Dirk and Steele: Book 4
Members with This Book
Most Helpful Reviews
see all reviews
Liked It “This book had me crying and frustrated at parts, because it brings back my favorite characters from "Shadow Touch" and has them in an impossible situation. Really pulls at the heart strings, though it is my least favorite of the series.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Newest Reviews
see all reviews-
“Yet another great story in this stunning series. I love all the characters involved with the agency. And such characters they are! Roland deserves a romance in one of these books. He has it coming to him. *laughs*
Ley wrote this review Sunday, June 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Blue is such an intriguing person from the start. You know he carries baggage, with his family and his gifts, but I never expected quite so much. I mean, the math teacher? Whoa. Suddenly you can see him just a little clearer. I loved the overwhelming story of brothers in this book. Even with Daniel trying so hard to hate him, family IS family. And in the end even their father's abuse and games can't change that.
The circus was the perfect way to introduce dear Iris. She was just such a part of the people, even if she was so different. Though not as different as she believed. Her own family issues stood out in such contrast to Blue's. They're so lucky to have each other. I think they're going to be working things out for quite awhile. And the plot thickens with the Consortium still all too alive and well, and yet another mysterious agency entering the game.
I must admit as a side note, I was very excited to see Artur and Elena again!, even if under such dire circumstances. Rictor deserves his own romance too, if for less vindictive reasons on my part.”“This book had me crying and frustrated at parts, because it brings back my favorite characters from "Shadow Touch" and has them in an impossible situation. Really pulls at the heart strings, though it is my least favorite of the series. ”
Laura G wrote this review Friday, May 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Dirk & Steele gang are back! For those who like paranormal romance but are finding the genre to be very heavy on the romance (ie - sex) and light on plot, rejoice! Marjorie M. Liu has got you covered! I first discovered her while reading the Crimson City series, a good set of books by different authors, all about Crimson City - a place full of vampires, werewolves, demons and more. Liu's contribution, "A Taste of Crimson", was the best book by far, and I was determined to see if it was a one-time fluke or if she was really that good.
bookbabe wrote this review Sunday, December 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
She's really that good!
"Eye of Heaven" is the 4th book in the Dirk & Steele series. D&S is a detective agency started by a couple who are pychics. Over the years, they have found others with "special" powers and recruited them, helping rescue those in need, solve crimes, etc. They do their best to fly under the radar, preferring that the rest of the world not know that things such as telekinetics, shape-shifters, clairvoyants, healers, and more really do exist. Just makes things easier that way.
Blue Perrineau is one of the agents at D&S. His specialty is electrokinesis - he can control anything with an electric current with his mind. Especially handy for stopping cars driven by bad guys, diffusing bombs, and - oh yeah - stopping the hearts of those around him. No, that's not a bad romance pun; he can literally stop a human heart, something that has happened before when he lost control of his "gift" and killed several people. Something that he's always aware of and determined will not happen again.
Blue is injured during a mission and receives a call from his mother while he's recuperating. His father has died and he needs to come home. Keep in mind, Blue has hated his father his whole life, so he's not too keen on the idea of returning to the family fold. Love for his mother, though, gets him on the plane. Much to his surprise, the old man is not dead - but he is dying and blackmails Blue into locating Blue's half-brother - a sibling he knew nothing about. Blue's father has complete dossiers on Blue and his friends at D&S, including information about their "gifts", giving Blue no choice but to cooperate. That information cannot be made public, and morever, cannot get into the wrong hands.
Enter Las Vegas and the circus! Blue locates his brother in a local circus performing Houdini-type acts. He also encounters Iris McGillis and immediately recognizes her for what she really is - a shape-shifter. Iris has a "big cat" act, one that amazes the audience, but as usual, disgusts the typcial animal-rights activist groups who think her cats should be "free". If they only knew how loved and pampered those cats really were! Someone is trying to kill Iris, it would seem, and Blue steps in to protect her. Of course the sparks fly, and each tries to ignore their growing affection for the other, all in hopes of protecting their hearts. Iris, too, has had a bad experience when she "lost control" - she severely injured a boy she was making out with when she accidently shifted into her leopard form.
The plot itself is a bit too complicated to explain here. It's full of action and suspense, which is great! The best part, though, is that the romance has time to build - the characters don't even remotely hook up until well past the half-way point of the book! As a friend of mine recently pointed out, a lot of entries in the paranormal romance genre lately have been sacrificing plot for sex; it's so refreshing to watch two characters not get horizontal! This might not appeal to those who would prefer more "romance" in their books, but I think it's a good choice by Liu. All of the D&S books are like this, heavy on plot and - dare I say it? - character development. That means, folks, that by the time the couple does actually admit to caring about each other and possibly getting horizontal, you care too! Makes everything much better, in my humble opinion”
“Blue is undercover in Jakarta, Indonesia, trying to find Santoso, a man who deals in human flesh and blood, in the worst possible way. Just when he thinks he is getting closer, he encounters a strange woman. She knows who and what he is, warns him, and then blows him up. The bomb almost kills him, but Elena can reach him in time to heal him, at the cost of her own heart. Because when Blue is unconscious he cannot control his powers, the powers of electricity, and bio-electricity, the very thing that makes the human heart tick.
Aurian wrote this review Wednesday, November 14 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
He is pulled of the case, and flown back to America, because his father is dead. His father, a man he wants nothing to do with, one of the richest men in the world, known and admired for his good works and philantrophy, but under the surface one of the most evil men alive.
When he arrives at his fathers mansion, it is still crawling with guards, and he finds his mother there. Captive of his father, who still lives, only pretending to the world to be dead. He then blackmails Blue to find his brother, Daniel, who has run away a year ago. He threatenes to expose his collegues, his friends, who are all "special" like Blue himself, and to have his mother arrested for being a terrorist.
And Blue has no other choice but to comply. His friend Dean, a powerfull clairvoyant, finds a trail to Vegas, and so Blue is off to Las Vegas. Where he finds his brother in a little circus, giving shows in one of the casino's. He also meets a female lion-tamer, a beautiful girl, who is in trouble from eco-terrorists who want to capture or "free" her animals, and a very scary stalker. A girl who is more than she seems, with golden eyes, and a special way of communicating with her animals. And a girl he feels an instant connection to.
But when Blue finds his brother, he cannot just take him home to his father, he wants to get to know him, because Daniel recognises him immediately. How? When he has never known of Daniel? Daniel is a magician there, but when Blue sees his act, he knows Daniel has his own powers, he is a very strong kinetic, and not afraid to use his powers on the stage.
And then he meets the lady from Jakarta again, or rather, she finds him, and things are starting to get worse very quickly. Lily is being kidnapped by Santoso, and Blue, Daniel and Selena will have to work together to free her.
In Jakarta all storylines come together in a surprising, evil twist. Meeting again the Consortium, the third agency, and the mysterious Rictor.
A very good book again. I loved Lily and Blue, could feel with them. You can totally understand their struggles about what to do, what to feel. There is love, humor, true evil and good friends. In the end, you are none the wiser about the things you really want to know out the previous books, but it is so intriguingly written. I especially loved the last two sentences in the book, and I look forward to the next one, Soul Song. I truly recommend this series to everyone.
4,5 stars.”
“Iris and Blue are fabulous the sparks that fly between them dramatic and the storyline enthralling”
Megan_Bamford wrote this review Wednesday, December 12 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Displaying 1-5 of 5
