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.

The fourth book in this series and it was wonderful. I thought she did a wonderful job with the rough times that the hero went through when he found his lifemate.

I like Feehan's Dark Series, but after four books they are a bit formulaic and repetitious. As escapist romance the books work well, but if you are looking for something more in keeping with genre of vampire fiction Feehan isn’t the place to go.

I have some serious complaints about Dark Magic. In my opinion Gregori’s “claiming” of Savannah as his life mate is rape. The scene is very brutal. Why on earth did Feehan steal the “ma petite” endearment from Laurell Hamilton? Gregori isn’t even French. The Café du Monde is famous for beignets (a fried pastry coated in powdered sugar) not baguettes (a long, thin loaf of French bread). Has Feehan even been to Café du Monde?! She seriously needs a better editor.

This was a very fast moving book. Christine Feehan does such a wonderful job of weaving her stories that keeps you enthralled from the beginning to end. Great read.

A little different than the other Carpathian books but I liked it!

My favorite of the series. I love Gregori & Savannah.

Gregori is the single most powerful and ancient of Carpathians. A hero for his people, a great hunter protecting both human and Carpathian alike. He is on the brink of turning, having endured centuries of a cold emotionless existence. Brave Savanah, daughter of their Prince loves him with heart and soul and refuses to release him to the darkness. Feehan strikes again!

They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of light...Would she fing magic-or madness-in his dark embrace? Young Savannah Dubrinski was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one-Gregori, The dark one- who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger, of desire, down her slender spine...With a dark magic all his own, Gregori- the implacable hunter, the legendary healer, the most powerful of Carpathian males- whispered in
Savannah's mind that he was her destiny. That she had been born to save his immortal soul. And now, here in New Orleans, the hour had finally come to claim her. To make her completely his. In a ritual as old as time...and as inescapable as eternity...

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Christine Feehan is a great new find for me!!!

Pretty good. I liked it better than the one before it.

Feehan just keeps them coming and they are NEVER a disappointment. Dark Magic is amazing. Love, love, love this series!

While I enjoy Feehan's Carpathian series, for some reason this book just didn't "grab" me as much as her other ones. Perhaps because the heroine's immaturity became annoying... Nevertheless, the hero, Gregori, is delicious as are pretty much all of Feehan's Carpathian heroes!

This is the first book that I've read by this author. I don't usually read paranormal romance, but it was nevertheless enjoyable. One problem that I had with this was the author's redundancy in describing the main characters' thoughts and feelings--once was more than sufficient.

I love anything Christine Feehan writes.

Typical of the Feehan vampire books. It's hot but it follows the same formula as her other vampire books.

The other Ccarpathian males who had hoped to mate with her now seemed like callow youths in comparson.Gregori,the dark one, took Savannah's breath and turned her body to Hot liqued, making her want things she had never in her virginal life dreamed of. You belong to me, and no other. He spoke the words in her head.

4th in the "Dark" series - Gregori and Savannah's (Mikhail & Raven's daughter) story.

Synopsis from back cover: Young Savannah Dubrinski was a mistress of illusion, a world famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one - Gregori, the Dark One - who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger, of desire, down her slender spine.

With a dark magic all his own, Gregori - the implacable hunter, the legendary healer, the most powerful of Carpathian males - whispered in Savannah's mind that he was her destiny. That she had been born to save his immortal soul. An now, here in New Orleans, the hour had finally come to claim her. To make her completely his. In a ritual as old as time....and as inescapable as eternity.

I have to say not one of Feehan's best of the series but still a good read. Don't read this one before the first three in series....you get more background info about his character.

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