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Dark Legend (Carpathians #8)

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He woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice called to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving.

Francesca Del Ponce was a healer, a woman who radiated goodness as powerfully as the...more
Mass Market Paperback, 394 pages
Published January 7th 2002 by Leisure Books
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Susan
Originally read in June 2008

Christine Feehan's Dark Legend is the 8th book in her "Dark Carpathians" series, and I must tell you that the books just get better and better as I continue. In this book we delve further into the legendary twin Carpathian hunters Gabriel and Lucian. The last couple of books have "whispered" to us of them, but as this is Gabriel's story, we learn a lot about him and his brother here. This is also the story of Francesca Del Ponce, Gabrie...more
Jen (Red Hot Books)
Just when you think you've met the oldest and most powerful of Christine Feehan's Carpathian males, she produces one who's even older and more powerful. We've heard the stories about the legendary Daratrazanoff twins, Gabriel and Lucian. Gregori's older brothers were great fighters and protectors of the Carpathian people. Everyone has believed them dead for centuries, but they've really been locked beneath the earth all this time.

The brothers made a pact early on that should either o...more
Zeek
Zeek rated it 1 of 5 stars
Shelves: pnr
I tried Christine Feehan before and couldn't get into her stories, but so many recommend her I had to give her another shot.

Dark Legend, the story of Gabriel, the Carpathian hero who lived for centuries with one intent, keeping his Carpathian-turned-Vampire twin brother, Lucian, in check.

Dark Legend opens with Gabriel awakening after a century's long, self-induced sleep in the earth, hungry and in need. Almost immediately, he meets up with Franchesca- who just happens to ...more
Shannon
Gabriel and his twin, Lucian, are legendary hunters among the Carpathians. They have been destroying vampires and defeating human armies for two millennia, but for the past hundred years no one has seen or heard of them. Word is that Lucian turned vampire and his brother hunted and fought him across the globe. Now after a century of sleeping beneath a Parisian cemetery, construction crews have woken them to a new world, new technology but the same age-old battle.

Gabriel wakes hungry,...more
Nymphsin
Nymphsin rated it 3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: People who love the Carpathians and the world they live in...
Recommended to Nymphsin by: Long time fan...
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Katie Cody
Blood is thicker than water in “BaSatai: Outside In”.
Armani’s blood is cursed and because of this is the prime target for deadly enemies. Her character is very strong willed and stubborn she doesn’t sit back and allow the curse to take over her life. She is definitely one of the more interesting characters I have come across. I liked hearing her point of view and how she handled the sticky situations that came with having cursed blood.
Rafael is a typical alpha hero in that he believ...more
Kazza K
I have a guilty secret (well not so secret) it's these darn Carpathian books. Truly they aren't really my style but bloody hell I still read them because there is something about the men that I just like and some of the women too. This book though I personally found a tough read, she was so good, he was so good, no he was so good, no she was...you get my point. Christine Feehan is to be thanked for today's PNR UF books but boy can she waffle sometimes and this book was a waffler and a half. The ...more
Dee Haddrill
"Gabriel wakes deep within the ground, and the first sensation he feels is an overwhelming hunger for blood. But as he hunts the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice calls to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce is a healer, a woman who radiates goodness as powerfully as the sun does light. Though Garbriel knows she will be like hot silk in his arms, though he knows the taste of her will be addictive, he fears for her life and his so...more
Srisurang
ค่อยๆ เก็บตกหนังสือในชุดนี้ที่ยังไม่ได้อ่าน ส่วนมากที่อ่านไปแล้วอ่านฉบับแปลค่ะ เล่มนี้อ่านฉบับอังกฤษ ก็สนุกดีเช่นเคย แต่แอบชอบเรื่องของ ลูเซียน ฝาแฝดคนพี่ใน Dark Guardian มากกว่านิดหนึ่งก็เลยให้เล่มนี้ 4 ดาวค่ะ
พระเอกนางเอก อ่อนโยนและน่ารัก เล่มนี้ Gabriel (พระเอก) ดูนุ่มนวลและยอมให้นางเอกตัดสินใจอะไรมากกว่าพระเอกเล่มอื่นๆ ที่ค่อนข้างจะควบคุมและเจ้าอำนาจมากกว่าสักหน่อย เขาเป็นฝ่ายเข้ามาอยู่บ้านนางเอกด้วย และนางเอกก็ไม่ได้เป็นมนุษย์ แต่เป็นคาร์พาเธียนที่ฉลาดและมีความรู้ในการรักษา แถมยังใจบุญ...more
Jenny Delandro
I read this book when I had first started reading Paranormal novels. And when I was reading Dark Challenge.... I realised that I was aware of the authors style.... and started searching.

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Gabriel wakes deep within the ground, and the first sensation he feels is an overwhelming hunger for blood. But as he hunts the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice calls to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce is a healer, ...more
Kate
Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: paranormal, romance
I must say, I am VERY fond of the Dark Series books that feature ancient Carpathian women. Francesca is such a strong character and so elegant and caring, I adore her and he strength. Thant being said, the dynamics between Lucian and Gabriel as ancient warrior twins who are so used to functioning as virtually one being was a fairly gut wrenching emotional twist. The pain conveyed by Feehan when Gabriel contemplated losing his brother to the darkness and being forced to end Lucian's existence...more
Debbie
Evading vampires, Carpathians and human hunters for so many centuries, Francesca Del Ponce was amazed that the one male she wanted to avoid the most walked out of the darkness and into her arms. Hunger was such a strong feeling as Gabriel emerged from his disturbed rest only to find one of the most healing souls he had ever run across. As soon as Francesca realized who was with her, her lifemate, she knew what would happen, offering her life for his seemed her only option to save him, and hersel...more
Oleta Blaylock
I know that a lot of people have a hard time getting past the first few books in this series. They were written 11 to 12 years ago and what was acceptable and expect then is not necessarily the same today. These books can be addictive though just as any author with a long running series can be. This is the first book about the Daratraznoff twins. They have fought vampires and invading armies protecting their people and the human race all their lives. They have known only bleak lives lived i...more
Kelly
Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: read-in-2010
Umm, apparently book 7 is just a short story in the After Twilight anthology. That sort of numbering makes my head hurt. Anyway. I really did enjoy Gabriel and Francesca's story, I just had a really hard time sitting down and reading it for any extended length of time. This book took me forever. for.ev.er. Like, a freaking week. Terrible. That said, I thought that Francesca's sacrifice in withdrawing from the other Carpathians made sense after she believed her chance with her lifemate ha...more
t'irla  ~aka s'layer~
t'irla ~aka s'layer~ rated it 3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: Those who enjoy vampire, suspense and romance
Gabriel is an Ancient Carpathian, everyone thought he was dead. Gabriel has a twin brother, everyone thought he turned Vampire and Gabriel killed him...so is dead.

In this story we find neither of the Ancient twins dead. Dark Legend is Gabriel's story and how he meets Francesca, fall in love and have a HEA. We find out what happened to Lucian, Gabriel's brother and well...I'll stop there cause I don't want to giveaway the story.

I find Christine Feehan's Dark Series seem...more
Pat Cromwell
I struggled through this inially because of that darn lifemate Franacesca! While not as whinny as yucky Raven, she worked my last nerve. Then, when she went off on the human Bryce I gained a semblence of respect for her. But I didn't like the way she initially treated Gabriel, after all, he is a Daratrazanoff so my though is "How Dare She". As I read more about her in future books, I warmed all the more to her. In Dark Celebration, I became her fan because in Dark Celebration you...more
Jill
I wish there would have been a 3.5 star designation...

I was really looking forward to this one because I knew the woman was the one who said the vow first, and I was looking forward to reading one of these where the woman wasn't so dominated and "taken" by the man. Of course, she still manages to get some of that feel in there, but I think the overall tone is different. From the beginning, Gabriel appreciates Francesca's good qualities and isn't as overbearing as some of th...more
Alex Economides
I have a secret…….when it comes to reading books …it’s like living with OCD….you know…obsessive compulsive disorder!!!!! If I start reading the first book in a series I have to read them all……what a luck that my friend gave me the first 12 or 13 books in the Dark Series….which I finished reading nonstop for the next two weeks….and before I reached book 12, I had in my possession the entire series (after doing a web search to find where they could be bought!!!).
Hunger…that’s what I felt……t...more
Mrsku
Mrsku rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: books-i-loved
"Gabriel

He woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voiced called to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving.

Francesca Del Ponce was a healer, a woman who radiated goodness as powerfully as the sun did light. But surely his obsession with her would turn him as his twin brother had turned,
...more
Bleunween R.
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Cheryl
Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: audios-read
Carpathians book 8. Audiobook library book downloaded to my phone. Uh oh! Every fan of horror novels knows that digging in a graveyard is NEVER a good idea! This is how the twins Gabriel and his turned-vampire brother, Lucian are let loose from their imprisonment /entrapment.

So far, I think this is the best of the Feehan's Carpathians series I have read. There are lots of characters outside of the main ones and more plot lines than the other books have.

Skye, the young gir...more
Lschic418
So, just like I liked Dark Magic with Gregori and Savannah, I like this one. I love the fact that the woman is not having panic attacks because of the changes she's going through. She's already Carpathian, she knows what's happening and she's a force to reckon with on her own. The relationship between Francesca and Gabriel is touching, he's so empty, dealing with the struggles of his brother (he definitely should have known p.s.) but the fact that she just let him be who he was destined to be is...more
Suz
Suz rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: pnr
These seem to finally taking the slight turn from PNR to UF a tiny bit more.

I liked this one. There was a little more plot than some of the others, there were some noticeable changes to the sex scenes that was a bit of a relief from the previous offerings, the male protagonist was not insufferably alpha and the female protagonist was not a whiner.

I also like there being a bit more of a focus on some of the longer story arcs, but not so much that you get left feeling li...more
Kaireyven
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Catlin
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 * Kazzy * -aka Stryker-
A really good story in the series; loved the lead Gabriel, another great carpathian character! Found the storyline took a bit of a turn which was a nice change, and his female was very different to most of the others. One of the most unlikely pairings ever, which might be why the storyline worked so well! It made it interesting and showed imagination; I can't wait to read about Gabriel's twin, there is a lot of history there to be explored and I think that will make a great episode. I would...more
Leanne
Our first old as dirt female!! This book is great because we're not dealing with conversion (oh my!) and we've got something we've never seen before - a female who knows how to use her power. Boo yeah!

I love the brotherly relationship between Gabriel and Lucian - oh, the twins, how we all thought you were dead! I also really like the little girl Francesca adopts and the relationships between all the characters.

I know it sounds vague, but I don't like to spoil too much......more
Sababa
Dark legend was not bad. I mean I felt it was a bit same like all the other Carpathian novels. But there were three things that made an impact on me. Firstly, Skyler. It was surprising how welcoming Francesca and Gabriel was towards her. I felt they were not only genuinely attached to her but also they treated her like family. Francesca always said 'our children' including Skyler. I really liked that. Secondly, the bond between Gabriel and Lucian was simply tremendous. I loved reading about how ...more
Deserie
Dark Legend is book #8 in Ms. Feehan’s Dark (Carpathian) series. Gabriel and Lucian (twins) were both known as great warriors to the Carpathian Race. We quickly learn through Gabriel, that Lucian, having already succumbed to the darkness (now vampire), and Gabriel (still without a healing lifemate), felt like he was quickly succumbing to the same fate. His only solution was to bind his brother to him and remain under the earth indefinitely in an ancient slumber. Thought to be long dead, Gabri...more
Carolyn F.
Re-read, this time by audiobook. I also have the paperback.

I wish there was just this narrator Rebecca Cook on the books instead of Juanita Parker who did I think the first 3 books. Because as I'm writing this I'm listening to the next book in the series and Juanita makes the heroine's voices so irritating I end up disliking every single heroine that she's narrated. I had a Goodfriend ask whether it's the narration that is the reason I was disliking the books so much the 2nd time ...more
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