grand finale of her exceptional Dark Days series...the action is intense and the stakes enormous in this final pulse-pounding tale! Drake really shines with this one!” (Romantic Times BOOKclub on BURN THE NIGHT )

From the Back Cover

The Great Awakening approaches . . .

After eons in exile, the naturi have broken their chains and now roam the Earth bent on revenge. It is the sworn duty of Mira, the Fire Starter, to protect the nightwalker race—though even she may be powerless to withstand the horrific onslaught. As Mira and her brave lover, the vampire slayer Danaus, stand ready to do battle, thousands of winged shapeshifters darken the skies. The war of ultimate extermination has begun, and thebattleground is Mira's home turf.

The humans don't yet recognize the doom descending upon them. And the nightwalkers will surely perish unless they unite with outcast naturi who claim to want peace. But these unexpected "allies" are the same demons who have long worked for Mira's destruction—and in these darkest of days the lines between friend and foe will blur treacherously before the bloody endof all things.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Harper Voyager; Original edition (June 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061851825
• ISBN-13: 978-0061851827
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.2 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

By day, Jocelynn Drake is a clean-cut financial analyst writer, but in her free time she writes about a dark underworld where vampires rule. The author of Nightwalker, she lives in Kentucky.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It all ends here June 28, 2011

By A Book Obsession.. TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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Mira is still reeling from the events in the previous books, but has no real time to lick her wounds. The Naturi have split into two factions and a catastrophic war is on the horizon. Mira will have to swallow her pride and then some in order to join forces with the very species she has devoted her life to destroying. At least these Naturi seems to want peace when the war is over, at least for a time. Mira is too smart, or jaded depending on how you look at it to believe otherwise. The Great Awakening is just around the corner, with the Nightwalkers and Shapeshifters scrambling to put it off for as long as possible. Secrecy has been necessary to their very survival, but with the Queen of the Naturi determined to bare all in plain sight, Mira knows the time of hiding is just about up. That won't stop her from make one last effort to prevent those events and put an end to the insane queen once and for all.

Burn the Night is told from dual first person perspectives, with both Mira and Nyx getting a few chapters each turn. I'll be honest that I was a little worried at first when things started out with Nyx, and that the book wouldn't have enough of Mira, but I need not have. Mira definitely got her due share, but I really enjoyed Nyx's perspective as well. It was like a behind the scenes look into a side we hadn't really understood before this point. In a funny way, Nyx is really similar to Mira in many ways. They both are extremely powerful, and both were shunned by their people as a result. Another similar trait was their fierce protectiveness and willingness to sacrifice everything if needed. This any many more things would make Nyx a formidable opponent for Mira if they were ever to come to blows, even more so than any other the others Mira has faced, because none of them have had that same sacrificial nature. Luckily for both of them they were on the same side, at least for the time being, but that fragile truce made for a very interesting reading, knowing that it wouldn't take much to tip the scales at all.

The best thing about Burn the Night was that Jocelynn Drake didn't just wrap things up with a cookie cutter ending nor did she try to shove these raw characters into a neat little wrapped box with a bow. The ending is fragile and tenuous, with the knowledge that no peace nor resolution will be permanent due to the nature of all the different species, but at least we do get a small look into a reprieve, however long or short that may be. Trust me, Mira's earned a little downtime, if not some major R&R. Anything more concrete just would not have been realistic, and I cannot be happier that she stayed true to the characters and the wonderful world she built.

Burn the Night is the type of book that deserves to be savored. However, with its nonstop heat pounding action it became a battle of wills in order to slow myself down to truly appreciate what I was reading. So much was going on that I really wanted to take my time to make sure I didn't miss anything, but the action just would not be denied and I raced through the entire book at a record pace. I'm very much looking forward to a reread in the future to discover everything I missed in my haste to see what happened next. As much as it saddens me to say goodbye to Mira and Danaus, I really felt like the series is ending in a very natural place. There are many reasons for this, that I won't get into to avoid spoilers, but suffice it to say that almost all of the questions and pressing issues will be answered. Burn the Night will leave you with a sense of satisfaction as you bid farewell, making it a fitting final installment in this amazing series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars LITERAL ADDICTION's Review of Burn the Night January 8, 2012

By LITERAL ADDICTION

Format:Kindle Edition

Burn the Night, Book #6 of the Dark Days series
Author: Jocelynn Drake

Synopsis: The Great Awakening approaches . . .
After eons in exile, the naturi have broken their chains and now roam the Earth bent on revenge. It is the sworn duty of Mira, the Fire Starter, to protect the nightwalker race¡Xthough even she may be powerless to withstand the horrific onslaught. As Mira and her brave lover, the vampire slayer Danaus, stand ready to do battle, thousands of winged shapeshifters darken the skies. The war of ultimate extermination has begun, and the battleground is Mira's home turf.
The humans don't yet recognize the doom descending upon them. And the nightwalkers will surely perish unless they unite with outcast naturi who claim to want peace. But these unexpected "allies" are the same demons who have long worked for Mira's destruction¡Xand in these darkest of days the lines between friend and foe will blur treacherously before the bloody end of all things.
Our Review [by Michelle L. Olson ¡V LITERAL ADDICTION¡¦s Pack Alpha]:
I have been in love with the Dark Days series since I first picked up the initial installment and devoured it in a sitting. To say that it was bitter-sweet to be holding the final book of the series would be an understatement.

After putting off reading it over and over again trying to prolong ¡Ąthe end¡¦, I finally sat down with Burn the Night and braced myself for a whirlwind of emotions¡K

Burn the Night is unique, in that you don¡¦t get the book from just 1 person¡¦s point of view. It switches from Nyx to Mira, and by doing so, gives more indepth looks into secondary supporting characters such as Rowe, Danaus, and more. I¡¦ve read several reviews from people who didn¡¦t like this, I thought it was unique and refreshing and utterly enjoyed it.

So much happened in this book; every time Mira turned around she had a new challenge to overcome, and as a reader, the journey with her was intense and exciting.

After having invested 5 books with the characters of Dark Days, it was wonderful to have appearances from just about everyone and be able to immerse myself in their lives one last time. Over the course of the series, and especially book #5, I found myself softening somewhat towards Rowe. Miraculously, after finishing Burn the Night I actually kind of liked him. ş

Danaus and Mira are one of my favorite Urban Fantasy couples, and this book was so sweet, so captivating between the two of them, I forgot how angry I was early on in the series having had to wait so long for them to finally get together.

Overall, Burn the Night was a wonderful end to an amazing series, and I sincerely hope that Jocelynn has some spin off series planned because while she wrapped everything up beautifully, the thought of leaving this world behind forever is utterly depressing.

LITERAL ADDICTION gives Burn the Night 5 skulls and would recommend it to EVERYONE! The Dark Days series is one of my absolute favorite Urban Fantasy series ever and I think that all Urban Fantasy and Paranormal lovers should experience this series and the amazing world Jocelynn created for us.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great ending July 1, 2011

By Harriet Klausner #1 HALL OF FAME

Format:Mass Market Paperback

The Naturi have broken free of eons of incarceration to walk the earth again. Their insane Queen Aurora plans a suicide mission to avenge their race by starting a two front war with the other paranormal species and with the humans. Her sisters Nyx and Cynnia know the cost will be extinction of their race so they agree a coup d'état is needed. The rebellious princesses need the support of Aurora's exiled consort Rowe to cement their precarious position amongst their people.

Mira the Fire Starter and her lover Danaus the vampire slayer prepare for the final battle of the great Awakening even as the mortals remain ignorant of the horror that is beginning. The winged shapeshifters flood the skies while Mira's focus remains divided since her father the God of Chaos wants to use her and Jabari her former mentor plans to kill her. Their only hope resides with Naturi traitors who swear they want peace though Mir does not trust Nyx who has tried to kill her.

The climax to the super Dark Days saga series (see Pray for Dawn and Wait for Dusk) is a great ending. The action-packed story line rotates viewpoint between Mira and Nyx as an emphasis that situations make strange bedfellows. Readers will relish this series due to a strong cast in which necessity is the mother of alliances and adversaries (mindful of American relationships with Hussein).

Harriet Klausner