Jacob: Number 1 in series (The Nightwalkers Series)

I read this as a book a long time ago. I remember some bits, it was funny, romantic and great bickering and dialogue between all of them. Good storyline kept me wanting more

This is the first JF book that has grabbed me. The story follows the demon Jacob who is the enforcer of his people and must keep the other demons in line especially where humans are concerned. The demons are essentially good guys - no seedy underworld here unless they get "transformed" by necromancers and become the image of what demons are expected to be(crush, kill, destroy). The demons all have elemental powers like fire and earth etc and JF has built up this world much better than she did in other books (Drink of Me and Seduce me in flames).Jacob meets Isabella who makes him want to break his own rules for the first time.The characters were the usual suspects for a first in the series - the strong alpha male and feisty female - no surprise there (or complaint), they were not the deepest of characters but this can be forgiven in the first one and the story really holds promise and I am going to read Gideon next (a really interesting character in this book).The plot was decent and I genuinely enjoyed it but it had a few flaws for me:The romance between the main characters was built on an instant primal connection thingy and these tend not to work for me. Sometimes they are great depending on the context but this was fairly standard. I like a relationship that grows throughout a book and this one doesn't - the only thing that changes is that Jacob finally accepts that Bella wants to be with him and its slap in the face obvious from the beginning. Some of the scenes were quite frankly unrealistic ( I hate using that word when describing a paranormal romance book but there it is) and everyone is just so accepting of everything especially Bella. Also it was very black and white: demons good and humans bad and i hope this doesn't continue because it robs the book of depth and realism - it really is a great thing in this genre if the author can make the story seem believable and draw you in.What I would say to someone thinking of buying this book is that JF's style is very much like Christine Feehan (a bit long-winded for me). I personally am not a feehan fan but i hope as i read on in this series i will really like JF. If like me you strongly dislike the Carpathains (feehan) then I would not really recommend this book or author. And yet in saying that I enjoyed this book much more than the few of those that I struggled through. I need to read a few more by JF before i decide. For those out there who love christine feehan then buy this book without hesitation.My last concern and reason for not hitting 4 stars is that I read books in a matter of hours and for every JF book ive read even this one its taken days and even weeks.Enjoyable but just not a page turner - it took me a while to finish despite really liking it.

I have mixed feelings about this one. Whilst I adored the world Frank created - Demons with elemental powers discovering they may be doomed to extinction because of their own racial prejudices - there were some aspects which felt very "same old, same old."First, the good: I really liked Isabella, the heroine. She was intelligent and fiesty without being a charicature. I also loved the world-building, as mentioned, especially the idea of the Transformed Demons, the elemental powers and their relationships with Druids. Interesting stuff that will definitely see me buying the second book in the series, "Gideon." Secondary characters such as Legna (pronounded "Laina," BTW) and Noah were great and well-developed.The bad: I really can't thoroughly and completely enjoy romances that are based on "primal, instinctive connections." By that I mean, the man sees the woman for the first time and decides in that split second she is "his," as if he were picking out a new pair of shoes or something. To me, even if the woman feels the same, it contradicts the idea of romance and reduces it to something rather less ... romantic.For that reason, I didn't really like Jacob, the titular hero. Especially since, having decided Isabella was his, he spent a lot of time angsting over that decision, which seemed redundant when everyone around him agreed they were destined to be together - including Bella herself. Having said that, I loved his powers and role with Demon society, so he wasn't a complete loss.Obviously my issues with "Jacob" didn't stop me reading and enjoying it, and as said, I'll be buying "Gideon" - I really liked him in this book, so am keen to see him in his own.

I read the mixed reviews for this book and debated whether to buy it. Being a fan of paranormal romance I 'bit the bullet' and sent for it, along with Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione (which I will review later). I started the book with mild interest but sometime during the second chapter started to turn the page eagerly, really looking forward to what was happening with the characters and plot. It centres on Jacob (a Demon and the Enforcer for the Nightwalkers) and a chance(?) meeting with Isabella (a human). The Mightwalkers, we learn, are one breed of Demon who chose to stay away from humans and therefore have an Enforcer who punishes those who stray and make contact with humans. Jacob, as the Enforcer, is alone. A necessity but rejected by his own people as cold, remote and unfeeling. This story is Jacob's story - his meeting and subsequent relationship with Isabella, a 'human' who is a little more essential to the Nightwalkers than they realise at first. There are a reasonable number of twists and I was engaged enough to order the rest of the series. This is a love story, albeit a modern one with plenty of physical interaction between the two leads. The rest of the series promises to be as entertaining. Well worth a read and an engaging series.