Burning Lamp (Arcane Society, #8) (Dreamlight Trilogy #2)
by
Amanda Quick (Goodreads Author)
In this second novel of the Dreamlight trilogy from "New York Times" bestselling author Amanda Quick, psychic power and passion collide when a legendary curse ignites a dangerous desire.
ebook, 352 pages
Published
April 20th 2010
by Jove Books
(first published April 10th 2010)
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Feb 22, 2013
Lizabeth S. Tucker
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4 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
paranormal,
romance
This is the 8th entry in Jayne Ann Krentz's Arcane Society and the 2nd in her Dreamlight Trilogy contained within.
Adelaide Pyne had stumbled over the mysterious and powerful lamp when just 15 years old. She had been kidnapped after the deaths of her parents and taken to a brothel rather than to the private school she had expected. For fifteen years she had toted it with her on her American travels, unable to give it up. Now she's back in England, involved in social reform in a campaign to give p...more
Adelaide Pyne had stumbled over the mysterious and powerful lamp when just 15 years old. She had been kidnapped after the deaths of her parents and taken to a brothel rather than to the private school she had expected. For fifteen years she had toted it with her on her American travels, unable to give it up. Now she's back in England, involved in social reform in a campaign to give p...more
ETA: I've decided to first list the things I liked about this book, so they don't become buried under the (more link:
1) Our heroine is a social reformer out to liberate girls who have been sold into prostitution and gift them with the choice of education and a clean slate. Also, she made her fortune in America in Wild West shows with some semi-faux work as a "medium" on the side.
2)Our hero is a "crime lord" with a conscience, forced onto the street by the murder of his parents - this and other p...more
1) Our heroine is a social reformer out to liberate girls who have been sold into prostitution and gift them with the choice of education and a clean slate. Also, she made her fortune in America in Wild West shows with some semi-faux work as a "medium" on the side.
2)Our hero is a "crime lord" with a conscience, forced onto the street by the murder of his parents - this and other p...more
Goodreads, I wish you allowed half stars. I originally rated this book three stars, but realized the book I finished just before this I also rated three stars, but I enjoyed this one more. I just had to bump it up, but I’m not sure it’s really a four star book. If half stars were allowed, the previous book may have been 2.5 while this book is probably a 3.5.
I am really caught up in the Arcane Series for some reason. Part of it I’m sure is the paranormal aspect of the books. I really have had a...more
I am really caught up in the Arcane Series for some reason. Part of it I’m sure is the paranormal aspect of the books. I really have had a...more
This is the second book of Jane Castle/Amanda Quick/Jane Ann Krentz that I've tried to read and still couldn't really get into.
She has a way of reversing the showing vs. telling thing. Instead of a long narrative info dump, we get long pages of dialogue with the characters talking, usually to the exclusion of showing reactions to the conversation. I don't see the point in having characters talk about the world they're in if they aren't going to react to what they're saying.
The world that Burning...more
She has a way of reversing the showing vs. telling thing. Instead of a long narrative info dump, we get long pages of dialogue with the characters talking, usually to the exclusion of showing reactions to the conversation. I don't see the point in having characters talk about the world they're in if they aren't going to react to what they're saying.
The world that Burning...more
I really, really want to still like Amanda Quick. She is one of the best plotters of any historical romance author I've ever read, she is great at including LGBT characters (well, heavily on the L and T, as far as I can tell), and she has a few characters with disabilities. Furthermore, this book includes people who aren't moving in society, which is something I would love to see more of in romance from this era. All of these are things that make me say, "Yay!"
...But all of Quick's heroes (exten...more
...But all of Quick's heroes (exten...more
As usual, Amanda Quick delivers and excellent Victorian era paranormal romance of the Arcane Society. Very readable, the plot grabs you and holds you to the end.
Adelaide Pyne is orphaned suddenly and the girls school turns out to be a brothel. She's already a talented dreamlight reader and the first client wants her not only sexually but also for her talent. He has a strange object with him. Using her own talent as a weapon, she escapes rape and murder, taking the object later.
Fifteen years late...more
Adelaide Pyne is orphaned suddenly and the girls school turns out to be a brothel. She's already a talented dreamlight reader and the first client wants her not only sexually but also for her talent. He has a strange object with him. Using her own talent as a weapon, she escapes rape and murder, taking the object later.
Fifteen years late...more
May 11, 2010
Melindeeloo
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical-paranormal-romance
We've seen the Present and Now the Past, but I'm looking to the Future
Burning Lamp takes a step back in time and revisits the story of another of Nicholas Winters' descendants in search of the 'lamp' and the woman with the Dreamlight power to 'work it' in order to save him from madness as the Winter curse kicks in. A big bonus of course is, although Griffin Winters has inherited the curse, he hasn't inherited his insane ancestor's luck with women.
Up front I have to say that I am not a huge fan o...more
Burning Lamp takes a step back in time and revisits the story of another of Nicholas Winters' descendants in search of the 'lamp' and the woman with the Dreamlight power to 'work it' in order to save him from madness as the Winter curse kicks in. A big bonus of course is, although Griffin Winters has inherited the curse, he hasn't inherited his insane ancestor's luck with women.
Up front I have to say that I am not a huge fan o...more
Although the "Arcane Society" is starting to weary me, there's nothing like a good historical paranormal romance/mystery when you don't want to think too hard.
Plot 1: Adelaide, having recovered from a near-trauma in a brothel at age 15, has decided 13 years later to raid brothels and provide schooling and business skills to the women she frees.
Plot 2: Adelaide has a weird artifact seething with psychic energy that she obtained during said near-trauma. What to do with it now that she's returned t...more
Plot 1: Adelaide, having recovered from a near-trauma in a brothel at age 15, has decided 13 years later to raid brothels and provide schooling and business skills to the women she frees.
Plot 2: Adelaide has a weird artifact seething with psychic energy that she obtained during said near-trauma. What to do with it now that she's returned t...more
Burning Lamp definitely had interesting components but somehow as a story it was lacking. The paranormal world of the Arcane Society continues in the Victorian age, in which the characters share similarities and quirks to their contemporary counterparts. This in itself is a plus; the characters are strong, intelligent and well-matched. The chemistry is there, although not as sizzling as other Arcane couples. Of course, this being an Arcane novel, there are elements of the supernatural that is be...more
While definitely not one of Quick's better novels, this one did keep me moving fairly briskly through the pages--and did serve up a surprise or two.
I have several complaints about the novel, but primarily, my complaint rests with the characters. I just didn't enjoy either the heroine or hero as much as I usually do with Quick's books. Normally, the plot is secondary to the characters. The heroine is usually quite well developed. The hero is almost always a broody sort. But in this, I felt like I...more
I have several complaints about the novel, but primarily, my complaint rests with the characters. I just didn't enjoy either the heroine or hero as much as I usually do with Quick's books. Normally, the plot is secondary to the characters. The heroine is usually quite well developed. The hero is almost always a broody sort. But in this, I felt like I...more
Normally, I can pick up an Amanda Quick novel, and be into it and reading from the start, but for some reason this book was hard for me to get into. It didn't feel like he other books, and I didn't feel like I really got to know either of the main characters all that well.
Adelaide is the female main character, and it seemed to take a long time to get a feel for her, the first chapter when she is introduced seems almost out of place, and I didn't get a feel for her.
Griffin, the male lead, is not...more
Adelaide is the female main character, and it seemed to take a long time to get a feel for her, the first chapter when she is introduced seems almost out of place, and I didn't get a feel for her.
Griffin, the male lead, is not...more
The Arcane Society books by Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krenz/Jayne Castle are quick predictable reads with the fun of three different views/developments of parannormally talented characters. This is a global review of the series. Although it is numbered, the series seems to primarily consist of trios of novels following the same paranormal artifact/family/telent from Victorian England, to current-day United States, to a future on a planet colonized by humans but now completely out of contact with Ea...more
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I'm a dyed-in-the-wool JAK fan. This was another great offering in her catalogue. Burning Lamp is book 2 of the dreamlight trilogy, and thank goodness it finally came out in paperback. In this book Griffin Winters and Adelaide Pyne must join forces to thwart their mutual enemies. I've been enjoying these trilogies where Jayne crosses eras, including a book in the contemporary setting, historical setting, and offworld in the future. Reading dreamlight is a paranormal ability that Adelaide has. Gr...more
A social reformer and a crime lord - not exactly a match made in heaven, but certainly suited for the streets of London. And Adelaide Pyne & Griffin Winters soon find that they are very well-suited indeed. At first, Adelaide is convinced that the Burning Lamp is motivating/manipulating their emotions. But there are other problems to solve first - someone else wants the Burning Lamp - the same someone who stole it 15 years ago, and just needs a strong dreamlighter to help him access the power...more
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Book Two in the sub-series "Dreamlight Trilogy"
This one has the Victorian era story of the clash between the Winters' and the Jones' - Griffin Winters is a crime lord who has inherited the family curse, he can work the Burning Lamp with a dreamlight power, in this case Adelaine Pyne. J&J is watching to see if Winters turns into a Cerebus, a multi-talent who is destined to destroy the Jones clan.
Adelaine can control the power that Griffin has when working the Lamp.
I do love this series, it is...more
This one has the Victorian era story of the clash between the Winters' and the Jones' - Griffin Winters is a crime lord who has inherited the family curse, he can work the Burning Lamp with a dreamlight power, in this case Adelaine Pyne. J&J is watching to see if Winters turns into a Cerebus, a multi-talent who is destined to destroy the Jones clan.
Adelaine can control the power that Griffin has when working the Lamp.
I do love this series, it is...more
If you like Amanda Quick books, then you will like this one. One thing I like about her writing is that we rarely see a historical setting for the paranormal.
The down side? If you have read one Amanda Quick book, then you have read them all. Pretty much every hero and heroine are the same, no matter what book. Believe me, I've read most and the male is usually emotionally broken, social outcast (even if he is in the Ton) and by learning to love our hot chic he learns to live again.
Not bad, but i...more
The down side? If you have read one Amanda Quick book, then you have read them all. Pretty much every hero and heroine are the same, no matter what book. Believe me, I've read most and the male is usually emotionally broken, social outcast (even if he is in the Ton) and by learning to love our hot chic he learns to live again.
Not bad, but i...more
The second in the Dreamlight trilogy takes place in Victorian England. Crime lord Griffin Winters is on a quest to find the burning lamp that was stolen from his family when his parents were murdered and a dreamlight reader to operate the lamp. The nightmares have already begun and he fears that he has inherited the Winters Curse and is well on the way to becoming a cerberus. As luck would have it, social reformer Adelaide Pyne is not only a powerful dreamlight reader, but she has the lamp as we...more
i love this series. while i don't enjoy "paranormal" books, there are some which capture my attention. this series by Jayne Ann Krentz -- writing here as Amanda Quick -- is a good one for light reading. i am engaged in the continuity of the series. Krentz, using the pseudonym of Amanda Quick, goes into the origins of the story, with the ancestors of the characters in the modern parts of the tale -- the modern part written under Jayne Ann Krentz. and finally, the characters in the future are writ...more
It's back to Victorian times with this Arcane Society novel, where we meet Griffin Winters, crimelord and inheritor of the Winter curse, and Adelaide Pyne, adventurous woman of the world and talented dreamlight reader.
Griffin and Adelaide manage to overcome villains, harness the power of the Burning Lamp, mend a centuries old feud with the Jones family, solve mysteries and have great sex! All the usual ingredients of this fun series.
We also get some background into the Harper and Hulsey families...more
Griffin and Adelaide manage to overcome villains, harness the power of the Burning Lamp, mend a centuries old feud with the Jones family, solve mysteries and have great sex! All the usual ingredients of this fun series.
We also get some background into the Harper and Hulsey families...more
The Burning Lamp is the second of three books in the "Dreamlight Trilogy." I find it a bit confusing that both Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz have their names on the book as authors and the third book is by Krentz. I read a preview of the third book and it did not sound like something that would interest me.
I found this book to be interesting, if a rather light read. It deals with magical mystical powers, secret societies, and crime lords. I did enjoy the book and feel that the first two book...more
I found this book to be interesting, if a rather light read. It deals with magical mystical powers, secret societies, and crime lords. I did enjoy the book and feel that the first two book...more
Another great edition to the Arcane Society... This is the 2nd in the Dreamlight trilogy and if you've read the first there are some similarities that can be expected given the nature that they're both about the Winter's curse... but even so it still held surprises and twists and wonderfully created characters... I have to say that this is about a crime lord and social reformer who's objective is to bring down the crime lords empire in Victorian England... definitely 2 people who go together abo...more
Dreamlight Trilogy, Volume 2. Features Adelaide Pyne, dreamlight reader and her interactions with crime lord Griffin Winters who believes that he is about to become the next victim of the Winters Curse. Adelaide has had many experiences since she was almost sold to the mysterious Mr. Smith in a brothel, not least of which was traveling across the United States with a sharpshooting show. Griffin traditionally adheres to the truce that has allowed the two major crimelords to coexist but his hard-w...more
Sigh. I am ready for Amanda Quick to stop writing the paranormal stuff. I love her books, but enough with the paranormal slant already. I have a hard time focusing on the story, because it just doesn’t fit inside my perception of Victorian England. I have no problem with her Harmony series set in the future on a planet colonized by residents of Earth.
Anyhow, that aside, I did enjoy seeing our hero come from the criminal underworld. That was a nice change of pace. A good read, but not one that c...more
Anyhow, that aside, I did enjoy seeing our hero come from the criminal underworld. That was a nice change of pace. A good read, but not one that c...more
The romance was too abrupt. It needed much more focus and time spent developing it. Other than that, the story was just fine and I liked the characters. I agree with those who've said the story is Fired Up revisited and repackaged as an historical. But that doesn't really bother me. I liked Griffin as a character and thought Adelaide was fine, but not well-developed. The "bad guys" don't figure into the book much at all. I can't help but feel JAK is getting a little tired of her own series. The...more
A good read, but I suspect I'm beginning to become tired of the Arcane series. What drew me to Amanda Quick/Janze Krentz in the first place was her historical novels and I'm beginning to feel a twinge of longing to read some more of those.
have the feeling, I suppose, that one Arcane story is very much like the next with only minor differences in character names and how the novel unfolds. Great for passing the time, but not so great if you're looking for something with a bit more entertainment v...more
have the feeling, I suppose, that one Arcane story is very much like the next with only minor differences in character names and how the novel unfolds. Great for passing the time, but not so great if you're looking for something with a bit more entertainment v...more
Nothing like a favorite author to get you really enjoying reading. Reading anything by JAK is like wrapping up in a big, comfy blanket in front of a fire on a cold evening - total comfort reads for me. This follows the same rules as all of Quick's books. An independent, smart heroine in over her head and a mysterious, capable hero who wants to protect her.
What I enjoyed:
* The hero and heroine. The crime lord and the social reformer. They made a great pair.
* Seeing Caleb and Lucinda again.
* The s...more
What I enjoyed:
* The hero and heroine. The crime lord and the social reformer. They made a great pair.
* Seeing Caleb and Lucinda again.
* The s...more
Burning Lamp
3.5 Stars
Once again, the historical installment is not on a par with the contemporary. In fact, Burning Lamp reads like a mediocre retelling of Fired Up.
The nature of Griffin's "curse" remains ambiguous and it is never clear whether or not the issue is resolved. Nevertheless, he is a compelling hero and his characterization as a crime lord with a soft spot is endearing. Adelaide is an intriguing heroine and her past is definitely colorful. Unfortunately, the romance falls flat as Ad...more
3.5 Stars
Once again, the historical installment is not on a par with the contemporary. In fact, Burning Lamp reads like a mediocre retelling of Fired Up.
The nature of Griffin's "curse" remains ambiguous and it is never clear whether or not the issue is resolved. Nevertheless, he is a compelling hero and his characterization as a crime lord with a soft spot is endearing. Adelaide is an intriguing heroine and her past is definitely colorful. Unfortunately, the romance falls flat as Ad...more
Whoopsie...I made the mistake I picking up a book out of sequence which I usually don't do unless I know it rates as a stand-alone.
I like things simple and I don't like to struggle with a story that has already been partly told...I feel like the little kid that's trying to keep up, running every few steps, and missing half of the scenery!
I may come back at some point and bump this rating up but can only give it a 3 at the moment.
What I liked: I really do like Amanda Quick's (or what-ever name sh...more
I like things simple and I don't like to struggle with a story that has already been partly told...I feel like the little kid that's trying to keep up, running every few steps, and missing half of the scenery!
I may come back at some point and bump this rating up but can only give it a 3 at the moment.
What I liked: I really do like Amanda Quick's (or what-ever name sh...more
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The author of over 40 consecutive New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ writes romantic-suspense, often with a psychic and paranormal twist, in three different worlds: Contemporary (as Jayne Ann Krentz), historical (as Amanda Quick) and futuristic (as Jayne Castle). There are over 30 million copies of her books in print.
She earned a B.A. in History from the Uni...more
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The author of over 40 consecutive New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ writes romantic-suspense, often with a psychic and paranormal twist, in three different worlds: Contemporary (as Jayne Ann Krentz), historical (as Amanda Quick) and futuristic (as Jayne Castle). There are over 30 million copies of her books in print.
She earned a B.A. in History from the Uni...more
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“One day you're young with all your fine plans for the future. The next you're in the future and it doesn't look at all the way you thought it would.”
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“Once Smith had you, he would most likely have tried to negotiate for the lamp."
Everything inside her warmed gently. "You'd give up the lamp if you thought my life depended on it?"
"Without a second thought."
"Oh, Griffin, I'm truly touched. I know how important the lamp is to you."
"And then I'd slit the bastard's throat."
She groaned and rested her forehead on her knees. "Two birds with one lamp. Who says a crime lord can't be a romantic at heart?”
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Everything inside her warmed gently. "You'd give up the lamp if you thought my life depended on it?"
"Without a second thought."
"Oh, Griffin, I'm truly touched. I know how important the lamp is to you."
"And then I'd slit the bastard's throat."
She groaned and rested her forehead on her knees. "Two birds with one lamp. Who says a crime lord can't be a romantic at heart?”

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