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Title: The Dark Elf's Secret Baby

Series: Secret Babies For Prothekan Dark Elves #1

Author: Celeste King

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Adult, Elves, Dark Elves

Date Started: February 3rd, 2023

Date Finished: February 3rd, 2023

Status: Finished

Rating: 2.4/5

Sypnosis: I will not let this dark elf noble hurt my child!

Kerym was my dark elf overseer. I gave into his charms.
But when I found out I was pregnant, I knew I had to leave and go far away.

He needed to grow up without fear.
And Kerym? He didn’t love me.
Dark elves are monsters who view humans as animals.
Who knew what he’d do when he found out I was pregnant.

Three years have passed and I’ve raised my son, Jasper without worry.
Until the day my new overseer takes over the town I live in.

It’s Kerym. He’s found us.

He sees me. He sees Jasper.
And I know this is not a coincidence.

He’s been searching for us.

Does he love me?
Did he ever?
Or are we just inconveniences he needs to wipe out on his path to power?

Why is he here?

Review: I love Dark Elves stories. They have been my favorite ever since my first book by Jet Mykles. So, anytime I see a book on Dark Elves romance I tend to pick them up. This one was a mixed bag for me. I loved Kerym but Layla was one I could not understand her reasoning.

In her mind, she believes that he does not love her and uses her only for sex. She does not bother asking him, She just assumes. So, when she finds out she is pregnant, she decides to run away. Never bothering to find out the truth just believing the worst.

Don't get me wrong - a little miscommunication trope can be fine every once in a while, but not in every book. It seems to be the most overused in dark romance and regular romances. There never seems to be a twist or something that offers it an edge of differences.

And this is where the stories get cliche. I hate seeing them become nearly a mirror of other novels. It gets boring and often off-putting when it comes to picking up these novels.

Layla is the cliched heroine. She becomes pregnant and runs away. There is nothing worthy to take note of and she is certainly a forgettable heroine. She even gets mad when he finds her and makes her anger quite known. I don't even know what he sees in her.

Kerym is the dark elf whose family believes that he should like his brother. But he has no desire to be so. He has chances to upgrade his rank but it has been because of Layla that he has not done so. He wants to protect her and love her. He does not see their relationship the same way but he does not tell her either and this is where the problem is.

I just don't understand why this trope is continued in use. I am not sure if I will pick up the next book to come in the series.