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Oct 31, 2008

Beth F. rated it:

Will someone please explain to me how a couple can have sex when he’s on top and she’s on the bottom and her jeans are pushed down but still around her ankles? Because frankly, I really don’t think that is humanly possible. If she was bent over, alright. Or if they were really stretchy pants with an elastic waistband, maybe. Or if the jeans are only around one ankle but have completely slipped off the other, definitely. But if they’re hiding out in a secret Carpathian cave and they are imme More...

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Feb 03, 2012

Lou rated it:

I enjoyed Dark Prince but this book is just more of the same thing. I am Carpathian hierarchy and not a Vampire and still they are having problems getting a life-mate just wanted more drama more action, i was expecting more and i think this is where i do not go any further in the series. There are so many good books to read at the moment.

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Apr 08, 2007

Rhapsody rated it:

I like the ideas behind this series, but the writing style puts me off a little. Too much of the focus is on the romance, and not enough on the events or the plot. It was very repetitive at times; again and again, we have to listen to beautiful Jacques thinks Shea is and how people are feeling toward one another. Normally I love that sort of thing, but it was too much for me. I also found the dialogue somewhat lacking. Still, I'm moderately into the series still. I'm most interested in rea More...

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Aug 27, 2010

TJ rated it:

While this installment of the Carpathians is engaging, it didn't live up to the first. It is darker, Jacques (who is the charming younger brother in book one) has been held and tortured for sevens years and left for dead. He comes out of the experience barely hanging on to his sanity and with a vicious streak a mile wide. The story still has it's twists and turns along with an interesting (if rather dysfunctional) love story, which keeps it moving and would earn it a 3.5 star rating.

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Feb 22, 2009

Kissa rated it:

I loved the plot of this book and was so glad to see Raven and the other characters from the first book. Great 2nd book in a series. The only thing I didn't like is the many type errors I found throughout the book. I'm starting on the third this week.

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Sep 10, 2011

Bronwyn rated it:

This is the story of Julian and Shea. Julian is the brother of Mikhael, Prince to the Carpathians, who featured in the first book, Dark Prince.

Julian disappeared at a time when some human vampire hunters were in the mountains and no-one had been able to find him, he had been tortured, staked and left to rot in a box. Somehow Julian had lost his ability to telepathically communicate with his people, however, perhaps because of this loss, he was able to find a girl a long way away. D More...

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Dec 13, 2010

Bronwyn rated it:

This is my first read of Christine Feehan’s Dark Series and I really enjoyed it. This is the 2nd book in the series. I love to read vampire stories and Christine’s idea for her vampires so far seems good.

This is the story of Jacques Dubrinsky and Shea O’Halloran. Jacques is a Carpathian male who has been tortured and left to die by a betrayer and 2 humans. He connects the telepathy to Shea, a doctor in America and brings her to him, this takes place over a period of 7 years. It turns o More...

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Sep 18, 2009

Maria rated it:

When I read the first Carpathian novel I thought that was dark. I must say that this is even darker.
The hero, Jacques, has been tortured and buried alive for seven years and he has slowly been converted to a monster without speech, thriving on hatred and revenge.
He lives to find and kill the humans and the vampire responsible for his confinement but also to find and hurt the woman he sees in his visions. The beautiful read head that dosen´t answer his call for help.
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Sep 18, 2009

Debbie rated it:

Seven years of nightmares, the pain, the visions of a haunted and tormented man. Surgeon Shea O’Halloran grew used to seeing this man, almost expected him. Jacques Dubrinsky saw a woman, he had lost his connection with his family, but he could see her, he could cause her pain. She was one of them, it was because of her that he was trapped and in so much pain, he wanted to cause her pain. Shea had no way of knowing that the man, the torment, the pain was all real until she went to the Carpathian More...

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Aug 13, 2009

Delia rated it:

Christine Feehan has a good hook going for her. I love the idea that vampires don't start out as vampires, but Carpathian males looking for their other half. However, one can only take so much male dominance before you want to through the book across the room.

Jacque is a Carpathian male that goes missing and whom everyone believes dead. What they don't realize is that he's been brutally tortured by humans who left him buried in the ground and who also thought he was dead.

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Jan 19, 2010

Kathy rated it:

Shea and Jock... hmmmm... Shea, part Carpathian (prevampire) part human. Her mother was Rand's lifemate... but Rand was not able to stand up for her, deserted her, and turned vampire - in league with evil human vampire hunters. Shea is different, isolated from people, and believing she has some sort of blood disorder... (needing regular transfusions)... and she is a brilliant surgeon / researcher, using her telepathic powers as she performs surgery to keep the patient living.

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Apr 10, 2009

Alaine rated it:

I didn't think it was possible but I loved the second book in the Carpathian series even more than the first. This book tells the story of Jacques and Shea and it's hard to say which of their stories is more interesting. Shea is a fascinating woman who is a surgeon and healer and she's the perfect mate for Jacques. Jacques is Mikhail’s brother who was mortally wounded in the first book and only survived because of Raven, Mikhail's life mate. The great thing about this series is that each book bu More...

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Jan 06, 2012

Terri rated it:

The one big problem I have with Christine Feehan's Dark series is the head hopping. However, as an audio book it's easier to overlook this issue.

Shea is a very strong heroine, she doesn't feel sorry for herself, and despite the trials she's been through she's determined to find a cure for the blood defect she's diagnosed herself with. I did wonder why she never contacted the police about her strange stalkers - but could suspend disbelief there as it was needed for the plot.

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Mar 20, 2011

Susan rated it:

I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the first in the series. The language was a bit repetitive. All in all it was a good story though. After book one, the story I was most looking forward to was Gregori's story. Now after reading this one, I'm even more excited to find out what happens to him. Unfortunately, I will have to wait for book four. Jacques was a great hero - very tormented but inherently good. This is a really interesting series.

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Jan 17, 2012

Miss Jevus rated it:

I don't understand what all the fuss is about over this series.
The women are pathetic, the men are ridiculously needy, and the plotline is weak. Having said that, I did at least finish it, so it must have something about it. What I'm not sure of.

The character of Shea really bothers me. She digs Carpathian Jacques out of the wall and even though he attacks her she still feels the need to help him out. As you do. Seriously, the women need to be much stronger than they are. If I More...

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Jan 14, 2011

Jen rated it:

"Dark Desire" is the 2nd book in Christine Feehan's Carpathian series. It picks up roughly 20-25 years after the events of Dark Prince. And this installment centers on Mikhail's brother Jacques.

A quick review of the mythology of the series: There's an ancient race of people who hail from the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. They drink blood; they can shapeshift and speak telepathically; they can't go in the sun. And after about 200 years, the men lose their emotions and th More...

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Jun 25, 2011

Oleta rated it:

This is the second book in the Dark/Carpathian series. This is a very dark story that will have some feeling uncomfortable. What Jacques endures and lives through for seven years is truly terrible. I love how he finds his way back and is able to carve a new life from all the destruction. I also love the way the Mikhail and Gregori snipe at each other throughout the book. It is a nice touch of humor in such a dark story. Shea is also a very troubled character. There is so little love in he More...

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Jan 02, 2011

AshleyAlexis rated it:

I've read several Carpathian novels (Yes I read them out of order) and this is by far my favorite. I absolutely loved Jillian. The tortured hero always gets to me. The one thing I didn't like about this story is the fact that Jacques is obviously not all there and I liked how he needed to relay on Shea just to keep him grounded but with the appearance of the other Carpathians all of a sudden he was back to normal. Yeah he had his dark moments but nothing like how Shea found him. I didn't mind th More...

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Jan 29, 2010

Sophie *Ninja Rapunzel* rated it:

i liked this one a little more than the first one i think...
altho it had his moments- Jacques annoyed me sometimes with how angry he got or how he knew Mikhail was his brother and he still didnt fully trust him or Gregori.. but i think in the end he did.
it was sad that it had to happen to Jacques.. coz in the first book he was so happy and jokey and i relli liked his character, and then he was all tormented and evil and sadistic in this one.. never truely the Jacques we saw in the More...

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Jul 31, 2009

Jill rated it:

2nd in the series, this one is about Jacques, who is Mikhail's (Prince of the Carpathians and the hero of the 1st book) brother. His lifemate is Shea, who we come to find out is half-Carpathian and half-Human. Her father is Rand--who was married, but not lifemate with Jacques and Mikhail's sister Noelle, who was beheaded in the first book. All of this makes for an explosive situation, especially since when we first meet Jacques, he has been imprisoned in a coffin underground, severely tortured. More...

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Nov 04, 2011

Alex rated it:

Another read late into the night. I had to finish this book so I guess I did love the story.
Jacques, who we first meet in Dark Prince, is Mikhail Dubrinsky’s brother and he was tortured by a vampire and buried alive. Slowly going insane after a few years he connects telepathically with his life mate. Shea, a doctor starts having nightmares about Jacques and feels drawn to travel to the Carpathian mountains where she discovers him and begins healing him.
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Jan 13, 2012

Cindy rated it:

I enjoyed Dark Desire a lot more than I did Dark Prince - I feel the story-line was more developed and that there was more going on - basically just a better plot in general.

My main pet peeves were just the extreme over-usage of phrases like "white-hot heat" and "black velvet stare" - I felt like sometimes the exact same discussion was happening over and over again.

Other than that, really the only thing that is bothering me is that for both this and More...

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Dec 26, 2010

Tracy rated it:

I didn't read the first book in the series but it didn't take me long to understand the main characters nor the characters from the first book. I thought the storyline was pretty good. It was very intense I thought but I liked what I read and it kindof sets up for a future couple, which I REALLY need to get that book!

Its hard to really compare it to any other stories but I would have to compare it to Argeanu series/ Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It has some closeness in a sens More...

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Nov 23, 2011

Arzella rated it:

Funny how reading a story about Jacques has me wanting to hear the story of Gregori. It was an interesting story. Maybe it is because I am new to Romance Novels, but I always feel like I am missing something. Like there is some part of the story just out of my grasp. Maybe I am supposed to think of the story as just filler so it isn't just one hot steamy scene after another.

Well I am going back to my mystery suspense novels soon. I have two other fantasy/paranormal romances to rea More...

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Feb 02, 2012

Carrie rated it:

As with the 1st book in her Carpathian series, I feel Christine Feehan makes the female lead a little batty. I think given the tragic and seriousness of events, as well as, "hello-this is your life now"!!!... the lead female, in this book Shea should not have soo many doubts and reconsiderations. It is almost laughable at times that after all that happens, and she finds out who she is, and who she has become,that she still resists and thinks she can just leave. I did enjoy the book. More...

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Oct 22, 2011

Janina rated it:

This was okay. There were parts that i liked and parts that i didn't like. The thing i liked was the concept and the romance of course and i liked the action too but what turned me off about this book was the women. Shea in particular. I'm all for a women being independent and want to do for herself but she did it to the point of annoyance. Everything Jacques wanted or needed or tried to get her to understand, there was always an argument and always defiance. ANNOYING! Really? Most things she ar More...

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Oct 15, 2011

Gloria75 rated it:

Lei, Shea, in parte umana e in parte carpaziana (anche se non lo sa) salva il suo compagno per la vita da una situazione di sofferenze atroci e viene prima trasformata da lui che ha quasi perso la ragione e poco alla volta deve capire come funzionano le cose in una realtà che non conosceva e che fatica a concepire.
Le stelline sarebbero state cinque tonde tonde se solo la parte iniziale non fosse stata così lenta, mi è sembrato che un inizio decisamente in salita, con un punto di stallo pr More...

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Dec 26, 2008

Michelle rated it:

Another Carpathian novel--Jacques and Shea's story. I've ready several of these now and I still enjoy them immensely. I would have thought that they would begin to be boring; essentially the same story over and over--dominating Carpathian male, independent woman (human, mage or a combination) but everything works out in the end; but even within this formula, each character is unique enough to continually be interesting. And the underlying setting of Carpathians fighting the evil of vampires a More...

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Sep 20, 2009

Sandy Elise-all things bright and shiny rated it:

I really enjoyed this book. I found having a main character that was not completely perfect and not always the typical knight in shining armor refreshing. Although the heroine gets on my nerves sometimes, this is nothing new for me because they always do. This is a great read, however, make sure that you do not start with this book. I recommend reading them in order so that you don't get confused with some of the background complexities or important characters that are not clearly explained. More...

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Apr 30, 2009

Amy rated it:

Soooooo disappointed in this book. All the reviews I've read go on and on about how this is such a great vampire series. Frankly, the same complaints I had about Twilight could be applied to this book. The main character keeps telling everyone what a strong, independent person she is, but the whole book is about her doing whatever this guy wants, and usually against her will. And it's *creepy*. Not in the good way. In the weird Appalachian Deliverance kinda way.

Overall, this bo More...

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