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Aug 01, 2011

Marfita rated it:

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Mar 08, 2011

CROUCHING VAMPIRE HIDDEN FANG is the fantastic follow up to ZEN AND THE ART OF VAMPIRES! Mrs. MacAlister leaves us with the unknown fate with Pia and Kristoff, at the end of ZEN AND THE ART OF VAMPIRES and CROUCHING VAMPIRE HIDDEN FANG picks that fate up. Pia is my favorite heroine out of all of Mrs. MacAlister's stories. I find she is the most likable because she is not the kind of gal that just goes along with things because she is told to. She has an opinion and vocalizes it. She is also not More...

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Jan 07, 2011

Teresa rated it:

This book is to be read after the Zen and the Art of Vampires. The book picks up two months later after Pia was in Iceland. Pia has become married not only to one but two men. Her legal husband who she thinks the marriage is illegal because she was forced into the marriage is to Kristoff. Kristoff is a Dark One who she becomes his beloved. The second marriage is to the Sacristan Mattias, who Pia just gets irritated with and believes it's just a marriage in ceromony only. You see Pia manage More...

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Jul 21, 2009

Jen rated it:

I've really not enjoyed the last few Dark Ones novels, especially the ones with this main character. The first ones in the series are first and foremost romance novels. They have vampire characters in them (I have to point out that this breed of "dark ones" are borrowed from Christine Feehan's series which has problems all its own), but the story is not overtaken by the supernatural concepts and is just good old story telling. These last two novels feature a main character who is fo More...

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May 21, 2009

Chessa rated it:

This is basically the second (!&*$&^#&) half of one big story, starting with Zen and the Art of Vampires. I was really really irritated with that book because the previous 5 books in the series were pretty much stand-alone stories told in the same world (same vamp mythology, etc). Seems like her publishers decided to try to squeeze some extra $$ out of her fans by breaking up the last book into two books - so totally unnecessary. I digress.

This was a fine ending to the story that More...

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May 15, 2009

Victoria rated it:

Pia and Kristoff are an interesting pair.

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May 22, 2010

Heather rated it:

I like the fact that this book is a continuation of the previous book, Zen and the Art of Vampires,and I also like that Christian and Allie show up in this book as well. Allie more as a cameo, but Christian is a secondary character here.

Over all the book was good, and continued nicely from the previous book to this one. The ending of this one, once it was revealed, made me go, "What? Whoa, you mean to tell me this whole time this situation was happening that it was something s More...

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Dec 30, 2009

Gina rated it:

Many book series you can jump in and not feel like you are completely lost. That is not true of this Dark Ones series. I didn't realize that this was the latest in a series of books and I definitely felt it.

MacAlister tries to be funny in her stories, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it feels like she tries too hard. And I absolutely HATE grammatical errors and typos. "fo" instead of "to"...

I didn't get a good feeling from thi More...

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Jun 20, 2010

Sassafrass rated it:

I have read this Dark Ones Series out of order starting with #6 (Zen and the Art of Vampires), mostly because I needed a "Z" title for a challenge that I was doing. After reading that one, I had to go on to #7 to see what would happen with Pia and Kristoff. This books starts off where #6 left off. I would say that you have to read #6 to get a good idea of what's happening in this book.

I don't have a lot of experience with Katie MacAlister, but this is the third book of More...

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Jul 25, 2009

Linda rated it:

When I started reading this book I was so in to it. The first 50 or 60 pages had me going that I didn't want to put it down. I loved that there was a new concept added to the vampires we all know and love. I always like when an author adds a new concept. I won't go into it in case you decide to read it yourself.
After that things went down hill for me. Tooo much weird romance/sex for the main story line couple. It was a shame because they did have another interesting story going. T More...

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Dec 15, 2008

Nancy marked it as to-read

Well, I obviously don't have this one yet, but I'll have it as soon as it's released. *big grin*

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Apr 04, 2011

Dine rated it:

Dieser Roman geht zwei Monate später weiter, wo der Vorgänger "Ein Vampir kommt selten allein" endete.
Pia Thomason ist von ihrem Islandurlaub zurück und steigt wieder in ihren Alltag ein. Zumindest mehr oder weniger, denn ihre Gedanken sind bei Kristoff, einem Dunklen und zudem seit dem Islandaufenthalt ihr "Ehemann". Sie ist seine Auserwählte und trotz dieser wichtigen Tatsache will Kristoff anscheinend nichts mit ihr zu tun haben.
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Mar 02, 2010

Danielle rated it:

As good as I expected. I thought that this story would just be a straight forward romance because the first book, Zen and the Art of Vampires, involved mostly mystery. However, this book revealed a lot about Kristoff's and Alec's past,the history of the Brotherhood of the Light, and also showed how Kristoff's and Pia's relationship was cemented.

In the last book, Pia turned out to be Kristoff's Beloved and not Alec's as everyone expected. However, Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang More...

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Sep 07, 2009

Wendy rated it:

Pia Thomason has got a little dilemma. She’s torn between two men - actually, two vampires. Excuse me, Dark ones - and is not exactly sure what to do. Her mate Kristoff thinks she has ties to the group who’s trying to destroy his people and Alec is heartbroken over finding out Pia’s Kristoff’s beloved, not his. So she’s in a bit of a pickle and has gone back to her boring life in Seattle, determined to forget about both of them. But of course, things just go that smoothly and Alec is now missing More...

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Jun 05, 2011

Sapphyria rated it:

Book 7: Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang starring Kristoff, Pia, Alec, Christian, Allie, Sebastian, Ulfur & Ragnar, Mattias, Magda, Ray, Andreas, & Rowan.

The Dark Ones series is full of humor, mystery, and sexy vampires. Each story is different than the one before it or after it although they tend to feature characters from other books. The exceptions to that are Zen and the Art of Vampires and Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang. Both books are about Pia and Kristoff.

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Dec 04, 2010

Lucy rated it:

It's the usual Katie MacAlister fare; light, fluffy, schmalz with a mystery thrown in to add a little plot. All her books fit together in some way, each line (dragons, vampires, etc.) forming a part of her supernatural world. The books themselves are fun and silly, though the heroines don't have what feel like distinct voices to me, and have started to all run together. Fun for what they are, but I really need to relegate these books to "borrow from library" rather than "buy" More...

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Jul 03, 2009

Morgan rated it:

Zen & the Art of Vampires ended leaving itself open for this book to follow and wrap things up. The only problem with that is that this one also seemed to end with an opening for a book to follow. Is there a Pia/Kristoff mini-trilogy planned?

I have to say from the first installment they are one of my favorite Dark One/Beloved couples, and I was kept guessing about what was going on to the very end just like in the first book. Mostly with books in this series, I kinda have a pret More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Mary rated it:

Entertaining; I do like the lines such as, "Pia, you do not interrupt a man when he is explaining his master plan after having been soundly defeated. Don't you watch any James Bond movies?" or, "Before this breaks down into a true Hallmark moment and we all start buying each other Precious Moments figurines, why don't we get you off the roof?" Nothing great, but a good fun read.

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Nov 20, 2011

Lydia rated it:

I really liked this book and the character of Pia from the last one, however, I've only given it a 3 because I don't know where to get the rest of her story; which book it's in, when it's coming out, so therefore, I didn't feel satisfied. I like to have the next one all lined up or at least know how long I'll have to wait for it.

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Jul 19, 2009

Melanie rated it:

Book two of a two book series that started with Zen and the Art of Vampires. Actually, thought the two books should have switched names until I got to end of the book, where you have a double, double cross going on. Still the title of the first book would have been better suited for this book as Pia learns more about what a Beloved is and the joys that can come with it. Loved both books as a single story.

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Dec 29, 2010

Mariana rated it:

This book is a continuation of the Zen and the Art of Vampires(Dark Ones #6). I enjoyed the story line to a point. At least one aspect of the story was not resolved and the end was just too hurried. I have not read any others in the series but was under the impression that these were stand alone books.

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Jul 21, 2010

N.L. rated it:

Sadly, I did not like this book as much as the previous one even though it involved the same set of characters. The same characters, who were enjoyable before, had become abrasive and difficult to tolerate. I did like the storyline and intent but it was a little rushed. The rushed feeling may have contributed to the characters' personality losses

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Mar 30, 2011

Lisa rated it:

I had no idea until I entered this book in Goodreads that this is #7 in a series! I did listen to the one before it, and this series is not nearly as engaging to me as her Green Dragon Series. It's much more stilted in writing style, and seems to be trying too hard. It was still fun, however.

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Dec 19, 2010

Jodie rated it:

This one I picked up right after #6. The previous books in this series have been stand alones and since 6 didn't really give any excitement and only layed the foundation I would have been extremley disappointed to have Pia's adventures be so blah.Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang was back to the adventure MaCalister usually provides. I read it in a day and liked Pia, Kristoff, and her friend Magda. I knew something was up with Alec, but didn't know exactly so it wasn't too predicatable. The only t More...

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Feb 01, 2011

Desiree rated it:

This one was pretty funny and was another one of the vampire books with ghost, liches, and a bunch of other mythical stuff mixed in. I liked that the heroine in the book did not have a perfect body and had insecurities about her body, mostly thats because I feel about myself most days.

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Nov 11, 2009

Sherrill rated it:

A good continuation from Zen and the Art of Vampires...though a few questions were left unanswered. How was it all a setup, yet he was suffering without her and they never said who the mole was, who actually killed the first zorya and so forth...unless I missed the point.

Other than that...good read.

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Feb 11, 2012

Jessica rated it:

this book is inseperable from Zen and the Art of Vampires. I was fine reading Zen before anything else in the series, but had I not read it, I would have been totally lost. just like with Zen and the Art of Vampires, I enjoyed Pia's nutty personality. definitely a good book!

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Apr 19, 2011

C rated it:

This was really boring. I mean, really boring. I thought it might be that I'm reading this series all at once, but I don't think that's it. I think the series is just getting worse. The repetition is a little more annoying now and the humor is less humorous. I just think there should be an instance where Pia looks at Kristoff and sex isn't mentioned or had.

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Oct 07, 2011

Tiffany rated it:

I love this book as well as the prequel. I am happy that all is solved and this is the one book that has made me crack up really hard. So, thank you Katie Macalister!
I just kind of wish there was more action in this book which is why I gave it a 4 :]

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Jan 21, 2011

Crystal rated it:

I don't know why I keep doing this to myself. I want to like this books, why I don't know but I find myself reading them even though I continually hate them. The only good thing I can say about this book is that it was better than the last one.

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