Search - Eat Prey Love (Love at Stake, Bk 9)

Well, I loved that Ms Sparks has expanded her world to include shape shifters, and I love that she keeps exploring new countries. Expanding the orginal story of Shanna and her family was great too.

I was halfway done with this book, however, and realized that nothing had happened yet. SO boring! All the action got packed into the last quarter of the story. Plus, the attraction between Caitlyn and Carlos felt really fake.

It almost feels like, after so many romance novels, Ms. Sparks really just wants to write her paranormal stories. But, she has to write romance stories, so the romance is almost an afterthought. She has a really clever and creative vampire world and most of her characters are interesting. I'd love for her to just start writing a vampire (and shifter) series instead.

Typical of the smutty jump-on-the-bandwagon paranormal. Tries to be cute and funny ala Christine Warren, but misses and comes out just corny. (Vampires teleporting? Really?) In between bouts of our hero and heroine mooning over their attraction to one another, the author tells rather than shows the story and you just can't feel any connection to the characters. I skimmed most of it and I know I won't miss anything by skipping any other books by this author.

i love this author and this series!!she has a lil sense of humor about her!i like that in an author.shes very open to suprising you!i also love how you meet a character in one book,then they are the main character in the next one!

I always love Kerrelyn Sparks Vampire books, and as I love them so much, I read them fast, and then am on pins and needles in waiting for the next book.

Not as detailed or involved as other "vamp" books or series. But it made for a great vacation read.

I am a fan of this series but this installment wad not my favorite. There were so many times I was so frustrated that I just want to reach in and shake the hero and heroine. ***Spoiler alert*** The whole forbidden love angle was just weak, the love wasn't all that forbidden. They didn't think about the fact that they work for a high tech lab that specializes in figuring this stuff out, Carlos didn't even want to try until they were 'accidentally' married, then it was like a grudging I-guess-we're-stuck-now attitude. The lab was just a huge after thought in the story, which really bothers me because the technology discovered at Romatech is important to the series as a whole. Despite the negative tone of this review, I still plan to continue reading this series and other books by this author.