Lord of Eternal Night

This is the second Ben Alderson book I've read and I gave that three stars too. I think I might just be a personal taste issue with the author. One of the big issues I had with this book, was it was too short for the story. I feel like a lot of it was underdeveloped and rushed because of the word count. Even a hundred or so more words would have developed it more. And (spoilers) but I kinda got the ick from the Jak having the same name as the deceased lover of the Marius. Especially because the LI is three hundred years older. I had a hard time believing that the Marius would have loved Jak if he had a different name. And then the sudden switch up at the end where they both have the urge to rain terror onto the town despite Marius spending the book hating his “monstrous” side. I feel like I would have enjoyed this more if it had been more fleshed out.