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evaserrate's review against another edition
4.0
Too bad she stopped writing the Diana Tregarde novels, but I'll keep rereading them.
triceroar's review
2.0
I read Burning Water before I read this book and I think it ruined this book for me. In that book the MC seems confident and knowledgeable but in this one she seems immature and whiny. That makes sense because this book is chronologically first but if you read the books in the order that they were published it seems like she taking a step backward. It's also a little annoying that she has a new set of side kicks in each book. You spend a book getting to know the side characters and in the next book they've disappeared with out a trace.
jrkrell's review
4.0
I'm not sure why this is second in the series, since it seems to happen before the first. A strong female character that has panic attacks... I totally concur with Gail Carriger's review.
kathydavie's review
3.0
I do wish I had read it in order. I'm having a difficult time reconciling Children with my recollection of the whole series. I suspect I'll have to re-read the series if only because I'm dying to know if Andre is in later novels...
Children focuses on vampires and a rock band, one of whose members has a connection with Diana.
Children focuses on vampires and a rock band, one of whose members has a connection with Diana.
hoytreads's review
1.0
I was just not impressed with this second entry in the series. Chronologically, it takes place before the first book in the series, and the main character is SOOO much less interesting in her younger incarnation. At least when she was the badass paranormal investigator of the first novel, it was somewhat interesting, but this whiny, panicky wuss is not interesting to read about. Plus those wretched Twilight books/movies have made me really hate any mention of vampires, and of course there are some in here. Blech. I don't think I will be reading the last book in this series.
yodamom's review
4.0
This book is filled with magic and Guardians and psychic vampires and yet it has a real feel to it. Di the heroine has a job, bills, friends and a broken heart. She has panic attacks that can impede her in her job. She has unruly hair and does not dress to impress.
People are ending up dead, their souls ripped out of their bodies. this triggers memories causing her to have black outs. Her ex is somehow involved in this drudging up too many bad moments. She ha to use all her skills to fight and out think some of the most dangerous and devious evil she has ever encountered.
Super French vampire hunk Andre' steps into the picture. He has to preserve his Rom friends he guards. He always works alone, has for 200 hundred years. I liked this version of a vampire, no he does not sparkle.
This is a mystery, and great one with all the right twists and turns. I enjoyed it, it was very well planned out and I was on the edge of my seat the whole story. My only complaint, a few dated words like "foxy" to describe attractive.
People are ending up dead, their souls ripped out of their bodies. this triggers memories causing her to have black outs. Her ex is somehow involved in this drudging up too many bad moments. She ha to use all her skills to fight and out think some of the most dangerous and devious evil she has ever encountered.
Super French vampire hunk Andre' steps into the picture. He has to preserve his Rom friends he guards. He always works alone, has for 200 hundred years. I liked this version of a vampire, no he does not sparkle.
This is a mystery, and great one with all the right twists and turns. I enjoyed it, it was very well planned out and I was on the edge of my seat the whole story. My only complaint, a few dated words like "foxy" to describe attractive.
ptothelo's review
5.0
one of my favorite series and characters- Guardian who writes romance novels as her day job. It's about more than magic but also right and wrong and the paths we choose in life.
ofearna's review against another edition
ok, so I broke down and got this one... the narrator was good and seemed to fit the book. I enjoy this book and have read it a few times, but.
ONE major screwup. It takes place in 1972 (Misty said so!). So how can she be living in Stephen King's head?
ONE major screwup. It takes place in 1972 (Misty said so!). So how can she be living in Stephen King's head?
pickleballlibrarian's review
5.0
It seems like every good fantasy writer like to take a slab at writing about vampires. Lackey does not disappoint. This is one of the few perfect dark fantasies I have read.