 |
|
Title: Dark Possession (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 15)
ISBN: 0425217094
Author:
Christine Feehan
Publicate Date: 2007-08-28
Publish: 2007-08-28
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
 |
|
|
|
|
Amazon Lowest New Price: $3.00
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $2.35
Amazon Merchant Price: $16.47
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Customer Review: |
|
1: Not her best work
I really do love her and I've read most of her books. In pretty much everyone she uses "white hot pain" and "he kissed her on the side of her mouth" for some reason those phrases bother me. For one thing what guy kisses a woman on the side of her mouth... on purpose? I don't get it. I myself have never experienced white hot pain so it doesn't make much sense to me. Screaming at the top of my lungs or cursing up a storm, that I get, lol! I can usually read one of her books in a day, but with this one I've had it a week and I'm still not done. It's been easy to put down and walk away from it. I've even started reading another book at the same time as I'm reading this one. The story is different and kind of interesting except for the sex scenes, if you've read one you've read them all. There is a lot of the heroine trying to resist him but thinking about having sex with him constantly. So much so, that I started skimming through those sections. You get to the point where you start thinking "who cares, stop talking about it". There's to much fluff for my taste, I want more story.
|
2: So-So.
What started out as a fabulously refreshing take on my favorite series turned into another form. It's meticulously written with beautiful language, but there are flaws in my own eye. Mary Ann had the ability to be a very engaging character with an incredible secret that starts to change Manolito. I was very disappointed that Ms. Feehan, with the option of flip-floping the usual plot line (the woman changes the man), stuck to her guns and did something we had seen fifteen times before hand. I thought there was so much interesting potential in their love, but I was a little disappolinted.
The book also felt very rushed. There wasn't enough time to scratch the surface of Mary Ann's character or situation, and Manolito just kind of... let things go his way, even though there was a wonderful path that he could have gone down. It's a so-so book. Nice for a short read, but I will probably never read it again.
I recomend Dark Prince, Dark Magic, and Dark Destiny. They've got great characters and an interesting plot if you get bored with the romance.
|
3: Uhmm...huh?? This was my last Dark book....
Admittedly I've had a problem with the Dark Series since the author decided to gift us with $25 hard back releases instead of those lovely easily inserted into my purse $7 paperbacks, this story however was the last straw. I loved Mary Ann's character in the previous books and couldn't wait for her to find her Carpathian. I even liked Manolito in that horrid turkey tossing Christmas book but for some reason the two together does not a good book make. Mary Ann's character goes from a top notch counselor for women to a designer wearing, ditzy, annoying woman. There were several times during the story I just wanted to chuck her at the vampires and say take her,please! Manolito who seemed so promising in previous book was just weird and indecisive. His being in the shadow world and the real world was weird and confusing. And the introduction of the wolf thing...give me a break, we got what mages, dragons, jaguars(who is just about everyone that's human in the books)? Oh and the whole Carpathian language is impossible to follow. It's one thing to start a series out using a different language peppered throughout but to wait until you're like 16 books in and then throw it in is just plain stupid. I still have the first 8 books from the Dark Series and I can reread all of those and still sigh at the end with satisfaction. I read the recent stuff and its like Feehan has handed her writing off to an assistant who wants Feehan to loose her credibility. Ms Feehan I beg you reread your first books and take the series back in that direction or let this series die an honorable death. Just noticed I gave this thing 2 stars it was supposed to be one, I must have had a twitchy finger..
|
4: One Of The Best
This is by far one of the best books in this series. I have read the entire series and I recommend this book extremely highly. The characters are full and rich, the plot is more complex than some of the others and I have now read this book 3 times. If you enjoy this series, do not hesitate to purchase this next installment, it is definitely worth the price. My hat is off to Christine Feehan since after so many novels she could make this one so very complex and thoroughly riveting.
|
5: love Christine Feehan books this one...wasn't my favorite
I love her books but this one just didn't give the readers what they want. So the girl in the book turns out to have a wolf spirit in her and Manilito claimed her without her knowing it...but it got confusing with him half there and not there...is he a bloody ghost???Then it got into the Jaguar people...who cares...it was not her best book. Everyone wants to read Rhianna's brother's storm Dominic's story. I want to read Skyler and Dmitri's story...that would be awesome.
|
|
|
|
|
