Dominion

Rating:
Summary: very complex paranormal romance
Review:

Dominick loathed Rychard and God for taking away his beloved pregnant wife Isabella. He vowed that he would regain his love one day, but continued to fight for the Great One's priests in defending what remained of Charlemagne's once proud empire.

Over several lives during the next millennium, Dom rejected the notion of a new love having never recovered from the loss of his beloved Isabella. He reputes any other love, as Dom only wants Isabella.

Opera singer Laris Thiessen suffers disturbing dreams in which the repetitions which occurs every night makes her weary and wary. When she meets Dom, Laris realizes he is the co-star of what has taken on nightmarish proportions every time she sleeps. Now if he can only convince her to believe that they once shared a love of a shortened lifetime that deserves eternity by escaping into their pasts. Still, his enemy stalks them, but perhaps Dom will find the solace he has lacked for a thousand years.

DOMINION is a very complex romance that uses reincarnation, time travel, and other religious celestial elements to provide readers with a deep tale. Because of the complexities of the plot, the novel starts off slow as Melanie Jackson needs time to introduce the various elements and key players to the audience. Give the story line a chance because once it shifts into gear it never slows down until the climax enabling the obsessed Dom to hook the audience as he battles with the Heavens for love.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: very complex paranormal romance
Review:

Dominick loathed Rychard and God for taking away his beloved pregnant wife Isabella. He vowed that he would regain his love one day, but continued to fight for the Great One's priests in defending what remained of Charlemagne's once proud empire.

Over several lives during the next millennium, Dom rejected the notion of a new love having never recovered from the loss of his beloved Isabella. He reputes any other love, as Dom only wants Isabella.

Opera singer Laris Thiessen suffers disturbing dreams in which the repetitions which occurs every night makes her weary and wary. When she meets Dom, Laris realizes he is the co-star of what has taken on nightmarish proportions every time she sleeps. Now if he can only convince her to believe that they once shared a love of a shortened lifetime that deserves eternity by escaping into their pasts. Still, his enemy stalks them, but perhaps Dom will find the solace he has lacked for a thousand years.

DOMINION is a very complex romance that uses reincarnation, time travel, and other religious celestial elements to provide readers with a deep tale. Because of the complexities of the plot, the novel starts off slow as Melanie Jackson needs time to introduce the various elements and key players to the audience. Give the story line a chance because once it shifts into gear it never slows down until the climax enabling the obsessed Dom to hook the audience as he battles with the Heavens for love.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: a haunting tale of love and redemption
Review: Warning up front, this book nearly goes so slow for the first 100 pages you might give up. It is very well written, but the first 100 pages just does not capture the reader. It is so distant, does not invoke your emotions or make you care about the characters. BUT>>>>after page 100 things take a sharp turn and suddenly the book propels you along, and into the past lives of Dom and Laris, as the memories rise to the surface and pushes them to fight for their love or to lose it for all eternity.

Jackson is always a beautiful writer, but think the first part really hurt the book. But I recommend stick through and enjoying this very interesting, thought provoke work on the question of love, past lives and how much do you really love - can you put yourself second to that love....once it moves into high speed it is breathtaking.

The 4 stars is because of the slow start. Last two-thirds of the book would rate 5. Still one of the more original works in the genre and recommended!!

WISE Writers and Readers Book of the Month August 2002

Rating:
Summary: a haunting tale of love and redemption
Review: Warning up front, this book nearly goes so slow for the first 100 pages you might give up. It is very well written, but the first 100 pages just does not capture the reader. It is so distant, does not invoke your emotions or make you care about the characters. BUT>>>>after page 100 things take a sharp turn and suddenly the book propels you along, and into the past lives of Dom and Laris, as the memories rise to the surface and pushes them to fight for their love or to lose it for all eternity.

Jackson is always a beautiful writer, but think the first part really hurt the book. But I recommend stick through and enjoying this very interesting, thought provoke work on the question of love, past lives and how much do you really love - can you put yourself second to that love....once it moves into high speed it is breathtaking.

The 4 stars is because of the slow start. Last two-thirds of the book would rate 5. Still one of the more original works in the genre and recommended!!

WISE Writers and Readers Book of the Month August 2002