DESTINY’S DARK LIGHT by Sara Dobie Bauer-a review

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About the book: Release Date October 15, 2019

In modern day Charleston, two fated lovers meet at the beginning of a world-ending witch war …

Cyan Burroughs is a lonely light witch prophesied to battle the dreaded Dorcha—a dark sorcerer with the power to rule the world. There’s one problem: Cyan doesn’t have any powers of her own.

An unknown witch flips a trolley and causes mass carnage, and Cyan’s dormant magic awakens. When she drags handsome Irishman Liam Cody from the wreckage, she recognizes his face from her aunt’s psychic portraits. He is the man Cyan is destined to love.

As she and her magical family seek to unveil the murderous witch who caused the accident, Cyan and Liam grow closer, but Liam’s mysterious past is not the only thing keeping them apart.

Dark witches and light will soon fight to the death, and Cyan must face her calling. How can she protect Liam and win the war when her immense powers are barely under control?

***Destiny’s Dark Light is a M/F paranormal romance featuring star-crossed lovers, witches, Southern flair, mild sexual content, and violence.***

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REVIEW: DESTINY’S DARK LIGHT by Sara Dobie Bauer is a contemporary, adult, paranormal romance story line focusing on Cyan Burroughs, a white witch (Loach) whose birth has been prophesied to save the world in a battle with the dreaded Dorcha, a dark and powerful sorcerer.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Cyan and Liam) DESTINY’S DARK LIGHT follows Cyan as she struggles with her destiny. As a seer, Cyan’s aunt Sybil paints the future, and the future reveals the man with whom Cyan will fall in love. But all does not go according to plan as Cyan’s powers have yet to reveal, and the man with whom she will fall in love, is in love with somebody else. An fatal trolley accident reveals powerful sources at work, power that will release Cyan’s dormant magic, bringing the Dorcha into his very own powers, thus beginning the War to destroy them all.

Liam. Cody has just lost the love of his life to a tragic trolley accident but when his best friend suggests there may be magic and witches in modern day Charleston, Liam soon discovers that not everything or everyone in his life is as it appears to be. Enter Cyan Burroughs, the woman with whom Liam will fall in love, a white witch whose family magic reveal more than anyone could have imagined.

The relationship between Cyan and Liam is one prophesied by fate but there is always a fine line between good vs evil; light vs dark. Liam believes he is in love with somebody else but Cyan finds herself falling for a man she barely knows. I struggled with the relationship especially as it pertains to Cyan’s immediate and intense love for a man she never knew but a man who has been prophesied to be her fated love. Cyan’s attraction was instant; her love was immediate, and in this there is little to no build up or angst of attraction, want and need. The palpable desire is missing; there is no passion or seduction.

DESTINY’S DARK LIGHT is a story of magic, power, witches and love. Liam Cody is a man who is unaware that his destiny has been foretold, a dark and dangerous destiny that threatens the woman with whom he will fall in love. Cyan Burroughs knows she must destroy the Dorcha before the Dorcha destroys everyone she loves, but can Cyan kill the man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. The premise is intriguing; the characters are colorful and energetic. An entertaining and interesting story line that faltered with a lack of passion and angst between our leading couple.

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Reviewed by Sandy