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Fired Up (Arcane Society, #7)(Dreamlight Trilogy, #1)
by Jayne Ann Krentz (Goodreads Author)
by Jayne Ann Krentz (Goodreads Author)
Not good enough to interest me in the sequels. Nothing special about this story. I don’t recommend it.
PLOT PREMISE:
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” would be affected. Also, only some (not all) of Nicholas’s descendants would have the “special DNA”. This DNA would give them one psychic talent at birth and two other talents later in life. One of the talents would be a compulsion to kill anyone with the name Jones.
This premise was a little hard to accept. I’ll accept almost anything for a good story, and in the world of paranormal romance there are a lot of things I go along with. But this had me shaking my head. DNA that urges you to kill anyone named “Jones?” What about “Joans?”
STORY BRIEF:
Jack Winters is the second descendant to inherit the “special DNA.” He was born with a talent for strategizing and reading people. But recently he began having psychic changes. He fears he will become a murderer and believes the lamp can prevent that. He searches for and finds Chloe, a woman with the appropriate psychic ability to operate the lamp. She also is a private investigator, specializing in finding and authenticating antique objects. He hires her to find the lamp. This is the first book in The Dreamlight Trilogy.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
The author has a good writing style. I enjoy most of her books for that reason. But this was weak for me. The two main characters weren’t as interesting as I usually expect. The plot, events and dialogue were ok, but nothing surprised or delighted me.
DATA:
Story length: 346 pages. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 2 short ones. Setting: current day Seattle, Wash, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Scargill Cove, Calif. Copyright: 2009. Genre: paranormal romance.
PLOT PREMISE:
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” would be affected. Also, only some (not all) of Nicholas’s descendants would have the “special DNA”. This DNA would give them one psychic talent at birth and two other talents later in life. One of the talents would be a compulsion to kill anyone with the name Jones.
This premise was a little hard to accept. I’ll accept almost anything for a good story, and in the world of paranormal romance there are a lot of things I go along with. But this had me shaking my head. DNA that urges you to kill anyone named “Jones?” What about “Joans?”
STORY BRIEF:
Jack Winters is the second descendant to inherit the “special DNA.” He was born with a talent for strategizing and reading people. But recently he began having psychic changes. He fears he will become a murderer and believes the lamp can prevent that. He searches for and finds Chloe, a woman with the appropriate psychic ability to operate the lamp. She also is a private investigator, specializing in finding and authenticating antique objects. He hires her to find the lamp. This is the first book in The Dreamlight Trilogy.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
The author has a good writing style. I enjoy most of her books for that reason. But this was weak for me. The two main characters weren’t as interesting as I usually expect. The plot, events and dialogue were ok, but nothing surprised or delighted me.
DATA:
Story length: 346 pages. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 2 short ones. Setting: current day Seattle, Wash, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Scargill Cove, Calif. Copyright: 2009. Genre: paranormal romance.
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Dec 13, 2010 01:26pm
What about “Joans?” LOL!!! I needed that laugh! I'm trying to read this now, and after 100 pages, I simply have no interest in [picking it up. I've read several kindle freebies while trying to avoid this book. I think I might just call it quits.
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