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Summary: Cheers to Dark Guardian!
Review: I am not one to collect or re-read books... but the Dark Series is worthy of keeping and re-reading. I loved the Dark Guardian - it was exciting and tense from the beginning to the end. This is a coze up to the fireplace or sit out on the deck and escape kinda book. Cheers to Christine Feehan, a gifted writer with unique story lines that keep your turning the pages. Please keep them coming... can barely wait for the next Carpathian book. X:-)
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Summary: Best of the series
Review: Jaxx is the strongest female character that Ms. Feehan has created. Instead of the other character who simper about being independent Jaxx is... she doesn't whine about things that are inconsequential.
Lucien is the most unforgettable of the Carpathian males to date. He does not apologize repeatedly for who he is like Gregori. He does not condescend to her. He teaches her how to be a carpathian by letting her do and be.
This book is quite different than the rest. Enjoy it. Also if you liked this you might like. Passion by Donna Boyd and the Anita Blake Series by Laurell Hamilton
If you are looking for the same story line with different character names, look for books by Johanna Lindsey.
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Summary: Great...but not her best
Review: I anxiously awaited Christine Feehan's latest Carpathian novel, Dark Guardian. I devoured the book in one night - reading until the wee hours of the morning. But I have to say that while I enjoyed Lucian and Jaxx' story, it wasn't my favorite. I found Jaxx's character to be a bit powerless. Someone who had survived the horrors of what she lived through, I thought, would be incredibly strong willed. Instead it seemed to me that she spent a lot of time stomping her foot, rather than taking action.Lucian on the other hand...wow! His character is incredibly kind and generous with Jaxx. He allows Jaxon to do things that no other Carpathian male would allow. Feehan does a great job of building the tension between the two characters, culminating in her trademark *steamy* scenes. I really enjoyed the book, I just wasn't completely sure that I felt that Jaxx deserved Lucian. That being said, I'm already ready for Christine Feehan's next "Dark" book and realize that I have at least 8 months to wait.
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Summary: Perfect! At least I thought so...
Review: I have to say that I loved this book! It was one of the best in the series so far. I truly came to fall in love with the characters from the story, and Lucien, ahhh..Truly this is a keeper. I spent all Saturday with this book, unable to put it down. Thanks Ms. Feehan for all you great stories. This one hit the spot, now we have to wait FOREVER for the next installment. :0)
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Summary: An excellent book, the best yet in the Dark Series
Review: The world of Christine Feehan brings to us the story of Lucian and Jaxon. Lucian is one of the most powerful Carpathian male to hunt and find his lifemate. Jaxon is a wonderful, adaptable character that makes me proud to be a human woman. They have the right mix that gives a delicious balance to the story. I enjoyed the clashes between them. The fights and opinions remind me a lot of Mikhail and Raven in Dark Prince. This story has just the right amount of suspense and love. Once you began reading this book, you will not be able to put it down. It is definitely a keeper. I can't wait for the next installment in this saga. Keep writing Christine Feehan.
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Summary: A keeper
Review: I like Ms. Christine's work, specialy her " Dark.." ones. This one is one of my favorte. Lucian is a lovely charactor. He is handsome, powerful, more powerful than some Carpathian men I had read yet he love and treat his lifemate so loving and gentle. Jaxx is a nice character too. As a police officer, her job is to protect people. However, her life had never been at peace since a mad man, her step-father, doged after her and killed people she loved: her mother, her brother, her co-worker.... She'd never allowed hershelf to love or be in love with anybody because she didn't want that person to die. When she met Lucian, a stranger who saved her and her co-worker from a set-up, she always tried to protect him, warned him of the danger he is in. His heart melted for she tried to protect him, yet never he worried about the mad man because he has come to protect her, his lifemate. He is her dark guardian, also a famous vambier hunter of his people...What will happen? Read the book and find out by yourself. This one have a happy ending, as most of Ms. Christine's books. The only thing that I don't like about it is it seems like Lucien didn't have to court or woo Jaxx. He just simply bind her with him by the ritual. Anyway, that's nice too.
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Summary: This is more like it!
Review: After impatiently waiting the arrival of Dark Legend I was disappointed with the story. But, Dark Guardian is much better! Lucien is more like Gregory and the Prince. You can believe he can actually do anything. I liked this book very much and would recommend reading it.
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Summary: Wonderfully told
Review: Having read all of the books thus far I have to say Dark Guardian is my favorite to date. I think most fans of the Dark series were eager to see Lucian finally find some happiness after his sacrifices for his brother in Dark Legend. The many transformations of the helpless girlie psychics was kind of getting old in the other books so it was a refreshing change to see Jaxx just roll with it and keep going. No hysterics for this heroine! Lucian was the first of the Carpathians to really display a distinct difference in his manner after finding his lifemate and the playfulness of their relationship was fun to read. I have to say the premise is getting kind of old for this series but they are still very well written.
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Summary: Downward trend
Review: I'm writing this so late in the game because I wanted to see how long it would take for this author to realize the magic is gone out of this series. I had great hopes fot this book, as I have enjoyed all the previous "Dark" books. However, it's trite, boring, predictable and has a heroine you want to beat (...)and then the hero too.
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Summary: Pretty good.
Review: I am a big fan of Christine Feehan, and I love her "Dark" series. Overall, I really enjoyed her newest installment in Dark Guardian. But there were a few quibbles that I had with the book that prevented me from giving it a higher rating. Mostly they centered around Jaxx, the heroine. When we first meet her and read about her life in the first chapter, I was looking for a completely different human heroine than what we have seen in the other Dark books. Since she was a policewoman, trained by the Navy Seals as a child, I thought she would be more centered and mature as a character. While there were some instances she displayed this throughout the book, overall I felt she was not as "fleshed" out as she could have been, especially considering her profession. At times I felt she was not deserving for the hero. However, Lucian was great. Perhaps it is because he is a true ancient, but he was very mellow and understanding, and allowed Jaxx more freedom than some other Carpathians we have read about. And I really was moved by the part were he tells Jaxx about the "man" who told him about Gabriel's lifemate. The end was also moving, in which we see a reunion of sorts with most of the Carpathians. Like I said, overall enjoyed this book, although not as much as Dark Legend, which was the story of Gabriel, Lucian's twin brother. But it kept me entertained and I look forward to the next one.
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