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Book Report: Dark Legend by Christine Feehan

Emma — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:31:50 +0000

Main Characters: Francesca and Gabriel

I liked the premise of this book, but unfortunately, I’ve already read several of Miss Feehan’s Carpathian Series, and I am beginning to feel like I am reading the same book over and over again. This series has become very formulaic.

Meet hero, meet heroine, he finds his lifemate and gets his emotions back. Some small bit of danger happens and then they have a sex scene and they “bond”. The big bad vampire tries to get them in the end (though there was a twist with that, but it wasn’t like I didn’t see it coming.)

My suggestion would be to have at least a year between each of these books. It will cut up some of the monotony while reading them. I would say that while Miss Feehan is a good writer, she is wasting her ability by what seems to be a copy and paste approach to sex scenes and plot design. It would only get a 3 out of 5 five stars from me because I have come to expect more from this author.

Book Report: Dark Desire by Christine Feehan

Emma — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:42:27 +0000

4/29/2009

Main Characters: Shea and Jacques

Of the entire Carpathian Series by Miss Feehan, this one would have to be one of my favorites, simply because the hero is much different than the other ones. I’m still not exactly sure how Shea and Jacques ended up in love, but I do know that by the end of the book, I did believe they were good together. It fell short in the ending danger and I expected a slightly bigger bang for everything Jacques had been through.

Shea’s actions were a tiny bit unbelievable, not so much because Jacques was using his ability in mind control, but because he’d only been feeding on the blood or rats and bugs. From reading the other novels in her series, I’d have not expected him to have that much power. Conversely, if he did have that much power from rats and bugs, I’d expect that with a real human blood diet, he wouldn’t have ended where he did in full power.

Good points about this novel. It’s different from the other ones. The danger at the end was still a vampire, but the twist on it was enough to satisfy me, though it could have been done better to get full dramatic impact.

I’d give this novel 3 3/4 stars out of 5. While reading Miss Feehan, it is best to put distance with another author of any genre before continuing on to the next novel as they tend to be formulaic.

Book Report: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Emma — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:15:12 +0000

Main Characters: Grace and Julian

I have to admit that I almost put the book back on the shelf in the book store simply because of the name of the heroine. The name Grace grates on my nerves and I am not exactly sure why, but it looked interesting enough to at least try the first page before I left the book store. It was enough to make me want to read the whole thing, despite the horrid name of the heroine. (No offence to any Grace out there, it’s just one of those things. There are names I know I love that others would probably look at me with two heads if I ever mentioned in public.) I am very happy that I picked up the book. Grace was a lovable and warm character and I felt she deserved the hero she was going to get at the end of the novel.

I fell in love with Julian almost from the moment he stepped out of the book – literally in the story. He had enough of an edge to him that I didn’t automatically think of him as a pansy hero who shouldn’t been on the shelves with romance heroes.

I loved that Grace and Julian actually talked! They took the time to get to know each other and not just have a big old sex fest and expect me to believe some kind of life-long real love relationship would come from that. Both characters took to heart each other’s fears and desires to make their own decisions. Decisions that weren’t always in their own best interest, but instead in the interest of the person I am supposed to believe they love.

The only place I felt this book fell short was in the use of Julian’s past bad-ass status. I believe the author should have done one of two things. Either made him less of a bad-ass or used it to its fullest during the course of a novel. There was one place where he should have reverted to his ancient times ethics and I wouldn’t have thought less of him, but more as a reader.

All in all, it was a good and satisfying read. I would give it 4 1/2 stars out of 5. Good read and a book I am not sorry I bought.