Dayhunter

Dayhunter - The Second Dark Days Novelby Jocelynn DrakeThe second Dark Days novel is action packed and never lets up. Mira (the vampire) and Danaus (the Hunter) are on the run from the Coven, the Naturi and well, just about everyone. They're in England, then in Venice then in Crete. It's sort of a travel show as Mira tries so very hard to not be the Coven's puppet, and yet always seems to have to do what they want her to in order to save herself and mankind. Mira and Danaus continue their truce and for the moment are working on the same side - though not without their bumps and suspicions. Mira just wants to do what's right and try to stop the world from going to war. Danaus wants to rid the world of all nightwalkers and thinks that Mira is only doing what she's doing to save herself and them. Though you start to see some cracks in his armour and beliefs as Mira's actions continue to baffle him and hint that maybe she does, in fact, have a soul and isn't just the embodiment of evil.The action doesn't revolve around the Naturi as much this book, in fact Mira and Danaus are continuously having to fight against the Coven (governing council of vampires) who want both Mira and Danaus killed, though Mira is needed to break the seal which would bring a supernatural war to the world. She's alive because they need her for their purpose.I found that although the story was constantly moving at a fast pace, it was easy enough to put the book down when I'd had enough. And my poor little brain can only take so much strategy and battle-scenes at once. It wasn't overdone, let me assure you. It's just the way *I* happen to function while reading (the battle-oriented books in the Belgariad and Mallorean series by David & Leigh Eddings were the same thing!). Happily I was never bored while reading Dayhunter, in fact I quite enjoyed it and it made all my waiting-room visits this past month much more endurable! I just finished the book today while waiting at the dentist office (33 years and still no cavities! Yay, me!). I am looking forward to the third book in September because it is quite cliffhangar-y at the end of book 2!If you like Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, I think you'll like this one. However, Frost's series is much  more romance-based whereas Drake's series has little to no romance and is all about action.(I'm stealing DarlaD's idea and listing the books in this series at the end of my post. As I go forward with reviews of books in series, I hope to update them all like this. Seems like a great idea.)Dark Days Series

1. Nightwalker
2. Dayhunter
3. Dawnbreaker
4. Pray for Dawn
5. Wait for Dusk (July 2010 - really?)