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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781420102970
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1420102974
Label: Zebra
Manufacturer: Zebra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: November 01, 2009
Publisher: Zebra
Studio: Zebra
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A scarred recluse, Jagr makes no secret of his disdain for others' company. But now, as a member of Chicago's powerful vampire clan, he has certain obligations to fulfill. The latest: track down a missing were pureblood and return her to her sister. The problem: Regan Garrett has no intention of complying. And though Jagr agreed not to harm an inch of this stubborn female's distractingly tempting body, he'll gladly kiss her into submission, awakening an urge he hasn't felt in years. Hell, in centuries...Regan vowed never to be at the mercy of another man. That goes double for arrogant, steel-muscled vampires with eyes of ice. All Regan wants is revenge against those who imprisoned her. She doesn't need an ally. She certainly doesn't need a mate. But soon Regan will have to choose - between a lust for vengeance, and a passion as dark and dangerous as the night...
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Rating:  -
I really liked the other books in the Guardians of Eternity series, but this one just didn't measure up to the ones before it. The story itself wasn't bad, however there were two primary things that distracted from it. One was the dialogue. Many times it seemed like the author was trying to be funny but it frequently seemed silly and fake. The other was that I didn't connect with the two main characters. They were both constantly focused on saying they were going to attack this or kill that you rarely saw a side of them that made you interested in them. They ended up feeling one dimensional. In the other books, the characters were more interesting and engaging. All that said, the book isn't horrible. It's just OK. Not as good as the earlier ones in the series.
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Sorry to say but I found this book a huge disappointment. I have thoroughly enjoyed this series and it's not that this book isn't well written but I found the characters unlikeable and the plot rather boring.
Styx has ordered the reclusive Jagr to escort Darcy's sister Regan to Chicago. He would love to disobey his Anasso but...he can't. His mission is a trial from the very beginning as Regan has no desire to go to Chicago or anywhere at all with Jagr, even if he is a gorgeous, hunky vampire. Regan is coming off of 30 years of imprisonment so the last thing she is going to accept is being ordered anywhere by anyone. First thing on her agenda is revenge against her jailer, the imp Culligan. This should all add up to an interesting story. Unfortunately it doesn't. For one thing Regan is just a whiny unlikeable brat. Supposedly she has been tortured for 30 years but I found that rather unconvincing. Culligan used her in a religious revival scam where he cuts her then uses her quick healing were ability to present her as miraculouly healed. While this couldn't have been pleasant it doesn't add up to horrendous torture to me. But she has a bad attitude and a huge chip on her shoulder like she has suffered torment beyond bearing. Jagr has a better attitude and he has spent several centuries getting the flesh whipped from his body repeatedly and has the scars to prove it. While he prefers to be alone and doesn't welcome company he isn't insufferably rude and bitchy like Regan. Since Regan is so clearly unpleasant it is hard to believe that Jagr would fall desperately in love with her. Their romance isn't convincing at all.
This author must not expect her books to stay in print because this story is loaded with pop culture references that will date the book horribly in ten years time. If you are not a member of the MTV generation then many of the references won't make sense. And if I had to hear Regan say Holy Crap one more time I would have screamed. Even worse was Jagr calling her "little one" over and over and over. Ick. A grown woman being called that makes my flesh crawl. And the woman was 5'6" so hardly little. Another thing that made no sense was having the tiny gargoyle Levet in the book. Levet is supposed to be devoted to Shay, the Shallot demon from an earlier book. I found it hard to believe that he would have left her side to go bring Regan back to Darcy. Clearly he was just used for comic relief but he didn't fit at all.
However, one boring book in a good series isn't going to make me give up on this author. The next story is about the werewolf King, Salvatore, and is due April 2010. Hopefully it will be better than this one. It won't have to try very hard.
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I really enjoyed reading this book as a fan of vampire fiction. I like how the vamps are portrayed in this book, they are not made too humanistic and still maintain some of their dark side.
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I got this one as a freebie on kindle. I was not familiar with the author or series, but after reading this one, I am diffently going to read all the books in the series. Great Paranormal Romance!
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I was looking forward to this book, having enjoyed the previous books. I just found it very distracting when she used the words "oh crap" so often and it just did not flow naturally. She just seemed to have plucked the words out of thin air and dropped them in. I did not need the references to Britney Spears and Cribs etc.... it was annoying and made the characters seem shallow and unconvincing. My advice is keep writing and keep the grammar clean... The characters are deep and storyline good .. no need for redundant fluff...
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