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Summary: A good book
Review: Nikki James is a private investigator hired to find a missing teenager. She finds the girl, and with her an evil force that threatens to overtake her mind, sanity, free will and make her a slave to an evil master. Will Nikki have the strength to battle her private, inner demons and still have the power to defeat the one that's breathing down her neck?Michael Kelly is a vampire who is on the hunt for one of his own kind. Michael plans on using Nikki and her psychic powers as bait to lure the evil vampire to his death, instead he soon finds himself trying to protect and comfort her. He's already damned to eternal life; losing Nikki will damn him to eternal hell. Ms. Arthur creates well-drawn out characters. Nikki is a strong and independent heroine who refuses to be told what to do. She struggles with the choices she's making, and the choices she's made in the past. She's afraid to care too much, afraid to love. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL is a fast paced suspense, where a touch of romance, loads of psychic abilities, a few vampires and zombies will have the paranormal reader sitting up and asking for more. Isn't it nice that the author has already started HEARTS IN DARKNESS (12/01), which is the sequel to this book? <G>
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Summary: A good book
Review: Nikki James is a private investigator hired to find a missing teenager. She finds the girl, and with her an evil force that threatens to overtake her mind, sanity, free will and make her a slave to an evil master. Will Nikki have the strength to battle her private, inner demons and still have the power to defeat the one that's breathing down her neck? Michael Kelly is a vampire who is on the hunt for one of his own kind. Michael plans on using Nikki and her psychic powers as bait to lure the evil vampire to his death, instead he soon finds himself trying to protect and comfort her. He's already damned to eternal life; losing Nikki will damn him to eternal hell. Ms. Arthur creates well-drawn out characters. Nikki is a strong and independent heroine who refuses to be told what to do. She struggles with the choices she's making, and the choices she's made in the past. She's afraid to care too much, afraid to love. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL is a fast paced suspense, where a touch of romance, loads of psychic abilities, a few vampires and zombies will have the paranormal reader sitting up and asking for more. Isn't it nice that the author has already started HEARTS IN DARKNESS (12/01), which is the sequel to this book?
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Summary: Fast moving vampire tale
Review: Nikki James is a private investigator with psychic powers. She is trying to track down the daughter of a powerful man. That daughter is in the power of a vampire. Michael Kelly is tracing that vampire Jasper, who is the killer of his brother. Michael is also a vampire and he is drawn to Nikki. Nikki is not the most trusting person in the world and can you really trust a vampire?This was a very fast moving story, no down time at all. The characters are vivid and the story line twists and turns more than enough to keep it interesting.
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Summary: Fast moving vampire tale
Review: Nikki James is a private investigator with psychic powers. She is trying to track down the daughter of a powerful man. That daughter is in the power of a vampire. Michael Kelly is tracing that vampire Jasper, who is the killer of his brother. Michael is also a vampire and he is drawn to Nikki. Nikki is not the most trusting person in the world and can you really trust a vampire? This was a very fast moving story, no down time at all. The characters are vivid and the story line twists and turns more than enough to keep it interesting.
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Summary: Promising start - disappointing follow-through . . .
Review: This book started out strong - interesting main character, fast paced beginning, plenty of foreshadowing of things to come and mysteries of the past to unravel. Unfortunately the past wasn't the only thing to unravel. The main character, Nicki, is a strong heroine with unique psychic talents and a strong sense of self. Michael, the vampire hero, was interesting at first but soon became ineffectual to the story and to Nicki. Even with his knowledge of his enemy (he's been chasing him for years) & his own vampiric powers he never seemed to be much of a challenge for Jasper (the evil vampire). He was constantly in the wrong place and never seemed to be much help in the tough situations. Also, the romance seemed lackluster and forced. Attraction but no major sparkage. There is no comparing this book to those written by Huff and Hamilton - where they constantly have/leave you wanting more I was hard pressed to finish this story (something that doesn't happen very often). To be fair, I also found several publishing mistakes in the book that detracted from the story. (i.e. a character pours two cups of coffee than two sentences later pours two cups of coffee.) I usually don't nitpick on publishing errors but some of these were just to big to ignore. Between the writer, publisher, copy editor, etc. you'd think someone would have caught the more telling mistakes. My final take is: I might read the sequel, or I might not - which isn't a very high recommendation in my book!
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: This book was great. I did not want the story to end. Deffinitely recommended. It is a keeper. This author is on my favorites list. It is not your expected ending, but to me it ended up with a bang, can't wait for the sequel, Hearts in Darkness.
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: This first book in the series is GREAT! If you like the Anita Blake Vampire books you will like this author. Keri Arthur builds the characters of Nikki, Jake and Michael extremely well and keeps you interested from start to finish. Nikki was a "street kid" with psychic/kenetic abilities that had seen too much death and betrayal in her live. She bonds with her current client (yes, she too is a private eye) and gets pulled into a battle between two enemy vampires. Too bad there aren't any more books by her yet!
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Summary: Fast and Exciting reading!
Review: This first book in the series is GREAT! If you like the Anita Blake Vampire books you will like this author. Keri Arthur builds the characters of Nikki, Jake and Michael extremely well and keeps you interested from start to finish. Nikki was a "street kid" with psychic/kenetic abilities that had seen too much death and betrayal in her live. She bonds with her current client (yes, she too is a private eye) and gets pulled into a battle between two enemy vampires. Too bad there aren't any more books by her yet!
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Summary: LOVER OF VAMPIRE ROMANCES.. EXCELLENT
Review: This is Keri Arthur's first published book.. and in my mind excellent. The story is fast moving and leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat.. I read this book in one sitting and was not amused with anyone who interrupted me. The Story.. is of a psychic Detective.. and her colleague.. The case involves a missing rich girl... once found she leads them to a situation that will mean changing their beliefs in everything.. Enter vampires one good, one evil... a load of yukky zombies and you have a fastpace gripping novel... Romance develops with Michael but both have some serious baggage... this is a story that the more sentimental of us..will need a good mansize box of tissues... Very emotional in places.. I loved this book and I believe that those who love a good Vampire Romance with enjoy this book.. so give it a go.. I think its worth it... I can't wait for the sequel... My congratulations to Keri on an excellent story and very enjoyable to read... and I imagine books always have such interesting covers and the print is nice and easy on the eyes
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Summary: Kept the pages turning.
Review: Where I do not think Dancing with the Devil can be put on the same shelf as Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff's Blood series, it was still very good. The action - where definitely not as graphic as Hamilton's books - kept you reading - unable to say "I'll read just one more chapter and put it down for the night". After reading the last sentence I was glad to see in the next paragraph that there will be a continuation of Niki and Michael's story coming in December. A lot of things were settled, but there were a lot of things left dangling. I am looking forward to continuing the story to find out what happens with Niki and Michael.
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