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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.
ashleyh's review against another edition
Gave up on page 88. I've liked other books by her in the past, but this one I just couldn't get into.
thebrowngriotte's review against another edition
5.0
I really like this series, enough to star at the beginning! The book was goo but Alex gets on my damn nerves!
kerveros's review against another edition
3.0
So I was wrong, Gregori's book is the one after this. I'm quite glad that we had a bit of a break from him (though he has a cameo near the end of this book) because of what he did in the last book. There is also no Mikhail which I was kind of glad about.
This book focuses on Aidan who had a cameo in Dark Desire, the previous book in the series. All we know about him is that he is an 'ancient' but not as old as Gregori and Mikael. What we learn about him is that he is more gentlemanly than them - Alexandria has the most freedom of our three female leads so far, Aidan respects her wishes more than Jacques and Mikhail did - and it is a refreshing change to be honest.
This book does seem to wrap itself up a bit quickly, I find myself wanting to know whether Alexandria did end up working for Ivan or not, or how he reacted when he discovers he 'lost' her. Still, this was the most enjoyable of the three books so far and I am hoping that this trend continues.
This book focuses on Aidan who had a cameo in Dark Desire, the previous book in the series. All we know about him is that he is an 'ancient' but not as old as Gregori and Mikael. What we learn about him is that he is more gentlemanly than them - Alexandria has the most freedom of our three female leads so far, Aidan respects her wishes more than Jacques and Mikhail did - and it is a refreshing change to be honest.
This book does seem to wrap itself up a bit quickly, I find myself wanting to know whether Alexandria did end up working for Ivan or not, or how he reacted when he discovers he 'lost' her. Still, this was the most enjoyable of the three books so far and I am hoping that this trend continues.
katiev's review against another edition
4.0
I had initially skipped this one and went straight to book 4 ([b:Dark Magic|287633|Dark Magic (Dark #4)|Christine Feehan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327895205s/287633.jpg|2830894]). I'd been wanting to read Gregori's story and Aidan didn't seem all that interesting to me. I'm glad I went back because I ended up really enjoying his story.
Aidan was one of the more reasonable of the controlling Carpathian males. He was definitely alpha, but he made an effort to understand where the heroine was coming from. By Carpathian male standards he was practically evolved. He had lived with generations of the same human family for centuries and that kept him a bit more grounded.
He found Alexandria when she and her little brother - whom she was raising - were captured by a vampire. Alexandria had psychic powers, which made her attractive to both vampires and Carpathians because psychic human women could be turned. Aidan initially took her for a vampiress since the vampire had been attempting to turn her and had forced two blood exchanges. He was going to kill her when he realized he could see color and she had to be his life mate.
The book does follow the usual pattern of the heroine fighting for her independence and refusing to acknowledge her bond with the hero. Which, granted, does get a bit old at times. We all know where it will end up and sometimes I feel this portion gets played too far. However, there were some differences with this book that made it fresh. One being Aidan, who tried hard to take the heroine's trauma into consideration and was wonderful about accepting and protecting her little brother.
Alexandria is also one of my favorite heroines in this series. She seemed to have some common sense that I found lacking in some of the previous novels and I just liked her. She was brave and did find herself in trouble a few times, but she wasn't a "foot stomper". She didn't run off into danger just to prove what a strong, smart, independent woman she was. She knew when she was in over her head, especially once she accepted that she wasn't going crazy and this was her new reality. At first, she did get herself into some trouble, partly because she wasn't so sure that Aidan was telling her the truth or that she wasn't hallucinating or becoming psychotic. I think it's reasonable that you'd question your sanity if you were suddenly thrown into this world.
I also liked that the fact that all the action/drama did not center around the evil human society of "vampire hunters". The Society didn't make an appearance in this one, which was a nice break. It seems like there is always a sexual sadist somewhere in most of Feehan's books, and the men in the Society seem to be using vampire hunting as a thinly veiled excuse to torture women. Spoilerish - I kept expecting Alexandria's prospective boss to fit that mold and found it refreshing that he was your more run-of-the-mill arrogant rich man who thought he could have whatever he wanted and he - of course - wanted Alex. However, he wasn't a sick freak. He was just arrogant and kind of a douche bag.
Overall this was a refreshing and enjoyable addition to the series.
Aidan was one of the more reasonable of the controlling Carpathian males. He was definitely alpha, but he made an effort to understand where the heroine was coming from. By Carpathian male standards he was practically evolved. He had lived with generations of the same human family for centuries and that kept him a bit more grounded.
He found Alexandria when she and her little brother - whom she was raising - were captured by a vampire. Alexandria had psychic powers, which made her attractive to both vampires and Carpathians because psychic human women could be turned. Aidan initially took her for a vampiress since the vampire had been attempting to turn her and had forced two blood exchanges. He was going to kill her when he realized he could see color and she had to be his life mate.
The book does follow the usual pattern of the heroine fighting for her independence and refusing to acknowledge her bond with the hero. Which, granted, does get a bit old at times. We all know where it will end up and sometimes I feel this portion gets played too far. However, there were some differences with this book that made it fresh. One being Aidan, who tried hard to take the heroine's trauma into consideration and was wonderful about accepting and protecting her little brother.
Alexandria is also one of my favorite heroines in this series. She seemed to have some common sense that I found lacking in some of the previous novels and I just liked her. She was brave and did find herself in trouble a few times, but she wasn't a "foot stomper". She didn't run off into danger just to prove what a strong, smart, independent woman she was. She knew when she was in over her head, especially once she accepted that she wasn't going crazy and this was her new reality. At first, she did get herself into some trouble, partly because she wasn't so sure that Aidan was telling her the truth or that she wasn't hallucinating or becoming psychotic. I think it's reasonable that you'd question your sanity if you were suddenly thrown into this world.
I also liked that the fact that all the action/drama did not center around the evil human society of "vampire hunters". The Society didn't make an appearance in this one, which was a nice break. It seems like there is always a sexual sadist somewhere in most of Feehan's books, and the men in the Society seem to be using vampire hunting as a thinly veiled excuse to torture women. Spoilerish -
Overall this was a refreshing and enjoyable addition to the series.
ineffablewitch's review against another edition
3.0
Please.... stop using the word “creamy”
I am begging you.
This was a decent romance! Better than the last n that it wasn’t boring or repetitive, though the sex scenes in this series haven’t done t for me I keep reading, because the concepts can be very interesting!
I am begging you.
This was a decent romance! Better than the last n that it wasn’t boring or repetitive, though the sex scenes in this series haven’t done t for me I keep reading, because the concepts can be very interesting!
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