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Tarfumes.com - Dark Curse (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 16)
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List Price: $24.95
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Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425223437
ISBN: 0425223434
Label: Berkley Hardcover
Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2008-09-02
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Studio: Berkley Hardcover
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A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance.”(USA Today)
Born into a world of ice, slave to her evil father, Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a child. Only by escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would she survive to claim her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker…
Now, Lara is in search of the source of her nightmares—the cold, dark corners of her childhood just on the edges of her memory. Only one man has the power and the will to help her: dangerous, arrogant Nicolas De La Cruz.
Together, Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their pasts—and discover a passion that neither has ever known before.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not in love with this
Comment: I think Feehan has too much going on right now. This book should have been longer and is missing too much. Dominic was the only really interesting character and he disappeared. The two human males were a little too disposable. Also, I'm not sure why she fell in love with Nicholas. I don't want you to get confused - I almost enjoyed the book, but I'm not comfortable suggesting you buy it at hardcover price. Borrow, or wait until paperback. I'm also a little tired of her quickly changing Razvan character and the heroines that are so damaged.
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Summary: Liked it for the most part but not happy with the end - SPOILER
Comment: On the whole I enjoyed the story. I found the excessive use of Carpathian language a little annoying but just skimmed over it. I however was kind of disappointed in the end. To me the actions of the other Carpathians seemed selfish with little concern for how Lara might feel. A big deal is made about how important the women are and how they can't afford to lose even one or their lifemate, however the ending made me feel as if that wasn't the case with Lara. They seem to have no problem endangering Lara or her lifemate by insisting that she not be converted because they don't know if she will be able to detect the organism if she is full Carpathian.
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Summary: Not as Smooth
Comment: Dark curse is not as smooth as most of the previous books in this series. I think the author was trying to hard to bring all the old characters back and fit other things into the story, which caused inconsistancies and the story to feel a bit choppy. For instance, the fact that the women had lost a couple of babies and were still trying to have them was odd... I would have thought the males would not want their women to go through that over and over regardless of what is needed. It still had most of the things that makes these stories great... but I like it better when she concentrates on the couple rather than the whole group. The ending was not expected either... I felt like the book wasn't finished.
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Summary: Worth the wait.....just
Comment: Since meeting Lara in Dark Demon (albeit via a flashback) I knew that her story would be a good one. I was not disappointed and did like the fact that Lara turned out to be a strong character. However saying that her strength and fiesty nature was very much diluted in parts and I found that frustrating to say the least. I yelled Eureka when finally they found out what was killing the babies...but can it be fixed... you will have to read to find out. Not as good as Dark Fire and Dark Magic but I reckon Christine has reinvented the series in a magical way.
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Summary: Not impressed.
Comment: I have to say I have not been impressed with Feehan's last few Dark entries other than Dark Celebration. I don't feel invested in the characters like I did with the first half of the series - except for Skyler and Dimitri and Dominick. The only reason I liked Dark Celebration was the revisiting of older characters I still had feelings for and the interactions between Skyler and Dimitri. As for this entry, Nicolas was fine but not to the level of Mikhail, Gregori, Darius, Lucien, etc. And Lara is certainly no Destiny (talk about someone with a horrible childhood!)
(SPOILER ALERT) The meeting of the warriors really irked me - can't let the women fight (no matter how well-trained) because we'll lose our baby making machines! They just distract us! What bull... the only ones who should have any say in it are the women and their lifemates. And I'm not liking the way the whole miscarriage thing is going - it's making strong women characters like Raven and Savannah just look whiny instead of tragic. And I actually miss the threat of the Morrison Center - for some reason that did seem kind of frightening vs this Xavier storyline which just irritates me.
At this point, I'm only waiting for Skyler and Dimitri's story and Dominick's - but I'm also getting really concerned that they aren't going to be any more substantial than what Feehan has recently been churning out. We'll just have to see.
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