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  <title><![CDATA[Mona Lisa Darkening (Monere: Children of the Moon, book 4)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0425226476]]></isbn>
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  <default_description>From the time she was an orphan child, Mona Lisa knew she was different&#8212;but she never knew how different. As a Mixed-Blood daughter of the Mon&#232;re, she rules her own domain in the Louisiana Bayou. But her life of power is about to be lost, and Mona Lisa must survive a realm in which she is divided from within&#8230;

On the vernal equinox, when night equals day and the barriers between worlds become gossamer thin, Mona Lisa gathers her people beneath the full moon. Instead of drawing down the replenishing white light of the moon, a terrifying darkness descends upon her and takes her into NetherHell&#8212;the cursed realm of the damned. In this place, the evil queen whose essence shares Mona Lisa&#8217;s body is strong enough to fight her host for control&#8212;and she does.

But in NetherHell, Mona Lisa&#8217;s internal struggle is only the beginning. Captured by a Gargoyle warlord who wants her for his own, Mona Lisa is torn from both within and without by desire, love, and ecstasy. And when her first love crosses the boundaries of the world to rescue her, she must choose her own destiny&#8212;before others choose it for her&#8230;


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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Mona Lisa Darkening (Monere, #4)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sunny]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Julie (jjmachshev)]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 15:10:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sunny's 'Mona Lisa' series is a fascinating, dark fantasy filled with otherworldly creatures that are quite a bit different from the usual paranormal fare.  Her world is based on the Monere, a society of moon descendants who 'bask' in the moon's rays to sustain their life.  They are stronger, faster...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41870920">more...</a>]]></body>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 06:38:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 06:38:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow!  I always thought the first novel in this series was my fav, because it had Gryphon and Halcyon (two of my fav guys) and a happy ending.  Each novel after that first one has been sadder and darker and kinda depressing (for me), and they didn’t have what I would call a HEA ending.  In fact aft...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43560839">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 10:11:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 10:11:56 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm disappointed with this chapter in Mona Lisa's life. Ironically it wasn't that I couldn't believe that Mona Lisa would end up in netherhell thanks to Mona Louisa, I so easily could believe that the evil queen had managed to take more of Mona Lisa's happiness away yet again. No, my disappointment ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43583530">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58305233">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[fans of Laurell K. Hamilton]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 03 11:18:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 09 06:28:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series has a major theme common with the two Laurell K. Hamilton series: a tough on the outside, loving on the inside magically powerful heroine and her relationships with many different men who are mostly cool with sharing her. Ridiculous? Absolutely. Really interesting if you like complicated...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58305233">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43395124">
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    <location><![CDATA[Jacksonville, FL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 17 16:02:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 27 16:59:34 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Realistically, this gets a 2.5 from me...the unfortunate requirement of rounding gives Sunny the advantage of a 3.0 on this one.<br/><br/>I was disappointed on so many levels unfortunately.  The only thing holding this together for me was Sunny's writing style, although the Halcyon and Gryphon cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43395124">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57081455">
    <user id="1646176">
    <name><![CDATA[PR]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 23 13:42:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 07 09:50:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought the first book in this series and didn't buy anymore. For me, the series has always had something missing and a hit or miss quality.  Still, I do enjoy reading it b/c there are some good solid areas and interesting characters. This last book is a let down after Mona Lisa Craving.  I'm hopin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57081455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60892929">
    <user id="1214235">
    <name><![CDATA[Camille]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 24 00:57:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 17:44:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must admit I haven't read this series since the first one and I wasn't all that impressed, I agree that the premise of the series seems a mish mash of Hamilton and Bishop but I <em>liked</em> Mona Lisa as a character so I picked this one up (knowing I was missing a whole lot in between, I didn't mind)<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60892929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="78867077">
    <user id="1659173">
    <name><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Granite Bay, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 24 11:35:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 24 20:13:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mona Lisa's Darkening is a wonderful continuation of the Children of the Moon series that moves this series from interesting and enthralling to riviting.  Maybe it is because Summy has develped most of the characters and places well enough that she can really take you on a journey full detailed and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78867077">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69259163">
    <user id="626462">
    <name><![CDATA[Noel]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Oct 26 11:10:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this volume, but I feel like it should have been split up into two separate books. I wish that the events in Netherhell were extended to a longer period than the brief 24 hours. I wanted to learn more about those characters and the location. There seemed to be much more about them than the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69259163">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59578283">
    <user id="2415283">
    <name><![CDATA[Jd]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Springfield, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Jun 13 20:44:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 13 20:48:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I enjoyed the two books I read from this series, I am not a fan.  If I hit a dry spell and it is all on the shelf, yeah, I'll read another.  The concept is interesting.  The plots are actually pretty good.  The problem for me is that Mona Lisa falls in love every other page.  There is no po...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59578283">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49153595">
    <user id="1987133">
    <name><![CDATA[BrandyS]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kansas City, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 09:53:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 09:42:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The beginning was all right then the middle was slow. I was not sure if I was just reading too fast, but I was like &quot;is this over yet&quot;<br/>I was glad that they introduced a new person into her life and that she could look past his apperance.  But that was always her way.<br/>Towards the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49153595">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77423685">
    <user id="2505272">
    <name><![CDATA[FlibBityFLooB]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 06:48:14 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 15 16:19:00 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In truth, I don't think that this fourth book in the Monere Mona Lisa series fits into the series well at all.  For the first 100 pages of the book, I didn't feel like the storyline meshed with the previous books, and I frequently became distracted while reading.<br/><br/>Also, I was a bit annoyed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77423685">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62607589">
    <user id="2158030">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 08 06:50:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 13:21:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wish there was a 4.5 option.  It was a very good book in that I loved the Netherhell and Hell portion of the book.  But it just seemed like it got all sorts of crazy in parts.  Otherwise, it was good.  I still love the series, but I think 3rd book was so much better.  I must say I was disap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62607589">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46011871">
    <user id="1573922">
    <name><![CDATA[E.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lancaster, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sunny's fertile imagination creates yet another dimension, NetherHell, which is even feared by the formidable denizens of Hell itself.  Mona Louisa makes a surprising reappearance and complicates Mona Lisa's life even more as she evolves into a different person.  Not quite as enthralling as previous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46011871">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42036598">
    <user id="1506463">
    <name><![CDATA[Manda]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 18:38:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 18:40:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i was wainting for this book, and was disapointed. <br/><br/>i wanted sex, and was disapointed.<br/><br/>the others in the series are more steamy and better explore the fantasy world sunny has created.<br/><br/>by the end of the book, almost nothing has changed, and no hot sex sceens.]]></body>
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    <review id="65966271">
    <user id="1299366">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[South Amboy, NJ]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[paranormal romance lovers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 03 02:01:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 17:56:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was food for your soul it was good and interesting in the beginning and wasted no jumping into the action but my one problem was that though the book was fun and exciting i don't think it really added to the directive of the series in a positive way]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are definitely some elements of this series that I've found to be rather derivative of others-- demon dead, matriarchal societies, vampirism, etc.  The reason why I still read on is entirely due to the main character.  She describes herself as sort of plain and flat-chested in a race full of b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34606496">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 11:40:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 12 11:45:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! I love this book. Another wonderful world to fall into, NetherHell. New creatures to stir the senses...Gargoyles. Mona Lisa is still strong as ever and her love for her men is still as heart wrenching.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mona Lisa is the first mixed blood Queen the Monere have ever had. Descended from the moon, her people, the Monere draw their strength and long lifespan from it. Once a month her people gather to her to bask in the light of the moon while she draws down its power...<br/><br/>For the entire review ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39195924">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not book 6- it's book 4. Whatever.<br/>I am trying to figure out where this story and these characters are going. ]]></body>
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