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aliterarylion's review against another edition
1.0
The female protagonist was quite annoying, while once again the male was ridiculously charming. We don't care about your little brother, focus on the couple, people!
alparks's review against another edition
2.0
I was looking forward to this one because I was interested in Aidan's story but I ended up hating Alexandria too much to really enjoy it. She seriously got on my nerves nearly every page.
circus_of_damned's review against another edition
1.0
This is the end of the Dark series for me personally. When I fist read Dark Prince I found it a middle of the road book. I did enjoy certain aspects of the book, I did have fundemental problems with the novel. I found the males controlling and the woman had no agency. Plus there also the questionable consent. After reading the 2nd and 3rd novel in the series my questionable issues have been added to by anoyancies that have ruined the series. I can't stand that every characters male of female is a carbon copy of the first set in Dark Prince. And then you have the same lines to describe everything like "dark velvet magic". Then this couple had to be the most frustrating outta the three I've read, because you had a female who was so frustrating and stuborn and unwilling to even see logic when she had the profe for herself. And a male who couldn't be more stupid, chest thumping male ego. And there was no respect for her saying no to sex and he turned everything into a reason to sex. Esspecially emotionally trematic events. And it made me role my eyes and get sick of this book and series as a whole. I'm done with this series, and only read this far wanting to get to Gregori story and I can't be bothered now.
franjessca's review against another edition
4.0
Full Review posted at: A Book Lovin' Mama's Blog
Steaminess: I consider this book mild with steaminess compared to the other books I’ve read so far in this series.
Cliffhanger: No.
Standalone or Series: It’s part of a series. Each follows a new couple.
Trope: Fated Mates.
Do I recommend this book? I would recommend this to readers that are Christine Feehan fans and love Paranormal Romance. If you also love the Fated Mates tropes, then I would recommend these books to you too. I’m liking these books, but not falling in love with them as I have with Kresley Cole’s IAD series and J.R. Ward’s BDB series. I’m not giving up, though. I’m hoping to find my favorite couple in the series. I will say this it’s not your sparkly kind of vampire story, so get that out of your head before reading this series. Christine Feehan writes her vampire/Carpathian stories with darkness in it, which is one of many reasons why I’m going to keep reading these books.
Steaminess: I consider this book mild with steaminess compared to the other books I’ve read so far in this series.
Cliffhanger: No.
Standalone or Series: It’s part of a series. Each follows a new couple.
Trope: Fated Mates.
Do I recommend this book? I would recommend this to readers that are Christine Feehan fans and love Paranormal Romance. If you also love the Fated Mates tropes, then I would recommend these books to you too. I’m liking these books, but not falling in love with them as I have with Kresley Cole’s IAD series and J.R. Ward’s BDB series. I’m not giving up, though. I’m hoping to find my favorite couple in the series. I will say this it’s not your sparkly kind of vampire story, so get that out of your head before reading this series. Christine Feehan writes her vampire/Carpathian stories with darkness in it, which is one of many reasons why I’m going to keep reading these books.
velvetsun's review against another edition
3.0
There is relatively little action in this book. The main focus being the relationship between Aidan & Alex. The interaction between them...the constant back and forth of Aidan trying to get Alex to obey his every command, and Alex whining about everything under the sun... got more than a bit repetitive by about page 200. And while i loved Aidan, Alex got on my last nerve. Having said that, it was an overall enjoyable, light read. Better than the previous book in the series.
littlemainelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
Such a wonderful story! What would you do, how would you react, if you were suddenly faced with a new reality that vampires are real and super scary? How would you react as an independent, modern, woman?
This book is filled with fun, because none of us would react calmly! LOL! It is also filled with terror, mental anguish, and love, so much love! I really enjoy this series and all the facets of the human psyche it exposes. Coursing strongly through all of this series is love, the almost unimaginable abundant love of finding your eternal lifemate.
This book is filled with fun, because none of us would react calmly! LOL! It is also filled with terror, mental anguish, and love, so much love! I really enjoy this series and all the facets of the human psyche it exposes. Coursing strongly through all of this series is love, the almost unimaginable abundant love of finding your eternal lifemate.
bookwifereviews's review against another edition
4.0
Again I liked it but I didn't love the book. But I love the world it is all based in. I have read a couple reviews for books later on and a lot of complaints I see are that it's the same story over and over again and I can defiantly see that happening. This is only the 3rd book and I can already see it but I still want more.. So that says something there I think.
I could not stand Alex.. I thought she was kind of whiney and for someone who only wanted to take care of her brother she really didn't do a great job.. Please explain why you would leave your brother with a homeless man? How in the hell did that happen.. Okay so you have talked to him a few times, and I guess you are kind of his friend but I mean really?.. I don't know I had issues with that right away. And then later on she was so dead set on proving Aiden wrong that she tried to walk into the sun? Yeah and leave Josh to complete strangers. Yeah, No. Some crappy things happened to her. I get that and no one can know wha they would do unless they were in that situation but I just feel like running into to the sun to prove that it won't kill you when you can feel it burning you.. ugh. Stupid.
Aiden I liked. He was much better than Jacques. Thats for sure. I have come to realize that all the men in this series are going to be overbearing cavemen. Which I can deal with as long as nothing is actually forced and I don't think Aiden forced Alex to really do anything the way Jac did. He was terrible.
anyways I am very excited for the next book because yay Gregori! Although after the little bit of info you learn about him and his life mate in this book I have a feeling I may not like the next book that much but we shall see.
I could not stand Alex.. I thought she was kind of whiney and for someone who only wanted to take care of her brother she really didn't do a great job.. Please explain why you would leave your brother with a homeless man? How in the hell did that happen.. Okay so you have talked to him a few times, and I guess you are kind of his friend but I mean really?.. I don't know I had issues with that right away. And then later on she was so dead set on proving Aiden wrong that she tried to walk into the sun? Yeah and leave Josh to complete strangers. Yeah, No. Some crappy things happened to her. I get that and no one can know wha they would do unless they were in that situation but I just feel like running into to the sun to prove that it won't kill you when you can feel it burning you.. ugh. Stupid.
Aiden I liked. He was much better than Jacques. Thats for sure. I have come to realize that all the men in this series are going to be overbearing cavemen. Which I can deal with as long as nothing is actually forced and I don't think Aiden forced Alex to really do anything the way Jac did. He was terrible.
anyways I am very excited for the next book because yay Gregori! Although after the little bit of info you learn about him and his life mate in this book I have a feeling I may not like the next book that much but we shall see.
raerei's review against another edition
3.0
So here's the candy of the vampire/romance world with the emphasis on romance not paranormal. But I'm aware of this and usually am just looking for a little sex when I read these. Although according to goodreads this is book 3 so that might explain a little of my disappointment.
The main (female) character was sometimes a bit to much to be the character she claimed. (i.e. she claimed to be an independent modern woman but then her actions contradicted it - i wanted to smack her a couple times.) and I think Feehan has improved over the years. I'll have to figure out the order they come in eventually this habit of just grabbing whatever the used bookstore has on hand may do neither me nor the books justice. It's just that the last book I read was so much...richer, although I liked getting into the main (male) character's head a bit.
The main (female) character was sometimes a bit to much to be the character she claimed. (i.e. she claimed to be an independent modern woman but then her actions contradicted it - i wanted to smack her a couple times.) and I think Feehan has improved over the years. I'll have to figure out the order they come in eventually this habit of just grabbing whatever the used bookstore has on hand may do neither me nor the books justice. It's just that the last book I read was so much...richer, although I liked getting into the main (male) character's head a bit.
suzjustsuz's review against another edition
2.0
I began this series reading the latest (Dark Slayer) which is far into the series and enjoyed it fairly well. I'll write a review for that another time. Then I went to the beginning and started the series from there. This third installment in the series is my fourth dark book and in many ways I found it insufferable.
First the two things I liked about the book. I like the character of Aiden. He's quite likable and, although he's what is turning out to be so typically alpha(to the idiot power) male typical of these books, he's still approachable and generally endearing. I also saw a lot more humor in this book than any of the others that I've seen so far.
What is my biggest pet peeve so far with these books? It's the same thing I found so disturbing in this particular book. The heroines are whiny, insufferable, petulant children. I realized while reading Dark Gold that I was 360 pages in and still slogging through "I can't accept what's happened to me and is right in front of my eyes because is toooo traumatizing......WAAAAAHHHHHHH." Please. Someone smack her and put her out of all of our misery. This so far seems to be the default for the female protagonists in the early books (not so in Dark Slayer), but in Dark Gold the Alex character was too much to bear. I had no sympathy for her at all.
I've just started Dark Magic in the hopes that the three book build up to Gregori's story is a harbinger to something better. However, I'm 60 pages in and so far Savannah is proving to be just another boring whiner. I'll stick with these books for a few more installments, clinging to Dark Slayer in the hopes that at some point the female characters will become a bit more interesting.
First the two things I liked about the book. I like the character of Aiden. He's quite likable and, although he's what is turning out to be so typically alpha(to the idiot power) male typical of these books, he's still approachable and generally endearing. I also saw a lot more humor in this book than any of the others that I've seen so far.
What is my biggest pet peeve so far with these books? It's the same thing I found so disturbing in this particular book. The heroines are whiny, insufferable, petulant children. I realized while reading Dark Gold that I was 360 pages in and still slogging through "I can't accept what's happened to me and is right in front of my eyes because is toooo traumatizing......WAAAAAHHHHHHH." Please. Someone smack her and put her out of all of our misery. This so far seems to be the default for the female protagonists in the early books (not so in Dark Slayer), but in Dark Gold the Alex character was too much to bear. I had no sympathy for her at all.
I've just started Dark Magic in the hopes that the three book build up to Gregori's story is a harbinger to something better. However, I'm 60 pages in and so far Savannah is proving to be just another boring whiner. I'll stick with these books for a few more installments, clinging to Dark Slayer in the hopes that at some point the female characters will become a bit more interesting.