Deep Midnight

Rating:
Summary: It was okay.
Review: This is the first book by Shannon Drake that I have read. As I didn't know what to expect I wasn't exactly dissapointed. The book was good, but the characters had no passion for each other. Their relationship happened to fast without any depth of feeling. While the plot was a bit unrealistic it did work, but there were some written mistakes that could confuse a reader. I give this book 3 stars because it isn't bad but isn't good either. I will try other novels by Shannon Drake and I hope that the next one I read will be more engageing.

Rating:
Summary: fairly disappointed
Review: This is the first book I've read by Shannon Drake, and let me just say that it will be the last. The story is mostly set in modern Venice during Carnivale. Carnivale becomes rich and beautifully alive to the reader as Drake describes Venice in very descriptive detail. That's the one thing I actually liked about this book. The romance (if you could call it such) between Ragnor and Jordan is completely undeveloped and unlikely. They know absolutely nothing about each other, nor do they seem to care--except out of vague curiosity. The only thing between them is sexual chemistry and that is all. Jordan spends the entire book being both attracted to and repelled by Ragnor, right up to the last three pages. The heroine is stubborn to a point of downright stupidity sometimes and tends to only go off for meetings with suspicious people in the bad part of town at night. The same scenario of her following a dottore while being chased by shadows and bat wings occur at least four different times, and after a while, I just started skipping the scenes, feeling a strange sense of deja vue. The vampires are not explained at all and the plotline is relatively predictable; I knew who the "mysterious head vampire" was ever since her fiancees death described. All in all, I think Ragnor and Jordan will break up in a year or two, Jared will continue to cheat on Cindy and just for kicks, maybe Nari will come back one more time.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Review: This is the first book of the series I have read. I had a difficult time following the plot because of the regressions back into the past. The reader was kept too much in the dark about the vampires. Maybe if I had read the preceding books, this one would have made more sense.

Rating:
Summary: Fan of fantasy romance
Review: This will be a good book if you are looking for suspense and scary chases through the narrow streets and canals of Venice. However, it's not one of the authors best books. It starts off slow and the story never really forged a strong connection between the two main characters, so I would not call it a romance. The villains never seemed to have a plan, but they were scary and off their rocker most of the time.

Rating:
Summary: Awful..Simply Awful
Review: Where do I begin with what's wrong with this book? The writting style is as bland as old shoe leather. The plot is way to far-fetched to be believed. The characters are boring. Jordan and Ragnor could have been cut out of card-board for all the personality they displayed. If it wasn't bad enough, that the leads were horrible, but the book is further hampered by a cast of thousands that serves no purpose at all. Drake needs to get a better proof-reader. I'm positive that Ragnor's flashback to the Viking days was somehow printed out of order.
This book was just awful. Is there anything good about it? No. Don't read it unless you want to fall asleep. This should work quicker than valium.