One of the better 'Dark' stories
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I found this book to be a much better read then the other 'Dark' books I've read.
However,I felt the author should have made Jaxon more objective to her 'Carpathian' transformation, instead of calmly accepting it. After all she is supposed to have a very independent nature!
The other complaint I have about this book is the use of the word 'honey'
Come on, Lucian is 2000yrs old, with Old World manners. So, wouldn't he use terms of endearment he learnt eons ago before he lost all emotion, and since his speech tends to reflect this, instead of the modern day endearments?
Except for those 2 objections, I enjoyed the book and found I couldn't put it down, till I reached the end. The chemistry between the H/H was great, very believeable.
A star less, because of the two complaints.
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not Ms. Feehan's best
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Promising start then somehow towards the middle, it just turned flat, as if Ms. Feehan's magic story-telling ability ran out of steam. Then an average ending. I guess I got used to reading Ms. Feehan's books, now its predictable. I was probably expecting more based on previous quality. Still worth reading, being a Carpathian novel and all but not Ms. Feehan's best.
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What a book - I loved it! I will be reading this over and over again. IT'S A MUST READ BOOK!
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hooked and reeled in
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I really have no idea what the first reviewer is wittering on about. This is the first of Christine Feehans books that I have read, in fact my first vampire book. I was enthralled from start to finish and have developed a thirst for more. I like the idea that there is this seperate race of beings that have untold power but still need to love and be loved. Lucian is what every woman wants, a powerfull man to love and protect her but who has the sense to let her be her own person. The power of this book is about balance. Lucian in spite of his strength and incredible abilities still needs a woman to ground him and keep him from self destruction. Jaxon is an intersting character in her own right with her own seperate abilities. This book works because you care about what happens to the main characters and want to follow their progress. This book made me want to live in their world, made me want to fight vampires, to be converted, and I don't think that the next time my husband nibbles my neck that I'll feel the same way about it! I have always given vampire tales a wide birth as I used to think that there was somthing uncomfortable about the thought of a male physically dominating a woman but with the way Ms Feehan as made Lucian vulnerable to the power of love and the way she descibes the need for him to cherish and protect his 'lifemate' make this story heartwarming. The sex scenes are finally crafted without to many euphamisims or to little detail just enough to pull you in without being overly salacious I intend to start from the first book in this series and follow through to the end as I'm keen to get to know the other members of this vibrant sexy world that this author has created.
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I Burnt The Book And I Hope It's Gone To Hell
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I'm baffled at all the raving reviews here. No romance. No action. No tension. No likeable characters. No way of escaping the cringe-worthy dialogue - the whole thing was just..........blah. The 'steamy' love scenes were as 'appealing' as imagining my parents having it off. Everything about this story was wrong - too many plot-holes and a great distaste for the chauvinistic Lucian and the nagging Jax. Forcing myself (painfully) to finish the book, I was left completely cold and like someone had just punched me in the stomache and shoved a pen in my eye. I wouldn't even recommend this book to my worst enemy.
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