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Summary: Excellent!
Review: ...I am not a huge romance fan, but I love her books! This is another tour-de-force from Christine. Her characters are rich, deep and complex. There is passion, mystery and the fight over evil. Aidian and Alex make a terrific pair and the extended family is wonderful. I highly recomment all her books. I've not been disappointed yet!
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Summary: No glowing review for DG here!
Review: After reading Dark Challenge, I can still say that I refer to Dark Gold as my favorite so far. The heroine was sympathetic and I really cared about her, and Aidan was just wonderful - not the flawed character Gregori or Julian are. The chemistry was great, the human factor was wonderful and I really enjoyed this one the most so far I believe. It's tough to say, but I have 3 or 4 more books left to go...
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Summary: What Would Happen If She Surrendered...?
Review: Alexandria Houton desperately needed the job that Thomas Ivan could give her. She was an excellent computer programmer and knew that she could design Ivan's games so that they were better than ever before. But, before she could close the deal in the restaurant, she heard a voice calling to her. She didn't want to follow it, but, when she saw the creature holding her beloved little brother captive, she knew that she had no choice. The vampire chained her in a cave where she could not escape, too weak with blood loss and the poison now flowing through her system from the vampire's tainted blood to even try to get free. When the vampire rose the next evening, she prepared to face her death, but found an avenging angel who came to save her...Aidan Savage had volunteered to leave his beloved Carpathian mountains to hunt the vampires in San Francisco and its surrounding area. He had lived for so long without a life mate that he didn't believe his eyes when he started to see color and feel emotion in Alexandria's presence. He knew that Alexandria was afraid of him, but could never let her go. Aidan tried to ease Alexandria into her life as a Carpathian, but she defied him at every turn - demanding that they drop her brother off at school even though the sun was exquisitely painful, going out on a date with Thomas Ivan and continuing to work with him, refusing to take his blood until forced, in short, doing everything in her power to deny what she had become. How long would Aidan be able to be patient with his beloved Alexandria before she would finally accept who and what she truly was? I really liked Aidan's character and thought that he made a nice change from Ms. Feehan's other heroes. For one thing, Aidan is blonde, where all the other Carpathians are dark, and he seems to have keep more light in his soul than the other men in the Dark series. He is very playful and patient with Alexandria. Aidan also has a human family who have cared for him for generations, a son or daughter always choosing to stay on and to take care of his house and other affairs while he is resting during the day. The only problem was that Aidan was such a strong personality that all of the other characters seemed to pale in comparison. I would have liked Alexandria to be a richer character, less superficial, but I did like her. This was a great addition to the Dark series and I enjoyed the new setting as well as the new kind of hero. Keep up the great work Ms. Feehan!
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Summary: Must Read 'Keeper' Series
Review: Dark Gold is about Aiden Savage the latest Carpathinian to be saved from becoming a vampire by his psychic soul mate. It is the third book in a series that I hope continues indefinitely about a dying race, the Carpathinians. After being alive a couple a hundred years they lose the ability to feel, and to be decent beings without the love of a good woman. Unfortunately, women are not being born to Carpathinians and generally humans can not give birth to Carpathinians. Except it seems a woman with psychic abilities. When a Carpathinian male has lost his ability to feel, and his hope of finding a mate he turns and becomes a vampire. Even though Dark Gold builds on the two proceeding books in the series it stands alone as a great fantasy romance with a compelling hero, a likeable if not too bright heroine and great supporting characters. If you like vampire books this book and the series is a must read.
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Summary: Decent, but nothing special
Review: For any author, there is a challenge when writing a series of books. There always exists a threat that the books will become monotonous -- too much like one another. "Dark Gold" itself stands pretty well on its own. There's good chemistry between the hero and heroine, and the writing flows smoothly. Unfortunately, this particular installment is a pale imitation of the quality that came before. The beginning of the book is compelling, but after Alexandria and Aidan meet up, it's the same old struggle for Alexandria to deal with the change from human to Carpathian that Shea and Raven went through in much more compelling and realistic ways in "Dark Prince" and "Dark Desire." In addition, the struggle for dominance/protection between Aidan and Alexandria is the same old struggle that came in the "Dark" books that precede this one. It becomes a bit monotonous after awhile. On the other hand, we see more of long-time human/Carpathian relationships in this one in the form of faithful retainers that serve Aidan and his home. I appreciated that glimpse of a relationship that seems to transcend the "human as food and lesser being" concept that can become common in vampire-related literature. All in all, this is a decent read. Feehan writes well, and her characters and relationships are interesting. Unfortunately, this is the weakest installment in the "Dark" series, so it somewhat pales in comparison to the others.
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Summary: AN OKAY READ
Review: I just found Christine Feehan--and her "Dark" series. I really enjoyed the first books in this series. Unfortunately, I can't the same about this one.
I found Alexandria to be a boring heroine--immature and selfish. What would happen if a human woman enjoyed being "turned"? (TAKE ME!!) Adain had more patience than I would have. (Actually, so far ALL of the Carpathian men have been VERY patient with their "lifemates. Makes me wonder if it is really worth finding her--most of them are royal pains.
I am still going to read the rest of the series and hope that Ms. Feehan was having an "off day" with this one.
Don't let the negative reviews keep you from discovering this series--basically--it is very good.
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Summary: Boring and repetitive
Review: I swear I just read this exact plot in the second of Ms. Feehan's series. A little innovation would have been appreciated.
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Summary: Unqiue and carnal and romantic! Too good to miss!
Review: I was talked into trying the first of the Carpathian series, Dark Prince -- and was immediately hooked. I've read all three books now and am impatiently waiting for Gregori's story. (hurry up July! ) What I loved most about the heroes is how protective and strong they are, emotionally and physically. The books are fantasy based but the emotions are everything we want in reality. It was wonderful, too, how the author made each book unique. Dark Prince oozes sensuality and is the perfect introduction to the Carpathians. Dark Desire is darker, more intense, and while we still get the setting and sense of the Carpathians and their world, we get a story totally different for the characters. The same is true of Dark Gold, which was lighter, more playful. They're all very sexy with to die for heroes who have larger-than-life abilities (which make them the ultimate alpha guys!) and intelligent heroines, but the characters have their own individual personalities, too. This is by far the most entertaining, original series of books I've found in a long, long time. I highly recommend them all.
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Summary: Not as good as Dark Prince
Review: I won't bore you to tears with the summary of this story, there are plenty of them written by other reviewers. However, I have to agree with Tanya Veverka's review, she hit it right on the dot. The book is becoming too much like the others before it with the exception of Dark Prince, considering it was the first installment. The character that got on my nerves was Alexandria; I guess I'm getting alittle bored with the 'I'm so innocent-totally unworldly, I'm so young, I'm so beautiful, I'm so frightened of the big, bad vampire,' routine. What would happen if the so-called destined female lifemate wasn't so innocent and pure? Actually liked becoming a Carpathian? Hmmm... Anyway, it was so annoying to keep hearing Alexandria say that Aidan was a 'vampire' and with him constantly correcting her. Every waking moment she denied the fact that she transformed into Carpathian, even though she knew she had incrediable hearing, needed blood to survive, couldn't go out into the full sun, slept during the day in the soil, etc. I was beginning to grate my teeth, Aidan definitely had more patience with her, than I did. I could've pitched her out the window and said later. Also, Dark Gold plot is weak and the "Dark Series" fight scenes (except for Gold's gang fight scene) lacks the detail I'm used to reading. All in all, Dark Gold is a good read, but hopefully I won't be disappointed with Dark Magic - however, the preview summary already sounds annoyingly the same with the herione characters.
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Summary: Oh yeah! This'll work!
Review: Okay! This was the first of the Dark Series that I found by accident. Ohmygosh!!!!!! I was hooked! The first chapter or so kind of made me grimace; Not knowing what the rest of the book was like, I wasn't certain I could continue.... I don't do violence very well. LOL Was I ever wrong! This is the ultimate in sensuality. I'm not much on domineering men, but I think I could adjust! :) It's hard to say which is my favorite in the series, but Dark Gold was definitely one of them.
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