Search - Dark Magic (Carpathians (Dark), Bk 4)

This book was so awful. Like eating a pound of those orange squishy circus peanuts bad. The plot was predictable, but that's not unusual in a romance novel. It was the characters I couldn't stand. They were so annoying! So shallow! So dumb!

Savannah is a complete twit, throwing one temper-tantrum after another. She supposedly knows that her intended lifemate, Gregori, will go mad and succumb to true vampirism without her, and then either be killed or kill god knows how many other people, but she spend several chapters whining about how she wants to be free, would rather die. Gack. Spoiled, selfish bint. Even when she finally comes around about the lifemate bond, she's swinging wildly between 'I want to help you kill our enemies' and 'oh, violence, this is so terrible I can't bear it!' Gregori is no better. He's forcing his will on her from begining to end, treating her like a child (can't blame him there, she acts like one) and glowering at everybody while inwardly wallowing in guilt and angst about what a monster he is, simply because he's killed so many vampires, all of whom were unremmittingly, irredemibly evil.
Then there's Gary, their new human friend. Seems Gregori has existed thousands of years, learned how to navigate the human world to the point where he can run multiple companies and buy properties, etc, but has never met a human he liked before. And while I am on this rant I want to complain about this thing about male Carpathians not being able to feel emotions without their lifemates and this is what sends them over the edge to become vampires, just so they can feel emotions. Despair is not an emotion? Longing to feel isn't? And Feehan can't be bothered to learn anything about anything! Savannah is supposedly a famous stage magician, but it seems she cheated by using her inborn powers. She never thinks about magic again after teaming up with Gregori, never does any slight of hand or lets it be important to the plot except as a cover for vampire weirdness later in the game. Gary is suposedly a genius biochemist but all he ever thinks about is how he was bullied in high school.

Drivel. Absolute trash.

No Magic Here!
Since I've read nothing but glowing recommendations for Ms. Feehan's "Dark" series, I decided to try this book. I was barely 100 pages into it when I was overwhelmed by Gregori. He may be dark, dangerous and sexy but he was also overbearing, arrogant and violent. He was worse than a stalker, following her to the ends of the earth, using the powers of his mind to force her to do things "for her own good" and his violent first encounter with her completely went against my idea of romance. I've read "forced seductions" but to me this was all out rape. If she could have gotten to a police station and showed them the blood and bruises, I have no doubt this "hero" would be serving a life sentence! Sorry, no magic for me here.

I waited and waited for this book since I read Dark Prince. And I have to say that it did not let me down. I was wonderful.

Cute and Refreshing.

Savannah is Gregori, the dark one's, lifemate. He has known this all her life because he inadvertantly becomes "best friends" with her when she is a child. And so their connection grows so Gregori can ensure his partnership with Savannah. On her 18th birthday, Gregori vows to give her five years of freedom so she isn't shackled to him right away. So, with one kiss that leaves her breathless and dizzy, he removes himself from her life and makes a home in California in the mountains. He knows he is becoming more dangerous with age, and being away from humans and others like him will decrease the chance of him harming anyone until Savannah is brought to his side.

I was looking forward to this one since 'Dark Desire'. I was a little curious to see what Gregori had done to Mikhail and Raven's child when an incident arose, and Raven almost died.

Savannah is adventurous and spunky; She's just what Gregori needs after all his years of unrestfulness. She really brought Gregori to life. And it was so sweet. It was cute to see Gregori 'allow' Savannah to be his sidekick as much as possible without her being in danger. It kept me entertained and on the edge of my seat to find out what came next.

Truly an adorable tale.

Reading this by felt like everything that i was reading was actually happening to me, the intimacy was raw and exotic. Gregori was not a carpathian to be messed with, very dangerous....

This is a very good read.

This is well worth reading. Gregori appears in all the other Carpathian books, Savanah is the King's daughter.