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Pleasure (Shadowdwellers #3)
by
Jacquelyn Frank (Goodreads Author)
Discipline. Penance. Order. A Sanctuary priest's life revolves around such things. But when Sagan is taken captive and thrust into the Alaskan wilderness, he encounters a woman who challenges his faith and his self-control. Valera is a natural born witch who almost lost herself to the lure of dark magic. By rights, Sagan should shun her, but convention will count for nothi...more
Mass Market Paperback, 330 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by Zebra
(first published August 11th 2009)
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Each book in the Shadowdweller series, in addition to being a romance novel in every sense, clued the reader in to a certain aspect of Shadowdweller society; Ecstasy introduced us to their culture and their world, Rapture shared their religion and their spiritual beliefs, and now Pleasure worked to shed some light on the politics that governed this admittedly unstable world. Ms. Frank’s writing is lyrical without being boring, poetic without being trite, and I found the conversations between the...more
I'd give it a 4.5 star if I could. The first 100 pages of this book is about Sagan. The story was very rushed and the characters had no connection in my opinion. Then we finally got to Guin and Malaya's story, now there is a connection!!! Great love story for those 2...
Sadly this book, which teases a story about Sagan in the summary, is very short on Sagan's story. The story that is there is wickedly delicious if not a little rushed in the soul searing devotion. However, the secondary story of Malaya's discovery of her bodyguard's Guin eternal love to her is a wonderful story to read. We seen Giun's loyalty and devotion to Malaya throughout the Shadowdweller series to date - and it was no surprise to the reader how he felt about her. Watching her discover thos...more
This book is actually two novellas rather than a single novel, and that was a bit disappointing. It seemed almost...lazy that Frank didn't find a way to weave Sagan's story with Malaya and Guin's, but I so loved Malaya and Guin's story that I really don't mind it too much! :)
First is the novella of Sagan and Valera. Sagan was the penance priest that we first got to really know in Magnus and Dae's story, Rapture, and I enjoyed seeing the austere and somewhat distance priest find his happy little...more
First is the novella of Sagan and Valera. Sagan was the penance priest that we first got to really know in Magnus and Dae's story, Rapture, and I enjoyed seeing the austere and somewhat distance priest find his happy little...more
I love authors who give me a totally different world to read. Nalini Singh. C.L. Wilson. And definitely Jacquelyn Frank. This Shadowdwellers series has been absolutely terrific to read. I’m hoping there are more books to come in this series, but it looks like fans will have to wait for any more. Ms. Frank is starting two new series and also working on the seventh book in her Nightwalkers series. Since I haven’t read the Nightwalkers yet, they’ll have to keep me busy waiting for the Shadowdweller...more
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This book wasn't my favorite.
To me the Sagan's story seemed very rushed. We read about Sagan for the first 100 or so pages then he disappears form the scene till the end of the book! I feel like Frank should have also incorporated him into the main story as well. Maybe then we could have build more of a bond with him.
As for Malaya's and Guin's story, I felt like there was waaay to much feeling of inferiority. I remember reading this from another reviewer, and I said that that could make it easi...more
To me the Sagan's story seemed very rushed. We read about Sagan for the first 100 or so pages then he disappears form the scene till the end of the book! I feel like Frank should have also incorporated him into the main story as well. Maybe then we could have build more of a bond with him.
As for Malaya's and Guin's story, I felt like there was waaay to much feeling of inferiority. I remember reading this from another reviewer, and I said that that could make it easi...more
The first part of the books is about Sagan and the story from the last book continue here. Sagan find himself in the hand of a wicht, an natural enemy of the Shadowdwellers. But this one is other. And really fast there is a hot and wild lovestory build up around Sagan and Valera.
It's also a very short story and was a litte bit surprised as it ended after 30 % of the whole book.
Then there is a break and the reader swicht to the story around Malaya and her bodyguard Guin. The background story is a...more
It's also a very short story and was a litte bit surprised as it ended after 30 % of the whole book.
Then there is a break and the reader swicht to the story around Malaya and her bodyguard Guin. The background story is a...more
I have read this entire series (Nightwalker and Shadowdweller) and this book was such a disappointment! I got the distinct impression that the author had no desire to finish the series (the villain was killed & no new one given and neither Amazon nor the authors website gives any information on another book in the series but touts a completely new series and world of books starting up soon) and crammed the last two story lines into one book. She failed to give each of them the attention they...more
Loved this series including the Nightwalkers before it but this book I was slightly disappointed in. I did like seeing into the way the Shadowdweller society works but she should have done this as two seperate books. The first part is about Sagan and his discovery really needs to have been more explored. The entire first 3 Nightwalker books were basically about this and he gets a few pages in the beginning and a small write in at the very end. I was eager to hear about him and what develops.
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I hadn't realized it when I first picked up the book, but this is actually 2 separate stories set in the world of the Shadowdwellers.
The first portion of the book starts out with the penance priest Sagan suffering from the effects of being poisoned by Acadian, a traitor within the Shadowdwellers who has captured him. The story then moves to the human young woman, Valera, living in a secluded cabin in Alaska. She is a natural witch, with powers that she tries to use for good. She unknowingly got...more
The first portion of the book starts out with the penance priest Sagan suffering from the effects of being poisoned by Acadian, a traitor within the Shadowdwellers who has captured him. The story then moves to the human young woman, Valera, living in a secluded cabin in Alaska. She is a natural witch, with powers that she tries to use for good. She unknowingly got...more
Just want to say I love this series. I also loved the Nightwalker series. The world that Mrs. Frank has created had me captivated. I have waited to write my review only because I had no issues with any of the previous books.. I only have a few issues and they seem to be with this book. First, I had hoped that Sagan and Valera had a longer story. I would like to have spent more time with them.. Second ( without giving anything away) One particular scene. No names lol Character 1 is wounded and dy...more
I was extremely disappointed with Pleasure, the third installment in the Shadowdwellers series. The previous book very successfully whet my appetite for Sagan's story. He was a great character, full of depth, intrigue, and possibilities. The beginning of this book actually is his story, and while I enjoyed it, it seemed rushed and only lasted through one fourth of the book. The rest of the book centers on the twin, Malaya, and her bodyguard, Guin. It's hard for me to get swept away in a romance...more
Sagan, a penance priest for as long as he can remember, has made a startling discovery Natural Born Witch named Valera. Valera, a former necromancer, now turned good witch. Valera challenges everything that Sagan knows about the world around him. Sagan finds that he is in love with Valera but needs to return home. Malaya, co-ruler of the Shadowdwellers, has been told of an old law forcing her to marry but she cannot imagine what is wrong with Guin her loyal bodyguard let alone her twin Tristan....more
Last in the series. This book wraps up the rocky relationship of Queen Malaya and her bodyguard Guin. They have been main characters in the series. Also, the political conspiracy is concluded and all loose ends are closed. I read this book to find out who did what and the end of the story. Again it would be better if the love scenes and language were less. I ended up skipping over them with an eye-roll. The author is talented with description, but character consistency in regards to the language...more
Holy Crap! The last 100 pages of this book were so damn good.
I could have lived without Sagan's story, since there was very little mention of him in the previous books. It almost seems like she created his story just to facilitate her happy ending.
However, Guin and Malaya's story rocked. With all the build up of tension in the earlier books, this part of the story was extremely satisfying. It was the most believable of all the Shadowdweller stories, in my opinion, since both characters stayed v...more
I could have lived without Sagan's story, since there was very little mention of him in the previous books. It almost seems like she created his story just to facilitate her happy ending.
However, Guin and Malaya's story rocked. With all the build up of tension in the earlier books, this part of the story was extremely satisfying. It was the most believable of all the Shadowdweller stories, in my opinion, since both characters stayed v...more
THIRD IN THE TRIO AND WAS PLEASED TO READ THIS BUT IT IS A LITTLE
DISJOINTED IN THAT IT STARTS OUT WITH SAGAN'S BRILL STORY BUT GOES
OFF ON A TANGENT IN THE SECOND HALF WHERE IT GOES ONTO MALAYA AND GUIN'S
ROMANCE WHO I ALSO LOVED AS A COUPLE. BUT I KEPT HOPING IT WOULD COME
BACK TO MORE OF SAGAN AND VALERA AND HOW SHE WOULD COPE IN THE
SHADOWDWELLERS WORLD AND ALTHOUGH WE DID HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN IT WAS
ONLY AT THE VERY END. CLEVERLY DONE TO INCORPORATE VALERA HERE BUT
I WANTED MORE OF MY FAVOURITE CH...more
DISJOINTED IN THAT IT STARTS OUT WITH SAGAN'S BRILL STORY BUT GOES
OFF ON A TANGENT IN THE SECOND HALF WHERE IT GOES ONTO MALAYA AND GUIN'S
ROMANCE WHO I ALSO LOVED AS A COUPLE. BUT I KEPT HOPING IT WOULD COME
BACK TO MORE OF SAGAN AND VALERA AND HOW SHE WOULD COPE IN THE
SHADOWDWELLERS WORLD AND ALTHOUGH WE DID HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN IT WAS
ONLY AT THE VERY END. CLEVERLY DONE TO INCORPORATE VALERA HERE BUT
I WANTED MORE OF MY FAVOURITE CH...more
This is book 3 in the Shadowdwellers series but it's actually 2 stories in one book. The first 100 pages is a novella about Sagan finding his mate and the remaining 230 pages is a novel about Malaya, the Shadowdweller Princess/Queen finding her mate. Ms Frank knows how to write a hot paranormal romance, that's for sure. Both stories have everything we've come to expect - action, adventure, intrigue (political in this case), hot sex, romance, and a little giggle here and there. I have to say that...more
May 25, 2010
Brianna
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4 of 5 stars
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just like the previous book before this one. still on the shadowdwellers. There are two stories in this one. One follows the preist Sagan and his love for a human witch, who has problem with the nightwalkers, just for being what he is and the other is about Guin and Malaya. If you remeber from the end of Ecstasy, Trace mention something to Guin about seizing his love, well this is about he was talking about. I love this story more than the other. I felt lost at the beginning of each stories beca...more
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lets just say i love guin, and i love the way he deals with his feelings for her in such harsh and perverted ways! he is definitely my favorite guy. and honestly the reason why this book wasnt amazing was the princess. she honestly annoyed the crap out of me. and the romance and story that actually changed her from seeing him as a friend and realizing she loved him wasnt there. she just all of a sudden was like yeah i figured it out i love you and i dont care what people say..... haha! yeah righ...more
I was so very happy that this release came as a novella and a book as the next installments in the Shadowdweller series. So often we are forced to buy a separate anthology just to read one novella in a series we are following, and that irks me. In Pleasure, we are given a novella first and then the main story.
In the novella: Sagan, a penance priest for the Shadowdwellers disappeared after an altercation with the evil villianess Acadian in the last book in this series, Rapture. He was presumed de...more
In the novella: Sagan, a penance priest for the Shadowdwellers disappeared after an altercation with the evil villianess Acadian in the last book in this series, Rapture. He was presumed de...more
This book is 2 stories in one which always makes me fell slightly cheated, but it works out to a certain extent.
The first story depicts Sagan, a penance priest for the Shadowdwellers. He is ruthless in battle and a true believer in his faith and the duty he is bound to by his beliefs. In the last book he falls victim to a poisoned wound and is taken against his will. At the beginning of "Pleasure" Sagan's journey is interrupted when his escorts stumble upon a seemingly harmless human female liv...more
The first story depicts Sagan, a penance priest for the Shadowdwellers. He is ruthless in battle and a true believer in his faith and the duty he is bound to by his beliefs. In the last book he falls victim to a poisoned wound and is taken against his will. At the beginning of "Pleasure" Sagan's journey is interrupted when his escorts stumble upon a seemingly harmless human female liv...more
Discipline. Penance. Order. A Sanctuary priest's life revolves around such things. But when Sagan is taken captive and thrust into the Alaskan wilderness, he encounters a woman who challenges his faith and his self-control. Valera is a natural born witch who almost lost herself to the lure of dark magic. By rights, Sagan should shun her, but convention will count for nothing in the face of a passion that could change the world of the Shadowdwellers forever...
As Chancellor of the Shadowdwellers,...more
As Chancellor of the Shadowdwellers,...more
I didn't like it as much as the first two. This one is really two stories, the first a true novella the second a short novel. It seemed that the author didn't know that they would be put together. Both stories border on the paranormal erotica.
So the first story was pretty good, I could even give it a 4 star. There was more of a paranormal element in this as the witch does use her magic and the light does effect the shadow dwellers. I noticed in these novels that I would often forget that I was r...more
So the first story was pretty good, I could even give it a 4 star. There was more of a paranormal element in this as the witch does use her magic and the light does effect the shadow dwellers. I noticed in these novels that I would often forget that I was r...more
Dear Patricia,
you, that is: I, had the brilliant idea to start a How I Met Your Mother month in February. Which led to two different review styles, one of which I, that is: You, am testing right now: The Letter To My Future Self (You).
Patricia, you weren't (and maybe aren't) a reader I would wish to have if I were an author. You are picky, you are bitter. You complain about things and then complain about the lack of them. There is simply no way to please you, and the lack of readers and follower...more
you, that is: I, had the brilliant idea to start a How I Met Your Mother month in February. Which led to two different review styles, one of which I, that is: You, am testing right now: The Letter To My Future Self (You).
Patricia, you weren't (and maybe aren't) a reader I would wish to have if I were an author. You are picky, you are bitter. You complain about things and then complain about the lack of them. There is simply no way to please you, and the lack of readers and follower...more
My review also on Ramblings of an Amateur Writer: http://reenajacobs.com/blog/2010/05/n...
I’ll start by saying that I had mix feelings about this book. Pleasure was more of two and a half novellas spliced together rather than a full novel with a continuous storyline. It took me a while to warm up to the book.
The story started where her last novel Rapture left off with Sagan. We find out what happened to him and meet his heroine, Valera. For me, Sagan played such an insignificant role in Ms. Fran...more
I’ll start by saying that I had mix feelings about this book. Pleasure was more of two and a half novellas spliced together rather than a full novel with a continuous storyline. It took me a while to warm up to the book.
The story started where her last novel Rapture left off with Sagan. We find out what happened to him and meet his heroine, Valera. For me, Sagan played such an insignificant role in Ms. Fran...more
This was a combination of two stories.
The first one was Valera and Segan. I couldn't stop reading that one until the end. To be fair it was a short story. The heat rose quickly for Valera and Segan and even with some obstacles it was great to see them work their way to a happy ending.
The second story was a long time coming. As any of us who have read the previous stories know our favorite royal bodyguard Guin has been in love with Queen of the Shadowdwellers Malaya for a VERY long time. But ou...more
The first one was Valera and Segan. I couldn't stop reading that one until the end. To be fair it was a short story. The heat rose quickly for Valera and Segan and even with some obstacles it was great to see them work their way to a happy ending.
The second story was a long time coming. As any of us who have read the previous stories know our favorite royal bodyguard Guin has been in love with Queen of the Shadowdwellers Malaya for a VERY long time. But ou...more
Ok. I liked the Nightwalker series very much, but it left many loose ends. I know the author has since stated that she will write one more in this series, to tie up those loose ends, but it feels like her heart isn't really in that story anymore. I got the same sense with this book. I like the Shadowdweller series. I liked the first two books. This one felt much more hastily written, with less care. If felt like the author was ready to move on, and had to fulfil obligations to us readers regardi...more
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