GAH! I've finally started to read this series again (fell off of it while waiting for the next book to come out and never really picked it up again until now). I was really waiting for this book as I liked Christian immediately. Now, I still like him, I just wish he'd told his interfering family to take a hike. As a plot I thought it was humorous at first when Christian is said to be gay in order to put Carolyn at ease and give the two a chance to hang out and get to know each other while Carolyn acts as a beard. It was cute, but grew old really quickly as the plot became more and more complicated in order to continue the ruse. I also became extremely annoyed with how demanding Christian's family became as they insisted he stick with the cover story rather than come clean. Eventually, I was just cursing Christian and telling him to grow a backbone. I mean, really now! Yes, Carolyn is in her 40s, and Christian appears to be 25. He's already suggested to her that he looks young for his age so what, a 10 year difference(?), isn't that bad. It definitely isn't a "you could be his mother" type deal. And why couldn't they overcome that? Why couldn't he tell the truth (at least in the sense that he was straight and interested) and spend the two weeks wooing her? Wouldn't that have been a better story than having him lie to her and become frustrated as he attempts to woo her in a backwards way? And why the hell can't his family back off? They may be well meaning, but they need to butt out and let Christian pull on his big boy undies and deal with his lifemate all on his own.Sorry for the mini rant but it just drove me nuts the number of times he was physically stopped and told what to do by his Mother and Father. He's 500 years old, I think he can handle dating all by himself. I guess the real issue is that eventually the whole plot just seemed contrived. It was as if the author was looking to get the right page count, so she kept throwing in things that would push him further and further down the wrong path. Excuses were made that he couldn't go about kissing Carolyn and losing himself because they'd wind up naked and knocked out outside (though apparently having this happen in other books is alright?) and that if he told her about the vampire thing before she loved him, she'd run and have to have her mind wiped leaving Christian to watch her from a distance until she died. Which, really now, sort of goes against other books too. But really, beyond all that what it comes down to is this: Back the hell off you interfering family members!! Oh! And friends because Carolyn's friend Bethany drove me nuts with her own demands and orders too! :P GAH! I've finally started to read this series again (fell off of it while waiting for the next book to come out and never really picked it up again until now). I was really waiting for this book as I liked Christian immediately. Now, I still like him, I just wish he'd told his interfering family to take a hike. As a plot I thought it was humorous at first when Christian is said to be gay in order to put Carolyn at ease and give the two a chance to hang out and get to know each other while Carolyn acts as a beard. It was cute, but grew old really quickly as the plot became more and more complicated in order to continue the ruse. I also became extremely annoyed with how demanding Christian's family became as they insisted he stick with the cover story rather than come clean. Eventually, I was just cursing Christian and telling him to grow a backbone. I mean, really now! Yes, Carolyn is in her 40s, and Christian appears to be 25. He's already suggested to her that he looks young for his age so what, a 10 year difference(?), isn't that bad. It definitely isn't a "you could be his mother" type deal. And why couldn't they overcome that? Why couldn't he tell the truth (at least in the sense that he was straight and interested) and spend the two weeks wooing her? Wouldn't that have been a better story than having him lie to her and become frustrated as he attempts to woo her in a backwards way? And why the hell can't his family back off? They may be well meaning, but they need to butt out and let Christian pull on his big boy undies and deal with his lifemate all on his own.Sorry for the mini rant but it just drove me nuts the number of times he was physically stopped and told what to do by his Mother and Father. He's 500 years old, I think he can handle dating all by himself. I guess the real issue is that eventually the whole plot just seemed contrived. It was as if the author was looking to get the right page count, so she kept throwing in things that would push him further and further down the wrong path. Excuses were made that he couldn't go about kissing Carolyn and losing himself because they'd wind up naked and knocked out outside (though apparently having this happen in other books is alright?) and that if he told her about the vampire thing before she loved him, she'd run and have to have her mind wiped leaving Christian to watch her from a distance until she died. Which, really now, sort of goes against other books too. But really, beyond all that what it comes down to is this: Back the hell off you interfering family members!! Oh! And friends because Carolyn's friend Bethany drove me nuts with her own demands and orders too! :P
What do You think about Under A Vampire Moon (2012)?
Dieser Teil der Argeneau-Saga lässt mich etwas zwiegespalten zurück. An sich war es wieder ein sehr süßer, fluffiger Roman, den ich wie alle anderen Teile dieser Reihe mal eben schnell weggelesen habe. Nichts Großartiges, aber ein hübsches Stück Trivialliteratur für Abende in der Kuscheldecke. Das einzige Problem:Die Herangehensweise!Jeder Unsterbliche/Vampir findet in diesen Romanen seine/ihren Lebensgefährtin/Lebensgefährten und bedient sich bei der Verführung mal mehr oder mal weniger geschickt gewählter Mittel.Dieses Mal war es - meiner Meinung nach - weniger geschickt gewählt.Ich HASSE die Masche "Oh, er sagt, er ist schwul, ist es aber nur damit er das Mädchen bekommt". Da bekomme ich das kalte Kotzen. Ich finde solches Verhalten respektlos und denke, es begünstigt Vorurteile und Diskriminierung.So lustig und schön die daraus entstehenden Situationen teilweise waren, hat diese Herangehensweise das Buch für mich doch wirklich geschmälert. Und es auch in meiner Wertung 2Sterne gekostet.Was die Geschichte mit Carolyns Freundin anging. Musste das sein? Ich empfand es als etwas viel des Guten und auch überzogen, aber das ist definitiv eine subjektive Meinung.An sich war es aber ein ganz nettes Buch. Nur diese Herangehensweise an die Lebensgefährtin ist der absolute Dreck...
—adetya
Sie hat schon bessere Storys geschrieben. Die Geschichte war ganz nett, hätte mich als erster Band nicht von der Serie gefesselt.Christian wird als schwul hingestellt, damit Caro ihm vertraut und dann innerhalb von 40-50 Seiten vertraut sie ihm blind und glaubt ihm auch noch die Nano-Geschichte? Erst zu kompliziert, dann meiner Meinung nach zu schnell zu einfach. Lynsay, das kannst du besser :-)
—Sami
This book was very disappointing. Very disappointing. I had to force myself to finish this book.
—achubbysquirrell
