Dirk and Steele: Book 1
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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Tiger Eye, by Marjorie M. Liu, rating A |
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“an excellent novel”
Callie V wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The first book in the Dirk & Steele series by Marjorie M. Liu is a wonderful book. Delilah Reese is a special woman with special psychic abilities who is on vacation in Beijing. During a shopping expedition to the local Dirt Market she is sold a riddle box by a persistant old woman. Once back to her hotel room she works to open the box. To her surprise out pops Hari.
Christina T wrote this review Saturday, August 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
To some this might seem like a cheesy attempt at a twisted genie in a bottle story but it truly isn't. Hari has been cursed to the box for over 2000 years having to do the bidding of whomever owns the box. His life is nothing but that of a slave to do whatever tasks he is commanded to do. He has been a killer for kings and a concubine for women over the millennia never doing what he would like but only things that his masters want.
Dela and Hari find that breaking his curse isn't the only thing going on. Dela's life is also in jeopardy. On the day that Hari is released from the box Dela is attacked twice. By two different parties even. Hari means to use all his years as a trained warrior to keep her safe.
I found this book very enjoyable enough to forgo sleep in order to read every word. The book takes place in only a matter of days but somehow Liu manages to weave her tale of romance into an extremely believable story. Well, if you believe in shapeshifters and wizards that is.
I normally take issue with books that have a relationship bloom so quickly. The thought of "love at first sight" makes me roll my eyes and want to throw the book against a wall. Dela and Hari do fall in love and happen to do it within a very short time period and somehow Ms. Liu made me a believer of their love.
I give this book a 4.5 Star rating. I know that shelfari doesn't have the option of 1/2 stars so I will have to go with 4 instead. As good as I think this book was I don't think it is a 5 star.”
“one of the best paranormal romance i've ever read, great author not fully appreciated by people for what she deserves”
biagio p wrote this review Wednesday, December 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wow. Now I see what everyone was raving about. This is one of those books I was hesitant to read because there was just so much hype about it. And again, the hype was well-deserved. It appears to be the start of a series about characters with a wide variety of paranormal and/or psychic abilities. The heroine, an artist with a psychic affinity for metal, is in China on vacation, where an old woman convinces her to buy a puzzle box, which, when she opens it, contains a shape-shifting warrior who's been cursed to be a slave to the owner of the box. The magi who cursed him is now after both of them, and there's an assassin after her as well.”
DKayeS wrote this review Thursday, December 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I have a hundred and one wonderful things to say about this book - the strength and depth of the characters, the sensory descriptions of the settings, the intriguingly twisting development of the plot. . . But I must warn: this book is HIGHLY COMPLEX, as are all the books in this series. Even having read them several times, I still shake my head and feel like I've missed something important - some obvious connection. I'm sure I'll feel that way until the series is complete. None-the-less, I recommend this book. ”
Laura G wrote this review Friday, May 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“not that great paranormal romance-couldn't even finish it.”
retroredux wrote this review Saturday, January 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Bullet proof kitty is to die for.”
Megan_Bamford wrote this review Wednesday, December 12 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Tiger Eye, by Marjorie M. Liu, rating A
CindyPageTurner wrote this review Friday, September 21 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
First in the Dirk & Steele series. I enjoyed this book. It made me thing of the first couple of ‘Crazy’ books. TE has some great characters.
From Amazon: At the start of Liu's first-rate debut, psychically sensitive tourist Dela Reese browses for treasures at Beijing's Dirt Market, where an old woman sells her a riddle box for only one yuan. Surprisingly, when Dela opens the box back in her hotel room, a gorgeous seven-foot-tall warrior appears, bearing 2,000-year-old weapons. The warrior, Hari, has been cursed for two millennia to serve as a slave - bereft of his power to shape-shift into a tiger - to anyone who opens the box. Assassins follow Delilah and Hari from Beijing back home to the U.S., where Dela and Hari soon find themselves in the midst of a war between Chinese crime syndicates. The reappearance of Hari's age-old nemesis, the Magi, who has been searching for Hari since he was imprisoned in the box, jacks up the suspense. The romance between Delilah and Hari tantalizingly builds until it culminates in a sensual love scene. Repetitive references to Hari's great stature fortunately don't detract from the appeal of this striking paranormal romance.
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