Scent of Darkness Tour: Review

Scent of Darkness
Author: Margot Berwin
Genre: Adult/New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Publisher: Pantheon

Description:

Evangeline is eighteen years old when her grandmother gives her the ultimate gift-a scent she has created just for her. From the moment Eva places a drop on her neck, her entire life changes. Previously unnoticed, she becomes the object of intense desire for everyone around her. Men dance close to her; women dip their noses deep into her hair; even the cats outside her bedroom cry to be near her. Gabriel, the quiet student Eva has admired from afar, falls head-over-heels in love with her. But soon the gift begins to control Eva's life: strangers follow her around, sniffing and touching her at every turn. When Eva meets Michael, an artist who barely registers her smell, Eva wonders if he is the one person who can love her for herself. Or is her scent impossible to escape? A bewitching, wildly imaginative novel steeped in the mythology of perfume, Scent of Darkness seduces the reader's every sense. 

Scent of Darkness is a sensual and enticing contemporary romance novel that follows main character Evangeline - better known as "Eva" - as she receives her last gift from her grandmother - a perfume created solely for her. Eva's grandmother was an aromata - a gifted perfume creator. Once Eva places a drop of this scent on her skin, her life begins to change. She seems to attract men like flies to honey, drawing the attention of Gabriel - the guy Eva had been watching from a distance. It seems as though both men and women are drawn to Eva - to her very scent. When she meets Michael - an artist who is barely able to smell her, she wonders if she has finally met the one person who will love her for herself. 

This novel was an intriguing look into the mystical world of perfume and the mythological powers that scent can have. I enjoyed reading about the mythology behind different scents and about the lives of aromatas. The characters were decently formed, but didn't seem to be very deep or dimensional - except for Eva. She was an interesting main character, but did seem a bit stereotypical at times. The storyline was enchanting and definitely had intrigue mixed with mythology and definite romance. I thought the writing was well done and the book had an overall good pace. There was nothing wrong with the book in any sense, but it just didn't draw me in like I thought it would. Recommended for fans of romance and contemporary fiction.

Margot Berwin earned her MFA from the New School in 2005. Her stories have appeared on Nerve.com, in the New York Press, and in the anthology The Future of Misbehavior. She worked in advertising for many years and lives in New York City.
Her first novel Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire was published in 2009 by Pantheon. Her new novel, SCENT OF DARKNESS, also by Pantheon is coming out on the 5th of February, 2013. (From Goodreads)

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