A very pleasant surprise - Rated 
When I read this book the first time, I was a bit disappointed. Having read the other Darkyn books in order, which I agree with other reviewers as being essential, the characters and secondary plot were understandable. However, initially, I thought that the parts about Gabriel and Nicola's developing relationship had shades of Laurell K Hamilton's later books, hence the disappointment.
So I thought I would read the book again, just to give it a fair 'hearing'. Second time round, it did not disappoint. The physical side is no more graphic than the other Darkyn books, and I felt that Gabriel himself had a lot in common with another favourite character of mine, Zsadist from the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The clues regarding Nicola's story are there, but they are not obvious, hence the pleasant surprise at the end.
It might be nice if there was a follow up to these two characters, perhaps incorporating them into another story, as the author had done with the other books.
Worthy follow-up to Dark Need - Rated 
The Darkyn series needs to be read in order, and in its entirety, before dismissing a book for `not flowing properly'.
The action in Night Lost follows immediately on from the previous main novel - Dark Need, so Gabriel and Nick's story could not be told without constant references to what is simultaneously occurring in both Ireland and the U.S. - plots pivotal to the future of the Darkyn as a race and as a series.
We have been teased with mentions of Gabriel throughout the series, and his story does not disappoint. So engrossed was I in this book, that I completely missed the references that would have clued me into the surprise revealed near the end of the book, but I will no doubt re-read this one before Jamr and Byrne's story in Evermore (and doesn't he sound gorgeous?).
Giving this book 2 stars is being kind. - Rated 
This book has been advertised that it is about Gabriel, a vampire who is being tortured by the brethren and Nicola (Nick) who saves Gabriel and is a thief of religious artifacts but the three hundred page book spends more time on other characters. For the first two hundred pages I found this extremely annoying. You would be getting into Gabriel and Nick's story when it cut to other characters.
There was no flow to the story.
I think the writer just did not have it him/her to give Gabriel and Nick a full length story.
After reading it I remembered why I had not bought the last book.
I like a book that when you start reading it you get lost in the story. It comes alive and it feels like you are watching a movie. This book chopped and changed so much that I felt as if someone kept pressing pause.
Night Lost, a worthy addition to the Darkyn Saga - Rated
The latest installment in the Darkyn saga does not disappoint. Gabriel Seran, brother of Angelica and Kyn tracker par excellence, has been a prisoner of the Brethren for two years. Thought dead by the other Kyn, he has been left to rot. Desperate, tortured and on the edge of insanity, his only anchor is the woman he dreams of, a figment he believes of his imagination. But Nicola, a woman with her own secrets, also dreams of the Green Man, and she is drawn to the remote chateau in which he is imprisoned.
This book is as gripping as all the others in the series, and offers continuity to the overall story arc. Alexandra, now a prisoner of the devolving High Lord, returns, as sassy as ever, and of course Cyprien is not far behind.
I very much enjoyed this book, and would recommend it highly, although I do think it best to read the Darkyn books in order (If Angels Burn, Private Demon and Dark Need being the preceding installments). Lynn Viehl writes intelligently of a dark world steeped in tradition and adversity, with a very modern slant. This book, like all the others in the series, combines suspense with honour and romance and I think it works beautifully. The only criticism is that the different arcs of the story are so dissociated at times that you feel you are reading two separate novels. She does bring it all together in the end, though.
So overall, an excellent read.
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