A new day dawns blood red
A master of fire, Mira is the last hope for the world. For centuries she has secretly enforced the history-alteri... read full description
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Jan 27, 2012
Fangs for the Fantasy
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Now that it is absolutely clear that the naturi intend to break the seal and release their queen, Mira is placed into a situation in which she must choose who to be loyal to. If that were not enough, the threat of an inter species war looms over head. Mira is being manipulated from all sides. The fact that she was made a first blood by three different vampires means that at any time, the ancients may use her for their own purposes. Each of the ancients has a different plan of attack, which m
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Oct 23, 2011
Sheyla
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This is the second book in this series.
It starts where the first book ends. Mira, Tristan and Danaus have to appear in front of the Coven. They arrive to Venice and from that moment the actions begins and never stops.
By the end of book one Mira learns that she can be manipulated by Jabari and by Danaus. This makes her feel unsafe. The peace she has had for years is gone.
She finds herself wanting to protect Tristan and takes him under her care against her selfish nature. Her " More...
It starts where the first book ends. Mira, Tristan and Danaus have to appear in front of the Coven. They arrive to Venice and from that moment the actions begins and never stops.
By the end of book one Mira learns that she can be manipulated by Jabari and by Danaus. This makes her feel unsafe. The peace she has had for years is gone.
She finds herself wanting to protect Tristan and takes him under her care against her selfish nature. Her " More...
Apr 14, 2011
Jen
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If you sit down with the first two books in the Dark Days series, they read just like one long story. Dayhunter picks up just moments after where Nightwalker left off. This book is not a standalone. Each installment of the series (including those that follow this one) is just a piece in a larger story. Personally, I love serialized books, but it can be frustrating to wait between each installment. Fortunately in this case, you can sit down with a stack of these and read them from beginning to en
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Jul 14, 2010
jD
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Jocelynn Drake writes a great tension filled story. I have moved from "like" to "love" Mira. The world of vampires expands in greater detail in this book by revealing the dynamics of the Coven. It is the ruling body for the vamps. The concepts are expanded and we learn what type of being Danaus is. I was not shocked by that revelation, it was clearly the only way to go since Ms. Drake had already defined the creatures of her world. Mira's character grows significantly i
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Sep 04, 2009
Schnaucl
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Jan 23, 2012
Rafaela
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I think I nearly stopped reading this book about 5 times, every time when I didn't find something better to read I'd come back to it.
I had a real hard time understanding the time of person Mira is. Is she a killer? Is she cruel? How deep are her morals? I found everything very double standard. She kills vampire weaklings but she's a protector of humans? Is that just to make thing she's tough and at the same time sympathise with her?
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I had a real hard time understanding the time of person Mira is. Is she a killer? Is she cruel? How deep are her morals? I found everything very double standard. She kills vampire weaklings but she's a protector of humans? Is that just to make thing she's tough and at the same time sympathise with her?
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Feb 05, 2010
♦Jennifer♦
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I absolutely loved the first book of the dark days series, and this is no different.
Throughout the book Mira is trying to find a balance between the nightwalker world and her own morality. She is constantly being judged by those around her, and on more than one occasion those around her are manipulating Mira into positions that she never asked to be in.
I think one of the main reasons that I love this book is because Mira is neither completely good nor completely evil. Sh More...
Throughout the book Mira is trying to find a balance between the nightwalker world and her own morality. She is constantly being judged by those around her, and on more than one occasion those around her are manipulating Mira into positions that she never asked to be in.
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Oct 06, 2009
Krys
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So, I literally devoured this book... which is so weird because the first one took me a few weeks to read (although I do blame a personal tragedy for the lapse in my reading, not Drake). But yeah, the first one sparked my interest... this one has got me hooked.
Drake manages to keep up a heady mix of interesting plot twists and super-fun-to-read characters to boot. The book starts out with Mira and company arriving in Venice to meet with the Coven about the impending war/battles with More...
Drake manages to keep up a heady mix of interesting plot twists and super-fun-to-read characters to boot. The book starts out with Mira and company arriving in Venice to meet with the Coven about the impending war/battles with More...
Jul 01, 2009
Deanna
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Dayhunter stayed true to the theme of the Dark Days. It stayed true to Mira and her fight against the Naturi. It stayed true to the action. It stayed true to Nightwalkers.
I liked Mira.
I liked Danaus.
I liked Jabari.
I liked the story.
I liked the tension between Mira and those in the Coven. There is tension for Mira as she does not know who to trust...Jabari? Danaus? Who?
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Dayhunter stayed true to the theme of the Dark Days. It stayed true to Mira and her fight against the Naturi. It stayed true to the action. It stayed true to Nightwalkers.
I liked Mira.
I liked Danaus.
I liked Jabari.
I liked the story.
I liked the tension between Mira and those in the Coven. There is tension for Mira as she does not know who to trust...Jabari? Danaus? Who?
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Apr 04, 2011
Monica
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I am two books into this series and already in love. I just can't get enough of these UF/PNR meshes. This book has a UF feel with enough of the sensual not to be a tease. I love the characters, the drama, and the plot of this book....so basically everything.
I think Mira is pretty bad ass as well as Danaus. We find out what he is in this book and I get kind of angry because he is (not going to tell you) something that everyone she be shunning, not him getting to shun everyone else. I also go More...
I think Mira is pretty bad ass as well as Danaus. We find out what he is in this book and I get kind of angry because he is (not going to tell you) something that everyone she be shunning, not him getting to shun everyone else. I also go More...
Jun 25, 2010
Tricia
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Jul 16, 2011
Cher
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I'm addicted to this series. I cannot stop myself! I've already started the next book to find out what's going to happen. I love Mira but sometimes I can't understand her choices. In this book, Mira,Tristan and the hunter are ordered to go to the coven. Things quickly spiral out of control and Mira is faced with choices that she has declined for 600 years. We get to meet the life that Mira has rejected for so many years. Your never quite sure who is friend or foe. We also get a glimpse of the hu
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Mar 05, 2010
Caitlin
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I loved the first book of this series. I was completely riveted by the characters, the world Ms. Drake created and the dark, edgy vibe to it. Dayhunter was boring. Absolutely nothing happened, and this novel was nothing more than just a filler. Mira and Danaus were in a few battles, Mira had people to protect that she didn't want, and she and Danaus repeatedly (and I mean repeatedly) mentioned that when "this" was all over they were going to kill eachother. No progress was made with a
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Apr 28, 2009
Bridget
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Mira isn't your average vampire. Well, unless of course you consider a fire starter vampire normal. She's teamed up with a vampire hunter, one of her so-called makers, and a few other people that want her dead. But the crisis at hand is more important and they need her if they want to survive.
Mira doesn't want anyone to depend on her and she sure as hell doesn't want to have to depend on someone else. Or so she thought. When she decides to take Tristan under her wing and save him fro More...
Mira doesn't want anyone to depend on her and she sure as hell doesn't want to have to depend on someone else. Or so she thought. When she decides to take Tristan under her wing and save him fro More...
Nov 03, 2010
Sevie
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Dayhunter picks up immediately after the events from the first book.
Most of the book is set in Venice, Italy. We meet several other vampires, including the Coven and a few more weres. The plot moves along nicely and is still not too predictable with lots of twists and turns. We find more out about Mira's powers and why Jabira has not killed her yet. It seems everyone has their own agenda and a lot of secret (or not so secret)alliances. We still do not have a clear line of who is good and More...
Most of the book is set in Venice, Italy. We meet several other vampires, including the Coven and a few more weres. The plot moves along nicely and is still not too predictable with lots of twists and turns. We find more out about Mira's powers and why Jabira has not killed her yet. It seems everyone has their own agenda and a lot of secret (or not so secret)alliances. We still do not have a clear line of who is good and More...
Jul 22, 2009
Kenna
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I always seem to start reading a series NOT with the first book. I like this book. I want to see where the relationship between Mira and Danaus. There be sex in them future books for those two crazy kids. I can feel it. I applaud the author in a standing ovation for setting us up for that and not giving it to us right away. I like the build up of the story and emotion/quiet tension between the two.
I also very much enjoyed the story itself, It was fresh and imaginative and some thing More...
I also very much enjoyed the story itself, It was fresh and imaginative and some thing More...
Aug 06, 2009
Cindi
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I was SO psyched after reading Nighthunter (DD#1) that I left the book out on a countertop to remind me of this new author. Somehow the seat-of-your-pants thrills of the first book in this new series was not manifested in the second, however. The book was good, don't get me wrong, but it seemed disjointed; the timeline is exactly where NW left off so the book starts off reminding one of all the tradegies and loss the heroine has experienced. Things don't ever slow down for her and because of
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Jul 08, 2009
marlene
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this book was so much better than the first one for me. the first i had to force myself to read through the first quarter. this one pretty much picks up right where book one leaves off and therefore cut out almost all of the complaints i had with those beginning pages. this one in the series moved along not only the plot but the character development greatly. by the end everything and every one is in a different place than where they started on so many levels, but it all works seamlessly. t
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Jun 11, 2009
Darcy
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This book was just ok to me. I found that I was able to put it down and start doing other things around the house. I don't know what I really think about the world the book is set in. Not sure if it is really unusual or boring. I do really like Mira and she is the reason that I keep reading this series. I like how she is a reluctant hero. She does not want to be placed in these situations, she just wants to be left alone and live her life. I am still on the fence with Danaus. Sometimes I
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Sep 06, 2011
Gardavson
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Geesh, does this author know her geography! That or she is completely making everything up as she goes. This installment traveled the world as Mira fights the Naturi and tries to figure out the chess game the Coven is making of her life. Mira takes on many new respondsibilities and does things she never thought she would do. Danaus and her continue their unusual relationship. Rowe hunts her, and she hunts Rowe. Enemies alter by the chapter, sometimes by the paragraph. I really would rate this bo
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Feb 08, 2010
Starling
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Middle books in trilogies are traditionally weak. But this is probably the second book in a series with at least 5 books. And it certainly is not a weak book.
We learn a lot more about the world Mira lives in. We meet The Coven which rules the nightwalkers. The Hall, where the Coven meets is a very dark and dangerous place. This is a very dark version of the paranormal world, and the nightwalkers are at war, but don't seem to be taking the war very seriously. Instead they are playing More...
We learn a lot more about the world Mira lives in. We meet The Coven which rules the nightwalkers. The Hall, where the Coven meets is a very dark and dangerous place. This is a very dark version of the paranormal world, and the nightwalkers are at war, but don't seem to be taking the war very seriously. Instead they are playing More...
Mar 12, 2011
Nora
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Nothing really special about the second book in the Nightwalker series, but it did have a lot of action and we learn what Danaus is, which intrigued me. Solid writing. We learn more about the vampire Coven as well, which is interesting. A few plot twists, but nothing really jumped out at me as stellar. I do enjoy this series and will continue, but as fas as series go, it can't make my favorites. Will blog more when I have rested up from jetlag. Flight got in late at 1AM last night due to mother
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Oct 09, 2010
Mare
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This book picks up immediately after the first book and continues right into the storyline set up in the first one. That said, there wasn't nearly as much action in this book, focusing more on the whys and such behind some of the information discovered in the first book as well as setting up for some interesting choices on the the part of Mira in the remainder of the series.
I still love Mira and her fight against everyone trying to have control over her (including her inner monster/pa More...
I still love Mira and her fight against everyone trying to have control over her (including her inner monster/pa More...
Aug 06, 2009
Lilibeth
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Some authors fast-forward through years, other few months, but Jocelynn Drake only skipped a few recovery hours from the very end of her debut-novel Nightwalker to continue the series in Dayhunter. Just hours after the carnage with the naturi, Mira and Tristan are already hunting and trying to overcome as much of the after-shock of the battle; to confront their next challenge, The Coven. In many ways this sequel canters around Mira's and Danaus's "relationship"; but there are still a b
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May 29, 2009
Tina (Fantastic Book Review)
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Dayhunter is the 2nd installment in the Dark Days Series. This is an excellent fast-paced urban fantasy. Once again, Jocelynn continues to amaze me with all the plot twists in this series. Dayhunter has everything you could possibly want in a book. Its action packed (the way I like my books) and full of twists and turns and shocking revelations throughout. This is one of those books that keep you on the edge - I stayed up all night reading this one because I had to know who would come out on top
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Aug 14, 2010
Amie
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I really do enjoy Drake's storytelling. Unlike some of the reviewers of this series, I don't find it too cliched (perhaps I just haven't read as much urban fantasy as others making that judgment). I enjoy the characters, particularly Mira.
That being said, Drake's story often becomes overshadowed for me by her atrocious editing. This book's copy editing was definitely stronger than Nightwalker's, but someone needs to control her participle usage. There were so many dangling participle More...
That being said, Drake's story often becomes overshadowed for me by her atrocious editing. This book's copy editing was definitely stronger than Nightwalker's, but someone needs to control her participle usage. There were so many dangling participle More...
Jan 06, 2010
Lesley
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I give up. I was hoping that since this is now book #2 the author would have overcome her structural, narrative, and character flaws. It didn't happen. Nobody really has a personality, just moments of "this would be cool." There's really nothing steady for these characters - they all have multiple personality disorder. Things don't flow well. The plot has pretty much not moved at all. The "sexual tension" and relationship buildup is laughable. I had really thought this one wo
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Jul 04, 2011
Feliciamarie
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the book was good.
there was alot of action.what i liked about mira is that she knows her faults and she understand that that is hu she is. i also admire how she faces all her problems and she never backs down or gives up.
in this book we start to see the growing relationship between mira and danaus and u can start to see how he starts to care abt her. though i still find that their relationship is progressing super slow and in the next book it still hasnt develop much...i guess that is More...
there was alot of action.what i liked about mira is that she knows her faults and she understand that that is hu she is. i also admire how she faces all her problems and she never backs down or gives up.
in this book we start to see the growing relationship between mira and danaus and u can start to see how he starts to care abt her. though i still find that their relationship is progressing super slow and in the next book it still hasnt develop much...i guess that is More...
Apr 11, 2011
Jocelin
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When I read the 1st book in the series, it took a long time for the story to get going. This was not the case for this book. I was totally captivated by this one. The action started on pg. 1. We find our main character/heroine (don't say that to her face) going to Venice to find out answers about the Naturi (supernatural beings bend on world domination). Her maker and her mentor want to use her in a dangerous power play. She has a new nemesis to worry about; The Daylight Coalition (humans trying
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Sep 23, 2010
Jessica(Spinecracker)
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3.5 stars
Poor Mira, tasked with saving the world yet again. Our story starts a day or two after the end of Nightwalker and Mira and Danaus are in Venice to see the Coven who've summoned her. They have a couple days until the naturi will atempt to brake open the seals in place against them. And they hope that the mighty Coven will offer some relief and have some much-needed answers.
Drake does an amazing job of relaying Mira's somber state throughout the book. Mira i More...
Poor Mira, tasked with saving the world yet again. Our story starts a day or two after the end of Nightwalker and Mira and Danaus are in Venice to see the Coven who've summoned her. They have a couple days until the naturi will atempt to brake open the seals in place against them. And they hope that the mighty Coven will offer some relief and have some much-needed answers.
Drake does an amazing job of relaying Mira's somber state throughout the book. Mira i More...
