My Thoughts... My Reviews...: BOOK REVIEW: The Dark Light of Day by T.M. Frazier

The Dark Light of Day by T.M. Frazier
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Dark
Publication Date: Sept 15, 2013
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Warning: This is not your typical romance. The story of Abby & Jake contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, rape, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse.

Abby has been through hell and has survived one of the most brutal childhoods imaginable…barely.

To the outside world she's just a loner with an attitude.

When her grandmother dies in a tragic explosion, Abby is left with questions-and nothing else.

Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, she meets Jake, a tattooed blue-eyed biker with secrets that will rival her own.

Two broken souls that can't be healed. They can't be saved.

Abby & Jake must reveal to one another their most guarded secrets and discover if they can embrace the darkness those secrets hold-and the darkness within themselves.

If they can accept one another for who they really are, they might be able to learn that love isn’t always found in the light.

*stand alone novel, HEA in a twisted kind of way, no cliffhangers, no sequel

My Thoughts

"Dark-Romance" isn't my kind of book, but Āwhina **(Ah-Fee-Nah) recommended it and I saw Kitty Kats Crazy About Books gave it a big 5 stars, so even though this book is not in my genre alley- I had to read it!

The Dark Light of Day is beautiful, gripping and intense. It revolves around Abby and Jake who has been through a lot. They are different but somewhat bonded in a special way.

I expected nothing, until the night I met a certain redhead with an attitude.

Abby is damaged inside and out. She grew up in an abusive family. She's been tossed around the foster care until she moves in with her Nan (grandma). Life seems to be going somewhere, only to get ripped once again. On the day of her graduation, her Nan dies which leaves Abby alone and homeless. She ends up sleeping in a junkyard and meets Jake...

“If you ever disappear on me, I would track you to the ends of the Earth and back. I will always find you, Bee. Always.”

Jake has his own personal demons to deal with. His drunkard father constantly blamed him for Mason (his brother) and Mother's death. One night, something inside him snapped and leaves home on his bike. Years later, he gets a call that the house he grew up in- the house his mother had loved- was in danger of being lost to the tax collector. Now he's heading to the very place he hated the most..

I'm not going to retell the whole story without giving too much. But let me tell you, I was hooked from the first page! I loved how strong Abby was. She's been through a lot.. and I mean A LOT!! but despite of everything she stood up for herself and remained positive and strong. What happened to her touched me in so many ways, now I never been abused what-so-ever but the way the author wrote some scenes was gut wrenching and made me feel like I was Abby. The things she suffered were sickening. It was a little graphic for my taste but I couldn't look away!

“You’re not nothing. Don’t ever fucking say that again, because you’re everything.”

Jake oh.. my yummy mysterious Jake! I wanna pet his goatee! ^_^
We get his small POV in prologue and epilogue but I was a little frustrated that I couldn't get inside his head the whole time. I adored Jake but the part when he didn't believe Abby was heartbreaking!! I cried and felt so betrayed.

Sick, twisted Abby was in love with the sick, twisted, beautiful Jake.

The only reason I'm not giving this a full 5 stars is because the pacing was a bit too fast in some situations. Specially the second part when Jake came back to Abby.. it would have been nice to see a little grovelling on Jake's part but it seems like their HEA just breezed through that it felt quite unbelievable.

“I promise I will always come back to you. Always.”

Overall this was a great read! T.M. Frazier has done a terrific job in this beautiful story. I guess what I learned from this book is that when you are going through hell, keep on going. Never ever give up...

I highly recommend this to anyone! Great book to debut! The Dark Light of Day will remain in me for quite some time.

About the Author

T.M. (Tracey Marie) Frazier resides in sunny Southwest Florida with her husband and three feisty fur kids.

She attended Florida Gulf Coast University where she specialized in public speaking.

After years working in real estate and new home construction, she decided it was finally time to stop pushing her dreams to the back burner and pursue writing seriously.

In the third grade she wrote her very first story about a lost hamster. It earned rave reviews from both her teacher and her parents.

It only took her twenty years to start the next one.

The Dark Light of Day is her debut novel.

Determined not to wait another twenty years, T.M. is hard at work on her second book.

It will not be about hamsters.

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