Books : Dark Curse (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 16)
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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: September 02, 2008
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Sales Rank: 2364
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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Lara, a slave to her evil father, she knew only paralyzing fear as a child. Human, yet mage, yet dragon seeker -- she is of the blood of three species yet belongs to none. She is now a loner, guided by the wisdom of her aunts (the only ones who showed her love as a child)--she only wishes to blend in and let no one know of her ancestry and powers.
Now grown Lara is the leading expert in the field of ice cave study around the world and the healing microorganisms that thrive in them. She's also in search of something else: the source of her nightmares--the cold dark corners of her childhood. Only one man has the will and the powers to help her: Nicolas De La Cruz, for whom centuries of hunting and killing have long since taken their toll. Dangerous and arrogant, he still longs to feel sensual love without the hunger for blood. Now, between Lara and Nicolas, a tenuous trust has emerged, and a passion neither has ever known before as a melody of dark promise begins.
Spoiler: This newest installment to Freehan's Dark Series has more of a plot then most. I found this particular book to be darker then usual and the characters considerably more deep. I didn't necessarily like it though. Her Carpathian male was your typical brooding dangerous man. Although, he is considerably more understanding then the other Carpathians she wrote of, in fact he is tremendously understanding. Lara -- his life mate was annoying at times, and I found myself dreading her constant ... Read More
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I have read the entire Dark Series and always check Ms. Feehan's website for any new publishing's to continue the Dark dream. This is a story steeped in European history and folk lore which you will enjoy learning about while you read about men who need life mates to keep from turning to the dark.
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This book is so boring that I have to make myself to finish reading. A waste of time.
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I loved this book, great read, can't wait until the next book in the series comes out.
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I discovered Feehan's series two years ago, and at the time I systematically devoured all of the books released in about two weeks time. I have to say that Dark Legend and Dark Demon are two of my favorites.
Once caught up, I began the fan's burden of waiting impatiently for new books to come out one by one as the year progressed. I tried getting into her other series as a means of distraction, but as enjoyable as some of them are, they don't really compare to the mythos she's created here in the Dark series.
Well, when Dark Possession came out, I had a really hard time. Feehan's blatant theft of White Wolf's World of Darkness games has always been a bit bothersome, especially when she pulled the mages in (mages who get corrupted into vampires by way of greed is the storyline for house Tremere in Vampire, the Masquerade), but injecting "eco-protectors" that are nature magic using Werewolves got a bit much, even for me.
On top of the plagiarism of ideas, Dark Possession was not very well written. The dialog and flow of events would get jumpy and confusing at times - like she didn't have as good of an editorial staff telling her where to go back and check flow in certain passages. Also, her heavy handedness with Solange and her obvious lifemate status with Zacarias was a bit harsh going down.
I thought maybe that I was imagining the drop in quality, so I went back and re-read the series from the beginning - nope, I wasn't imagining ... Read More
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