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Summary: She's back!
Review: This is the best book of the Dark series that she has written in quite a while. The past few have been very poor, but with this one Ms. Feehan proves herself to be back in fine form. This book has an actual plot and does not have the constant repetition that some of the others did. A few minor editorial errors - The heroine claiming to love to lay under the covers in the rain, when she sleeps under ground in the dirt - for one. Good job Ms. Feehan. Keep it up!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK, WONDERFUL AUTHOR
Review: THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD BOOK I RECOMEND IT. hER BOOKS ARE REALLY REALLY GOOD. HAVEN'T MET ONE I COULDN'T READ AND ENJOY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. LOVE'EM!!
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Summary: I give up!!!
Review: When I first started reading Christine Feehan's Carpathian novels, I enjoyed them. They were new, different. There was character development. But the later ones all seem to have the same pitfalls. The heros and heroines lack personalities, there is a lot of time rehashing old material, all of them were born 1,000 years ago, unless they are really old, and were born 2,000 years ago. But this does not seem to inform any part of their personality. What have they lived through? What has happened over that long stretch of time? What was the world like that they lived through? Their age seems to be a random number that sounds really cool, but there is no thought that goes into how that would affect the character.
I am disapointed in this book specifically because all of the same things happen again that have happened in all of the previous books. No new territory is explored. This series had potential when it began, because it was placing unreal characters in the real world, and how that affected them. The later books all ignore the real world. Even the plot against the Carpahians has gotten depersonalized and very nebulous. There is no sense of immediacy to this plot, because nothing ever moves forward. If you remember some of the earlier books, there were deffinate plots, with deffinate bad guys, and a sense of a bigger threat. Now, there is just this mention of vampires gathering together, and once the big baddie of the book is killed, there is no sense of this being under the direction of any other master controller pulling the strings. Instead, the next book I am sure will have another baddie, probably a vampire, trying to kill as many Carpathians as possible, but espedially the hero and/or heroine.
I give up on Christine Feehan's Carpathian novels. I was hoping that things would improve, and slogged through Dark Symphony and Dark Melody, and probably some others, but I now have to give them up. Nothing new is happening. I would prefer to reread the earlier books in the series, than read the new ones.
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Summary: First 100 pages were boring.
Review: While I really enjoyed this book, and would recommend purchasing it, I was a little disappointed in the female lead. Destiny is suppose to be the first female vampire hunter in this series - although that's up for debate because of the character of Jaxon in Dark Guardian. Anyway, I became tired of "hearing" Destiny whine about her bloodstream, her past, her trama, her character, etc. etc. Once she ran into her lifemate, Nicholes, she should have been able to read his mind and realize that she was a victim and that there was a whole race of people like her. While I waited for Destiny to snap to it, a third of the book went by and I was quite frankly bored. But after about the first 100 pages, the book took off at a fast and enthralling pace, making for a fabulous read. More clues were given on the Carpathian race, groundwork laid for future reads and the relationship between Destiny and her lifemate was settled great. Also, a glimpse was given of two lifemates who never hooked up. Quite sad. Overall, I gave the book 4 stars because of the boring beginning, but would have to give the book 5 from the middle on.
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Summary: Destiny's Dilemma
Review: With Dark Destiny Ms Feehan has bought a new twist to the Carpathian series - a female Carpathian hunter.Destiny has spent her life destroying vampires, after one destroyed her childhood and made her life one of pain and solitude. To her if they suck blood they're a vampire. Nicolae was the only light during those long years. He taught Destiny everything she knew. Now the question is will Destiny use those lessons to destroy him. Dark Destiny is a very emotional book. There is deep sorrow - but also great humor when the two Carpathians are forcibly adopted by a Seattle neighbourhood. It answers some questions, for example what happens when lifemates meet too late. At the same time more questions are raised and the tempo is building. Ms Feehan consistantly provides strong stories with memorable characters. This is one of the best of the series and I highly recommend it.
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