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Summary: Entertaining, and more to it than I'd expected
Review: Grace is given a present of an ancient Greek book by a friend; the book contains a picture of a *very* handsome man - a Greek god in appearance. Her friend insists that if Grace performs a very strange ritual, the Greek god, who is apparently a love-slave, will come to life and be Grace's personal love-slave for a month. Drunk and disbelieving, Grace performs the ritual... and Julian appears in front of her. As large as life, and very, very naked. And ready for action, in whatever way Grace wants him!Grace, however, isn't a believer in casual sex; her only previous experience was with a man who hurt her very much and then made fun of her publicly afterwards. She's not, therefore, about to jump into bed with a perfect stranger, no matter how attractive he is or how sexily he talks to her. Julian, on the other hand, is compelled to want her as a result of the curse which put him inside the book, and he also recognises that she needs someone to teach her to enjoy sex. And he's determined to do just that! I thought at this point that the book was going to be a pure romp. But in fact it ended up being very much deeper. Julian is a tortured soul; he had a loveless life before being cursed, and ever since he's been treated abusively by the women who summoned him, in some cases chained to their beds, never allowed anywhere except their bedrooms, and frequently having to plead for food as a reward for sex. To them, he was a body, not a man. Grace is determined to treat him better than that; he is determined to help her overcome her distrust of men. But even if both manage to achieve their objectives, there is still the hard fact that at the next full moon Julian will disappear back into the book, to be trapped there until the next time someone summons him. Can they treat this as a short-lived relationship? Or is there a way to break the curse? The book's poignant as well as funny, and I thoroughly enjoyed it - enough to keep an eye out for the second in the series.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read
Review: I won't go into the plot since so many others have already told it. What I do have to say is that it is refreshing and original. It has been a while since I read a romance. I got burned out on the same old characters in the same old situations. But my sister kept telling me to read this book. She finally sent it to me and then nagged me even more. I'm glad she did. Julian and Grace set the pages on fire with their passions and real life problems. The book brought mythology alive in a way that would have made the ancient writers proud. It's funny, poignant, tender and memorable. I have very few keepers in my house, but this one is now kept beside my bed. Thank you, Ms. Kenyon for writing a story that will live forever in my heart. This book is destined to become one of the genres classics.
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Summary: Should be much better.
Review: The author starts off so well, the pace is good. However, from page 249 you get the impression the author is rushing the end. The last 58 pages just seemed hurried, get every thing in no matter how ridiculious it sounds.
It would have been 5 stars had the ending been lengthened another
thirty pages.
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Summary: One of the best time travels I have ever read!
Review: This book is so wonderful that I would go so far as to compare it to Jude Deveraux's "Knight in Shining Armor" and Teresa Medeiros' "Breath of Magic", two of the best time travels in the history of romance! The characters are wonderful and the plot is fantastic. Ms. Kenyon made me appreciate greek mythology in a way that my Mythology and Literature professor could not do. A great injustice will be performed if she doesn't win a Rita award for this one. To Sherrilyn Kenyon, my new favorite author!
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Summary: Best book of the year!
Review: I've read romances for years and have become burned out on them, but I keep reading the genre for books like this one. Those rare gems that show me there are still writers out there who don't use the same staid plots and the same boring, one-dimensional characters. Julian is a sex slave who is a hero I would kill to be able to summon. Grace is a sex therapist who is endearing and kind. She's the perfect heroine to help him work out his problems. Now I'm on the hunt to track down the rest of this author's books and I'm dying for her new Dark Hunter series. Sherrilyn Kenyon is tops on my autobuy list.
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Summary: I really wanted to like this book but . . .
Review: I do enjoy books like this one with its mixture of fantasy, humor, and hot sex - but this book had too many flaws to make it a keeper. In this book, a Spartan general is imprisoned in a book. He is periodically released from the book when summoned to act as a sex slave for a month. Our vulnerable heroine is persuaded to summon him and then decides to save him rather than jump his bones. The book did have its good points. The hero is not just sexy, but also nurturing (which does not seem altogether realistic for a Spartan general). The heroine tries to heal her wounded hero. The book was written well enough that I finished it - but I was dragged out of the fantasy too often by inconsistencies in the plot. For example, the heroine was 24 when her parents were killed. Shortly thereafter, she is seduced by a heartless scoundrel - this is her first and only experience with sex until the hero appears. At the time of the seduction, the heroine was living in a dorm! - how many 24 year old grad students live in dorms? The heroine is a sex therapist, but she can't be a very good one. She can't handle her own trauma. Even worse, in the only scenes in the book where she is at work, she is either silently mocking here clients or tuning them out while she day-dreams about the hero. I don't mind sexually experienced heroines, but I guess many authors prefer to use innocent or semi-innocent heroines. Now that contemporary romance heroines tend to be in their mid to late twenties (instead of their late teens), it is harder for authors to convincingly make them virgins. In this case, Sherrilyn Kenyon had to go too far in her plot manipulations and spoiled a story with a lot of potential.
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Summary: A hard act to follow¿..
Review: This book is sooo..... good. Amazon recommended this author to me but I was unable to find "Born of the Night" so I picked up "Fantasy Lover" instead. I never even heard of Sherrilyn Kenyon, boy have I been missing out, she is an excellent author. Four years ago when Grace parents died, she gave her virginity to Paul who used her to win a bet. She felt used and could not see how anyone could find pleasure in what Paul did to her. Her best friend, Selena aka gypsy wannabe wants to help Grace get on with her life, sex life that is. Julian's brother, Priapus has cursed him for having sex with one of his virgins and put him into a book where he remains until he is summoned, at midnight of a full moon, to pleasure a woman until the next full moon. For two thousand years (while in the book) he can hear but is lonely, in pitch darkness and struggles with the constant pain of hunger and thirst. Julian believes he is an unlovable outcast and has been struggling to fit in all his life-until he is summoned by his saving Grace. Grace, a sex therapist, was not the super model type of character that is the norm in most romance novels, this was a plus. Julian of Macedon, the love-slave is the man of every woman's fantasy and draws women like a magnet. Though a swarm of women camp around him, he has eyes for only Grace. Magically they come together but is it true love or is it the power of the curse?
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Summary: Mythology At Its Best!
Review: Julian of Macedon had been trapped in a book as a love-slave to be used over and over again as a form of punishment from the Gods since one forty-nine BC. Grace, a sex therapist, was nothing short of celibate. Sure, she had sexual fantasies just like any other living and breathing woman, but she had no desire to act on them. On her twenty-ninth birthday, Grace's friend, Selena gives her the book. After doing a chant using the book, Julian with his God-like body appeared for her pleasure, except Grace didn't want to use him. This absolutely astounded him. Through love, caring, kindness, and every other good human emotion, Grace opened the world back up for Julian while he pulled Grace back to from reality and into her precious dreams. Together they fought scheming Gods and Goddesses, along with lunatic stalkers to be together. I waited a very long time for this book, and when I got it, I read it with great anticipation. I wasn't disappointed in the least. FANTASY LOVER was spectacular in all its glory and definitely made my small, picky "keeper" shelf. Sherrilyn Kenyon has really done it this time. She made magic, love and hot sex with this one! Way to go Sherrilyn - keep it up! I anticipate more of the books from this great author.
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Summary: The book that started my addiction
Review: I read this book in a matter of hours and then I had to turn around and read it again. After that, I went on a Sherrilyn quest to get any and everything she's written. Sadly, most of her books are no longer available, at least not for a price I can afford, but I did find out she's Kinley MacGregor and I quickly snatched up every one of those. Fantasy Lover is without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read. It's the most original plot I have ever seen and has characters you can really root for. Grace touched my heart. I loved her humor and her ability to care for Julian. And Julian, be still my heart. He is one of the best heroes ever. Hot, sexy and tender, he made me melt every time he came on the scene. The sex is hot, hotter and hottest and the humor will have you rolling on the floor. If you're looking for fun and a great read. Look no further. Now if I can just contain myself until her Dark Hunter books come out.
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Summary: A major keeper
Review: I bought this with Claiming the Highlander and spent the entire weekend laughing. I didn't feed my kids, or pay a bit of attention to my hubby, but it was well worth it. Kinley/Sherrilyn is now an auto-buy for me. I ached for Julian and what he went through and the fact that he went through it without whining like so many other tortured heroes. This book has it all, laughter, tears, you name it. I can't wait to read her new Dark Hunter books. I hope they're just as great.
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