Search - Beyond the Pale (Darkwing Chronicles, Bk 1)

when I glanced thrugh the book before reading it through (I'm impatient person) it seemed all right, so I started reading. It's been a while since I read a book where practicaly on every page I saw lack of research and glaring mistakes. Pave diamonds from renaisance florence??? Official dossier using flowery prose???? cheesy speaches from supposed government officials? a heroine with IQ withing the top 1% of the population, tht lived for over 300 years, running for her life, who still possesses an astonishing level of naivette, and goes into a trap despite every instict??? who was also, byt the way a ninja, at one point of her life???? Ugggg!!! I couldn't read anymore, i was too disgusted. from my first glance, the love story seemed all right, but all thisannoying detailes just drove me nuts. you might like it, if you don't mind a ton of inconcistances, but it just wasn't my bup of tea. i like well researched books, even if they are paranormal romances

Wow! This was an awesome book, and a debut from this author no less. No wonder NeedSun had to immediately buy/locate book two. If she hadn't, I might've had to. ;)

This book is classified as a romance, and though I can see the romance aspect, it definitely wasn't the primary focus of the book which made me enjoy it even more. I like books where romance, if included at all, is more of an afterthought than part of the main story line.

Daphne is a strong, tough character, the kind I like, and a vampire to boot. Plus she's a Monkey in Chinese Astrology like me. :) In Beyond the Pale, Daphne, a nearly 500 year old vampire, is approached to join a team of vamps working for the US government to help catch terrorists. Vampires aren't widely recognized and accepted here like they are in the Anita Blake books, instead only certain government officials, and the Vamps themselves, really know of their existence. And with their superhuman strength, Team Darkwing makes a great set of heroes!

Though I just finished saying I don't care for the romance aspect, I'm curious to find out what happens between Daphne and Darius in the next book.

Honestly, I did not like this book very much. That being said, I was almost overly intrigued by the idea of a vampire spy. Plus, the chemistry between the two main characters was just hot. I will try the second book, just because I'm curious. But, the simplistic writing and cardboard characters really does kill the story.

Dumb story...got partway thru and couldn't stand it any longer. ugh. Waste of time, imho.
There's PLENTY of pretty good vampire stories 'out there' without continuing to slog thru such a nonsensical boring story.

If you passes Daphne Urban on the streets of New York, you'd see a sleek brunette, young dressid in up to the minute style. You'd never know she was a vampire. But the government knows.
Their ultimatum: Spy for the United States, or be terminated. And after all these centuries Daphne is not ready to call it quits.

fun read, looking forward to the the next book.