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readswithstella's review
4.0
Dark Gold is the third installment of the Dark Series. And it's basically has the recurring theme of the series, which is a possessive and powerful male meeting a woman with a will of her own. Alexandria, in my opinion, is strong willed, if a bit too stubborn for her own good, a trait that I've learned to like during the course of the book, but it was a bit annoying at first. I'm guess it's CF's way of developing the character of a human woman's transition to being something else, so I guess that could excuse Alex's earlier hysteria. Aidan...now, he and characters like him are what the Dark Series are made of. Yum. Haha. All in all, the book was good, which is to be expected, though it could get dragging after a while, especially since CF has the tendency to describe the same thing over and over again.
jkfugitt's review
3.0
I liked this book a whole better than Dark Magic. If simply because I liked the female character better.
22wolflovers's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
stuffy_durgon's review
2.0
This book was a slog for me. Almost a DNF. It is 269 pages of a guy trying to win over the lady. No other real story.
jlaynereads's review
5.0
They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...
I truly enjoyed this book! Yes the Hero (main male character) is over bearing and probably not a feminist but it was still good!
It was well written with a vibrant world & well developed characters.
Alexandria will do anything to protect her brother ... will he help her?
I truly enjoyed this book! Yes the Hero (main male character) is over bearing and probably not a feminist but it was still good!
It was well written with a vibrant world & well developed characters.
Alexandria will do anything to protect her brother ... will he help her?
ellelainey's review against another edition
4.0
Much better than Book 2, but still quite repetitive. I suppose that's expected considering they're all Carpathian males, who find psychic females who have no idea that Carpathian's really exist.
I think there was more of a 'romance' element here again, which Aiden trying to properly court Alexandria and hide his dark side from her. I still don't get why the women keep denying what is so obvious. They're all independent, yes, I get that, and all are usually emotionally stunted and unable to accept that they're in love. But not all women are that way, and it would be nice to read something different. Hopefully I'll get that later on in the series.
I think there was more of a 'romance' element here again, which Aiden trying to properly court Alexandria and hide his dark side from her. I still don't get why the women keep denying what is so obvious. They're all independent, yes, I get that, and all are usually emotionally stunted and unable to accept that they're in love. But not all women are that way, and it would be nice to read something different. Hopefully I'll get that later on in the series.
xofelf's review
5.0
Again i wanted to take the male Carpathian and beat his head against a wall, but other than that i liked this one too.
thegeekyblogger's review
3.0
Dark Gold by Christine Feehan was another entry in the Dark Series. So the "arrogant" part continues but I think in this book she ends up giving a better explanation of why. I really liked Aiden/Alex arc--it showed growth on both of their parts and showed that they were willing to work on it. I loved Aiden's human family and that they were an important part of the story! All in all it was a fun escapist read :)
bookwife's review
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.
rebeccareadsmut's review
2.0
Audio book.
I know I've read this one before, probably a couple times even back in the day, but damn it was slightly painful getting through this one again.
The things I liked about this one? Aidan has blonde hair and he lives in San Francisco, one of the few (at least in early books) that doesn't live in the Carpathian Mountains/Europe. There's almost no blonde Carpathians, who knows why he does. And there's not a TON of evil vampire interactions in this book, just at the beginning and end, unlike some other Dark One books by Feehan. But this book reminds me of all of the not great stuff about books from the early 200s.
The audiobook was also not great, but I assume it's just old. I didn't like the narrators voice much which probably didn't help. If I'd enjoyed her voice I probably could have listened to it easier if it wasn't for the audibook. Also there was this like hum or something when she talked....I assume it's just a bad/older recording. Borrowed it online from my library. That said I doubt I would have ever finished it if I was reading it, Feehan can be super long winded sometimes, which is not fun if you aren't loving the book.
Aidan is super domineering. And Alexandria is super duper annoying. I literally had to check this book out like 4 times from the library and limp through it when I had absolutely nothing else to listen to in the car.
The only really good thing about this book was getting more Gregori. I love Gregori, he's the only reason I suffered through this book, I really want to re-read his book again and see how I like it. It used to be one of my favorite books back in the day.
I know I've read this one before, probably a couple times even back in the day, but damn it was slightly painful getting through this one again.
The things I liked about this one? Aidan has blonde hair and he lives in San Francisco, one of the few (at least in early books) that doesn't live in the Carpathian Mountains/Europe. There's almost no blonde Carpathians, who knows why he does. And there's not a TON of evil vampire interactions in this book, just at the beginning and end, unlike some other Dark One books by Feehan. But this book reminds me of all of the not great stuff about books from the early 200s.
The audiobook was also not great, but I assume it's just old. I didn't like the narrators voice much which probably didn't help. If I'd enjoyed her voice I probably could have listened to it easier if it wasn't for the audibook. Also there was this like hum or something when she talked....I assume it's just a bad/older recording. Borrowed it online from my library. That said I doubt I would have ever finished it if I was reading it, Feehan can be super long winded sometimes, which is not fun if you aren't loving the book.
Aidan is super domineering. And Alexandria is super duper annoying. I literally had to check this book out like 4 times from the library and limp through it when I had absolutely nothing else to listen to in the car.
The only really good thing about this book was getting more Gregori. I love Gregori, he's the only reason I suffered through this book, I really want to re-read his book again and see how I like it. It used to be one of my favorite books back in the day.