More Thoughts from Dark Lover..

Before moving on to my MMS for Lover Eternal, I thought I'd post a few of my lingering notes from Dark Lover. Perhaps after I've done a total re-read, some of these thoughts will have answers.

1. In the beginning of DL, Wrath was surprised to know Darius had a half human daughter. Later on Wrath says. "...He watched over you. All your life he was never far away." DL 139 How did Wrath know Darius was watching over Beth? Wrath seemed to know a great deal about Darius's distant relationship with his daughter.



2. Mr X's childhood story is compelling.( DL p 49) I'm glad I did not miss it. In the margins of my notebook is a little casting note. Dolph Lundgren as X?



3. Mr X is to Billy Riddle as Tohr is to JM in LE and LA. There's something to that I haven't quite put my finger on. The lesser/warrior similarities are still being worked out in my head.



4. On my second read of DL, I paused while Beth looked at her mother's photo. She was once an orphan but not any longer. I thought that was a really nice moment.



5. I wrote this in my notebook. It's sappy but I thought it was a great moment early on between Beth and Wrath. He says. "You make me realize how cold I am." This is something that will show up time and again in the series. The Warriors have denied their hearts because of hurts, guilt, anger etc.Throughout the series, each of them will eventually thaw out. Yes, I realize it is the redemption through the woman thing, but I'd like to think of it as men embracing their true natures. The biggest, toughest bastards have the gentlest hearts, ergo, our 6 said examples, the Warrior Heroes.

Okay, I think that's it for this book. As Diane would say, the list gets longer as the books progressively get better. I know my theories get longer and more convoluted as the books build upon one another. We shall see..