Review & Giveaway: The Devil and Dayna Dalton

Review at a Glance

• Title: The Devil and Dayna Dalton
• My Rating: 4
• Genre: Fantasy, Horror
• Format: audiobook*
• Publication Date: September 27, 2019
• Author: Brit Lunden

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Book Blurb

Reporter Dayna Dalton’s reputation has been ruined since birth. The daughter of wild child, Becky Dalton, is expected to follow her mother’s footsteps; never given a chance to prove she’s different. Dayna’s been in love with Clay Finnes since she was a teenager. Her unrequited love for Sheriff Finnes leaves her empty. He’s happily married and unavailable. Instead, Dayna finds herself stuck in the revolving door of bad relationships. But this is Bulwark, Georgia, a town where strange things are always happening. Dayna is doomed to this loveless life until she can find someone who will appreciate the depth of her character. Can she overcome her fears and look beyond her own perceptions to accept a greater love?

*Contains Sexual Content*

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My Thoughts

The previous books in the Bulwark Anthology that I have reviewed have been so, so good. Bulwark and The Knowing, were creepy, horror stories perfect for the campfire and some marshmallows.

While I still loved The Devil and Dayna Dalton, I can’t say it was my favorite. I was not a huge fan of the change in narrator. I understand that this book is written from a female perspective, so a female narrator was needed, but somehow, the narrator made the dialogue sound childish, whereas i never felt that way in previous books. I will say that she got the voice of Dayna perfect, because that’s almost how I believe she sounded in my head.

As for the story, I loved Brit Lunden’s attempt to give Dayna a fair portrayal. In the previous books, Dayne kind of gets a bad reputation as chasing after another women’s husband. But as she has with most of the anthology additions, the books expand the series to explain more about what happened in Bulwark both before and after.

Dayna did try to be with another woman’s husband, but it was a man she had loved most of her life, and he was separated from his wife. So maybe not perfectly ideal, but not a home-wrecker either. Further, Dayna was lost because she was meant to be with someone or something else.

I loved the attraction in this book because it seemed fated. I wasn’t extremely invested in the relationship, but maybe that’s because my mind couldn’t wrap around the King of the Underworld as a love interest, but if a vampire can be sexy, who knows? Either way, Dayna’s journey is completed in a slightly less creepy but still horror worthy way.

Thanks so much to Brit Lunden and iRead Book Tours for my copy of The Devil and Dayna Dalton in exchange for an honest review.