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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
"of course you needed to see this. you have to be reminded occasionally what you're fighting for. all the effort you make is for them. if you never see a payoff, the workload begins to weigh far too much."
A reunion of all the characters from the first 13 books.
They have all come together in the Carpathian Mountains for a Christmas celebration. There is LOTS of sex. Like everyone was bumping uglies. 13 couples banging like mad. It was almost too much.
But once they got that out of the way, there was a lot of humor. The women attempting to cook human style for the Christmas party. There were stoves burned, kitchens blown up, the use of hairspray and a lighter to caramelize sugar. It was a mess!
There were also lots of renewed friendships between the men and new ones made by the women. Two of the hunters found their lifemates but were unable to do anything about it within this book.
And there were lots of children and love that helped the hunters see what they are fighting for. There were also attacks by the enemy. With all the Carpathians in one convenient location, why wouldn’t their enemy take advantage.
All in all, this was a really rich story. A lot of drama and hijinks to keep the reader engrossed. And there’s even a very surprising Santa Claus. Very surprising!
They have all come together in the Carpathian Mountains for a Christmas celebration. There is LOTS of sex. Like everyone was bumping uglies. 13 couples banging like mad. It was almost too much.
But once they got that out of the way, there was a lot of humor. The women attempting to cook human style for the Christmas party. There were stoves burned, kitchens blown up, the use of hairspray and a lighter to caramelize sugar. It was a mess!
There were also lots of renewed friendships between the men and new ones made by the women. Two of the hunters found their lifemates but were unable to do anything about it within this book.
And there were lots of children and love that helped the hunters see what they are fighting for. There were also attacks by the enemy. With all the Carpathians in one convenient location, why wouldn’t their enemy take advantage.
All in all, this was a really rich story. A lot of drama and hijinks to keep the reader engrossed. And there’s even a very surprising Santa Claus. Very surprising!
After the recent attack on his life, prince of the Carpathian people Mikhail Dubrinsky has called together all of the hunters and their lifemates for a Christmas celebration in the Carpathian mountains. For some time, his people have been hunted not only by vampires, but also fanatical humans from the Morisson Center for Psychic Research. Now a new threat has surfaced in the form of the evil dark mage Xavier and his grandson Razvan.
With enemies joining forces and surrounding his people, Mikhail has begun to worry that they will soon realize that the key to the extinction of the Carpathian race lies not in the destruction of it's hunters - powerful and ancient males - but instead with the annihilation of their lifemates and children. Without the light of a lifemate to anchor the hunter, he would become an incredibly deadly force, capable of unspeakable evil. As one after another of the Carpathian females falls under attack, the people must band together, lending their strength to one another, and work to identify and destroy their assassins.
Despite the malevolent forces that seem to constantly besiege the Carpathian people, this book is probably the "lightest" Dark book I've read so far. For the first time in centuries, there are children among the people and someone must play Santa Claus - think about that for a moment... one of the dominant, aggressive, mighty Carpathian males, living legends in their own right, has to play jolly old St. Nick - a much more cheerful and carefree legend. That alone is worth reading the book for - and I'm not going to tell you who receives this grand honor!
There is also the small matter of the Christmas feast. As the Carpatians are sharing this holiday with human friends there must also be actual human food, and Raven Dubrinsky, lifemate to the prince, is determined that the women cook the food themselves. The fact that none of them has any real skill in the kitchen seems to have escaped them, and their are plenty of kitchen fires, blown up appliances, and messes in every Carpathian home in the mountains. Even funnier, some of the men attempt to help - picture them in the kitchen with aprons on and flour all over the place!
Dark Celebration is definitely a Carpathian book - with new beginnings for some lifemates, pregnancy and birth for others, and revelations about unknown jaguar people and Dragonseekers. It was wonderful to see all the familiar beloved characters from all the other books, and Feehan did a great job of recounting each of their stories as the book went on, to trigger the reader's memory. I enjoyed reading it so much that it was hard to put it down and go the bed. I read it quickly, in less than 2 days, and I really want to re-read the entire series now!
With enemies joining forces and surrounding his people, Mikhail has begun to worry that they will soon realize that the key to the extinction of the Carpathian race lies not in the destruction of it's hunters - powerful and ancient males - but instead with the annihilation of their lifemates and children. Without the light of a lifemate to anchor the hunter, he would become an incredibly deadly force, capable of unspeakable evil. As one after another of the Carpathian females falls under attack, the people must band together, lending their strength to one another, and work to identify and destroy their assassins.
Despite the malevolent forces that seem to constantly besiege the Carpathian people, this book is probably the "lightest" Dark book I've read so far. For the first time in centuries, there are children among the people and someone must play Santa Claus - think about that for a moment... one of the dominant, aggressive, mighty Carpathian males, living legends in their own right, has to play jolly old St. Nick - a much more cheerful and carefree legend. That alone is worth reading the book for - and I'm not going to tell you who receives this grand honor!
There is also the small matter of the Christmas feast. As the Carpatians are sharing this holiday with human friends there must also be actual human food, and Raven Dubrinsky, lifemate to the prince, is determined that the women cook the food themselves. The fact that none of them has any real skill in the kitchen seems to have escaped them, and their are plenty of kitchen fires, blown up appliances, and messes in every Carpathian home in the mountains. Even funnier, some of the men attempt to help - picture them in the kitchen with aprons on and flour all over the place!
Dark Celebration is definitely a Carpathian book - with new beginnings for some lifemates, pregnancy and birth for others, and revelations about unknown jaguar people and Dragonseekers. It was wonderful to see all the familiar beloved characters from all the other books, and Feehan did a great job of recounting each of their stories as the book went on, to trigger the reader's memory. I enjoyed reading it so much that it was hard to put it down and go the bed. I read it quickly, in less than 2 days, and I really want to re-read the entire series now!
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really liked that Christine Feehan did a reunion book. With so many books in the series it is nice to get to reconnect with the characters from the previous books while still moving along the story line. I haven't read any of this books in quite a while and this one made me remember why I love this series so much.
I loved this book. I loved seeing everyone up to that point and how their relationship grew. I love how this book set up future books and it made me very eager to see how Feehan was going to get to that point.
My only irk about it, was Mikhail repeating his joke on Gregori to every couple. It wasn't that he was repeating it was that Feehan used the exact same phrasing every time he repeated and that irked me. The joke itself was great.
I loved that you get to see different sides of the males too. Mikhail and Gregori joking around which is something that you didn't see much in their books or the ones that proceeded them.
At the end of it, this one was one of my favorites.
My only irk about it, was Mikhail repeating his joke on Gregori to every couple. It wasn't that he was repeating it was that Feehan used the exact same phrasing every time he repeated and that irked me. The joke itself was great.
I loved that you get to see different sides of the males too. Mikhail and Gregori joking around which is something that you didn't see much in their books or the ones that proceeded them.
At the end of it, this one was one of my favorites.
This is a reunion story and is by far one of the best. It hints at a few future lifemate couples.
I loved Dark Celebration soley for the interaction between the couples and need I say SKYLER AND DIMITRI! I clutch my books and await the day that my beloved book will be written.