Title: Dexter in the Dark
Author: Jeff Lindsay
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, 2007
Pages: 376
Rating: 4/5

Having read the first two books in the Dexter series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter, it was only natural to read the third one. Since I really liked the first two, I was very anxious to start this one, but I was also skeptical because I have heard of many people that were disappointed by it. Even though others might not have liked it, I decided to keep an open mind about it and I am so glad I did!

For anyone that doesn't know yet, although I doubt anyone doesn't, Dexter is a serial killer with a difference. He is what you might consider a good serial killer because he only kills the bad guys. He claims that he doesn't have any feelings, but I like to believe otherwise, and his outlook on human beings is hilarious. This time around, Dexter is being plunged deep into the family life and soon he will be getting married to Rita. He is taking the role of a father to his fiancee's children, but as he discovered in the previous book Astor and Cody need a different kind of guidance and he is committed to being there for them. Amidst all this, Dexter is having a problem of his own, and this time the Dark Passenger is not helping him figuring things out.

I loved this book, and there are many reasons why. The fact that something mysterious is happening to Dexter was very suspenseful, it left me on the edge until the very end. While I was reading I had so many questions which I couldn't wait to find out the answer to. What is happening to Dexter? Why is he being followed? Will everything get back to normal? Since I read a few reviews of Dexter in the Dark, I was waiting for something different to happen but I never expected the ending. I can understand why some people might not like it, but I thought it was a good twist to add in Dexter's life. The prospect of Dexter getting married and becoming a family man was also interesting, how will he be able to manage his marriage and his hobby without raising any suspicions? As usual Dexter's comments on humans and how they deal with life are too funny, even though now he is starting to understand humans more as he goes through this ordeal. The only thing that bothered me about this book was the overuse of the word "sibilant", it seems that Jeff Lindsay likes this word so much he had to use it at least five times in one book. I'm not exactly sure why it bothered me so much, but for some reason it did, every time it came up I thought, "Sibilant, again."

I actually liked this book better than the second one, although it still doesn't beat the first one. I suspect that none of the next books will be better than the first one though, since it had that novelty aspect, something new and different. Now I can't wait to get my hands on the fourth book, I only read a couple of reviews on it but it sounds good. You can never get enough of Dexter!