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Summary: How disappointing...
Review: I haven't read paranormal fiction since Anne Rice's first installments of the vampire chronicles, but I couldn't resist picking up a book from one of my favorite erotica authors. I was disappointed with this effort. Catching Midnight is a slow-paced, unfulfilling book in more ways than one. Holly's trademark eroticism -- the padding out, exquisite sexual tension between the characters -- is notably missing. It just doesn't have the boldness of Menage, the smoldering erotic scenes of Personal Assets or the incredible building of tension of Beyond Innocence and Beyond Seduction. Ironically, I read on Holly's web site that she began her writing career with fantasy fiction. However, I think she has a real knack for erotica and she shouldn't give up on that. She's still one of my favorite authors though. I've purchased several of her books, including Hunting Midnight, which, of course, is the follow-up to this one. I was told that Hunting Midnight is much better. If you haven't read Emma Holly, don't start out with this book. Read her smoldering efforts published by Black Lace or her historical/erotic romance efforts from Jove.
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Summary: Ms. Holly goes beyond the bar
Review: I knew Ms. Holly to be an exceptional erotica author but I never expected she is a chameleon - slipping from historical romances like Beyond Seduction to paranormal territories with assured ease. It is a even greater revelation that she delivers one of the most provocative paranormal romance to date and is consistently imaginative. And how boldly daring of Ms. Holly to exploit on the ancient upyr who are rumoured demons and feeds on blood for sustenance. Young ingenue Gillian escapes to Scottish woods in 1349 to avoid pestilence and finds herself steeped in the rivalry between elders Auriclus and Nim Wei. She chooses to follow Auriclus and 21 years later she decides it's time to leave the pack and seek her destiny in the human world. She shape-shifts to a nestling who later gets picked up by falconer Aimery Fitz Clare, brother to baron of Bridesmere and is touched by his kindness and is inexorably in love. It is instantly a top-notch romance, surreal and heart-wrenchingly poignant when Gillian is afraid to unleash the monster in her and the charged symmetry revealed when Aimery is tortured by his "butchery" in battlefield. It is a mythic journey of how Gillian shapes her fate and a gothic struggle of good against evil with Nim Wei's destructive traits. It climaxes in a gathering of elders to save Aimery's life and a denouement of Gillian's identity. No less can we expect Ms. Holly's tale to be exquisitely erotic with smoldering passion that rages with promises and commitments. In its sexual undertones, it conveys complexed characterization through the resentment between Aimery and his brother Edward, a doomed infatuation for Aimery in Edward's wife Claris, Gillian's love towards Edward's child Robin and Brother Kenelm's redemption. It is of how Gillian triumphs over her abandonment and finds her destiny. It is ultimately a story of hope as we see love at its most liberating - and emotionally shattering.
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Summary: Couldn't finish
Review: I love Emma Holly usually and wait for every book she writes. This book was so boring, I couldn't even finish it.
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Summary: Very Good Book
Review: I love paranormal romance stories and this is a great one. The characters are a bit different from your normal werewolves but it was very refreshing to read a book with a powerful female as the lead. Not that the males weren't equaly strong and of course, attractive. But the females definatly take this book.
Very good read. And, yes, I will be reading it again.
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Summary: Kinda slow but will pull you in towards the end...maybe
Review: I read Beyond Seduction and while I wasn't overly impressed with that book, it did make me curious enough to give Catching Midnight a try. I'm not exactly into vampire/shape-shifting novels, and this was both. The book was a very slow read - the kind that you push through because you want to finish it, not because it's a good read. I will say that towards the end, I was really rooting for Gillian and Aimery - I wanted them to find a way to stay together. For me, that is a great sign that while I wouldn't necessarily recommend the book to someone, I wouldn't discourage them from buying it either, hence the two stars. Make no mistake about it; Emma Holly is an excellent writer. I just don't get into the vampire/shape-shifting thing. The other book I read by her was very good and I recommend her as an author. This book should perhaps be bought from the half-price bookstore or something.
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Summary: Kinda slow but will pull you in towards the end...maybe
Review: I read Beyond Seduction and while I wasn't overly impressed with that book, it did make me curious enough to give Catching Midnight a try. I'm not exactly into vampire/shape-shifting novels, and this was both. The book was a very slow read - the kind that you push through because you want to finish it, not because it's a good read. I will say that towards the end, I was really rooting for Gillian and Aimery - I wanted them to find a way to stay together. For me, that is a great sign that while I wouldn't necessarily recommend the book to someone, I wouldn't discourage them from buying it either, hence the two stars. Make no mistake about it; Emma Holly is an excellent writer. I just don't get into the vampire/shape-shifting thing. The other book I read by her was very good and I recommend her as an author. This book should perhaps be bought from the half-price bookstore or something.
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Summary: Not the author's best -- start somewhere else
Review: I really enjoyed Emma Holly's Blace Lace novels and have been less happy with her forays into historical fiction. She does write great sex scenes ... too bad there aren't more of them in these recent works. I don't find bloodsucking heroes particularly thrilling so Catching Midnight and its successor, Hunting Midnight, did little for me (though I wasn't turned off by the vampire theme, as I fully expected to be). I think this author does much better with modern settings and hope she returns to them soon.
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Summary: blah blah blah
Review: i really have to say this book was very boring .i couldn't wait for this book to arrive but i have only made it half way and i don't think i can finish it.emma holly has always been my favorite but in a few words this one is not one of her best
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Summary: What Happen?!?!?!?
Review: I really love Emma Holly and as other reviewers have already stated found this book tedious at best. I was first surprised by the shift in genre but felt that the premise was interesting and I was willing to give it a shot. I was very sad to realize that I had to force myself to pick the book up in order to read it after the first few chapters. Yes, I know books can at times have a slow start, but this one NEVER picked up. I kept looking back on the cover to make sure that it said Emma Holly instead of perhaps another name. Alas Ms. Holly's name did grace the cover. I kept reading for two reasons. I spent money on the book, and I WANTED the story to get better only I couldn't change what was already printed. If this is a first time read for you by this author pick up one of her older books in order to see what this author truly capable of. Do yourself a favor and borrow the book from a friend.
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Summary: UGGGGG!
Review: I was looking for hot spice, something to make me look twice at what she was daring to write. Did I get it? NOPE! I got a sweet little romance of tattered souls, I didn't WANT that! I didn't pay for that. Look at Beyond Suduction for an amazing Emma Holly book, but skip this one if you're looking for a shock.
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