The New York Times-bestselling author presents her latest Arcane Society novel and introduces the first book in the Dreamlight Trilogy-th...
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Jun 16, 2011
Julianne
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Jayne Ann Krentz often writes of thing magical and mystical. This is one of those. Fun to read, but you have to take that leap of imagination to get into the characters and conflicts that make up this story.
Chloe is a dreamlight reader who runs a psychic detective agency. Jack needs a dreamlight reader to help him find the Burning Lamp and get over his twin demons of hallucinations and blackouts. He goes to seek Chloe's help, and sparks fly! It's a whole adventure set in Washi More...
Chloe is a dreamlight reader who runs a psychic detective agency. Jack needs a dreamlight reader to help him find the Burning Lamp and get over his twin demons of hallucinations and blackouts. He goes to seek Chloe's help, and sparks fly! It's a whole adventure set in Washi More...
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Feb 03, 2011
Sharon
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Book 1 of the Dreamlight Trilogy. I do love the psychic books that Krentz comes up with, and this reminded me of her earlier books Gift of Gold and Gift of Fire. This book was a little bit of a let down however. Right away I found some typo's (one character is referred to as "Sharon" one one page and "Susan" ten pages later) and some jarring repetition in conversations (the hero's age is mentioned three times in two pages- almost like Krentz forgot she already established
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Feb 26, 2011
The New York Times -- bestselling author presents her latest Arcane Society novel and introduces the first book in the Dreamlight Trilogy -- the story of a curse that spans generations, and the love that can heal it. . . .
More than three centuries ago, Nicholas Winters irrevocably altered his genetic makeup in an obsessionfueled competition with alchemist and Arcane Society founder Sylvester Jones. Driven to control their psychic abilities, each man's decision has reverberated throughout the f
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Jan 27, 2011
May
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เนื่องจากนโยบายไม่ยอมลงทุนซื้อหนังสือปกแข็ง (มากนัก) ของเรา ทำให้แม็กซ์มีลำดับการอ่านหนังสือในชุดประหลาดไปสักหน่อย แต่เมื่อคิดว่า ลำดับการเขียนของเรื่องในชุดก็ออกจากสับสนอยู่เหมือนกัน สรุปก็คือ ไม่ต้องคิดมากค่ะ งงเปล่า ๆ
Fired Up ของเจนย์ แอน ครานซ์
หนังสือเล่มนี้ตามลำดับแล้วถือเป็นเล่มแรกใน The Dreamlight Trilogy แต่ถ้าเรียงลำดับเงื่อนเวลาในเรื่องแล้ว ก็เป็นเล่มสองค่ะ เพราะเรื่อง Burning Lamp เป็นเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้นในตอนปลายของยุควิคทอเรียน ซึ More...
Sep 28, 2010
Jane
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Not good enough to interest me in the sequels. Nothing special about this story. I don’t recommend it.
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In the 1600s Nicholas Winters had a psychic talent. He altered his DNA and created a vase with crystals (called a lamp). Women who had psychic talent involving dreams would be the only ones able to activate the lamp’s power. Through the lamp, these women would be able to increase and/or change a man’s psychic powers. Only men with Nicholas’s “special DNA” wou More...
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In the 1600s Nicholas Winters had a psychic talent. He altered his DNA and created a vase with crystals (called a lamp). Women who had psychic talent involving dreams would be the only ones able to activate the lamp’s power. Through the lamp, these women would be able to increase and/or change a man’s psychic powers. Only men with Nicholas’s “special DNA” wou More...
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Jun 18, 2010
Mom
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More than three centuries ago, Nicholas Winters irrevocably altered his genetic makeup in an obsession-fueled competition with alchemist and Arcane Society founder Sylvester Jones. Driven to control their psychic abilities, each man's decision has reverberated throughout the family line, rewarding some with powers beyond their wildest dreams, and cursing others to a life filled with madness and hallucinations.
Jack Winters, descendant of Nicholas, has been experiencing nightmares and More...
Jack Winters, descendant of Nicholas, has been experiencing nightmares and More...
May 17, 2010
Jacqueline
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Ah...the Arcane Society. I enjoy Ms. Krentz' Arcane books. This one was quite nice. Unlike other readers, I like that the stories are interconnected but about a different couple each time. It's comfortable and familiar and I know what I'm getting. I don't have to try to figure out a new world premise with each book. I do have a tendency to like the ones set in the current time the best, although the others are nice too.
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The characters here were well done. They were not explored More...
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Feb 14, 2010
Elizabeth
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Another "escape book" and quick read (sort of sci-fi but not exactly), but action-packed and entertaining. It's vintage Jayne Ann Krentz, who has apparently decided to write lots of books about the Arcane Society, a group of people with unique and varied paranormal skills and abilities.
Chloe Harper is a psychic private investigator and reader of dream energy--the energy vibes given out, and left behind, by everyone when they dream. Jack Winters hires her to help him uncove More...
Chloe Harper is a psychic private investigator and reader of dream energy--the energy vibes given out, and left behind, by everyone when they dream. Jack Winters hires her to help him uncove More...
Feb 01, 2010
Carol
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I enjoyed this one, the current book in the Arcane Soceity series, always intrigued by the idea of paranormal powers and secret societies for good and evil - a bit cliched, but done well is enjoyable.
Chloe is a dreamlight reader, and a Private Investigator. Jack Winters is a direct descendent of Nicholas Winters an alchemist from the 17th century who somehow managed to alter his DNA using the Burning Lamp (really have to suspend disbelief for this one!), and some of his direct male More...
Chloe is a dreamlight reader, and a Private Investigator. Jack Winters is a direct descendent of Nicholas Winters an alchemist from the 17th century who somehow managed to alter his DNA using the Burning Lamp (really have to suspend disbelief for this one!), and some of his direct male More...
Jan 02, 2010
Jane
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I'm not in love with the fact that Krentz has decided that all her stories will involve the Arcane Society but this story had a lot of the elements which made me such a Krentz fan in the first place.
Chloe is a pyschic investigator. She can find pretty much anything. She also is a dreamlight reader in that she can manipulate the dreams of others.
Jack Winters is a direct descendant of Nicholas Winters who built a lamp that eventually resulted in Nicholas' death. The lamp More...
Chloe is a pyschic investigator. She can find pretty much anything. She also is a dreamlight reader in that she can manipulate the dreams of others.
Jack Winters is a direct descendant of Nicholas Winters who built a lamp that eventually resulted in Nicholas' death. The lamp More...
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Feb 14, 2010
Gail
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Another riveting entry into the Arcane Society novels written by Krentz under all three of her writing names. Krentz writes in modern times, Amanda Quick writes in Victorian times, and Jayne Castle writes futuristically. These novels cross all three.
Chloe is a high level dream worker, part of the Harper family. The Harpers have diligently worked outside of the Arcane Society boundaries as forgers, artists, psychics to the stars, antique dealers and more. Their ability to read the More...
Chloe is a high level dream worker, part of the Harper family. The Harpers have diligently worked outside of the Arcane Society boundaries as forgers, artists, psychics to the stars, antique dealers and more. Their ability to read the More...
Jan 09, 2010
Penny
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Wow! JAK has fired off another awesome Arcane Novel! Fired Up is an incredibly well-paced, fascinating paranormal romantic suspense. Even though the romance is the least well-developed part of this book, and the characters are not fleshed out as well as I usually like, I was completely, happily absorbed by this story. JAK is fabulous at weaving together separate story lines and building the tension. I love how she is jumping around in history, and connecting the stories of her historical paranor
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Aug 23, 2010
Poppy
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Well, I was a little disappointed in this book but I have never read Jayne Ann Krentz until now. I chose this book because I purchased The Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick on sale and I never read a series out of order if I can help it. I have enjoyed all the Amanda Quick books I have listened to on audio immensely. They usually have Barbara Rosenblat read her books and she could make the phone book sound amazing. Anyway, I digress and does anyone use the phone book anymore?
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Dec 25, 2011
Kathy
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Jan 05, 2010
E.
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The modern chapter of the Dreamlight Trilogy, another addition to the Arcane Society tales. Jack Winters is a descendant of the genetically altered paranormal genius Nicholas Winters. Unfortunately, the legacy is accompanied by a curse and destiny to become a monster if he begins manifesting more than one talent unless he finds the Burning Lamp and a woman who can manipulate the dreamlight energy that it can produce. Chloe Harper is an exceptional dreamlight manipulator descended from a long
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Apr 11, 2011
Carolii
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Fired up the JAK is incredibly fascinating, good pace and with suspanse paranormal romance and engaging. The novel is well developed in this book that causes me to be completely absorbed by the story. JAK is fabulous to weave stories and build tension between the characters. Their descriptions are among the best authors I read the author really knows how to paint a scenario mysterious and powerful. Fired Up is very well written, has excellent dialogue and a fast-paced novel.
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Nov 01, 2010
Debbie
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This Arcane Society novel takes a different tack from the previous ones in the series. In this book we meet Jack Winters, descendant of Nicholas Winters, alchemist and fierce rival of Sylvester Jones. Like Sylvester, Nicholas also undertook experiments in an attempt to enhance his psychic powers. Like Sylvester, Nicholas's experiments had unwanted side effects. He managed to alter his DNA but with tragic consequences. Once in a while a Winters is born who is doomed to psychic madness. The only h
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Jan 25, 2010
Melody
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Fired Up is the first in the Dreamlight Trilogy and an Arcane Society Novel, and will span all of the author's time periods—contemporary, historical, and futuristic. Chloe Harper reads dreamlight and can manipulate the patterns that exist between the waking and sleeping states. Jack Winters is the direct descendent of Nicholas Winters, former friend then enemy of Sylvester Jones. While Sylvester was working on his formula, Nicholas was working on a lamp—manipulating metals to create an energy fi
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Dec 30, 2009
Jess the Romanceaholic
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What can I say? It's classic Krentz :) As a fan of the Arcane Society novels, I pretty much knew what to expect, and was not disappointed.
I really liked the direction the Dreamlight concept appears to be taking the series -- previous novels in the series (such as The Third Circle I believe) eluded to unlocking dream energy, and this book takes that and runs with it.
One thing that saddened me was that Fallon Jones didn't get a romance.. If you've More...
What can I say? It's classic Krentz :) As a fan of the Arcane Society novels, I pretty much knew what to expect, and was not disappointed.
I really liked the direction the Dreamlight concept appears to be taking the series -- previous novels in the series (such as The Third Circle I believe) eluded to unlocking dream energy, and this book takes that and runs with it.
One thing that saddened me was that Fallon Jones didn't get a romance.. If you've More...
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Sep 03, 2011
Michelle
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I'll be honest. If you give me a book by Amanda Quick or Jayne Castle, I will read it in a heartbeat, but when it came to books written under the Jayne Ann Krentz name, that was another story.
The same author writes under all three names, but Amanda Quick is historical and Jayne Castle is future, whereas the Jayne Ann Krentz were modern day. There was just always something about them that I could not get into. But, since this was Arcane Society, and I really like those, and this was n More...
The same author writes under all three names, but Amanda Quick is historical and Jayne Castle is future, whereas the Jayne Ann Krentz were modern day. There was just always something about them that I could not get into. But, since this was Arcane Society, and I really like those, and this was n More...
Jul 13, 2011
Tina
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I love every one of Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick's paranormal stories. Unfortunately, I've read so many of them, they're starting to blend together in my mind because they seem to all have similar elements in them: the men are brooding and tough, the girl always gets kidnapped after they think the case gets solved, and their paranormal abilities are always off-the-charts high. This in no way diminishes my enjoyment in the story, it just can become slightly repetitive.
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Feb 13, 2011
Diane ~Firefly~
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JAK is my favorite author, so I'm always excited to read a new book by her. This is the start of a trilogy within the Arcane series. I find it interesting the order goes: current day, Victorian era and future.
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* I liked Chloe's family and the fact they have been slightly to completely shady for generations.
* Chloe was an interesting character, although <spoiler>the not being able to sleep with anyone but Jack was stretching things a bit</spoiler> More...
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* I liked Chloe's family and the fact they have been slightly to completely shady for generations.
* Chloe was an interesting character, although <spoiler>the not being able to sleep with anyone but Jack was stretching things a bit</spoiler> More...
Dec 10, 2011
Ambre
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This genre is a new addition to my favorites list. That said, I started with the best (Dresden Files, Mercy Thompson). This book definitely demonstrated that it is not a simple thing to make urban fantasy work.
Throughout this book, I was thinking that it was not believable. I guess it doesn't seem like urban/paranormal fantasies need to be believable, but you do have to be able to place yourself in the world, and if there are enough significant discrepancies, it is hard.
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Throughout this book, I was thinking that it was not believable. I guess it doesn't seem like urban/paranormal fantasies need to be believable, but you do have to be able to place yourself in the world, and if there are enough significant discrepancies, it is hard.
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Feb 01, 2011
A new author to my ever-growing list of those I've read, though not among a top ten, sadly. She's good, engrossing, good smattering of humor thrown in among the story line, but just not one I simply couldn't put down.
A good mix of psychic skills, romance, and murder mystery with the usual outcome and typical timeline of the relationship dance - meet, wary, tingling attraction, connect, regret, verbal sparring, reunion, happy every after. But the cast of characters are good, interes More...
A good mix of psychic skills, romance, and murder mystery with the usual outcome and typical timeline of the relationship dance - meet, wary, tingling attraction, connect, regret, verbal sparring, reunion, happy every after. But the cast of characters are good, interes More...
Jan 09, 2010
Janet
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This Arcane Society tale is the first book of the Dreamlight trilogy, which occurs in the present; books two and three will be in the Victorian Era and the far future on Planet harmony respectively. I really enjoyed that the main characters, in this novel, do not necessarily think the Jones family are the end-all, be-all in the para-sensitive world. It opened new avenues to explore, with ongoing relationships, and revealed some much needed character foibles.
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Aug 16, 2011
Lady Jaye
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This the first book in the Dreamlight trilogy, which is part of the Arcane society novels.
I liked the main characters a lot. Jack Winters and Chloe Harper were well-rounded and interesting. The supporting cast was not too interesting, and neither was the plot. To be frank, I couldn't get into the whole dream psi thing. This is one novel whose paranormal element seemed kind of silly to me (I mean, dreamlight? really?). That kinda made the whole plot a joke to me. Nevertheless, I would recc More...
I liked the main characters a lot. Jack Winters and Chloe Harper were well-rounded and interesting. The supporting cast was not too interesting, and neither was the plot. To be frank, I couldn't get into the whole dream psi thing. This is one novel whose paranormal element seemed kind of silly to me (I mean, dreamlight? really?). That kinda made the whole plot a joke to me. Nevertheless, I would recc More...
Jul 05, 2010
Patty
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I pretty much love anything that Jayne Ann Krentz writes, under any of her various names. This book is a sub-series of the Arcane books, the first in the Dreamlight Trilogy.
Chloe is a sensitive who can work dreamlight, Jack is a strong strategic talent who is having problems with his dreams. He hunts down Chloe to help him find an antique lamp that used to belong to his family in the hopes that the lamp along with Chloe's talent will "cure" him.
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Chloe is a sensitive who can work dreamlight, Jack is a strong strategic talent who is having problems with his dreams. He hunts down Chloe to help him find an antique lamp that used to belong to his family in the hopes that the lamp along with Chloe's talent will "cure" him.
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Sep 04, 2011
Leslie Jane
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Another of Ms Krentz's Arcane novels. Jack WInters believes he is turning into a monster, and only Chloe Harper can help prevent that from happening. There of course is the strong sexual attraction between them, but she has her own problem of being unable to spend time asleep with anyone. Will they be able to overcome their respective problems and have a happy ending?
Well, of course, since it is a romance, but the journey getting there is a great read. Secondary characters from o More...
Well, of course, since it is a romance, but the journey getting there is a great read. Secondary characters from o More...
Jun 14, 2010
Stacie
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This is the next installment of the Arcane Society books by Jayne Ann Krentz. This starts a new section of them called the Dreamlight trilogy. Jack Winters has been haunted for weeks by dreams and an emerging talent, so he looks for someone to find a family heirloom to help him. Chloe Harper’s family has always been on the fringes of the Arcane Society, and has never been members. She works as a detective authenticating relics of various kinds. When Jack shows up on her doorstep wanting to
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Dec 10, 2011
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The heroine, Chloe Harper, is fantastic. She's a paranormal who can see and harness your dreamlight, it's like your aura but more on your dream energy. She is a workaholic and because of her ability she is a serial monogamist. Jack Winters is also an interesting character. He is the descendant of Nicholas Winters who started the entire thing and is also one formidable paranormal.
The romance between these two is sweet because given their gifts, it wou More...
The heroine, Chloe Harper, is fantastic. She's a paranormal who can see and harness your dreamlight, it's like your aura but more on your dream energy. She is a workaholic and because of her ability she is a serial monogamist. Jack Winters is also an interesting character. He is the descendant of Nicholas Winters who started the entire thing and is also one formidable paranormal.
The romance between these two is sweet because given their gifts, it wou More...
