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Much Ado About Vampires (Dark Ones #9)
by
Katie MacAlister (Goodreads Author)
Corazon Ferreira is a jaded woman. Turns out she was a vampire's mate in a past life. And no matter how distractingly gorgeous he is, she just can't get the image of him killing someone out of her head. But when her life depends on him, Corazon's going to have to stop overthinking things-and start trusting her heart...
ebook, 352 pages
Published
October 4th 2011
by Not Avail
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Original post and other reviews:FANGS, WANDS AND FAIRY: MUCH ADO ABOUT VAMPIRES is Much Ado About Back Story
Style: Sexy Romp
Madcap, crazy and comic describes this tale of a vampire and his beloveds. Plural? How can that be? Yes, Cora and her vampire, Alec, find themselves pitted against the forces of not quite hell but darn close and also against Cora herself, kind of. I didn't find it as cohesive as earlier books in the series, which I read about three years ago it was light, and fun even when...more
Style: Sexy Romp
Madcap, crazy and comic describes this tale of a vampire and his beloveds. Plural? How can that be? Yes, Cora and her vampire, Alec, find themselves pitted against the forces of not quite hell but darn close and also against Cora herself, kind of. I didn't find it as cohesive as earlier books in the series, which I read about three years ago it was light, and fun even when...more
Oct 21, 2011
Rachel Thompson
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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romance
I won this book through Goodreads First Reads program. This is also the first book I've read in the Dark Ones series.
Despite the ridiculous title, I managed to I enjoy this book for what it was (a fun paranormal read), although I'm getting sick of reading about vampires and their 'soul mates.' And having the vamp able to read his Beloved's thoughts is not groundbreaking. I mostly just found the device annoying since Cora tends to have diatribes inside her head until realizing that Alec can hear...more
Despite the ridiculous title, I managed to I enjoy this book for what it was (a fun paranormal read), although I'm getting sick of reading about vampires and their 'soul mates.' And having the vamp able to read his Beloved's thoughts is not groundbreaking. I mostly just found the device annoying since Cora tends to have diatribes inside her head until realizing that Alec can hear...more
I love Katie MacAlister and have read every book she's ever written, even those under her Kate Maxwell name. I love her humor and characters. She really brings you into the book to the point where you can picture the characters and scenes. However, this book, though entertaining and enjoyable, just didn't do it for me. I'm of the exact problem, whether it was almost like a repeat of a book I had already read by her, the plot jumping around a bit much, or that it just wasn't as well-developed as...more
This was such a silly book.Very fun to read.I laughed a lot.Love the characters new and old.
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Alex Darwin (Dark One vamp,600+yo,pal)+ Corazon Ferreira ("Cora",pal1,reincarnated beloved, sis, divorced, ex occio di Lucifer),Kristoff (pal,"Kris",Dark One vamp)+ Pia (Zorya,pal),"Jas" Jacintha F. (sis, were,Beloved) + Avery Scott (Dark One vamp),Diamond Reed (real estate,pal1,great...more
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Note to self;
Alex Darwin (Dark One vamp,600+yo,pal)+ Corazon Ferreira ("Cora",pal1,reincarnated beloved, sis, divorced, ex occio di Lucifer),Kristoff (pal,"Kris",Dark One vamp)+ Pia (Zorya,pal),"Jas" Jacintha F. (sis, were,Beloved) + Avery Scott (Dark One vamp),Diamond Reed (real estate,pal1,great...more
It's not difficult for me to give this 5 stars and place it on my fave list. Katie writes with such a wonderful flair to keep you smiling and outright laughing through the majority of the book...even though our hero and heroine are placed in life or death situations. The humor more than abounds. It's so hard for a Dark One to find his beloved...they must wait sometimes hundreds of years...But Alec has lost his due to a freak accident. Hundreds of years later, when he has given up hope, and lay d...more
Cora (and just about all of the female characters) were so obnoxious that it was chore to finish reading this book. In some ways I get it, the tongue in cheek humor about a Dark One and his quip-ready Beloved is supposed to be fast paced. They're bouncing around the mortal realm and various dimensions of the immortal one. But Cora's habit of calling on Jesus and other spiritual beings was obnoxious as well as her stubborn insistence that she was kick-ass, when she wasn't. What 30 something sound...more
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In addition to having a male protagonist that took a more relevant role in previous books than usual, there is another critical change in this novel. While the most frquent pov is Cora's, Alec's pov is the one chosen on several chapters. I think this is the first time in the series that MacAlister provides a male pov. I was enjoyin the novel a lot, but I was extremely bothered by the last scene. When almost everything was solved, there is a last adventure in which because of Alec's lack of comun...more
I discovered MacAllister’s Dark Ones series a few years ago and was hooked. Her books are about not perfect heroines and their vampires, along with some naughtiness. A host of other characters with supernatural abilities are also thrown into the mix. Much Ado About Vampires is the 9th in the series. While fun and quirky, the story presents as a tired formula. Girl meets guy who turns out to be a vampire and only a Beloved can give him back his soul. This time around, it is Corazon “Cora” Ferrei...more
“Much Ado About Vampires” by Katie MacAlister
Corazon Ferreria is a jaded divorced woman. She lost her husband to some babealicious blonde babe. If she now has nothing else, she has a few good friends left. While at one of her friends parties, a hypnotist is hired for fun. Corazon decides to be put under for the fun of it, but has no idea that while she is under she will see herself in a past life during the medieval time era. What Corazon sees is startling. She sees herself get run over by a br...more
Corazon Ferreria is a jaded divorced woman. She lost her husband to some babealicious blonde babe. If she now has nothing else, she has a few good friends left. While at one of her friends parties, a hypnotist is hired for fun. Corazon decides to be put under for the fun of it, but has no idea that while she is under she will see herself in a past life during the medieval time era. What Corazon sees is startling. She sees herself get run over by a br...more
I had recently read "Unleashed", a novella by this author, which featured Crazon's sister Jas coming across a 'jaguar shifted' Dark One. At the beginning of that novella, Corazon is telling her sister about a past life regression she just had.... and in that regression she was a Beloved to a Dark One, but she had been killed by accident. Now what is fun about Katie MacAlister's novels (be they paranormal or contemporary romance), it's how these stories get told! The way Corazon tells about her p...more
Mar 03, 2012
Joelle
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5 of 5 stars
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Much Ado About Vampires (Dark Ones #9)
by Katie MacAlister
http://angelswithattitudebookreviews-...
5 out of of 5 stars
Bitter at first bite…
Corazon Ferreira is one heck of a jaded woman. Not only did her husband dump her for a pretty, vivacious blonde, but her sister has lost her mind and married a vampire. Worse, it turns out that Cora herself was a vampire’s mate in a past life…the very same vampire she witnessed killing someone.
If only Cora hadn’t inadvertently been caught up in the ill-laid p...more
by Katie MacAlister
http://angelswithattitudebookreviews-...
5 out of of 5 stars
Bitter at first bite…
Corazon Ferreira is one heck of a jaded woman. Not only did her husband dump her for a pretty, vivacious blonde, but her sister has lost her mind and married a vampire. Worse, it turns out that Cora herself was a vampire’s mate in a past life…the very same vampire she witnessed killing someone.
If only Cora hadn’t inadvertently been caught up in the ill-laid p...more
Gosh, I really hate to rate this only a 3.5/5 because Katie MacAlister is one of my favorite authors. I can't even really put my finger on why, but the story just dulled out in the middle somewhere. I think part of it was that after the big showdown with the bad guy where one would think the book would quickly tie up all the loose ends & provide the happily ever after, it just goes on with another smaller part of the story. I think if some of that whole "issue" was brought up more thoroughly...more
I have never laughed so much reading a book in my life.
The conversations between the characters are hilarious and refused to let me put the book down till I was done. Chemistry is ever present what with the discussing of attraction in almost every conversation. Loved it! So much wit packed into the perfect fantasy romance.
I found the story plot to be slightly abrupt somewhere in the middle but alas I was caught up in the multitude of verbal sparring and mind reading that I didn't mind it in th...more
The conversations between the characters are hilarious and refused to let me put the book down till I was done. Chemistry is ever present what with the discussing of attraction in almost every conversation. Loved it! So much wit packed into the perfect fantasy romance.
I found the story plot to be slightly abrupt somewhere in the middle but alas I was caught up in the multitude of verbal sparring and mind reading that I didn't mind it in th...more
The thing with Ms MacAlister's heroines is there is always a sense of ridiculousness about them.
They are definitely not perfect and they often make mistakes. I suppose this is where Ms MacAlister makes her stories about the human condition shine through. Essentially though most of her characters are paranormal beings therefore on the surface you ask yourself "how will I relate to these characters" but you do in the end because the Heroine's are often witty, prone to making mistakes and often ma...more
They are definitely not perfect and they often make mistakes. I suppose this is where Ms MacAlister makes her stories about the human condition shine through. Essentially though most of her characters are paranormal beings therefore on the surface you ask yourself "how will I relate to these characters" but you do in the end because the Heroine's are often witty, prone to making mistakes and often ma...more
I've read her Katie M's books before and laughed my head off. This is another one of those books that brought out the laughs. The books begins telling a story about how this character in her past life gets run down by a wagon, is decapitated, and the woman that has run her over stops to help her and she starts trying to reconnect her head to her body. Her vampire boyfriend shows up, scares the woman to death and drops this woman's head and it starts rolling down the hill. The woman who this had...more
Oct 04, 2011
Cynthia Eaton
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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I was first introduced to Katie MacAlister and her Dark Ones series through a short story from the book My Zombie Valentine. I was impressed with her writing then, and after getting Much Ado About Vampires through first-reads, I am hooked on the Dark Ones series!
Much Ado About Vampires is the ninth book in the Dark Ones series. The story is centered around Alec and Cora (Corazon). Alec is a “Dark One” (vampire) who has been banished to the Akasha for killing the woman that accidentally killed h...more
Much Ado About Vampires is the ninth book in the Dark Ones series. The story is centered around Alec and Cora (Corazon). Alec is a “Dark One” (vampire) who has been banished to the Akasha for killing the woman that accidentally killed h...more
Why do I keep reading these? They're okay, but they're just nothing special. I always feel like I'm missing out on key parts of the stories, and I end up having to go back and look for what I missed. Then once I get to the end, I realize I didn't actually miss anything at all. She just neglected to mention it before. Ugh. I was beyond confused with Sally. I didn't understand how Cora could hate her and then trust her in the same time span, and then say that she was evil too. It just makes no sen...more
Oct 09, 2011
Laura
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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While I may not be an expert, I can say with complete confidence that the book, Much Ado About Vampires is just one of many paranormal romances that falls victim to bad writing. This book is nothing more than a self-indulgent, masturbatory Mary Sue fantasy dreamed up by an author who likes her men tough, buff, and randy. The main character Corazon Ferreira is a dumbed-down, sexually starved divorcée who by page 52 has determined that she will have sex with the murderous vampire from her visions....more
This is Book # 9 of the series The Dark Ones, but my first to read. I did not feel out of the sequence and had no problem with the story, but reading the other books will give a more familiar reference to the characters and their place in the plot.
In this installment Alec a Dark One, gorgeous but disenchanted vampire is willing himself to die, but brought back to life by Corazon (also known as Cora), a feeling very unlucky human who ends up in Akasha (a limbo place before your final destination...more
In this installment Alec a Dark One, gorgeous but disenchanted vampire is willing himself to die, but brought back to life by Corazon (also known as Cora), a feeling very unlucky human who ends up in Akasha (a limbo place before your final destination...more
I didn't bother to read the last 15 pages of this book. I didn't care what happened. It could have been for 1 of 2 reasons:
1) I just finished Froi of the Exiles. And I don't think any book would have gotten a fair shake after finishing Froi's story.
2) It just wasn't that good. I usually love Katie MacAlister's books. I do enjoy the entire Dragon series (all of the colors). But the Dark Ones are little harder for me to get. I find I just don't care. And they are always so rushed. No character dev...more
1) I just finished Froi of the Exiles. And I don't think any book would have gotten a fair shake after finishing Froi's story.
2) It just wasn't that good. I usually love Katie MacAlister's books. I do enjoy the entire Dragon series (all of the colors). But the Dark Ones are little harder for me to get. I find I just don't care. And they are always so rushed. No character dev...more
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Alec Darwin wurde verbannt, da er vor einigen hundert Jahren eine Sterbliche tötete, die zuvor seine Auserwählte umgebracht hat. Da man am Ort der Verbannung nicht sterben kann, versucht er durch einen Schlaf die Schmerzen und Gedanken auszublenden.
Corazon Ferreira, kurz Cora, ist mitten in einer Hypnosesitzung mit ihren Freundinnen, als sie sich plötzlich in einem bekannten Traum wiederfindet, bei der sie getötet wird und einem gut aussehenden Vampir mit grünen Augen begegnet.
Einige Tag...more
Alec Darwin wurde verbannt, da er vor einigen hundert Jahren eine Sterbliche tötete, die zuvor seine Auserwählte umgebracht hat. Da man am Ort der Verbannung nicht sterben kann, versucht er durch einen Schlaf die Schmerzen und Gedanken auszublenden.
Corazon Ferreira, kurz Cora, ist mitten in einer Hypnosesitzung mit ihren Freundinnen, als sie sich plötzlich in einem bekannten Traum wiederfindet, bei der sie getötet wird und einem gut aussehenden Vampir mit grünen Augen begegnet.
Einige Tag...more
Cora arbeitet als Sekretärin in der Immobilienfirma ihres Ex-Ehemannes. Dessen zweite Frau, Diamond, nimmt Cora mit zu einer Immobilie, die von der Firma verkauft werden soll. Cora soll mit Diamond zusammen Fotos von dem Gebäude machen. Doch sie läuft dort dem Lich Ulfur und einem „bösen Engländer“ über den Weg, der sich als Herrscher über das Abbadon, also der quasi Hölle, entpuppt. Zunächst von den beiden mehr oder weniger ignoriert, hebt sie einen kleinen Stein auf, den Ulfur auf seiner Fluch...more
Corazon and Alec were meant to be together for 100 of years but neither is willing to admit it. Corazon is the reincarnation of Alec's Beloved. Only Alec thinks he is doomed to be soul less since she died 100s of years ago and Corazon hates Vampires but fate has brought them together and Alec is determined to save Corazon from all the demons and power hunger freaks out there that want to use her for their own agenda. Corazon is determined to save herself no matter what.
This is book is part of Ka...more
This is book is part of Ka...more
Feb 04, 2012
Dark Faerie Tales
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Review Courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales
Quick & Dirty: Such fun to read, wild and witty.
Opening Sentence: Alec Darwin was dying, or as close to it as one could be without having that last little spark of life flutter away into nothingness.
The Review:
This is the story of Corazon Ferreira, a budding real estate agent, and known vampire hater, well serious vampire dislike-er. As the story opens, we find Cora taking pictures of an old mansion along with the woman who stole her husband, who also work...more
Quick & Dirty: Such fun to read, wild and witty.
Opening Sentence: Alec Darwin was dying, or as close to it as one could be without having that last little spark of life flutter away into nothingness.
The Review:
This is the story of Corazon Ferreira, a budding real estate agent, and known vampire hater, well serious vampire dislike-er. As the story opens, we find Cora taking pictures of an old mansion along with the woman who stole her husband, who also work...more
Katie MacAlister has done it again. Her books are funny and sexy. Love her Dark Ones (not so dark) and her Dragons. If you like KM's writing, be sure to check out Shelly Laurenston (also writing under the name of G A Aiken), Janet Evanovich, Nina Bangs, Kerrelyn Sparks and Jennifer Cruise (writing with or without Bob Mayer). All have you laughing along with good stories and great characters. Sherrilyn Kenyon also puts humor into her works, but more intense stories and characters. Great reads, no...more
I find myself needing to hunt down a short story to grasp who the h actually *is*. Am glad that Alex got a HEA, even though I wasn't excessively fond of the 2-parter he was introduced (that whole 2-parter thing, plus he and the h in those books were fooling around a bit). The heroine, for one so reluctant to accept that she was his Beloved, was downright over the top in her efforts to defend him.
This is a general gripe about the world building. The author has almost cherry picked amongst the var...more
This is a general gripe about the world building. The author has almost cherry picked amongst the var...more
I was lucky enough to win Much Ado About Vampires through Goodreads, and I am so glad that I did. Much Ado About Vampires was a book that I really wanted to read because I liked the idea of reincarnation being used in the story. I have recently read Zen and the Art of Vampires and Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang where the Alec character was first introduced. Alec was a great character that grabbed my interest from the beginning (I actually thought he was Pia's hero in Zen until the story turned)...more
Oct 10, 2011
Tori smexys_sidekick
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Favorite Quote: “A Beloved should never keep things from her Dark One.”
“I’ll be sure to pass that along to the next Beloved I see.”
Corazon Ferreirs (Cora) is not having the best of days. Her sister married a vampire, her husband dumped her, and when she decides to undergo past life regression at a party, she witnesses her own death and watches a vampire kill the one responsible. So imagine her surprise when during a house inspection with her ex-husband’s new trophy wife, she inadvertently absor...more
“I’ll be sure to pass that along to the next Beloved I see.”
Corazon Ferreirs (Cora) is not having the best of days. Her sister married a vampire, her husband dumped her, and when she decides to undergo past life regression at a party, she witnesses her own death and watches a vampire kill the one responsible. So imagine her surprise when during a house inspection with her ex-husband’s new trophy wife, she inadvertently absor...more
I am so sad to have to report that really I didn't enjoy this book. Normally I love Katie MacAlister's books but this one I just could not get into. I thave to agree with a few reviews I read here on Goodreads. Cora was just plain ditsy and annoying, her dislike of vampires made NO sense to me at all and her fairly quick 180 on the subject made her seem like she had no standards. That's not to say that Alec isn't likable, because he is. Alec seems like almost the only one with any sense in the r...more
I enjoyed this book. It is the story of Dark One Alec, introduced in Zen and the Art of Vampires, and Cora, the reincarnation of Alec's Beloved who was killed hundreds of years ago. Despite Cora's initial disdain for Alec the two come together pretty quickly. Unlike in previous Dark Ones books, not much was made of the joining process itself. The focus seemed to be more on the outside conlict than on the relationship between Cora and Alex. Don't get me wrong, they had good chemistry and there wa...more
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For as long as she can remember, Katie MacAlister has loved reading. Growing up in a family where a weekly visit to the library was a given, Katie spent much of her time with her nose buried in a book. Despite her love for novels, she didn't think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. Since her editor refused to allow her to include either witty dialo...more
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“Sit down before you hurt your owies.”
“I am a Dark One!” he said, managing to stand upright at last, ignoring the pain and tearing feeling on his left side. “We do not have owies! We have grievous, nearly fatal injuries!”
“Pia,” Cora said(...). “Would you please get Alec a chair before he does more damage to, or topples over from, his grievous, nearly fatal injuries?”
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“I am a Dark One!” he said, managing to stand upright at last, ignoring the pain and tearing feeling on his left side. “We do not have owies! We have grievous, nearly fatal injuries!”
“Pia,” Cora said(...). “Would you please get Alec a chair before he does more damage to, or topples over from, his grievous, nearly fatal injuries?”
