Daria Karpova Reviews THE ABYSS
Dark Romance means a walk on the wild side of romance. It has only one rule-there are no rules. No holds barred. All envelopes pushed. The formula is violated in good old romantic tradition-the ravished one is enjoying it through and through. The edginess makes it a captivating collection, and the creative freedom delivers the thrill of a highly unpredictable read, which is something this reviewer values a lot. THE ABYSS is a unique and fascinating occurrence in the romance genre. The sheer amount of offerings allows everyone to find something they will like. It is impossible to review all eighteen stories, but the overall quality of the book is excellent, and I recommend it to everyone who enjoys a romantic, unusual, and compelling book.
Review #2
Books For A Buck
Pretty clearly, dark romance is a wide-open field and THE ABYSS does its best to convey some of the breadth possible when authors take off the constraints of traditional romance publishing and let themselves go. Most of the authors represented in THE ABYSS are extensively published in independent electronic press and the collection offers a uniformly high quality of story, writing, and production value. THE ABYSS isn't for everyone, but it also isn't all gloom and doom. There are moments of humor, clever twists, and human insights. Dark doesn't have to mean depressing, and while there were definitely some downbeat endings, the overall sense of the book is positive rather than negative.
Review #3
Romantic Times Magazine
4 Stars
Review #4
Fallen Angel Reviews
4 Hearts
The Abyss is an anthology of writers who take romance to another level. They are not your typical love romance scenarios, with characters of a different kind. No starry eyes or romantic settings, at least not in the normal way. Instead you'll find what it just might feel like to delight in being a slave to a master, or hiding the fact that you really weren't missing from your cop boyfriend, but instead you were having a wild sex fest with a vampire. You'll see romance and love from an altogether different side of the road. Yet each and every one tells a story of love just as passionate and needful as any other. Even the bad guy can be a prince, when given the right princess. If extraordinary is what you crave then I recommend The Abyss for hours of reading pleasure. Enjoy!
Diane Tugman
Review #5
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