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Anne Seymour wrote this review Saturday, November 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I picked up this book figuring it would be a good chance to try each of these authors. I ended up liking one story, thinking another was ok and didn't care for the other two. These are all about vampires, werewolves or some sort of paranormal mix of vampires. Feehan's story is about an animal activist that ends up rescuing a vampire. Shayne's story is about a doctor (who is a werewolf) and a college professor doing research on the existance of werewolves. Holly's story is about a vampire who takes a liking to the local pastry shop owner. Knight's story is about a cop who as a run in with her teenage crush.
WonderBunny wrote this review Saturday, November 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I liked Knight's story the best and found Feehan's story pretty good. I didn't care for Shayne's and that may just be my own hang up because no matter how hot a doctor is, when I come in for help, I don't think the idea of him playing with my breasts during an exam is acceptable. Holly's story was sort of ok, but I didn't really care for it. I felt that all the stories lacked any sort of complex plot, if they had much of a plot beyond the sex. I will be trying a book by Knight but haven't decided on any of the other authors yet, besides I don't think I'll be reading anything else by Shayne. ”
“All three stories were good”
Aubrey M wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Dana W wrote this review Friday, July 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“tee hee!”
Jessie Lynn wrote this review Thursday, July 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Dark Hunger, the Feehan story, was excellent. Vamp meets jaguar woman for hot jungle love. What could be better? Good storyline too.
lightheaded wrote this review Thursday, April 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Seduction's Gift, is the first of the Angela Knight's mageverse series. An excellent introduction to that world.
Awaiting Moonrise and The Night Owl were just okay. Moonrise had a pretty good storyline. Night Owl didn't, but had pretty good sex scenes.”
“Dark Hunger by Christine Feehan is book 14 in the Dark Carpathian Series. I read this "short story" in an anthology, and this review is only for Dark Hunger.
Susan wrote this review Saturday, January 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Riordan is an ancient and powerful Carpathian male living in the jungles of South America with his brothers. Trapped and caged by the same beastly Morrison Psychic Research Center that has been endangering the lives of all immortals throughout the series, Riordan will give his life before becoming the bait to bring in his brothers and others of their kind.
Deep within the jungle, Juliette lives with her sister Jasmine and cousin Solange. On a mission to liberate wild animals from the Morrison Center's secret jungle lab, Juliette stumbles upon something she did not expect - Riordan. As Juliette frees him from his captors, Riordan realizes that he's found his lifemate, but Juliette has her own secrets to protect...
As you may have noticed, I'm not a huge fan of the "short stories" in this series. Usually, the stories from the anthologies are just too short to be as good as the rest of the series. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE WITH Dark Hunger! It was really exceptional.
Dark Hunger is vivid, and beautifully written. Feehan's writing is fluid and lyrical, and her style of multiple point-of-views is outstanding. I'm really intrigued by the "jaguar people" we've been hearing about for awhile now, and was happy to see a little more of them in this book. I can't wait to see what happens next, so I'm officially moving book 15 to the top of my tbr pile.
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“I think that the story was very interesting and unique, but I wasnt like "wow." I thought the idea of a vampire desiring for a mortal was impressive. The writing was good and the story definetly has a certain flow to it”
OLIVIA L wrote this review Monday, January 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“**** "Dark Hunger" by Christine Feehan. Carpathians meet Jaguars. I'd have liked to see more info about how/why the two races can/can't mesh, but I realize there wasn't space in a novella. Both the h/h have siblings who'll probably get more stories.
DKayeS wrote this review Thursday, December 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
**** "Awaiting Moonrise" by Maggie Shayne. Werewolf, voodoo, a cryptozoologist. I kept thinking this was by Rebecca York--it felt very much like her Moon stories. Nice story, but one that would have been better if it had been longer--I didn't really buy that the h/h fell in love so fast.
**** "The Night Owl" by Emma Holly. Again, just too short. I'd been looking forward to Bastien's story, and I wanted to see more of it. Still, nice portrayal of a natural ruler who's wary of taking power.
****½ "Seduction's Gift" by Angela Knight. Lancelot! Woo-hoo. Heroine's a cop, knows all about the magi and majae (sp?--I always get them confused--would have been nicer if AK had given them more distinctive designations from the beginning, but...), and in fact already knows Lancelot & that sex with him will bring her into her powers, so it makes the story fit better into the novella length.”
