So I enjoyed this book overall but I see why others had issues with. Honestly, not a lot did happen. It was the recounting of someone's eternal life.

Then again that was also kind of the point. This is definitely a play on a Faustian tale and I'm sure not much happened in those once the bargain was made. Because eternal life gets boring after about the first century.

The only drawback is after a while Addie's annoyance with Luc/The Darkness got tedious. I only say that because even at the age of 23, she knew she was making a bargain with a devil-like creature. and then cried foul. Initially I got it, but she was doing it in present day as well, after 300 years. Luc never presented a false exterior about the type of creature he was and on some levels that much stark honesty is respectable. She never really faced up to the fact, even to herself, that she made a poor choice. And if there had been a hint of that in there, I feel it would have given it an extra 'oomph' because then it shows growth on her part.

Still it was a very beautiful story. It was very poetic and lyrical and again while there were no big conflicts or action parts, with the exception of the references to war, it played pretty much the way I expected. I was surprised at a very turns in the story but this is one I could re-read again.