The Dark Days Pact (Dark Days Club, #2) by Alison Goodman, 490 pages. Viking (Penguin), 2017. $19.
Content: Language: PG-13 (10 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: R.
BUYING ADVISORY: HS – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
After being caught in what appeared to be a compromising position, Lady Helen’s uncle kicked her out of his home. Helen is now staying with Lady Margaret and being coached on how to act like a man, so she can accomplish her tasks for the Dark Days Club. Helen is approached by Mr. Pike, the director of the Dark Days Club, and sent on a secret mission to acquire a journal with important information. Helen has to face a dark and disgusting figure and try to negotiate the terms for giving up the journal, all while keeping it a secret from Lord Carlston. Lord Carlston starts to lose control of his senses and Helen is also hoping to find help for him in the journal.
I enjoy this series, especially Helen’s strength and self-assurance. Parts of the storyline lag, and it is a long book, but there is action, romance and the supernatural. Helen is eighteen and Lord Carlston is 26, so it feels more like an adult novel than a young adult. The content includes crass sexual references, violent fighting and very detailed, gruesome death scenes.
Reviewer, C. Peterson
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