I grabbed Zoe Forward‘s Forgotten in Darkness (Scimitar Magi #2) from the Amazon free list.  I read and reviewed book one, Dawn of a Dark Knight last year.

Also of note is the giveaway currently running on Goodreads to win your own copy. Can’t really beat that.

Description from Goodreads:
After an unjustified two-century stint in purgatory, Scimitar Magus Dakar returns to the human realm, renewing his eons-old curse. Either he or the woman he loves must murder the other within days of meeting in each new lifetime. To break the vicious cycle, he must kill her before she strikes her deathblow, something he’s never done in the past.

Archaeology grad student Shay McGinnis suffers a near-death attack in pursuit of a piece of Scimitar Magi lore. But did the magnificent warrior who pinned her to the wall injure her or the daemon he fought? In her search for answers, she draws the attention of both an ancient evil sorcerer and the warrior Dakar. The attraction between her and Dakar is instant, and for Shay confusing. She wants to be with him, but intuition equates him with death. Not random death. Hers.

Will this be the lifetime they break the curse before they are murdered by an age-old enemy or worse kill each other yet again?

Review:
This is a fun continuation of the Scimitar Magi series. We meet up with all of our old friends from book one, see some change in a couple of them and then meet a few new ones.

Shay and Dakar make a fun couple. Shay is pretty much fearless and, though Dakar was supposed to smoulder  what I enjoyed most were his lost-little-boy moments as he tried to acclimate to modern times. I also have to say ‘thank you’ to Ms. Forward for the formula-breaking new addition to the team. I can’t wait to see them interact with the crew in future books.

I did feel like everything was a little too easy for everyone though. The addition of Bochnori seemed to provide a boost that could solve any problem, the Gods popped in more than I would expect, and Shay’s final bluff worked a little too well to feel realistic. I can’t really imagine the big bad demon feeling enough affection about ANYTHING to compromise. But that might just be me.

All in all, I enjoyed the book. It was well written. I didn’t notice any editorial issues and the cover is a vast improvement on book one. Again, I’ll be looking forward to the next book.