Rating: 
Summary: Why isn't 0 stars an option?
Review: All I can say is that I wish I had read these reviews before I bought, much less read Twilight Hunger! I've always been a fan of Maggie Shayne's vampire romance novels and was looking forward to the continuing series. However, this book had no romance whatsover and the main characters were really undeveloped and what we did learn about them wasn't likeable. Morgan's obsession with Dante such that she couldn't even leave the house and her wanting to wallow in her dreams to be near this "madman" who believed he was vampire, but who she was in love with, was just too much. And I'm still trying to get over the "flashback" scene of Dante having such violent sex with a mortal tavern maid that he kills her. All I could think was that based on the description of her injuries (neck ripped open so that her windpipe was visible), the poor woman was dead long before Dante "finished." I've never been into necrophilia, so that was a complete turnoff. From that point on, because I just have to finish the book to see if it could get any worse (it didn't, but it didn't get any better either), I just skimmed the rest to see how it would end.And another thing, I never understand why Shayne's vampires are so weak. Her vampire lore seems to say that all you have to do is stick one to make them bleed, and then wait for them to bleed to death. Dante seemed about to meet that fate on 3 or 4 occasions! If it's that easy to kill a vampire, what's the big deal about being one. Anyway, if you want a good romantic vampire story, try Maggie Shayne's earlier books in the series, and skip this one!
Rating:
Summary: Why isn't 0 stars an option?
Review: All I can say is that I wish I had read these reviews before I bought, much less read Twilight Hunger! I've always been a fan of Maggie Shayne's vampire romance novels and was looking forward to the continuing series. However, this book had no romance whatsover and the main characters were really undeveloped and what we did learn about them wasn't likeable. Morgan's obsession with Dante such that she couldn't even leave the house and her wanting to wallow in her dreams to be near this "madman" who believed he was vampire, but who she was in love with, was just too much. And I'm still trying to get over the "flashback" scene of Dante having such violent sex with a mortal tavern maid that he kills her. All I could think was that based on the description of her injuries (neck ripped open so that her windpipe was visible), the poor woman was dead long before Dante "finished." I've never been into necrophilia, so that was a complete turnoff. From that point on, because I just have to finish the book to see if it could get any worse (it didn't, but it didn't get any better either), I just skimmed the rest to see how it would end. And another thing, I never understand why Shayne's vampires are so weak. Her vampire lore seems to say that all you have to do is stick one to make them bleed, and then wait for them to bleed to death. Dante seemed about to meet that fate on 3 or 4 occasions! If it's that easy to kill a vampire, what's the big deal about being one. Anyway, if you want a good romantic vampire story, try Maggie Shayne's earlier books in the series, and skip this one!
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Summary: Great vampire romance
Review: Desperate to escape from the Hollywood gossip that engulfs her following the deaths of her famous adopted parents, Morgan DeSilva flees to the Maine coast. Though a continent away, Morgan plans to finish a script that should help pay off the enormous debt her parents left behind.
Perhaps it is her mourning for her loss or just the desperation of needing to write, but Morgan struggles to get anything done. However, she lucks out when she finds the aging journals of Dante, who claimed to be a vampire. Using his work as a springboard, Morgan becomes a success though haunted now by elaborate dreams of Dante. He wants her too, but can he trust this Chosen One with his vampiric secrets especially in light of an investigator closing in on the undead?
Fans of vampire romance know that no one is quite as dependable as Maggie Shayne is to provide a powerful tale of supernatural love. TWILIGHT HUNGER, the seventh Shayne vampire novel, is an enticing tale that stars two deserving lead characters. Empathetic readers will definitely want them to make a life together. The story line is loaded with action as Dante shows up in the flesh even as the investigator closes in on him and his beloved, but trust keeps them apart. As always, Ms. Shayne makes an impossible creature seem so real and romantic that sub-genre fans will claim that she must have found some old journals in a Kingly Maine home. Harriet Klausner
Rating: 
Summary: Still Hanging In There....
Review: Having read the previous books in this series, I was anticipateing the next in it's line with great anticipation. I didn't care for the back and forth in time thing with each of the characters, but loved the continuation of the DPI angle. I am a true hater of the "Vampire angst angle", but stayed with it for the romance angle that,"Took long enough". If you are a Vampire/Romance enthusiast and fan,like myself, this ones for you, but if your'e looking for a read that is totally spellbinding and informative on "the life", don't bother. It is exactally what I thought it would be: Entertaining.
Rating:
Summary: Not the Best
Review: I agree with the other reviewers who say there is no real charactor development and no actual romance. None of the charactors are particularly likeable or very interesting. And none of the plotlines seemed to go anywhere. Morgan: is a whiney, sickly young woman who, as one reviewer said, seemed to spend most of the book dying. She is obsessed with Dante's journals and falls madly in love with him despite the fact she believes he's long dead and was a "madman" who thought he was a vampire. Hardly a stable personality and she sure doesn't endear herself to anyone. The vaguely described "psycic connection" between some vampires and Chosen was added as a sort of psuedo-explaination of why Morgan and Dante are "meant to be" but it just doesn't suffice. Dante: the romantic lead. All he does is get shot with crossbows and bleed a lot. He's originally pissed at Morgan for putting his story on the big screen. But for no apparent reason he abruptly becomes crazy for Morgan -- a sickly, whiney woman at best -- and makes mad, passionate love to her (and bites er all over) even while she's busy dying. Yum, yum. What a guy. He even attacks the only one willing to give him a break -- Lou -- twice. A real hero. Maxine: a little more interesting, particularly her smart mouth and take-charge attitude. But she also gets weak and whiney when all her friends start being hurt, dying etc. Her wanna-be romance with Lou is kind of intriguing but it doesn't get resolved so it flops in the end. And the sub-subplot of Morgan/Maxine and Lydia is just too much to take. Speak of totally over-done cliches!! The whole book was based an one of the worst cliches -- the evil Big Brother Government who has secret agents everywhere. And apparently these are SUPER secret agents since the lead Evil Agent managed to sneak around taking pictures to threaten Max with the very day after he had been "terribly burned and scarred". If you are burned badly enough to scar -- especially on the face -- you probably aren't up to skulking around the following day. So all-in-all, "Wings in the Night" is MUCH better. This wasn't even a "B" grade vampire story.
Rating: 
Summary: Ambivalence.... but leaning more towards 'good'
Review: I can't make up my mind about this one. Parts I really really liked, other things about it... I'm not so sure about. Usually when I feel ambivalent about a novel, I end up disliking it. I think what I expected from this book was a romance, but it needs to be approached from a general vampire fiction stand point.
Morgan DeSilva is a struggling screen writer who falls in love with the vampire Dante after she reads his journals containing his life story. Thinking him a long dead mad man, she uses his story as the story line for a series of popular movies. Fast forward 5 years, Morgan is dying from her Belladonna antigen and on the brink of winning an Oscar. Dante comes to her small town in Maine, hunted by the surviving members of the DPI. He is furious to find out that Morgan has been publishing his secrets. Can he put aside his mistrust and safe Morgan?
That is plot one of the story. I thought Morgan and Dante needed to talk more, and I really didn't like Morgan. I think Maggie Shayne went overboard on making her seem like a poor little rich girl and she's plagerizing her screen plays which made her come across as basically dishonest. It seems like Dante has been completely rewritten from what we were told about him in Twilight Vows. Sure, he mentions things from Vows, but it seems more like an after thought than to explain why he is the way he is. And beware one very creepy, graphic journal entry involving Dante and a woman of loose morals. I liked plot two a lot better.
Maxine is a young woman who has a conspiracy theory for everything. One night, she goes to investigate the burning wreckage of the DPI HQ. She sees a man crawl from the burning building and picks up a disk he drops. On the disk she finds information on vampires that the DPI knows about. The next day a man calls her, threating her mother and friends if she says a word about what see saw the night before. 5 years later, she and her cop pal, Lou, find themselves tangling with the DPI agent Frank Stiles when a friend of Lou is found murdered by a vampire. The trail leads to Morgan since Dante's, the character in her movies, is identical to the DPI's file on Dante.
It's a good thing I liked this plot line better because it took up most of the book. I liked the suspicious Mad Maxie a lot better than Janet Dailey-esque Morgan. The only really creepy thing about this plot line, is Maxie's attraction to Lou who is twenty years older than she is.
This is a fast paced, fairly interesting read. I'd give 3 and half stars; however, I think more could have been done to make this story better. I think it would have been much better if Maxine had been the lead female character. Yes, I lead more toward like than dislike on this one but I hope Maggie Shayne does better in the next Twilight book. Twilight Hunger wasn't quite up to par with the rest of the series.
Rating:
Summary: Good Story
Review: I enjoyed this contemporary vampire romance. I thought the characters worked well together and I would recommend this novel. Morgan DeSilva is a struggling screenwriter, who cannot seem to get any of her work off the ground. Her family used to be very wealthy but with her parents' death she found out that she no longer has any money. She must learn to support herself. Morgan moves into an old house in Maine owned by a friend, and is trying to write, but is running into a brick wall. Then she discovers a manuscript that she just falls in love with. It is a story about a vampire. Morgan decides to use this work. Dante is a vampire on the run. He is being hunted, and while running ends up at one of his hideaways which is beneath the house he used to own. He discovers Morgan, and is oddly attracted to her, but at the same time furious because she is publishing his private diaries. I enjoyed this novel and would recommend.
Rating:
Summary: Good Story
Review: I enjoyed this contemporary vampire romance. I thought the characters worked well together and I would recommend this novel. Morgan DeSilva is a struggling screenwriter, who cannot seem to get any of her work off the ground. Her family used to be very wealthy but with her parents' death she found out that she no longer has any money. She must learn to support herself. Morgan moves into an old house in Maine owned by a friend, and is trying to write, but is running into a brick wall. Then she discovers a manuscript that she just falls in love with. It is a story about a vampire. Morgan decides to use this work. Dante is a vampire on the run. He is being hunted, and while running ends up at one of his hideaways which is beneath the house he used to own. He discovers Morgan, and is oddly attracted to her, but at the same time furious because she is publishing his private diaries. I enjoyed this novel and would recommend.
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Summary: Magnificent!!!
Review: I have read all of Maggie Shayne's Twilight books and this one was by far the best! If you haven't read any of Maggie Shayne's books you are missing out on absolutely stunning books.
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Summary: Totally unfocused - disappointment
Review: I love Maggie Shayne's vampire series, but I was disappointed with this one. I kept waiting for the romance. A good romance to me has the hero and heroine spending the majority of the book together developing their relationship. That didn't happen in this book. And I didn't like those two characters either. The vampire was a true monster who didn't develop into a better person like her others in the past books have, and the heroine's personality deteriorated instead of growing on me. The secondary characters were only slighty more interesting, and took up the majority of the book anyway. Acutally, Maxine and her friends would probably have made a better book all together if this had been about them and left out the vampire story entirely. It felt like this book didn't focus on any one story line long enough to develop it into something interesting.
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