Well this reads nothing like Viehl's Darkyn books. The setup, style, flow is all different. I don't dislike this, it's just not as awesome as the Darkyn books. Also, I was oft confused in this book. There are a ton of POV's in this. Jessa, Matthias, Drew, Rowan, Genaro, Lawson, Samantha & Lucan. ...
FYI: I read the first in the Darkyn series and then picked up the first two in the Kyndred world as that is what was at my local library :)Also, my review contains SPOILERS!!I was originally very intrigued with the mythology of the books. I loved the idea that vampirism came from a mix of pathog...
Among the books that I have read, this is one of my most disliked.I have never read the other books by this author before. I chose to read this book, because the idea of an adventure and romance of a vampire-like hero intrigued me enough to read it.I was disappointed.The plot is really really bad...
The writing in this book is solid, and I can see how the story would appeal to many people, however I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. At the end of the previous book, the last in the Darkyn series, a really interesting element was revealed about one of the characters. I thought, "Cool...
3.5. I dislike the strand-people-on-an-island plot device, and the stupid delays in communication between groups and the delays in taking out the villain feel forced. The heroine was the closest to an Alexandra clone this series has had: tough chick with medical expertise. The hero was a little t...
I don't know what happened with this book. I loved Jamys & Chris together in Incarnatio. But this book was boring. I would've stopped & gone on to the next one in the series if I could've, but I knew it'd put me too far out of the loop on the big plot of the Lords of the Darkyn series. So what wa...
I'm getting into steampunk and reading more and more of it lately. I picked up the first Clockwork Co. mainly because it was a familiar name and I like the writing style and content of previous books by this author. I enjoyed it so much I went out and bought the second one as soon as it was avail...
SHE RESTORES THE LIGHT OF HOPE.Dr. Alexandra Keller is Chicago's most brilliant reconstructive surgeon.HE DWELLS IN SHADOW.Michael Cyprien is New Orleans's most reclusive millionaire--and in desperate need of Dr. Keller's skills.A NEW DAWN AWAITS THEM BOTH....Beneath the foundation of a mansion i...
Although Sam seemed as surprised as she was at waking up in this tropical paradise, she still couldn’t get rid of the suspicion that he knew more than he was telling her. He’d told her he was handicapped, which he was anything but, and then there was that business on the stairs with the mask and ...
Prince and Sali preferred racing to exploring, but once we took them on the narrow trail they fell into our usual riding positions, Jesse and Prince in the front and Sali and me following behind. Nothing ever bothered us, but sometimes my presence attracted some feral cats, lynxes and other felin...
A few old ladies in the back seats frowned my way as I stood with the men at the front of the car, reminding me that I was still in my skirts. If I’d dressed in my native costume of bucks they wouldn’t have given me a second glance. The men, mostly young clerks and old gop...
“I’ve yet to fathom why you need to acquire a new tresora at all,” Byrne grumbled as he poured a glass of bloodwine for Jayr. “We’ve dozens of them about the place. Pick one from our own, and train them to suit you, I say.” “Most of our tresori are performers, laborers, or office workers,” she re...
As soon as he did, she heard men shouting and women screaming beneath the earsplitting screech of the fire alarm. A crackling sound drowned out the hiss of water spraying from the ceiling, but she saw no flames or smoke in the air. As she came around the corner she had to swerve to avoid a huge c...
Th ey’d taken Wrecker’s from me, but I didn’t especially need a kneecapper’s blade. Any dagger, even a pen knife, would suffi ce for the last bit of killing I had to do. I caught a whiff of piss as I imagined it. A quick slash across the carotid. Lots of blood—lots of mess—but they were used to t...
My brothers were in the kitchen by the time I went downstairs, and from their normal expressions I assumed they’d already talked, too. Peace. It was a beautiful thing. I was grateful that things at home were okay now because I still had to deal with...