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Summary: Great supernatural romance
Review: Megan and Finn Douglas perform their musical act in Salem, Massachusetts hotel during Halloween week. Instead of a warm return home for Megan, who once lived here, nightmares plague her. She dreams that Finn is evil and wants to harm her. Sex after they fall asleep turns very rough and frightens Megan. At the same time, Megan hears tales about the history of Salem besides the highly publicized historical witch-hunt. She learns that at one time Satanists attempted several times to bring forth the demon Bac-Dal. Several people including her cousin warns her that Finn is evil.Finn worries about his wife and the strange occurrences including a weird fog that engulfs them. He calls an acquaintance from New Orleans, Lucian, who arrives faster than a human could, comes to help. Lucien and his friends struggle to keep Megan and Finn safe, but against what and who are unknown. Though ALL HOLLOW'S EVE takes time to set the cast and location, once the troubles begin, this becomes an engaging paranormal romance. The exciting tale keeps readers wondering until the final confrontation who the identity of the bad guys are. Finn and Megan are delightful protagonists and the secondary players bring life to Salem or are a well -developed part of Lucien's pack. Shannon Drake continues to display that she is one of the best authors at providing an exhilarating paranormal romantic thriller. harriet Klausner
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Summary: a disappoinment
Review: Normally a huge Shannon Drake fan - this book dragged on. Contrary to another reviewer I didn't start to enjoy the book until some familiar characters came back into play. The main charcaters in this book did not have enough to carry this story on their own. This was a big let down.
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Summary: a disappoinment
Review: Normally a huge Shannon Drake fan - this book dragged on. Contrary to another reviewer I didn't start to enjoy the book until some familiar characters came back into play. The main charcaters in this book did not have enough to carry this story on their own. This was a big let down.
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: Okay, first I have to say that I simply adore Shannon Drake's first three books of her vampire series, so when this one came out I was very excited. Well, it turned out to be a huge disappointment. The book did get better towards the very end, but it took a lot of effort to get there. The main characters in this book did not really interest me.
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: Okay, first I have to say that I simply adore Shannon Drake's first three books of her vampire series, so when this one came out I was very excited. Well, it turned out to be a huge disappointment. The book did get better towards the very end, but it took a lot of effort to get there. The main characters in this book did not really interest me.
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Summary: The Awakening
Review: Shannon Drake's first 3 Vampire books were awesome, but this book is so boring it takes a lot of effort to keep reading it. The Awakening isn't a very good title for this particular book, it should be called The Sleeping. That's just what you want to do while reading it. She brings back her characters from her first 4 books which is a good thing. The book does tend to get OK toward the end, but mostly your just glad that you finally finished it and can now put it away someplace where you won't have to look at it and be reminded of the time you wasted reading it.
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Summary: Exciting addition to the series
Review: Shannon Drake's series has been building a community of vampires, werewolves and other psychics who work together to fight evil in the world. I love these books! Highly reminiscent of the Witches Series by Anne Rice more than the purely romance vampires in the Christine Feehan books.The suspense elements and how these "monsters" and those who love them work together for good are fun to read. I can't wait for more! This is the info from the Publisher FYI since Amazon has not included it: The tree-lined streets and mystical shops of Salem, Massachusetts resonate with a seductive and brutal history. New Orleans musician Megan O'Casey has returned to the home of her ancestors to perform , with her husband Finn, in a weeklong series of concerts, culminating on All Hallow's Eve...and to renew her connection with the past.
But from the moment they arrive in Salem, Finn seems different-sensual beyond belief one moment; cold and ruthless the next. The locals-even Megan's relatives-regard him strangely, with a distrust bordering on hatred. Megan must soon face the fact that something powerful is rising, a malevolence that may have already claimed Finn for its own... As the full moon approaches, Megan senses that she, too, is in great danger. Sinister forces seem to be bringing her closer to darkness in a centuries-old ritual that music cannot tame...and time cannot conquer... Shannon Drake is a pseudonym for New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. She lives in South Florida, where she grew up, with her husband Dennis, five children, and their cats and dogs. After majoring in Fine Arts at the University of South Florida, she performed in dinner theater and bartended until her third son came along, at which time she turned her love of entertainment into a writing career. She enjoys travel, books, music, theater, movies, and everything to do with the water, especially scuba diving. She remains ever grateful to be able to tell stories for a living.
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Summary: "How to ruin a decent book"
Review: Something strange happens to musician Finn Douglass as he drives from New Orleans to Maine in an effort to patch things up with his estranged wife Megan. The couple gets back together and lands a dream gig in the area formerly known as Salem Village, Massachusetts were Megan grew-up and still has family including an aunt and married cousin. Events rapidly escalate with the introduction of Megan's Wiccan cousin Morweena and her husband Joseph who own a pagan store and have a myriad of curious employees and friends. Aunt Martha joins the fun with a mix of other characters including: Darren, the owner of a friendly Great Dane; Andy Markham aka the "soothsayer of Salem"; an old boyfriend, an peculiar bed and breakfast owner, his housekeeper and guests. As the introductions commence, the couple is plagued by events set in uncharacteristic fog, odd incidents, ominous fortunes, and strange dreams that are often sexual and brutal in nature. The first 70 to 80 percent of this book is slightly better than OK. However, the introduction of characters from past books written by Ms. Drake (aka Heather Graham) causes the plot of this book to collapse rapidly. I have personally not read any of Drake's other works, but my investigation into why the book fell apart so rapidly led me to these useless characters that undermined what might have been a decent book. What I noticed was that many of these "Alliance" books (Beneath a Blood Red Moon, Realm of Shadows, Deep Midnight, and etc... ) were not getting good ratings from readers (4 stars and below in December of 2003). Why bring the characters of mediocre books into a new one? It doesn't seem to bode well for the success of the new book. Personally, I believe that this book might have been much better if Drake/Graham would have selected yet another pseudonym to write it under and left out the "Alliance." Also, from reading what other reviewers wrote, this book might have done better with a disassociation from the romance category. I am a fan of vampire and etc books. Based on the way this novel concluded, I doubt that any of the vampire books I read in the future will be written by Ms. Drake.
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Summary: From the Dean Koontz "How To Wreck A Book" Book
Review: The entire first eighty-percent of this book is terrific. It's a very adult, old-fashioned, straightforward supernatural horror thriller. Then comes the last twenty-percent, where the book abruptly derails itself to jump tracks to the Saturday morning cartoon melodrama superheroes-vs.-supervillains genre - a trick hitherto performed only by Dean Koontz - stunning the reader into acute heart failure with the famous last word, "HUNH - ?!?" This is the only book I've read by Drake - alter-ego of romance novelist Heather Graham - and will probably be the last. That's rather a pity, because Drake certainly appears able to tell a story and to craft interesting and likeable characters. The writing style is engaging enough, and she knows how to evoke a strong sense of growing menace. Hell, even as absurdly as The Awakening ends, you still can't help but kind of like it. But it is a stunning disappointment, given what the novel could (and should) have been, and would have been if Drake could simply shake the misguided desire to force series characters into stories in which they don't belong. There are also a number of odd and easily correctable errors that should have been caught in editing but weren't, such as continual references to the 1692 Salem witch trials happening four hundred years ago (instead of three), repetitious and unique turns of phrase coming out of every character's mouth as if they were all one person, and the peculiar recurring apologetics for Wicca beliefs (as if the author feared alienating a small section of her readership by implying any connection they might have to witchcraft). All of which is a fancy way of saying the book is not entirely without merit, but the reader should be aware of what he/she is getting into before buying it. If your tastes run to fantasy superhero pieces, you'll probably love it. If, on the other hand, you're like me, and the packaging of this handsomely marketed novel completely misleads you, you'll probably tear your hair out in frustration, bang your head on the table, and cast a diabolical curse upon the publisher and/or author for leading you on with the promise of a fancy meal and delivering only fast food, or at the very least groan and make sour faces.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: The previous reviewers have said it all really.
I awaited this book quite anxiously. I couldnt get involved with the characters at all and in fact the only question I have is when did Ragnor get married?? Have I forgotten?? The "stars" of this book had no impact on me at all. I can only hope along with everyone else that the next one is as good as the previous books that had us all up all night reading!
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