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Summary: not so bad but...
Review: Well, it was my first story of vampire.
I'm not used to that and first I find that Carpathian are not vampire already.
The story was not so bad but the heroine has not a single chance to escape from the hero for the first moment where he saw her...
You must believe all the peripeties to understand the story but I think the end was quickly pushed : where was this bad vampire came from ???
anyway, it won't stop me to read the other dark stories...
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Summary: Barbara Cartland goes hardcore
Review: First of all, I would like to give a big thank you to Amazon.com for giving me, a snarky reader, a forum for reviewing such juicily bad novels and allowing me the rare opportunity to exercise so many good adjectives. Thanks!Oh, your poor, poor, people who love this series. Your lives have obviously been tragically bereft of good books. On the strength of a glowing recommendation by a friend, I just finished the first four of these juvenile, formulaic and seriously mediocre cartoon novels. Read this series of books and what you will read again and again is a single book with the same an utterly predictable plot, which is ethereally light on characterization and tediously repetitive in its endless dull sex scenes. This book has proved to me that, grievously, the legacy of Barbara Cartland lives on into the 21st century. The female characters - petite femme-bots with big eyes, tiny waists and large busts - are boringly stupid. With much stamping of their pretty little feet and pouting, they endlessly and knowingly put themselves in the path of danger because obviously their instinct for self-preservation was surgically removed at birth. The male 'Carpathian' characters are cardboard cutout superheroes, wonderfully pretty, improbably buff, arrogantly dictatorial and so, so tortured. The male human characters are all potential murderers with a penchant for rape. I do read romance novels sometimes, because they tend to be a quick and undemanding read and are thus perfect for airplanes, but I am afraid I can't even recommend these for that purpose as they generally took less than 2 hours to get though. I think I skipped a good bit of each of them because I flipped to the end of each sex scene after reading the first one, which must have cut out at least 20% of each book. If you think you would enjoy a GOOD vampire novel, I would recommend [something else]...
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Summary: Run, Don't Walk, Away From This Nonsense
Review: I'm as big a fan as the next of the true vamp genre and perhaps I wasn't aware of what I was getting myself into when I ordered this book. I had no idea that what I would be reading would be a second rate romance novel where the vampire legend would be used as a frail skeleton on which to hang the drapery of incredibly redundant sex scenes and a totally ridiculous story. It's as if Ms. Feehan learned to write from a "How to Write a Romance Novel" manual. Her characters are both uninteresting and unappealing (I think I'd be justified in calling Mikhail a complete chauvinist pig) and not a one of them have any back-story to speak of. Conveniently, Raven - I knew I was in trouble when I read that name - has no family and her 'history' is covered in one paragraph. Mikhail may be 600 years old, but that doesn't give much insight into his character except that he's going to get crankier until he finds his true-life mate. The story line is feeble at best, the supporting cast is weak and the writing is sophomoric. Other reviews say it gets better in her later books, but I have too little time and too many good books to read. I think I'll just move on.
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Summary: So Good I Had To Read It Again
Review: At this time, I have just read Dark Symphony (No. 9 in the Dark series)--I loved every page. And, as you can see, I wrote the review below almost 2 years ago. I just wanted to remind readers where the Carpathian legacy began and what a great book this really is to read.
Some readers will tell you that the characters fell in love too quickly; that there was no climatic "tug-of-war" of the heart. However, I believe that when you find true love, you'll know it immediately, and grab on to it with both hands, body, heart, and soul. (I knew my husband all of two months before we married--we just celebrated year number 14--and we are more than in love, we are friends, partners, and parents). For this reason, I can relate to the immediate chemistry between Mikhail and Raven. During these times of wars and rumors of wars, I will forever keep this book on hand to reread again and again on those days and nights when I need a reminder that the simple love between a man and a woman is the reason our existence continues; even as bombs are bursting, towers are falling, and mankind's hatred seeks to destroy anyone who is of a different race, religion, gender, sexual preference... So far I have reread Dark Prince and Dark Gold***** An ingenious novel that takes romance to a new realm,
August 2, 2001
Reviewer: Michele Bowie (see more about me) from Marietta, GA United States
A good romance novel is an interesting read. An excellent one touches your heart. However, a masterpiece is truly an unforgettable piece of art that will be forever etched in nostalgia like the Beetles, Woodstock, The Wizard of Oz...and anything written by the late Barbara Courtland. For me, Dark Prince is such a novel. One that takes you on a captivating journey into forbidden love, intrigue, history, and a sense of family. The characters are so powerfully depicted that you find yourself wondering things like: Do beings of this nature really exist? Are my partner and I true Lifemates? Preferring historic romance novels, I was not sure this book would appeal to me, but to my delight, I found myself eager to read page after page. Because of my preference, I was able to appreciate and admire the old-world traits in Mikhail. Also, I believe that only an independent woman of the 21st century like Raven could handle such a dominant albeit, loving male. Gregori is so compellingly mesmeric that you just know the author can not resist featuring him in a novel of his own....and of course, she does (Dark Magic). I look forward to reading all of the books in Ms. Feehan's "Dark" series and much more.
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Summary: So Good I Had To Read It Again
Review: At this time, I have just read Dark Symphony (No. 9 in the Dark series)--I loved every page. And, as you can see, I wrote the review below almost 2 years ago. I just wanted to remind readers what a great book this really is to read, and where the Carpathian legacy began. Some readers will tell you that the characters fell in love too quickly; that there was no climatic "tug-of-war" of the heart. However, I believe that when you find true love, you'll know it immediately, and grab on to it with both hands, body, heart, and soul. (I knew my husband all of two months before we married--we just celebrated year number 14--and we are more than in love, we are friends, partners, parents and yes, I guess we could say "Lifemates"). For this reason, I can relate to the immediate chemistry between Mikhail and Raven. During these times of wars and rumors of wars, I will forever keep this book on hand to reread again and again on those days and nights when I need a reminder that the simple love between a man and a woman is the reason our existence continues; even as bombs are bursting, towers are falling, and mankind's hatred seeks to destroy anyone who is of a different race, religion, gender, sexual preference... So far I have reread Dark Prince and Dark Gold***** An ingenious novel that takes romance to a new realm, ...I look forward to reading all of the books in Ms. Feehan's "Dark" series and much more.
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Summary: Come on now...
Review: Who doesnt love this book? Yeah its just a teensy weensy hard to get into first off...but after the roller coaster gets over the first major mountain...its nothin more than a high speed coaster the rest of the way! I love all theese books...keep em coming Christine!!!!
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Summary: NOTHING LIKE LUKE WARM WHEN YOU EXPECT HOT.
Review: THIS BOOK HAD POTENTIAL, BUT IT FELL MISERABLY BELOW THE MARK.
THE HERO FALLS ETERNALLY IN LOVE WITH THE HEROINE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER.....NO BUILD UP OF SEXUAL TENSION WHAT-SO-EVER. WHICH IS TOO BAD, BECAUSE THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTERS ARE STRONG WILLED PERSONALITIES AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EXPLOSIVE CLIMAX WHEN THEY DID GET TOGETHER. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST AND LAST CHRISTINE FEEHAN VAMPIRE NOVEL.
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Summary: I want a Carpathian!!!
Review: I found this book on an Amazon search by accident, I read the description and thought this sounds weird. I bought it anyway. I am so glad I bought it now. It has such a special feeling of romance its loving and sexual. Its a book that makes you wish these types of carpathians did exist, try this one out. Its one of my ultimate favorites as is all christines other books. Im hooked now!!!
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Summary: Imagination, thrills..I'm hooked.
Review: Just when I was getting a little bored and tired of the co-dependent lovers and overabundant sex scenes, the story took an exciting turn and in the end brought me around again. Yeah, she falls fast for our hero, and she's somewhat sickening at times, but overall the book was un-put-downable. I read it in a day.
Those Carpathian men are so interesting..... hmmm next book please, coming right up.
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Summary: ONCE I STARTED IT, I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!!
Review: THIS IS THE FIRST CHRISTINE FEEHAN BOOK I'VE READ, AND FIRST BOOK ABOUT VAMPIRES(CARPATHIANS). I WILL ADMIT, AT FIRST I WASN'T SURE I WAS GOING TO LIKE IT. BUT, ONCE THE FIRST CHAPTER WAS DONE, I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! I JUST FINISHED IT LAST NIGHT AND I'M READING IT AGAIN! I ONLY WISH THERE WAS A PART 2. ... BUT DEFFINITLY READ THIS BOOK; IT WOULD BE MONEY WELL SPENT!!!!!!!!
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