It’s one thing to find out you’re a vampire princess. It’s a whole other thing to actually rule. Newly married Jessica Packwood i...
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Jan 05, 2012
Tatiana
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2.5 stars
This could have been so, SO much better if the story had a different focus!
There is a reason why romance novels end with a wedding, sometimes followed by a few pages of honeymoon shmexing (do not expect it in Jessica Rules the Dark Side, it is a very young YA novel). When the lovers are bound together for eternity, when there are no more misunderstandings and tension, how do you continue writing about a married couple and keep things hot and dynamic between them? More...
This could have been so, SO much better if the story had a different focus!
There is a reason why romance novels end with a wedding, sometimes followed by a few pages of honeymoon shmexing (do not expect it in Jessica Rules the Dark Side, it is a very young YA novel). When the lovers are bound together for eternity, when there are no more misunderstandings and tension, how do you continue writing about a married couple and keep things hot and dynamic between them? More...
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Sep 22, 2011
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Jan 25, 2012
Ferdy
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Jessica/Antanasia is settling into married life with Lucius but she is struggling to adjust to life as a princess. After reading this I feel the book should be renamed Jessica Doesn't Rule The Dark Side But After Months Of Being Useless Finally Sees What's Right In Front Of Her And Only With The Help Of Her Friends Manages To Not Be Completely Useless.
Lucius is trying to bring order and law to his people whilst also worrying that Jess isn't strong enough to lead. When Lucius's uncle is fo More...
Lucius is trying to bring order and law to his people whilst also worrying that Jess isn't strong enough to lead. When Lucius's uncle is fo More...
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Aug 07, 2011
The plot for this sounds really good, but 2012? That's a long time to wait!
Edit: I love theboy cover, but why is she holding the stake off to the side like that? Don't kill your husband, Jessica!
Edit: I love the
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Feb 23, 2012
Soubhashinee
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Aww i hope Beth Fantaskey write a story about Mindy:)..
I love it again a really good job..
Recommended for: Vampires story lovers and mystery lover.
The story: is about Jessica(Antanasia) after her wedding with Lucius.
She is trying to adapt herself to violence and add to thats she must show to eveyone that she and Lucius are worthy to be the Queen and King but thats not the only things which worries her, Nightmares, hallucinations is driving her crazy. Things got wors More...
I love it again a really good job..
Recommended for: Vampires story lovers and mystery lover.
The story: is about Jessica(Antanasia) after her wedding with Lucius.
She is trying to adapt herself to violence and add to thats she must show to eveyone that she and Lucius are worthy to be the Queen and King but thats not the only things which worries her, Nightmares, hallucinations is driving her crazy. Things got wors More...
Feb 20, 2012
Elena
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Promessi vampiri - The dark side
Dopo un anno o poco più dall'uscita del primo capitolo, dopo aver preso polvere per mesi tra gli altri libri...mi sono decisa a prenderlo in mano e leggerlo.
Nel primo abbiamo lasciato Jessica alle prese di una straordinaria scoperta.
Jessica è una vampira, una promessa vampira.
Il suo promesso sposo è proprio Lucius.
Dopo diversi contrattempi i due innamorati riescono finalmente a coronare il loro sogno e con il morso del suo More...
Dopo un anno o poco più dall'uscita del primo capitolo, dopo aver preso polvere per mesi tra gli altri libri...mi sono decisa a prenderlo in mano e leggerlo.
Nel primo abbiamo lasciato Jessica alle prese di una straordinaria scoperta.
Jessica è una vampira, una promessa vampira.
Il suo promesso sposo è proprio Lucius.
Dopo diversi contrattempi i due innamorati riescono finalmente a coronare il loro sogno e con il morso del suo More...
Feb 20, 2012
Petit-lips
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- Il y a presque pile un an, je découvrais Comment se débarrasser d'un vampire amoureux et cela avait été un vrai coup de coeur ! Lucius était drôle, Jess était intelligente, et l'histoire était vraiment très bonne. Malheureusement, mon avis sur la suite n'est pas très enthousiaste.
- Nous retrouvons donc Jess et Lucius en Roumanie, dans leurs rôles de Prince et Princesse des vampires. Ils doivent convaincre la communauté vampirique qu'ils sont aptes à être enfin Roi et Reine. Cependa More...
- Nous retrouvons donc Jess et Lucius en Roumanie, dans leurs rôles de Prince et Princesse des vampires. Ils doivent convaincre la communauté vampirique qu'ils sont aptes à être enfin Roi et Reine. Cependa More...
Feb 13, 2012
kari
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I really enjoyed the way this story is told, with the four voices. Not every author can pull this off and make each voice distinctive. Fantaskey does this and more.
Each person's outlook on what is happening adds both to their charactersization and to the overall plot. Mindy and Raniero are great additions to the story. I enjoyed Mindy's outlook and why she started to suspect the person she does. It's funny and smart. Raniero is another well-done character and the ambiguity of his personal More...
Each person's outlook on what is happening adds both to their charactersization and to the overall plot. Mindy and Raniero are great additions to the story. I enjoyed Mindy's outlook and why she started to suspect the person she does. It's funny and smart. Raniero is another well-done character and the ambiguity of his personal More...
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Feb 03, 2012
Kate
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YA murder mystery with supernatural elements
This is the second book in a trilogy. If you have not yet read the first book, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, this review will be a spoiler.
Jessica is now married to Lucius and living in Romania as a vampire princess, but in spite of Lucius being a prince, he is thrown into prison when he is framed for the murder of one of the Elder Vampires. The only way for Jessica to save him is to find out who the real murderer is. More...
This is the second book in a trilogy. If you have not yet read the first book, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, this review will be a spoiler.
Jessica is now married to Lucius and living in Romania as a vampire princess, but in spite of Lucius being a prince, he is thrown into prison when he is framed for the murder of one of the Elder Vampires. The only way for Jessica to save him is to find out who the real murderer is. More...
Feb 03, 2012
Rhiannon
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So Beth takes a 90 degree turn with the second book of this series and becomes much more serious paranormal/mystery than tongue in cheek YA love story. To be frank, at first I wasn't into it. Jessica is wasting away, she's whinny and hopeless, Lucius is loving and sweet and doting. All I kept thinking was WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? And what have you done with the fun characters from Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side? However, I didn't give up, because of Mindy and Raniero- well mostly Ra
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Jan 11, 2012
Annie
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Wow. I'd forgotten how much I loved Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, but reading this brought it all back... I really need to go reread it now!!
This novel is written from various points of view: from Mindy and Jess's narration, to emails from Lucius, the book jumps from one place to the next, dragging the reader along on a dynamic journey... and Raniero, as a 'mystery' character, is a great edition to this cast of narrators, who, let's face it, we already know quite a l More...
This novel is written from various points of view: from Mindy and Jess's narration, to emails from Lucius, the book jumps from one place to the next, dragging the reader along on a dynamic journey... and Raniero, as a 'mystery' character, is a great edition to this cast of narrators, who, let's face it, we already know quite a l More...
Jan 02, 2012
Jessica
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I read the first in the series Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side and I was quite impressed. From the back of the book it sounded a little childish but I found that I really liked it so I was happy when a second in the series was released and jumped at the chance to read it.
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Jessica Packwood/Anastasia Dragomir is back and now in a role of power. It was interesting seeing Jessica is this role where she clearly didn’t fit and because she almost didn’t want to. But eventu More...
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Jessica Packwood/Anastasia Dragomir is back and now in a role of power. It was interesting seeing Jessica is this role where she clearly didn’t fit and because she almost didn’t want to. But eventu More...
Dec 29, 2011
Jessica
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This was a spectacular sequel to Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side! It has action, mystery and a good romance.
Jessica Rules the Dark Side took me a while to get into. When I started it, all I could think was, “where the heck did the old Jess go?” I still remembered the Jess from Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, who was strong-willed and courageous. I remembered the girl who threw a pitchfork at a vampire’s foot. In the beginning of JRTDS, all I saw was a really depr More...
Jessica Rules the Dark Side took me a while to get into. When I started it, all I could think was, “where the heck did the old Jess go?” I still remembered the Jess from Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, who was strong-willed and courageous. I remembered the girl who threw a pitchfork at a vampire’s foot. In the beginning of JRTDS, all I saw was a really depr More...
Dec 14, 2011
Kavanand
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This is really more of a 3.5 rating, but I rounded up.
Jessica Rules the Dark Side is an entertaining quick read. It's the sequel to Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, which I haven't read, but I found it didn't really matter. The author does a good job of catching readers up with what's already happened, and I never felt lost.
Jessica is a vampire princess, newly married to her vampire prince Lucius and living in a castle in Romania. It's a major adjustment for an More...
Jessica Rules the Dark Side is an entertaining quick read. It's the sequel to Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, which I haven't read, but I found it didn't really matter. The author does a good job of catching readers up with what's already happened, and I never felt lost.
Jessica is a vampire princess, newly married to her vampire prince Lucius and living in a castle in Romania. It's a major adjustment for an More...
Nov 16, 2011
Sonia
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Lo aspettavamo ormai da troppo tempo. La Fantaskey ci aveva permesso di ingannare l’attesa concedendoci i capitoli riguardanti il matrimonio tra Lucius e Jessica, ormai Antanasia. Ma quei capitoli non ci avevano soddisfatto pienamente. Il tempo passava, i ricordi iniziavano a sbiadire e poco alla volta gli stessi nomi di Lucius e Jessica cominciavano a perdere senso e identità…
Ecco che arriva novembre, e a sorpresa l’atteso seguito de I promessi Vampiri, che prende lo stesso titolo con l’ag More...
Ecco che arriva novembre, e a sorpresa l’atteso seguito de I promessi Vampiri, che prende lo stesso titolo con l’ag More...
Nov 13, 2011
Franci
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Il seguito di "Promessi vampiri" si apre con il matrimonio di Lucius e Jessica-Antanasia.
Ella,finalmente potrà trascorrere l'eternità con il suo amato Lucius,anche se il fatto che presto diventerà una regina non la fa sentire del tutto rilassata,perchè sa che potrebbe non essere benvoluta dal popolo,visto che appartiene al clan dei Dragomir,rivale per millenni del clan Vladescu.
Al matrimonio arriveranno vampiri,i genitori adottivi di Jessica,Mindy (la migliore amica) che f More...
Ella,finalmente potrà trascorrere l'eternità con il suo amato Lucius,anche se il fatto che presto diventerà una regina non la fa sentire del tutto rilassata,perchè sa che potrebbe non essere benvoluta dal popolo,visto che appartiene al clan dei Dragomir,rivale per millenni del clan Vladescu.
Al matrimonio arriveranno vampiri,i genitori adottivi di Jessica,Mindy (la migliore amica) che f More...
Nov 13, 2011
MaryG90
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Dopo il grande successo dei Promessi Vampiri, Beth Fantaskey ci regala un seguito all'altezza delle aspettative. Badate bene che le mie aspettative erano piuttosto alte, perché il primo capitolo di questa serie aveva portato una ventata di novità in un genere apparentemente già esplorato nei minimi dettagli e soddisfarmi non è stato compito facile. Fortunatamente non sono stata delusa e mi sono potuta gustare una ricca dose di umorismo, avventura, amore e tradimento.
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Nov 11, 2011
Eretria90
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Nov 10, 2011
Ivanalessia
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Recensione e intervista all'autrice
http://illibroeterno.blogspot.com/2011/1...
“Promessi Vampiri. The Dark Side” è il seguito di “Promessi vampiri”, un romanzo young-adult che ho letto e apprezzato un anno fa per la trama originale e i protagonisti, Jessica/Antanasia e Lucius, forti e determinati (i battibecchi tra i due sono esilaranti).
Il romanzo è diviso in due parti: il “matrimonio” (già pubblicato online sul sito dell’autrice e in italiano sul sito della Giunti), e “the dark More...
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“Promessi Vampiri. The Dark Side” è il seguito di “Promessi vampiri”, un romanzo young-adult che ho letto e apprezzato un anno fa per la trama originale e i protagonisti, Jessica/Antanasia e Lucius, forti e determinati (i battibecchi tra i due sono esilaranti).
Il romanzo è diviso in due parti: il “matrimonio” (già pubblicato online sul sito dell’autrice e in italiano sul sito della Giunti), e “the dark More...
Nov 10, 2011
Rowan
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Promessi vampiri ci aveva lasciato alla trasformazione di Jessica in vera vampira, suggellando per sempre il legame tra lei e Lucius Vladescu.
Promessi vampiri-The dark side, invece, inizia con il capitolo messo precedentemente online gratuitamente dall'autrice, intitolato Il matrimonio, e veniamo trasportati in una Romania fredda e misteriosa, con Jessica e Lucius alle prese con vari tradimenti di corte, ingiuste incarcerazioni e nuovi personaggi.
Ce la farà Jessica-Antanasia a conq More...
Promessi vampiri-The dark side, invece, inizia con il capitolo messo precedentemente online gratuitamente dall'autrice, intitolato Il matrimonio, e veniamo trasportati in una Romania fredda e misteriosa, con Jessica e Lucius alle prese con vari tradimenti di corte, ingiuste incarcerazioni e nuovi personaggi.
Ce la farà Jessica-Antanasia a conq More...
Nov 09, 2011
Eccentrika
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E' sempre difficile realizzare il seguito di un libro, specialmente se quel libro ha avuto uno straordinario successo come è stato per "Promessi vampiri". Io ne ero rimasta entusiasta e deludere le mie aspettative sarebbe stato molto facile. Ma l'autrice è stata capace di rinnovare completamente la storia, ed è riuscita nuovamente a fare centro. "Promessi vampiri. The dark side" è un libro di crescita, con un'atmosfera molto più cupa del precedente e una storia meno giocosa e
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Oct 22, 2011
Coranne (Short and Sweet)
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I really enjoy Beth Fantaskey's writing style. Although she is writing about vampires, assassins, and castles in Romania- through her characters she lets us know that she isn't taking all the paranormal too seriously. I love Mindy's character. She is almost like a breath of fresh air in all of the paranormal creepiness. She almost talks to the reader and says to them "What is going on with all this craziness?"
I loved that I got to know Mindy and her "beau" better More...
I loved that I got to know Mindy and her "beau" better More...
Aug 09, 2011
Teri
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I love this series. It is actually a hoot to read. I think I snickered at least a hand full of times on this read.
We continue off shortly after book one where Jessica and Lucius are married and beginning their reign, but soon betrayal rains on their parade. Not only does Jessica have to watch vampires staked, or leaves the meeting, but she also not only has family plotting against her, a husband soon imprisoned and a declining diet.
What I love about this series is Jessica. Su More...
We continue off shortly after book one where Jessica and Lucius are married and beginning their reign, but soon betrayal rains on their parade. Not only does Jessica have to watch vampires staked, or leaves the meeting, but she also not only has family plotting against her, a husband soon imprisoned and a declining diet.
What I love about this series is Jessica. Su More...
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Feb 15, 2012
Heidi
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“Four Stars: The sequel is better than the first. Watch Jessica transform into a powerful, vampire princess as she races to solve a murder mystery.
Jessica is busy settling into her new life as the wife of the powerful, vampire prince, Lucias Vladescu. The two are desperately in love. Jessica is struggling with her new role as a ruling vampire princess. She shirks away from some of the more difficult aspects of her calling, not realizing the potential dangers of showing weakness. Lucias, u More...
Jessica is busy settling into her new life as the wife of the powerful, vampire prince, Lucias Vladescu. The two are desperately in love. Jessica is struggling with her new role as a ruling vampire princess. She shirks away from some of the more difficult aspects of her calling, not realizing the potential dangers of showing weakness. Lucias, u More...
Dec 03, 2011
Karen
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Jessica is now married to Lucius and is learning how to be a Romanian Princess and future queen to warring vampires. Jess is having a hard time coping with the vampire laws and cruelty, after all just a little while ago she was a teenage girl living in America and a vegan.
Jessica Rules the Darkside is told in the alternating POV's between Jess, Lucius, Raniero, and her BFF Mindy. Between Jess being too timid to the point of almost starving herself because she's too afraid to ask the servan More...
Jessica Rules the Darkside is told in the alternating POV's between Jess, Lucius, Raniero, and her BFF Mindy. Between Jess being too timid to the point of almost starving herself because she's too afraid to ask the servan More...
Oct 19, 2011
Jules
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Leggere il sequel di un romanzo che hai apprezzato per la sua fresca spigliatezza, per i suoi personaggi e per le atmosfera in cui ti ha condotta non è facile, si è sempre combattuti tra la voglia di scoprire qualcosa in più e la paura di rovinare il ricordo di quello che hai letto.
È trascorso ormai un anno dall’uscita di Promessi vampiri e avevamo lasciato Jessica, o meglio Antanasia, tra le braccia di Lucius, innamorati e sicuri di volere vivere un’eternità insieme. Insieme a loro avevam More...
È trascorso ormai un anno dall’uscita di Promessi vampiri e avevamo lasciato Jessica, o meglio Antanasia, tra le braccia di Lucius, innamorati e sicuri di volere vivere un’eternità insieme. Insieme a loro avevam More...
Oct 09, 2011
Danielle
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The first book in the series, Jessica's Guide to Dating the Dark Side was dark, romantic, and suspenseful. The sequel was all of that and more. At first, I was a bit worried about picking it up. Most of the time, for me, sequels do not hold up to the first book. Especially with one as good as Jessica's Guide. Also with the long wait in between both books it just made me unsure of a sequel. However, I am so glad that I signed up for the ARC tour. Jessica Rules the Dark Side was a fantastic sequel
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Feb 08, 2012
Tianna
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Love love love!
I was especially glad for Mindy and Raniero and it was so sweet to get a look from their perspectives into the stuff that affected them and how their story played out.
With the suspense aspect I thought that was really good because although I had my suspicions I didn't really have a solid theory so it was nice that it kept me guessing.
At first I thought the different perspectives would ruin the book but I thought it emphasized it as I got to wi More...
I was especially glad for Mindy and Raniero and it was so sweet to get a look from their perspectives into the stuff that affected them and how their story played out.
With the suspense aspect I thought that was really good because although I had my suspicions I didn't really have a solid theory so it was nice that it kept me guessing.
At first I thought the different perspectives would ruin the book but I thought it emphasized it as I got to wi More...
Dec 27, 2011
Kathy
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What a suspenseful and engaging sequel to Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. Jessica has married her vampire prince and is now known as Antanasia. She is adjusting slowly to life as a vampire princess. While she is committed to Lucius, she is less committed to being queen of the vampires. It isn't until a rival of Lucius's is killed apparently with Lucius's stake that Antanasia finally commits and begins really assuming her role as vampire queen.
Lucius is imprisoned leaving An More...
Lucius is imprisoned leaving An More...
Nov 03, 2011
Chrissy
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I've been looking forward to reading Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey ever since I first laid my hands on a copy of Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. I very much enjoyed the first book with the plot twists, unusual teenage characters, and unpredictable romance. I read the story of Antanasia [aka Jessica] and Lucius' wedding on Fantaskey's website (which you should do before reading book two because it's awesome) and could not wait for Jessica Rules the Dark Side to come ou
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