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Atlantis #2
Jewel of Atlantis
All Atlantis seeks the Jewel of Dunamis, which legend claims can overcome any enemy. Grayson James, human agent of the ultra-secret Otherworld Bureau of Investigation, has orders to keep it from the wrong hands -- or destroy it. What he doesn't know is that Jewel is a woman, not a stone! But once he meets this precious gem, destroying her is the last thing on his mind . . .
Jewel, part goddess, part prophet, is a pawn in Atlantis's constant power struggles. She needs Gray's help to win freedom and uncover the secrets of her mysterious origins. Gray needs her wisdom to navigate monster-ridden Atlantis. But need blossoms into passionate love as they fight demons, dragons, vampires-and a prophecy that says the bond between them could destroy them both.
Jewel, part goddess, part prophet, is a pawn in Atlantis's constant power struggles. She needs Gray's help to win freedom and uncover the secrets of her mysterious origins. Gray needs her wisdom to navigate monster-ridden Atlantis. But need blossoms into passionate love as they fight demons, dragons, vampires-and a prophecy that says the bond between them could destroy them both.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 31, 2006
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Gena Showalter
256 books27.7k followersGena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of over seventy books, including the acclaimed Lords of the Underworld series, the Gods of War series, the White Rabbit Chronicles, and the Forest of Good and Evil series. She writes sizzling paranormal romance, heartwarming contemporary romance, and unputdownable young adult novels, and lives in Oklahoma City with her family and menagerie of dogs and cats.
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September 21, 2020
Actual Rating 3.5 stars.
Much better than the first book.
It is a relief really after the previous let down. Now we can see for sure that this series have potential.
However, I must confess that I am honestly not sure if my rating is more due to the actual book, or that I just tend to be predisposed to like Gena Shouter’s work. I admit I might not be completely objective.
Atlantis #1: Heart of the Dragon - 2.5 stars.
Atlantis #4: The Vampire’s Bride - 4 stars.
Much better than the first book.
It is a relief really after the previous let down. Now we can see for sure that this series have potential.
However, I must confess that I am honestly not sure if my rating is more due to the actual book, or that I just tend to be predisposed to like Gena Shouter’s work. I admit I might not be completely objective.
Atlantis #1: Heart of the Dragon - 2.5 stars.
Atlantis #4: The Vampire’s Bride - 4 stars.
March 3, 2016
SPOILERS NOT HIDDEN IN THIS REVIEW
WHY VAMPIRES SUCK AS ROMANTIC LEADS BY CARMEN
1.) They're cold. And dead. This is not sexy.
2.) I don't want to hurt my lover, and I don't want to be hurt by my lover. Pain during sex is not appealing (to me).
3.) Someone kissing your neck = yum.
Someone nibbling/biting your neck = yum.
Getting hickeys = yum.
Someone taking their razor-sharp teeth and plunging them into your carotid artery = yuck.
Your blood gushing out into someone's mouth = yuck.
The taste of blood = yuck.
The temperature of blood = yuck.
How blood feels in your stomach = nauseating. Even people who enjoy the taste of blood can only handle a lick or two. It's not ingested easily or well.
4.) Also, opening your veins to someone's wet, filthy, bacteria-infested mouth is a great way to spread disease. Both the "donor" and the "recipient" are just asking for sickness. Bloodborne pathogens, people. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS!!!
I understand the concept. Scrunching = arousal. Or, if you're not a Buffy fan, it goes: unsheathing your fangs = getting an erection. Just listen to this:
She felt his teeth elongating, readying for insertion.
Uh-huh. I'm sure. *rolls eyes.
Then, Showalter tries to tell us that Jewel isn't afraid or disgusted by Gray wanting to drink her blood. Instead, it makes her feel special and cherished.
She'd never been bitten before, but she wanted to share a deeper part of herself with Gray, wanted to be the first and only woman he drank from. Perhaps it would link them, far stronger than they were already linked.
See? Vampire feeding = sex. Also, this is a way of Showalter giving her womanizing hero a form of virginity that only the heroine is allowed to "deflower." In the last book, she made the hero into someone who'd never "allowed" a lover to give him a blowjob, so that he could get his first one from the heroine - and here she's doing the same with blood-drinking.
Except not really, because Gray feeds on a demon, attacking him, draining him dry, and killing him. Are we supposed to believe he's now had "sex" or "blood-sex" or "feeding-sex" or whatever with the demon he killed? Or somehow blood-feeding is only sexual if he does it with a woman? Or only a human woman? Or only if it's a woman he's interested or what? I'm really confused here.
Why on earth am I talking about a vampire 'hero' if this is allegedly about a human government agent falling in love with the magical Jewel of Atlantis? Well. Remember in my previous review when I said that Showalter's Atlantis is populated by nymphs, vampires, weredragons, and Formorians? How do you think you can write a romantic hero who is supposed to be tough and able to protect the heroine if he's a wimpy human? That's right. Have him fight off some vampires, demons and Formorians, but make sure he's wounded and bitten by them. Then, voila - a human/vampire/demon/Formorian mix that allows the hero to stay "hot" but instantly become a badass who flies, drinks blood, can see in the dark, and whose eyes glow red when angry. I thought this was a cop-out and too easy.
Also, this book is ridiculous. Now, I understand that this is a romance novel, and I've said it before: I expect romance novels to be silly and sexist. I grade them on an extreme curve (and as a consequence they never get more than 3 stars from me). But even on my lenient scale this book was ridiculous.
Jewel (Gray, the hero, names her) is a slave. She can predict the future and she's unable to lie - which makes her priceless. Anyone who owns her has an amazing advantage over their enemies. She's gorgeous. Gorgeous.
She's a virgin. WTF? I can't believe this. As a slave, and a really really good-looking one at that, even if I believed she'd never been in love or had consensual sex, it's impossible to believe none of her former owners (and she's had a lot) took a sexual interest in her. Showalter doesn't even TRY to explain this. She mentions that people only see her as an object, a slave, an "it" and not as a person - but she's a gorgeous 20-something woman with no rights and no means of self-defense. Showalter could have at least put in the my-powers-will-disappear-if-I-have-sex trope (and I HATE this trope, but at least it's an excuse), but there's nothing.
THEN, if that wasn't hard enough to believe, we're also supposed to believe that she's not only a virgin, but a virgin whose never masturbated in her life. Again, no explanation is given, but it practically made me scream in anger when I had to read the "she discovers her clitoris for the first time" scene. Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I'm willing to believe in a hidden alternate dimension of Atlantis populated with the bastard offspring of a dead god, but I'm not willing to believe that Jewel is a 20-something virgin who doesn't even realize that touching herself "down there" feels good. ESPECIALLY since she's spied on Gray and his mind since she was a child up to the present, which included watching him have sex with A LOT of women, women who she specifically told Gray that she'd "imagined herself in the place of," but yet never touched herself? Yeah, right.
Another completely ridiculous part of the plot is all the mind-reading. I don't like mind-reading in stories, but this is even worse because it's all over the place. When Gray goes into Atlantis, Jewel can easily read his mind. Later, she can only read it some of the time. Then, she can travel INTO his mind and they can interact there, as if it's a room or something. THEN, he develops mind-reading powers for a while. It's a huge merry-go-round of who-can-read-whose-mind that was dizzying, made absolutely no sense, followed no logic, and appeared and disappeared at the whim of the author.
Then there's some kind of weird "Jewel is insecure" subplot where she gets really worried because every time that Gray has sex with her he fucks her hard and fast, and when she watched him have sex with all those women in the past (this still creeps me out, ugh, so creeped out) he really took his time and savored them and "made love" to them. This makes her doubt that she's really in love with him, but when she finally asks him about it, he's just like "Oh, you silly innocent woman! Don't you know that this means I want you more than anyone I've ever wanted. You just drive me so insane it's impossible to take my time with you!" And she's like: "Oh, that's a relief. Carry on, then." o.O So weird.
Lastly, and this is a major spoiler so if you care, skip this paragraph: At the end, Jewel turns out to be a direct descendent of the gods and a mixture of every single type of blood (human/weredragon/vampire/centaur/minotaur/etc. etc. etc.). Major cop-out. Super-special snowflake to the max!!!!
SO. Now that I've thoroughly eviscerated this book, why is it getting 2 stars and not one? Because Gena Showalter is a good author. Her writing is not bad or hard to read, she makes likeable characters, she always makes me laugh a bit (nothing as funny as her first two novels, though), she presents a creative creature-filled world, and the sex is both good and consensual. Trust me, there are a LOT of worse romance novels than this one.
Tl;dr: Fluffy, beyond ridiculous, good consensual sex, nonsensical plot even for a romance novel. Very Mary-Sue and Gary-Stu, even beyond usual romance parameters. Not recommended. 2 real stars, 3 romance stars.
I own this in Spanish.
P.S. Also, Jewel fights and kills four demons after a 1-hour session of self-defense lessons with Gray. o.O And basically the self-defense lesson was an excuse for him to grope her.
P.P.S. Gray is one of the most stubborn, egotistical, irrational male leads I've ever read in my entire life. He often purposefully ignores Jewel and her advice even though he KNOWS she's psychic because he has to be the "big man." It's beyond stupid.
P.P.P.S. There's a whole scene in which Gray takes Jewel to a bar and teaches her to dirty dance. I KNOW THAT MOVIE IS POPULAR, BUT COME ON. It was strange.
WHY VAMPIRES SUCK AS ROMANTIC LEADS BY CARMEN
1.) They're cold. And dead. This is not sexy.
2.) I don't want to hurt my lover, and I don't want to be hurt by my lover. Pain during sex is not appealing (to me).
3.) Someone kissing your neck = yum.
Someone nibbling/biting your neck = yum.
Getting hickeys = yum.
Someone taking their razor-sharp teeth and plunging them into your carotid artery = yuck.
Your blood gushing out into someone's mouth = yuck.
The taste of blood = yuck.
The temperature of blood = yuck.
How blood feels in your stomach = nauseating. Even people who enjoy the taste of blood can only handle a lick or two. It's not ingested easily or well.
4.) Also, opening your veins to someone's wet, filthy, bacteria-infested mouth is a great way to spread disease. Both the "donor" and the "recipient" are just asking for sickness. Bloodborne pathogens, people. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS!!!
I understand the concept. Scrunching = arousal. Or, if you're not a Buffy fan, it goes: unsheathing your fangs = getting an erection. Just listen to this:
She felt his teeth elongating, readying for insertion.
Uh-huh. I'm sure. *rolls eyes.
Then, Showalter tries to tell us that Jewel isn't afraid or disgusted by Gray wanting to drink her blood. Instead, it makes her feel special and cherished.
She'd never been bitten before, but she wanted to share a deeper part of herself with Gray, wanted to be the first and only woman he drank from. Perhaps it would link them, far stronger than they were already linked.
See? Vampire feeding = sex. Also, this is a way of Showalter giving her womanizing hero a form of virginity that only the heroine is allowed to "deflower." In the last book, she made the hero into someone who'd never "allowed" a lover to give him a blowjob, so that he could get his first one from the heroine - and here she's doing the same with blood-drinking.
Except not really, because Gray feeds on a demon, attacking him, draining him dry, and killing him. Are we supposed to believe he's now had "sex" or "blood-sex" or "feeding-sex" or whatever with the demon he killed? Or somehow blood-feeding is only sexual if he does it with a woman? Or only a human woman? Or only if it's a woman he's interested or what? I'm really confused here.
Why on earth am I talking about a vampire 'hero' if this is allegedly about a human government agent falling in love with the magical Jewel of Atlantis? Well. Remember in my previous review when I said that Showalter's Atlantis is populated by nymphs, vampires, weredragons, and Formorians? How do you think you can write a romantic hero who is supposed to be tough and able to protect the heroine if he's a wimpy human? That's right. Have him fight off some vampires, demons and Formorians, but make sure he's wounded and bitten by them. Then, voila - a human/vampire/demon/Formorian mix that allows the hero to stay "hot" but instantly become a badass who flies, drinks blood, can see in the dark, and whose eyes glow red when angry. I thought this was a cop-out and too easy.
Also, this book is ridiculous. Now, I understand that this is a romance novel, and I've said it before: I expect romance novels to be silly and sexist. I grade them on an extreme curve (and as a consequence they never get more than 3 stars from me). But even on my lenient scale this book was ridiculous.
Jewel (Gray, the hero, names her) is a slave. She can predict the future and she's unable to lie - which makes her priceless. Anyone who owns her has an amazing advantage over their enemies. She's gorgeous. Gorgeous.
She's a virgin. WTF? I can't believe this. As a slave, and a really really good-looking one at that, even if I believed she'd never been in love or had consensual sex, it's impossible to believe none of her former owners (and she's had a lot) took a sexual interest in her. Showalter doesn't even TRY to explain this. She mentions that people only see her as an object, a slave, an "it" and not as a person - but she's a gorgeous 20-something woman with no rights and no means of self-defense. Showalter could have at least put in the my-powers-will-disappear-if-I-have-sex trope (and I HATE this trope, but at least it's an excuse), but there's nothing.
THEN, if that wasn't hard enough to believe, we're also supposed to believe that she's not only a virgin, but a virgin whose never masturbated in her life. Again, no explanation is given, but it practically made me scream in anger when I had to read the "she discovers her clitoris for the first time" scene. Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I'm willing to believe in a hidden alternate dimension of Atlantis populated with the bastard offspring of a dead god, but I'm not willing to believe that Jewel is a 20-something virgin who doesn't even realize that touching herself "down there" feels good. ESPECIALLY since she's spied on Gray and his mind since she was a child up to the present, which included watching him have sex with A LOT of women, women who she specifically told Gray that she'd "imagined herself in the place of," but yet never touched herself? Yeah, right.
Another completely ridiculous part of the plot is all the mind-reading. I don't like mind-reading in stories, but this is even worse because it's all over the place. When Gray goes into Atlantis, Jewel can easily read his mind. Later, she can only read it some of the time. Then, she can travel INTO his mind and they can interact there, as if it's a room or something. THEN, he develops mind-reading powers for a while. It's a huge merry-go-round of who-can-read-whose-mind that was dizzying, made absolutely no sense, followed no logic, and appeared and disappeared at the whim of the author.
Then there's some kind of weird "Jewel is insecure" subplot where she gets really worried because every time that Gray has sex with her he fucks her hard and fast, and when she watched him have sex with all those women in the past (this still creeps me out, ugh, so creeped out) he really took his time and savored them and "made love" to them. This makes her doubt that she's really in love with him, but when she finally asks him about it, he's just like "Oh, you silly innocent woman! Don't you know that this means I want you more than anyone I've ever wanted. You just drive me so insane it's impossible to take my time with you!" And she's like: "Oh, that's a relief. Carry on, then." o.O So weird.
Lastly, and this is a major spoiler so if you care, skip this paragraph: At the end, Jewel turns out to be a direct descendent of the gods and a mixture of every single type of blood (human/weredragon/vampire/centaur/minotaur/etc. etc. etc.). Major cop-out. Super-special snowflake to the max!!!!
SO. Now that I've thoroughly eviscerated this book, why is it getting 2 stars and not one? Because Gena Showalter is a good author. Her writing is not bad or hard to read, she makes likeable characters, she always makes me laugh a bit (nothing as funny as her first two novels, though), she presents a creative creature-filled world, and the sex is both good and consensual. Trust me, there are a LOT of worse romance novels than this one.
Tl;dr: Fluffy, beyond ridiculous, good consensual sex, nonsensical plot even for a romance novel. Very Mary-Sue and Gary-Stu, even beyond usual romance parameters. Not recommended. 2 real stars, 3 romance stars.
I own this in Spanish.
P.S. Also, Jewel fights and kills four demons after a 1-hour session of self-defense lessons with Gray. o.O And basically the self-defense lesson was an excuse for him to grope her.
P.P.S. Gray is one of the most stubborn, egotistical, irrational male leads I've ever read in my entire life. He often purposefully ignores Jewel and her advice even though he KNOWS she's psychic because he has to be the "big man." It's beyond stupid.
P.P.P.S. There's a whole scene in which Gray takes Jewel to a bar and teaches her to dirty dance. I KNOW THAT MOVIE IS POPULAR, BUT COME ON. It was strange.
March 21, 2009
I'd give this 4.5 stars if I could. Although it took me a while to finish this book because of outside factors, I thought it was pretty awesome. My one complaint is I think the ending was a bit rushed. This might be the hottest book that I have read by GS so far. The love scenes were pretty steamy. One thing I liked is that Gray has a very large POV in this story. It's really cool to see a romance from the guy's perspective. And I feel that his viewpoint read pretty authentic for a guy. He did and said, and thought exactly the way I would imagine a man would think. Now I have never walked in a man's shoes, so I might be disputed on this. Nevetheless it felt real to me.
As typical for GS, there was an aura of sweetness and good-naturedness to this story. It is difficult to describe, but in the books I've read by Ms. Showalter with the exception of Awaken Me Darkly there seems to be this upbeat tone. Now that doesn't mean that bad things don't happen and people don't die in this book or her others. But you get the impression that in the end, everything will work out and good will prevail. I must say I like that about her books. Life can seem pretty dark and hopeless. It's nice to read a book with an overall tone of optimism. I love my angsty, dark romances, but it's also nice to read some that are on the upbeat side as well.
The mythology in this story is pretty interesting. It borrows from Greek myths, but there are some extra things added. I have never thought of vampires as being a large aspect of the Greek mythology, and I believe the Formorians are from ancient Celtic mythology. Thus I feel that there is a potpourri of folklore used to develop Showalter's Atlantis universe. As always, I am a folklore/mythology geek, so I enjoyed seeing the mythological creatures that populated this story.
It was also nice to revisit Darius and his bride Grace, and see the intriguing Layel (can't wait to read his story). Those demons are just gross and don't sound the least bit attractive to me.
I really did like Jewel. She was a sweet person but also formidable in her own way. She had been in love with Gray from afar for many years, seeing him in visions in her mind. I thought it was sad that she had seen the profusion of women he'd been with in her mind in excruciating detail, but she didn't let that bother her, but took her opportunity to be with him the capacity available to her. I appreciated her love for others, and how she often tried to sacrifice her well-being to help others. She had a rough existence, but in a way that is rather different from other romance heroines.
I must say that this is a great book to read if you are a fan of the paranormal genre. It's not dark and intense in the way that a lot of the popular series right now are. But it's very good and fun, but has depth that will fill your hours until the last word has been read.
As typical for GS, there was an aura of sweetness and good-naturedness to this story. It is difficult to describe, but in the books I've read by Ms. Showalter with the exception of Awaken Me Darkly there seems to be this upbeat tone. Now that doesn't mean that bad things don't happen and people don't die in this book or her others. But you get the impression that in the end, everything will work out and good will prevail. I must say I like that about her books. Life can seem pretty dark and hopeless. It's nice to read a book with an overall tone of optimism. I love my angsty, dark romances, but it's also nice to read some that are on the upbeat side as well.
The mythology in this story is pretty interesting. It borrows from Greek myths, but there are some extra things added. I have never thought of vampires as being a large aspect of the Greek mythology, and I believe the Formorians are from ancient Celtic mythology. Thus I feel that there is a potpourri of folklore used to develop Showalter's Atlantis universe. As always, I am a folklore/mythology geek, so I enjoyed seeing the mythological creatures that populated this story.
It was also nice to revisit Darius and his bride Grace, and see the intriguing Layel (can't wait to read his story). Those demons are just gross and don't sound the least bit attractive to me.
I really did like Jewel. She was a sweet person but also formidable in her own way. She had been in love with Gray from afar for many years, seeing him in visions in her mind. I thought it was sad that she had seen the profusion of women he'd been with in her mind in excruciating detail, but she didn't let that bother her, but took her opportunity to be with him the capacity available to her. I appreciated her love for others, and how she often tried to sacrifice her well-being to help others. She had a rough existence, but in a way that is rather different from other romance heroines.
I must say that this is a great book to read if you are a fan of the paranormal genre. It's not dark and intense in the way that a lot of the popular series right now are. But it's very good and fun, but has depth that will fill your hours until the last word has been read.
December 18, 2018
4.5 stars
I can't believe I haven't read this book before now. It's old news now but Gena Showalter is one of my favorite author of all time, I've said it a thousand times before but I'll say it again, I will read anything she writes and probably love it. I don't know if it's the way she writes, her vivid and endless imagination or her awesome characters but I'm always stunned by her work.
Jewel of Atlantis was so damn good. I read the first book in the Atlantis series a few months ago and wasn't completely taken by the story but this one felt more like Showalter's current style. These books were before her Lords of the Underworld series, some of her first work and you can tell her writing style has changed and grown since then but I genuinely loved Jewel of Atlantis and read it in one go.
I love the universe she created in this series, it's intriguing and it has so much potential, in Heart of the Dragon, Showalter wrote about a shapeshifting dragon hero and a human heroine, in Jewel of Atlantis she went with a human hero and an exceptional heroine, extremely powerful and definitely not human.
Gray is a human working for the OBI, the FBI of all things supernaturals. He is sent to Atlantis through a secret portal to retrieve the Jewel of Dunamis, a powerful object able to predict the future, detect lies from truths and conquer anything and anyone. What he doesn't know is that this Jewel is actually a woman, a woman being used for her powers, unable to lie and always under guard, she longs for freedom. When Gray steps foot in Atlantis, he's immediately thrown into danger, creatures can smell his human blood and give chase. While trapped by a demon, he hears a voice in his head guiding and helping him, turns out that voice is Jewel. In exchange for her help, she asks him to free her from her captors.
Both main characters were amazing, Gray is a cocky, smart and strong male lead while his counterpart, Jewel, is sweet, shy but definitely powerful and far from stupid. From the start I loved their connection, it felt natural and didn't feel forced by the writer to make the story work like she wanted.
The story has no real big twists or surprises since, from the beginning, we know that Jewel is what Gray is actually looking for but I liked it, I think Gena made it work and I loved the fact that she didn't create any unnecessary drama. However, there's plenty of action in this book. A lot of fighting, vampires, demons, mermen and other terrible creatures. I liked Gray's quick mind, it was very obvious since the beginning that she was the Jewel of Dunamis and while she didn't tell him outright, throughout the story he started having suspicions and wasn't really surprised when he discovered the real truth and I loved that.
I thoroughly enjoyed seeing their relationship develop, no slow burn here but it's understandable when you read the story, things quickly fall into place and while not always my favorite way to go with a romance, I can honestly say I liked it in this case. It worked, I fell in love with both of them and could have greedily read more.
However, the ending was a little rushed for my taste. It all ended so abruptly and easily, I would've liked more closure, but it was such a small part, I can't really say it ruined anything other than the fact that it was a tad frustrating.
We also get to revisit Darius and Grace from the first book and we also meet Valerian and Layel, the heroes of the third and fourth book. I am looking forward to reading their respective stories and learning more about this magical world Showalter created.
I can't believe I haven't read this book before now. It's old news now but Gena Showalter is one of my favorite author of all time, I've said it a thousand times before but I'll say it again, I will read anything she writes and probably love it. I don't know if it's the way she writes, her vivid and endless imagination or her awesome characters but I'm always stunned by her work.
Jewel of Atlantis was so damn good. I read the first book in the Atlantis series a few months ago and wasn't completely taken by the story but this one felt more like Showalter's current style. These books were before her Lords of the Underworld series, some of her first work and you can tell her writing style has changed and grown since then but I genuinely loved Jewel of Atlantis and read it in one go.
I love the universe she created in this series, it's intriguing and it has so much potential, in Heart of the Dragon, Showalter wrote about a shapeshifting dragon hero and a human heroine, in Jewel of Atlantis she went with a human hero and an exceptional heroine, extremely powerful and definitely not human.
Gray is a human working for the OBI, the FBI of all things supernaturals. He is sent to Atlantis through a secret portal to retrieve the Jewel of Dunamis, a powerful object able to predict the future, detect lies from truths and conquer anything and anyone. What he doesn't know is that this Jewel is actually a woman, a woman being used for her powers, unable to lie and always under guard, she longs for freedom. When Gray steps foot in Atlantis, he's immediately thrown into danger, creatures can smell his human blood and give chase. While trapped by a demon, he hears a voice in his head guiding and helping him, turns out that voice is Jewel. In exchange for her help, she asks him to free her from her captors.
Both main characters were amazing, Gray is a cocky, smart and strong male lead while his counterpart, Jewel, is sweet, shy but definitely powerful and far from stupid. From the start I loved their connection, it felt natural and didn't feel forced by the writer to make the story work like she wanted.
The story has no real big twists or surprises since, from the beginning, we know that Jewel is what Gray is actually looking for but I liked it, I think Gena made it work and I loved the fact that she didn't create any unnecessary drama. However, there's plenty of action in this book. A lot of fighting, vampires, demons, mermen and other terrible creatures. I liked Gray's quick mind, it was very obvious since the beginning that she was the Jewel of Dunamis and while she didn't tell him outright, throughout the story he started having suspicions and wasn't really surprised when he discovered the real truth and I loved that.
I thoroughly enjoyed seeing their relationship develop, no slow burn here but it's understandable when you read the story, things quickly fall into place and while not always my favorite way to go with a romance, I can honestly say I liked it in this case. It worked, I fell in love with both of them and could have greedily read more.
However, the ending was a little rushed for my taste. It all ended so abruptly and easily, I would've liked more closure, but it was such a small part, I can't really say it ruined anything other than the fact that it was a tad frustrating.
We also get to revisit Darius and Grace from the first book and we also meet Valerian and Layel, the heroes of the third and fourth book. I am looking forward to reading their respective stories and learning more about this magical world Showalter created.
December 13, 2010
While I enjoyed this book I didn't find it as interesting as the first one. It had some amazing parts where I found myself sighing like a 15-year old and then some others where I thought: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
IMHO the problem with this installment was that it lacked everything I loved about book one. I adored the Dragon warriors, for me they are the most interesting species because I have never read about them before, while I got a bit bored of gods, vampires and demons. I was exhilarated about reading something new, which I found in the first one but totally lost in this 2nd book. While I was completely lost into the plot of the first book I just couldn't believe this one. We see a heroine which is not sure what she really is but she understands she is very powerful and needed by other species so she runs from them or tries to escape once she gets captivated. Then the hero comes and rescue her. So far so good, I was enjoying it big time, but then everything just got too surreal.
the heroine even is able to kill 4 demons by herself only using a stick and her fighting skills which were thought by the hero in a single day. I don't know, many things just didn't make sense at all.
Still it was a sweet romance and I really liked the hero and the heroine's personalities. Moreover we get to learn a lot about all the other species and spend some time with the Dragons. While I wanna read about the king of each species I didn't care at all about Jewel (the heroine). And I didn't like the ending at all, it was just lame, one of those that feel the author had no idea what to do and solves everything magically in a paragraph.
I still like this series and wanna read more. I just hope next book is more like the first one.
IMHO the problem with this installment was that it lacked everything I loved about book one. I adored the Dragon warriors, for me they are the most interesting species because I have never read about them before, while I got a bit bored of gods, vampires and demons. I was exhilarated about reading something new, which I found in the first one but totally lost in this 2nd book. While I was completely lost into the plot of the first book I just couldn't believe this one. We see a heroine which is not sure what she really is but she understands she is very powerful and needed by other species so she runs from them or tries to escape once she gets captivated. Then the hero comes and rescue her. So far so good, I was enjoying it big time, but then everything just got too surreal.
the heroine even is able to kill 4 demons by herself only using a stick and her fighting skills which were thought by the hero in a single day. I don't know, many things just didn't make sense at all.
Still it was a sweet romance and I really liked the hero and the heroine's personalities. Moreover we get to learn a lot about all the other species and spend some time with the Dragons. While I wanna read about the king of each species I didn't care at all about Jewel (the heroine). And I didn't like the ending at all, it was just lame, one of those that feel the author had no idea what to do and solves everything magically in a paragraph.
I still like this series and wanna read more. I just hope next book is more like the first one.
September 18, 2015
Well this is when the author was on her A game. Classic Paranormal Romance (PNR) full of gods and demons and mythical creatures... with a dash of military romance because of the hero. :)
Grayson James is part of the Otherworld Bureau of Investigation (OBI)- a black ops group so secret, few know about it… because few know about the creatures the OBI investigates. Sent to Atlantis, (a world hidden in the depth of the oceans), to recover a Jewel rumored to be so powerful, armies fall before it, he instead finds himself mired in its world of ugly evil. Well mostly evil. The creature that contacted him and is communicating with him through mind reading is anything but evil and ugly by the sound of her sexy voice. But she seems to be the one to lead him the Jewel so his mission has changed a bit to include rescuing her.
And he does. But not before she rescues him- in more ways than one.
Ah yes, I miss the old Gena Showalter.
Grayson James is part of the Otherworld Bureau of Investigation (OBI)- a black ops group so secret, few know about it… because few know about the creatures the OBI investigates. Sent to Atlantis, (a world hidden in the depth of the oceans), to recover a Jewel rumored to be so powerful, armies fall before it, he instead finds himself mired in its world of ugly evil. Well mostly evil. The creature that contacted him and is communicating with him through mind reading is anything but evil and ugly by the sound of her sexy voice. But she seems to be the one to lead him the Jewel so his mission has changed a bit to include rescuing her.
And he does. But not before she rescues him- in more ways than one.
Ah yes, I miss the old Gena Showalter.
March 24, 2018
Jewel of Atlantis begins with Grayson James, a agent, a human who is looking for the Jewel of Dunamis, which legend has claimed is more powerful than anything and can provide the means to destroy any enemy, however there is one catch. Grayson must find the Jewel which is in Atlantis but what Grayson assumed is the the Jewel is a stone. When he is close to finding the Jewel, he starts to hear a voice in his head, a woman's voice that stirs up desire within him, even though he is suspicious and doubts that she is real, until he saves her from the Queen of Demons who has held her captive. But Grayson doesn't realize until later, that the Jewel of Dunamis is the same woman whom he has saved, and whom has assisted him in navigating his way through the dangers ridden throughout Atlantis. But throughout their journey, they start to find a passion in one another, and a willingness to fight for a future together, no matter the cost or the dangers that could destroy all that they have built in one another.
I read this book a couple of weeks ago, but I finally remembered that I forgotten to write the review for this book. From what I recall, Jewel of Atlantis is the second in the Atlantis series. Even though I haven't read this series in order, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it so far. Jewel of Atlantis is unique, and we get to see appearances of The Dragon King Darius and his bride Grace who is also human. However throughout most of the book, we see a intense plot, where Grayson and Jewel are on the run from a variety of dangers throughout Atlantis. I also loved these two main characters as well. Jewel has been imprisoned because of her certain gifts, but knows that Grayson can save her, but as she helps guide him throughout the maze of Atlantis with all of its murky dangers, and find a love they never expected to find. This was a magical and satisfying adventure and passion, that takes you beneath the sea and into the mysteries of Atlantis.
I read this book a couple of weeks ago, but I finally remembered that I forgotten to write the review for this book. From what I recall, Jewel of Atlantis is the second in the Atlantis series. Even though I haven't read this series in order, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it so far. Jewel of Atlantis is unique, and we get to see appearances of The Dragon King Darius and his bride Grace who is also human. However throughout most of the book, we see a intense plot, where Grayson and Jewel are on the run from a variety of dangers throughout Atlantis. I also loved these two main characters as well. Jewel has been imprisoned because of her certain gifts, but knows that Grayson can save her, but as she helps guide him throughout the maze of Atlantis with all of its murky dangers, and find a love they never expected to find. This was a magical and satisfying adventure and passion, that takes you beneath the sea and into the mysteries of Atlantis.
April 1, 2018
«Colui o colei che mi possiede in un dato momento porta davanti a me i suoi concittadini e i suoi nemici e mi ordina di indicare i traditori. La prima volta che mi sono rifiutata di farlo, ho dovuto assistere mentre un uomo veniva ucciso in modo atroce. Ho cercato di mentire, di proteggere la gente, ma non posso: la menzogna mi devasta per una ragione che non capisco e le parole si congelano nella mia gola. A volte ho dovuto ammettere cose che non volevo confessare.»
«Mi dispiace.» Gray allungò una mano verso di lei; avrebbe voluto trovare parole più forti e convincenti per esprimerle la propria solidarietà.
«Ho desiderato tante volte che punissero me, invece degli altri. Avrei potuto sopportarlo, ma nessuno voleva fare del male a colei che conosceva le risposte desiderate.»
Ancora una volta ci ritroviamo nella mitica Atlantide creata da Gena Showalter. Aver fermato gli uomini che si erano introdotti attraverso il portale in “Il Guardiano di Atlantide”, purtroppo non è bastato. L’uomo a capo dell’operazione si è lasciato dietro una traccia molto pericolosa. Un libro scritto nell’antichità, “Il Ra-Dracus”, che racconta la creazione di Atlantide e le origini di ogni razza, di cui vengono svelate sia le caratteristiche che i punti deboli. Non solo, il libro accenna anche all’esistenza del mitico Gioiello di Dunamis.
“Una gemma così preziosa e potente da poter essere usata per predire il futuro, indicare chi mente e chi dice la verità. Chi lo possiede può distruggere qualsiasi nemico e sconfiggere qualsiasi esercito”
Ora il libro si trova in mano all’OBI, Otherworld Bureau of Investigation, specializzato in missioni su altri mondi, che ha mandato uno dei suoi migliori agenti a recuperare il gioiello o, in caso ciò sia impossibile, a distruggerlo.
Grayson James, l’agente incaricato, ha appena scoperto che la facile missione che i suoi capi gli hanno ventilato, è ben lontana dall’essere tale. Non appena giunto su Atlantide, infatti, è stato braccato da un Drago, un Vampiro e un demone; dopo due giorni è riuscito a liberarsi dei primi due, uccidendoli, ma il demone sta per raggiungerlo.
Grayson è a corto di idee e in un territorio che non conosce. Ma ecco che nella sua mente risuona la voce sensuale di una donna che, con precise indicazioni, riesce a salvarlo. La ragazza dice di non avere un nome proprio e che, se vuole, può chiamarla “Jewel”.
È disposta ad aiutarlo a trovare il mitico gioiello, a patto che lui la liberi dalla sua prigione. Intrigato da quella voce suadente, desideroso di vedere di persona la giovane e di ricompensarla per l’aiuto, Grayson accetta di farsi guidare fino a lei. Ed è così che si ritrova di fronte al palazzo di Marina, la Regina dei demoni, dove assiste a una strana cerimonia che vede come protagonista la giovane che è venuto a salvare. Riuscire a liberarla, anche se dopo un’aspra lotta, non è poi così difficile, anche perché Jewel si rivela piena di risorse. Ma da quel momento in poi, per i due giovani ci sarà solo una fuga infinita: sono infatti braccati da tutte le razze di Atlantide, che cercano di catturare la ragazza, mentre per Grayson, che è stato morso da un vampiro e ferito da un demone, iniziano straordinari cambiamenti.
Grayson nel suo lavoro ha visto tante cose strane e quando una voce misteriosa irrompe nella sua mente mettendolo in guardia sulle sabbie mobili che ha di fronte, in un primo momento crede di essere diventato matto; poi, quando la stessa voce gli salva la vita e lo porta finalmente fuori dalla foresta che stava tentando di attraversare, non può più aver dubbi. La curiosità e la gratitudine lo porteranno a tentare di salvare questa ragazza piena di spirito, che a tratti sembra così triste. E di motivi per essere triste, Jewel ne ha davvero tanti: fin da bambina le sue straordinarie qualità ne hanno fatto un’ambita preda. Figlia di una sirena e di un padre che non ha mai conosciuto, dopo la morte della madre per mano di umani che hanno valicato il portale, la sua vita non è stata altro che un passaggio da una prigionia a un’altra. Tanti sono infatti coloro che l’hanno chiamata schiava e ne hanno sfruttato le doti. Costretta a indicare i nemici del padrone di turno, incapace di mentire per non cadere in preda a dolori atroci, ha visto morire moltissime persone a causa dei segreti che ha svelato.
E ogni volta che ha tentato di fuggire o di rifiutarsi, i suoi carcerieri, ben consapevoli del suo buon cuore, hanno punito degli innocenti. Anche perché una profezia dice che se lei venisse uccisa morirebbero anche tutte le razze.
Tenuta sempre in lussuosissime prigioni, in solitudine, è riuscita ugualmente a mantenere il suo spirito e la gioia di vivere e questo grazie a Grayson, che lei ha visto nelle sue visioni fin da bambina, seguendone la crescita, guardandolo interagire con le tante ragazze che hanno fatto parte della sua vita, e desiderando con tutte le sue forze di poter essere al loro posto.
La loro attrazione è forte, ma un segreto custodito da Jewel potrebbe compromettere tutto; Marina è sempre sulle loro tracce con un nuovo alleato, il re dei vampiri, Layel, che abbiamo già conosciuto e che a ogni incontro si rivela sempre più un personaggio complesso e affascinante, e molto meno cattivo di quanto voglia far credere.
C’è molta azione in questo libro: incontriamo molte delle razze di Atlantide e facciamo la conoscenza dei Ninfi, affascinanti creature che saranno i protagonisti del prossimo capitolo della serie. L’atmosfera fra i due protagonisti è sempre carica di desiderio e sensualità; la scrittura è scorrevole e rende la lettura molto piacevole. Tutti i personaggi sono ben delineati, e per quanto riguarda il protagonista una piccola curiosità: se siete amanti dell’autrice, il personaggio di Grayson vi sembrerà stranamente familiare. Avrete come la sensazione di averlo già incontrato e, infatti, andando avanti nella lettura, troverete sempre più particolari che stuzzicheranno la vostra memoria, in particolare il nome di Jorlan, suo cognato, il marito della sorella Katie. Questo perché lei è la protagonista di “Il guerriero di pietra”, altro libro della Showalter, ed è anche il motivo per cui Grayson ha scoperto l’esistenza di altri mondi che usano la magia e ha lasciato la polizia per diventare un agente dell’OBI, unico fra i suoi fratelli a sapere che Jorlan viene da un altro mondo. E detto questo non posso che consigliarvi di farvi un giretto nelle foreste di Atlantide in compagnia delle sue straordinarie creature per passare qualche ora in completo relax. Ma un appunto lo devo fare: per gran parte del libro Grayson è ignaro della vera identità di Jewel, e così sarebbe stato anche il lettore; e allora perché una sinossi così spoilerosa?
«Mi dispiace.» Gray allungò una mano verso di lei; avrebbe voluto trovare parole più forti e convincenti per esprimerle la propria solidarietà.
«Ho desiderato tante volte che punissero me, invece degli altri. Avrei potuto sopportarlo, ma nessuno voleva fare del male a colei che conosceva le risposte desiderate.»
Ancora una volta ci ritroviamo nella mitica Atlantide creata da Gena Showalter. Aver fermato gli uomini che si erano introdotti attraverso il portale in “Il Guardiano di Atlantide”, purtroppo non è bastato. L’uomo a capo dell’operazione si è lasciato dietro una traccia molto pericolosa. Un libro scritto nell’antichità, “Il Ra-Dracus”, che racconta la creazione di Atlantide e le origini di ogni razza, di cui vengono svelate sia le caratteristiche che i punti deboli. Non solo, il libro accenna anche all’esistenza del mitico Gioiello di Dunamis.
“Una gemma così preziosa e potente da poter essere usata per predire il futuro, indicare chi mente e chi dice la verità. Chi lo possiede può distruggere qualsiasi nemico e sconfiggere qualsiasi esercito”
Ora il libro si trova in mano all’OBI, Otherworld Bureau of Investigation, specializzato in missioni su altri mondi, che ha mandato uno dei suoi migliori agenti a recuperare il gioiello o, in caso ciò sia impossibile, a distruggerlo.
Grayson James, l’agente incaricato, ha appena scoperto che la facile missione che i suoi capi gli hanno ventilato, è ben lontana dall’essere tale. Non appena giunto su Atlantide, infatti, è stato braccato da un Drago, un Vampiro e un demone; dopo due giorni è riuscito a liberarsi dei primi due, uccidendoli, ma il demone sta per raggiungerlo.
Grayson è a corto di idee e in un territorio che non conosce. Ma ecco che nella sua mente risuona la voce sensuale di una donna che, con precise indicazioni, riesce a salvarlo. La ragazza dice di non avere un nome proprio e che, se vuole, può chiamarla “Jewel”.
È disposta ad aiutarlo a trovare il mitico gioiello, a patto che lui la liberi dalla sua prigione. Intrigato da quella voce suadente, desideroso di vedere di persona la giovane e di ricompensarla per l’aiuto, Grayson accetta di farsi guidare fino a lei. Ed è così che si ritrova di fronte al palazzo di Marina, la Regina dei demoni, dove assiste a una strana cerimonia che vede come protagonista la giovane che è venuto a salvare. Riuscire a liberarla, anche se dopo un’aspra lotta, non è poi così difficile, anche perché Jewel si rivela piena di risorse. Ma da quel momento in poi, per i due giovani ci sarà solo una fuga infinita: sono infatti braccati da tutte le razze di Atlantide, che cercano di catturare la ragazza, mentre per Grayson, che è stato morso da un vampiro e ferito da un demone, iniziano straordinari cambiamenti.
Grayson nel suo lavoro ha visto tante cose strane e quando una voce misteriosa irrompe nella sua mente mettendolo in guardia sulle sabbie mobili che ha di fronte, in un primo momento crede di essere diventato matto; poi, quando la stessa voce gli salva la vita e lo porta finalmente fuori dalla foresta che stava tentando di attraversare, non può più aver dubbi. La curiosità e la gratitudine lo porteranno a tentare di salvare questa ragazza piena di spirito, che a tratti sembra così triste. E di motivi per essere triste, Jewel ne ha davvero tanti: fin da bambina le sue straordinarie qualità ne hanno fatto un’ambita preda. Figlia di una sirena e di un padre che non ha mai conosciuto, dopo la morte della madre per mano di umani che hanno valicato il portale, la sua vita non è stata altro che un passaggio da una prigionia a un’altra. Tanti sono infatti coloro che l’hanno chiamata schiava e ne hanno sfruttato le doti. Costretta a indicare i nemici del padrone di turno, incapace di mentire per non cadere in preda a dolori atroci, ha visto morire moltissime persone a causa dei segreti che ha svelato.
E ogni volta che ha tentato di fuggire o di rifiutarsi, i suoi carcerieri, ben consapevoli del suo buon cuore, hanno punito degli innocenti. Anche perché una profezia dice che se lei venisse uccisa morirebbero anche tutte le razze.
Tenuta sempre in lussuosissime prigioni, in solitudine, è riuscita ugualmente a mantenere il suo spirito e la gioia di vivere e questo grazie a Grayson, che lei ha visto nelle sue visioni fin da bambina, seguendone la crescita, guardandolo interagire con le tante ragazze che hanno fatto parte della sua vita, e desiderando con tutte le sue forze di poter essere al loro posto.
La loro attrazione è forte, ma un segreto custodito da Jewel potrebbe compromettere tutto; Marina è sempre sulle loro tracce con un nuovo alleato, il re dei vampiri, Layel, che abbiamo già conosciuto e che a ogni incontro si rivela sempre più un personaggio complesso e affascinante, e molto meno cattivo di quanto voglia far credere.
C’è molta azione in questo libro: incontriamo molte delle razze di Atlantide e facciamo la conoscenza dei Ninfi, affascinanti creature che saranno i protagonisti del prossimo capitolo della serie. L’atmosfera fra i due protagonisti è sempre carica di desiderio e sensualità; la scrittura è scorrevole e rende la lettura molto piacevole. Tutti i personaggi sono ben delineati, e per quanto riguarda il protagonista una piccola curiosità: se siete amanti dell’autrice, il personaggio di Grayson vi sembrerà stranamente familiare. Avrete come la sensazione di averlo già incontrato e, infatti, andando avanti nella lettura, troverete sempre più particolari che stuzzicheranno la vostra memoria, in particolare il nome di Jorlan, suo cognato, il marito della sorella Katie. Questo perché lei è la protagonista di “Il guerriero di pietra”, altro libro della Showalter, ed è anche il motivo per cui Grayson ha scoperto l’esistenza di altri mondi che usano la magia e ha lasciato la polizia per diventare un agente dell’OBI, unico fra i suoi fratelli a sapere che Jorlan viene da un altro mondo. E detto questo non posso che consigliarvi di farvi un giretto nelle foreste di Atlantide in compagnia delle sue straordinarie creature per passare qualche ora in completo relax. Ma un appunto lo devo fare: per gran parte del libro Grayson è ignaro della vera identità di Jewel, e così sarebbe stato anche il lettore; e allora perché una sinossi così spoilerosa?
May 3, 2018
Once again, I would recommend this book if you enjoy paranormal romance; particularly a bit of sultry, soppy romance. I really love the world of Atlantis and would rate the world a 4/5 but ultimately the romance was the focus, and I a bit mediocre(?) for me. Mind you, I don't usually read romance and really have to be in the mood - soooo it makes me a little sad that this is more a romance book than a fantasy because it would be sickkkkk. Overall, a nice and easy read though. I'm gonna leave the rest of the Atlantis books for a while, but keen to get back to them when I'm in the right mood!
February 6, 2015
Y justo cuando perdía la fe.
Luego de leer el primer libro, no la mejor experiencia de mi vida, sentí que le debía a Gena la oportunidad de volver a intentarlo, puesto que he amado LoTU, y que bien que se la di.
Ésta segunda entrega resultó muchísimo más ligera y sumamente más entretenida que la anterior. Los personajes se desarrollan mucho mejor y el conflicto de los protagonistas que sí deben o no estar juntos está tan bien justificado que no resulta tonto y pobre. Gray es un caballero, un guerrero, un soldado, un amante y una persona graciosa; Jewel es inteligente, intensa, dispuesta, fuerte. Sí, definitivamente la historia ha mejorado mucho con éste libro.
Veré como me va con el tercero.
Luego de leer el primer libro, no la mejor experiencia de mi vida, sentí que le debía a Gena la oportunidad de volver a intentarlo, puesto que he amado LoTU, y que bien que se la di.
Ésta segunda entrega resultó muchísimo más ligera y sumamente más entretenida que la anterior. Los personajes se desarrollan mucho mejor y el conflicto de los protagonistas que sí deben o no estar juntos está tan bien justificado que no resulta tonto y pobre. Gray es un caballero, un guerrero, un soldado, un amante y una persona graciosa; Jewel es inteligente, intensa, dispuesta, fuerte. Sí, definitivamente la historia ha mejorado mucho con éste libro.
Veré como me va con el tercero.
November 7, 2017
Anche il secondo capitolo della serie ambientata ad Atlantide mi è piaciuto molto; forse leggermente meno del primo libro, ma solo per il fatto che Gray per il novanta percento del libro non fa che pensare al sesso... ha persino delle convensarzioni con il "Generale Felice" *sto alzando gli occhi al cielo al momento*
Jewel è stata davvero sfortunata per tutta la sua vita, ma poi finalmente incontra Gray e dopo averne passate di cotte e di crude anche lei trova il lieto fine... anche se ha dovuto attendere letteralmente le ultime due pagine del libro per questo!
Comunque il personaggio più affascinante di tutti rimane il re dei vampiri Layle: più si va avanti con la serie più si scopre su di lui e non vedo l'ora di scoprire tutto!
Jewel è stata davvero sfortunata per tutta la sua vita, ma poi finalmente incontra Gray e dopo averne passate di cotte e di crude anche lei trova il lieto fine... anche se ha dovuto attendere letteralmente le ultime due pagine del libro per questo!
Comunque il personaggio più affascinante di tutti rimane il re dei vampiri Layle: più si va avanti con la serie più si scopre su di lui e non vedo l'ora di scoprire tutto!
October 27, 2010
Firstly, Gray is a pale blonde, what in the hell is Johnny Knoxville doing on the front of the book? Gray is there to steal a jewel that can figure out if people are lying and tell the future. It ends up the jewel is Jewel, who has had a psychic link to him all of his life. Now he has to try to save her from the demons that have kidnapped her and figure out what he is going to do with her once she's safe. Cute book, stale jokes. I think this is only the second book I've read by the author. I bought about 5 more so I'm going to work my way through them, but they're not high on my To Be Read shelf. 3 stars
August 15, 2019
I really liked it!
February 1, 2009
I liked this book better than Heart of the Dragon (book 1). I think this is because book 1 of a series always has to set the stage (so to speak) and gets bogged down in extraneous details.
The mystery of Atlantis has always fascinated me and even though this series puts a different spin on the legend, I still loved it and read it in only 3 hours.
The mystery of Atlantis has always fascinated me and even though this series puts a different spin on the legend, I still loved it and read it in only 3 hours.
October 29, 2017
3 stars (:
I liked this book :D
But, what I didnt like is the fact that I knew that Jewel is the jewel of Dunamis from the blurb..
Like it would have been better as a surprise :( ..
This is the first GS book I dont give a rating above 4 :( ..
And I surely hope its the last..
But I will always love Gena Showalter, no matter what xD❤
I liked this book :D
But, what I didnt like is the fact that I knew that Jewel is the jewel of Dunamis from the blurb..
Like it would have been better as a surprise :( ..
This is the first GS book I dont give a rating above 4 :( ..
And I surely hope its the last..
But I will always love Gena Showalter, no matter what xD❤
August 7, 2011
it was really a beautiful book, funny, creative... while ı was reading it, i really enjoyed.it wasnt a waste of time. nymphs vamps demon etc. it has really colorful characters.
kitap gerçekten çok akıcı arada başkalarını gözünden anlatsada asıl olayları anlatan Gray ve Jewel. okuması eylenceli bir daha okuyacağımı sanmıyorum ama okudugum sürece eylendim aşagına türkçe bir özet bulacaksın (daha çok benim yararıma :D)
Gray Atlantisin mücevherini aramak için , (bilin bakalım nereye) Atlantise gönderilmiştir. İki gündür ormanda vampirler ve iblisler tarafından takip edilmektedir. aniden kafasındaki seksi bir kadın sesi ona iblisin onu öldürmek için geldigini söyler. Sesin yardımıyla iblisi öldürür. ses bir yerde hapis tutulmaktadır ve Graye bir anlaşma sunar sen bana buradan kurtulmama yardım et bende seni mücevhere götüreyim.kızın adı yoktur. Anlaşmadan dolayı ona Jewel adını koyarlar.
Jewel Grayi hırsızların,tecavüzcülerin köle olarak satıldıgı bir şwehire yönlerdirir. Jewel o şehirde iblis kraliçesi tarfından iblislerden oluşan bir ordu ile korunmaktadır.meydanda eli bağlı bir şekilde tutulmaktadır. Gray onu görünce eşşek depmişe döner. Kraliçe Marina Jeweli insan dünyasına aşılan ve ejderhalar tarfındna korunan portal hakkında sorgular. Jewel ne zman yalan söylese onun için kötü sonuçları olur. portal okonusunda yalan söyleyemez ama cevap vermekten kaçınır. kraliçe onu iki masumu öldürmekle tehdit eder ama daha büyük sonuçlar mevcuttur o sorunun cevabunda.
ani bir bildiri ile Grayin onu kurtarmaya çalışırken yaralanacağını bilir ve bu bildiriler hiç yanlış değildir endişelenir.Grayin hayatı ile ilgili görüntüler görmiştür bütün hayatı boyunca. ve Jewel ona aşıktır.Grayin bir gün atlantise girecceğini bilmektedir. kendini onların dünyasına adapte etmiş dillerini öğrenmiştir.
Gray bir şeyler patlatır ve kurtarma girişimine başlar.odasının kapısını patlatır ve onu kurtarır. Jewel insanların kelimelerinin altındaki gerçek anlamları bilmesi genelde bir lanettie ama Gray ona geri döneceğim bekle dediginde bu lanet gibi gözükmemiştir. Gray uzaklaşına içinde ya ona bir şey olursa diye korku birikir. bir iblis gelir J onu yaralar ama öldürememiştir. bir silah ararken G gelir ve iblis kanatlarını açar. yaratığın penceleri Gnin kola batar.iblisi öldürürler. J nin yol göstermedi ile sarayda ilerlemeye başlarlar.
Kraliçenin havuzundan ormana açılan bir kapı vardır.oradan kaçarlar. göl tarzı bir şeyin yüzeyine çıkarlar. bir süre sonraGnin aldıgı vampir ısırıgı ve demon yarası içinde savaşmaya başlar ve G çok büyük acıdadır. J onları güzenli bir yere götürür.
G nin içinde iblis ve vamp savaşı ve onu öldürecekken J ,Gnin beyninin barıyerlerini kırar ve onu baştan çıkartıp yanına çağırarak vampiri ve iblisi öldürler. sonra G Jnin düşüncelerini okuyabildigini söyler
marina iblis kraliçe, J yi ve G yi aramak için ormandadır. Layel vampir kral onun yanında belirir.
vampirlerle portalın Darius yok ederek portalın birlikte ele geçirmek için plan yaparlar. Layelin amacı yeni bir insan sevgili bulmak(Darius onun aşkını öldürmüş) Marina da Dünyada tanrı olmak istedigi kişinin kanını içmek istiyor. (iblislerde kan içiyor). Layel kız ile adamın yönünü Kraliçeye söyler.(ayrıca J nin atlatisin mücevheri oldugu şeklinde bir konuşm geçer)
G uyanır gece olanları rüya sanar. J yi çok arzulamaktadır. Konuşurlar J balık tutar,konuşurlarken J ona güçlerinden ona gelen kehanetlerden bahseder ve G yi gördügünü söyler. G düşününce rüyasında J yi gördügünü farkeder eşittirler.
J, G den onu bir tapınaga götürmesini ister ona yalan söylemez ama mücevherin kendisi oldugunuda söylemez.
kamptan ayrıldıktan sonra şehire giderler giderken vamp ve iblislerin ordularını Javarın yerine gittigini öğrenirler. şehirde kumar oynayarak para kazanırlar.
layel Javarın yerinde nymph savaşçılarını görür. konuşurlar. ve saraya saldırma kararı ertelenir. Layelin arkadaş saydığı nymph kralına saldırma amacı yok, tek amacı Dariusun ölmesi sonra Marinayı öldürecektir.
şehirde J alışveriş çıkgınlı içindedir.Gray ani bir kan içme dürtüsü duyar. J bir kadına(boğa yüzlü insan vücutlu) iblis kraliçesinin onu ve oğlunu öldüreceğini söyler. G ce J otele doğru yol alırlar. G atlantisi ziyaret eden bir tanrı taklidi yapar(tantılar eskiden insan bedeni ilk Atlantisi ziyaret ederlemiş.) taklidi J nin zihin okuma gücünden dolayı kolaylıkla hallederler.
Gray Jewelinde yardımıyla ilişkilerde iyi olmadıgını ne zman biri ile yakınlaşmaya kalksa ilişkiyi bitirdigini söyler. ve mücevheri bulunca Grayin Jeweli Atlantiste bırakma fikri olayı işleri kızıştırır.
Grayi tanrı sanan bir hancıı bunlara oda verir ve odada işler mercimek ve fırın olayına geçecekkenGrayin kumar oynagı iblisler geli parayı geri almak için Gray 3 ünü öldürür ama onlar 5 kişidir. Gray birinin kanını içerek kurutur.diğeri baygın Jeweli saçından tutup çekerken kafasına bir şey vurur.oradan kaçarlar.
ormanda kamp kurarlar çekim ve yarım kalan şeyler sürekli akıllarındadır.ona aşık olduğunu far eder. sonunda ikisininde bekledigi şey olur. bunlar çadırda yatarken deniz ensanlar mermaidler saldırır. Gray onların söylediği bir sözlen mücevherin Jewel oldugunu anlar ama anlamak istemez.uçarak mermaidlerden kaçar:D
Gray ve Jewel tekrar başka bir şehre giderler. orada tam vampirler ve iblisler tarafından sıkıştırılacakken, vampirler iblislere saldırır ve kan banyosu yaparlar. Jewel, Layelin niyetini zihninden okur nedenlerini bilmez ama onlara yardım edeceğini bilir.vampirler onları şehrin dışına götürüler ve krallarının yanına dönerler.
orada ejderler ile karşılaşırlar ve Dariusun yanına ,saraya, götürülürler.orada Darius ve eşi Grace ile tanışırlar.Jewel kendisinin Dunamisin mücevheri oldugunu söyler. Gray ona seni seviyorum der vs. bunlar yemek yemek için ana salona giderler.
orada Darius a iblis ve vampirlerin saldırısından bahseder. 3. gün saldırmasını söyler. ejderler ateş saçarken Gray ateş söndürücü ile soğuk uyğulayacak. ama iblisler ve vampirler Jewelin elderlerin elinde olduğu öğrenir.hemen saldırmaya karar verirler.
saldırı başlar Graye saldıran bir vampir Jeweli onda koklar ve kaçar. Layel, Marinayı kuruyuncaya kadar içer. Dariusla savaşı
Grace ve Jewel, 6 iblis tarafından sarayda sıkıştırılır.onu Grace ile öldürürler Grace hamile oldugunu öğrenirler
iki gün sonra bulunan bir tablette Jewel yaşayan her atlantislinin özelligini taşıdıgını ve Coronusun babası oldugunu öğrenin Zeus abisidir ve ondan çocukken babalarını öldürdügü için özür dilemiştir.
Gray yüzeye döner saraydan çaldığıbir mücevheri verir atlantisteki canavarlar hakkında yalan söyler. Jewelden hiç bahsetmez.
iki hafta sonra Jewel belirir ve iki haftadır yüzeyde oldugunu söyler benimle evlen seni seviyorum.. mutlu son..<3
kitap gerçekten çok akıcı arada başkalarını gözünden anlatsada asıl olayları anlatan Gray ve Jewel. okuması eylenceli bir daha okuyacağımı sanmıyorum ama okudugum sürece eylendim aşagına türkçe bir özet bulacaksın (daha çok benim yararıma :D)
Gray Atlantisin mücevherini aramak için , (bilin bakalım nereye) Atlantise gönderilmiştir. İki gündür ormanda vampirler ve iblisler tarafından takip edilmektedir. aniden kafasındaki seksi bir kadın sesi ona iblisin onu öldürmek için geldigini söyler. Sesin yardımıyla iblisi öldürür. ses bir yerde hapis tutulmaktadır ve Graye bir anlaşma sunar sen bana buradan kurtulmama yardım et bende seni mücevhere götüreyim.kızın adı yoktur. Anlaşmadan dolayı ona Jewel adını koyarlar.
Jewel Grayi hırsızların,tecavüzcülerin köle olarak satıldıgı bir şwehire yönlerdirir. Jewel o şehirde iblis kraliçesi tarfından iblislerden oluşan bir ordu ile korunmaktadır.meydanda eli bağlı bir şekilde tutulmaktadır. Gray onu görünce eşşek depmişe döner. Kraliçe Marina Jeweli insan dünyasına aşılan ve ejderhalar tarfındna korunan portal hakkında sorgular. Jewel ne zman yalan söylese onun için kötü sonuçları olur. portal okonusunda yalan söyleyemez ama cevap vermekten kaçınır. kraliçe onu iki masumu öldürmekle tehdit eder ama daha büyük sonuçlar mevcuttur o sorunun cevabunda.
ani bir bildiri ile Grayin onu kurtarmaya çalışırken yaralanacağını bilir ve bu bildiriler hiç yanlış değildir endişelenir.Grayin hayatı ile ilgili görüntüler görmiştür bütün hayatı boyunca. ve Jewel ona aşıktır.Grayin bir gün atlantise girecceğini bilmektedir. kendini onların dünyasına adapte etmiş dillerini öğrenmiştir.
Gray bir şeyler patlatır ve kurtarma girişimine başlar.odasının kapısını patlatır ve onu kurtarır. Jewel insanların kelimelerinin altındaki gerçek anlamları bilmesi genelde bir lanettie ama Gray ona geri döneceğim bekle dediginde bu lanet gibi gözükmemiştir. Gray uzaklaşına içinde ya ona bir şey olursa diye korku birikir. bir iblis gelir J onu yaralar ama öldürememiştir. bir silah ararken G gelir ve iblis kanatlarını açar. yaratığın penceleri Gnin kola batar.iblisi öldürürler. J nin yol göstermedi ile sarayda ilerlemeye başlarlar.
Kraliçenin havuzundan ormana açılan bir kapı vardır.oradan kaçarlar. göl tarzı bir şeyin yüzeyine çıkarlar. bir süre sonraGnin aldıgı vampir ısırıgı ve demon yarası içinde savaşmaya başlar ve G çok büyük acıdadır. J onları güzenli bir yere götürür.
G nin içinde iblis ve vamp savaşı ve onu öldürecekken J ,Gnin beyninin barıyerlerini kırar ve onu baştan çıkartıp yanına çağırarak vampiri ve iblisi öldürler. sonra G Jnin düşüncelerini okuyabildigini söyler
marina iblis kraliçe, J yi ve G yi aramak için ormandadır. Layel vampir kral onun yanında belirir.
vampirlerle portalın Darius yok ederek portalın birlikte ele geçirmek için plan yaparlar. Layelin amacı yeni bir insan sevgili bulmak(Darius onun aşkını öldürmüş) Marina da Dünyada tanrı olmak istedigi kişinin kanını içmek istiyor. (iblislerde kan içiyor). Layel kız ile adamın yönünü Kraliçeye söyler.(ayrıca J nin atlatisin mücevheri oldugu şeklinde bir konuşm geçer)
G uyanır gece olanları rüya sanar. J yi çok arzulamaktadır. Konuşurlar J balık tutar,konuşurlarken J ona güçlerinden ona gelen kehanetlerden bahseder ve G yi gördügünü söyler. G düşününce rüyasında J yi gördügünü farkeder eşittirler.
J, G den onu bir tapınaga götürmesini ister ona yalan söylemez ama mücevherin kendisi oldugunuda söylemez.
kamptan ayrıldıktan sonra şehire giderler giderken vamp ve iblislerin ordularını Javarın yerine gittigini öğrenirler. şehirde kumar oynayarak para kazanırlar.
layel Javarın yerinde nymph savaşçılarını görür. konuşurlar. ve saraya saldırma kararı ertelenir. Layelin arkadaş saydığı nymph kralına saldırma amacı yok, tek amacı Dariusun ölmesi sonra Marinayı öldürecektir.
şehirde J alışveriş çıkgınlı içindedir.Gray ani bir kan içme dürtüsü duyar. J bir kadına(boğa yüzlü insan vücutlu) iblis kraliçesinin onu ve oğlunu öldüreceğini söyler. G ce J otele doğru yol alırlar. G atlantisi ziyaret eden bir tanrı taklidi yapar(tantılar eskiden insan bedeni ilk Atlantisi ziyaret ederlemiş.) taklidi J nin zihin okuma gücünden dolayı kolaylıkla hallederler.
Gray Jewelinde yardımıyla ilişkilerde iyi olmadıgını ne zman biri ile yakınlaşmaya kalksa ilişkiyi bitirdigini söyler. ve mücevheri bulunca Grayin Jeweli Atlantiste bırakma fikri olayı işleri kızıştırır.
Grayi tanrı sanan bir hancıı bunlara oda verir ve odada işler mercimek ve fırın olayına geçecekkenGrayin kumar oynagı iblisler geli parayı geri almak için Gray 3 ünü öldürür ama onlar 5 kişidir. Gray birinin kanını içerek kurutur.diğeri baygın Jeweli saçından tutup çekerken kafasına bir şey vurur.oradan kaçarlar.
ormanda kamp kurarlar çekim ve yarım kalan şeyler sürekli akıllarındadır.ona aşık olduğunu far eder. sonunda ikisininde bekledigi şey olur. bunlar çadırda yatarken deniz ensanlar mermaidler saldırır. Gray onların söylediği bir sözlen mücevherin Jewel oldugunu anlar ama anlamak istemez.uçarak mermaidlerden kaçar:D
Gray ve Jewel tekrar başka bir şehre giderler. orada tam vampirler ve iblisler tarafından sıkıştırılacakken, vampirler iblislere saldırır ve kan banyosu yaparlar. Jewel, Layelin niyetini zihninden okur nedenlerini bilmez ama onlara yardım edeceğini bilir.vampirler onları şehrin dışına götürüler ve krallarının yanına dönerler.
orada ejderler ile karşılaşırlar ve Dariusun yanına ,saraya, götürülürler.orada Darius ve eşi Grace ile tanışırlar.Jewel kendisinin Dunamisin mücevheri oldugunu söyler. Gray ona seni seviyorum der vs. bunlar yemek yemek için ana salona giderler.
orada Darius a iblis ve vampirlerin saldırısından bahseder. 3. gün saldırmasını söyler. ejderler ateş saçarken Gray ateş söndürücü ile soğuk uyğulayacak. ama iblisler ve vampirler Jewelin elderlerin elinde olduğu öğrenir.hemen saldırmaya karar verirler.
saldırı başlar Graye saldıran bir vampir Jeweli onda koklar ve kaçar. Layel, Marinayı kuruyuncaya kadar içer. Dariusla savaşı
Grace ve Jewel, 6 iblis tarafından sarayda sıkıştırılır.onu Grace ile öldürürler Grace hamile oldugunu öğrenirler
iki gün sonra bulunan bir tablette Jewel yaşayan her atlantislinin özelligini taşıdıgını ve Coronusun babası oldugunu öğrenin Zeus abisidir ve ondan çocukken babalarını öldürdügü için özür dilemiştir.
Gray yüzeye döner saraydan çaldığıbir mücevheri verir atlantisteki canavarlar hakkında yalan söyler. Jewelden hiç bahsetmez.
iki hafta sonra Jewel belirir ve iki haftadır yüzeyde oldugunu söyler benimle evlen seni seviyorum.. mutlu son..<3
June 1, 2020
A major improvement on the first book in the series. One of my favourite things about this book was that there was no imaginary hurdle created by the author that could have been solved by communication. The couple actually talked about their issues! Practically revolutionary!
Action-packed with some seriously sexy scenes.
Action-packed with some seriously sexy scenes.
October 11, 2023
Believability of character is a bit weak in this one. There's just not enough character development of the hero. He tries to teach Jewel self defense that he has learned over many years of training, and somehow succeeds in doing so in one afternoon. Pacing of the story is just off and the ending is wrapped up quite suddenly. Not my favorite of Gena Showalter's books.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 18, 2025
This book was definitely better than book #1, but it was still a very average read for me.
This book came out nearly 20 years ago and I think the romantasy genre has evolved so much since then that this book and its characters and the plot and the dialogue just feels really dated.
I have bought this entire series as a package deal so I may at some stage pick up book #3 as I like that each book is about a different being (dragons, vampires, demons etc) and therefore maybe one of the later books will suit me better. However, my gut feel is that this series is not going to improve much for my reading interests and I like to go into every book expecting gold so it might be best to call it here as done.
Reading Challenge
Aussie Readers 2025 Annual Calendar of Books: January - Read a book with a title starting with J
This book came out nearly 20 years ago and I think the romantasy genre has evolved so much since then that this book and its characters and the plot and the dialogue just feels really dated.
I have bought this entire series as a package deal so I may at some stage pick up book #3 as I like that each book is about a different being (dragons, vampires, demons etc) and therefore maybe one of the later books will suit me better. However, my gut feel is that this series is not going to improve much for my reading interests and I like to go into every book expecting gold so it might be best to call it here as done.
Reading Challenge
Aussie Readers 2025 Annual Calendar of Books: January - Read a book with a title starting with J
January 15, 2019
3.5 Stars
May 25, 2011
Jewel of Atlantis...
dari 3 buku Atlantis yang udah Kelar gw baca... ini laah Buku paling Kocak.. paling HoT.. Paliiing... apa lagii yaah??? [image error]
Grayson James... Seorang manusia... Yak.. Hero di Atlantis kita disini adalah seorang manusia... tapi manusia yang satu ini tau banyak tentang Atlantis.. bahkan berada di sana untuk mencari Permata Dunamis yang merupakan misi dari Organisasinya... di awal kedatangannya Gray ke sana.. Gray langsung bertemu Vampire dan Demon yang mau 'menyantap' nya.. klo kata bahasa sana.. :D [image error]
Saat sedang kejer - kejeran sama Demon.. tiba2 ada sebuah suara yang membantu Gray lolos dari Demon tersebut.. Yak.. itulah Heroine kita.. [image error]
Jewel, itulah nama yang dia bilang, seorang Wanita peramal penghuni Atlantis, membantu Gray melalui pikirannya.. sekaligus meminta Gray untuk membebaskan dia dari Istana Demon.
Jewel membimbing Gray ke Istana Demon buat nyelametin dy... dan disanalah Mereka pertama Kali bertemu.. [image error]
adegan yang seperti biasa berlangsung..... Saling menatap... terpaku saat menatap.. komentar menilai.. dan Jatuh Cinta.. walo pada ga mau ngakuin saat itu juga... [image error]
eeheeemm... ada Adegan paling kocak bagi gw disini... pas Gray dalam perjalanan nyelametin Jewel..
**Di sebuah Penginapan...
(Gray berbicara pada Jewel dalam pikirannya, karena mereka memang berkomunikasi seperti itu dari awal.. Gray sedang telanjang.. mau mandi)
Gray : "Hei, Dapatkah Kau melihat ku saat ini??"
Jewel: "Hanya melalui Matamu"
(Sambil mengulum senyum.. Gray menunduk).... Ups... [image error]
tauu donk apa yang di perlihatkan Gray pada Jewel melalui 'MATAnya'??? Gyahhahhahha... [image error]
Suweerr... Gw hampir ketawa ngakak di Bus gara2 adegan ini doank... Manisnyaa ni oraang... huahhahha
===PecintaPriaNakalBersaksiDiAtlantis... Pria ini.. Asliii.. Nakal.. Kocak.. dan.. Akuu mauuuuuuuuuu!!! [image error] ===
***Monyet Detected***
dari 3 buku Atlantis yang udah Kelar gw baca... ini laah Buku paling Kocak.. paling HoT.. Paliiing... apa lagii yaah??? [image error]
Grayson James... Seorang manusia... Yak.. Hero di Atlantis kita disini adalah seorang manusia... tapi manusia yang satu ini tau banyak tentang Atlantis.. bahkan berada di sana untuk mencari Permata Dunamis yang merupakan misi dari Organisasinya... di awal kedatangannya Gray ke sana.. Gray langsung bertemu Vampire dan Demon yang mau 'menyantap' nya.. klo kata bahasa sana.. :D [image error]
Saat sedang kejer - kejeran sama Demon.. tiba2 ada sebuah suara yang membantu Gray lolos dari Demon tersebut.. Yak.. itulah Heroine kita.. [image error]
Jewel, itulah nama yang dia bilang, seorang Wanita peramal penghuni Atlantis, membantu Gray melalui pikirannya.. sekaligus meminta Gray untuk membebaskan dia dari Istana Demon.
Jewel membimbing Gray ke Istana Demon buat nyelametin dy... dan disanalah Mereka pertama Kali bertemu.. [image error]
adegan yang seperti biasa berlangsung..... Saling menatap... terpaku saat menatap.. komentar menilai.. dan Jatuh Cinta.. walo pada ga mau ngakuin saat itu juga... [image error]
eeheeemm... ada Adegan paling kocak bagi gw disini... pas Gray dalam perjalanan nyelametin Jewel..
**Di sebuah Penginapan...
(Gray berbicara pada Jewel dalam pikirannya, karena mereka memang berkomunikasi seperti itu dari awal.. Gray sedang telanjang.. mau mandi)
Gray : "Hei, Dapatkah Kau melihat ku saat ini??"
Jewel: "Hanya melalui Matamu"
(Sambil mengulum senyum.. Gray menunduk).... Ups... [image error]
tauu donk apa yang di perlihatkan Gray pada Jewel melalui 'MATAnya'??? Gyahhahhahha... [image error]
Suweerr... Gw hampir ketawa ngakak di Bus gara2 adegan ini doank... Manisnyaa ni oraang... huahhahha
===PecintaPriaNakalBersaksiDiAtlantis... Pria ini.. Asliii.. Nakal.. Kocak.. dan.. Akuu mauuuuuuuuuu!!! [image error] ===
***Monyet Detected***
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 31, 2024
I found Gray to be a very ick inducing mmc. He constantly made me cringe and made things pervy and weird. I could not stand the fmc accent, and every time I heard it, it made me clench my teeth. If every chapter hadn't been so heavily covered with sexual flirting and awkwardness, the idea and plot would have been good.
Jewel's backstory was interesting, and I wanted to know more. I also wanted to know more about her family and her weird, strange mental connection to Gray. it never explained why they were connected and saw visions on each other for years. I felt like the author was so stuck on this being a sexual romance fantasy that she missed her main goal.
The ending was unsatisfying for me. yay, she's part of every race species so they can stay together on the surface, but why is she made of everything!? so many unanswered questions, which sucks because the potential is under all that cringy badness.
🌶
Jewel's backstory was interesting, and I wanted to know more. I also wanted to know more about her family and her weird, strange mental connection to Gray. it never explained why they were connected and saw visions on each other for years. I felt like the author was so stuck on this being a sexual romance fantasy that she missed her main goal.
The ending was unsatisfying for me. yay, she's part of every race species so they can stay together on the surface, but why is she made of everything!? so many unanswered questions, which sucks because the potential is under all that cringy badness.
🌶
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 23, 2010
Gray James is sent to Atlantis through a portal to find the Jewel of Dunamis. His employer, the Otherworld Bureau of Investigations, discovered a book detailing the many dangers native to Atlantis. Unfortunately for Gray none of them took the book too seriously. After being hunted by vampires and demons, Gray knows that all the information was correct. When he's in a tight situation someone suddenly speaks to him in his mind and helps him make it out alive. Gray isn't sure whether he can trust the woman who speaks to him, but he makes a bargain to save her anyway.
I read this book quickly and found it very readable, but I can't really say that I'll ever want to reread it. I found both of the characters very shallow. Right from the start Gray comes off as a bit of an old fashioned control freak. He always has to be the one to save the day and if it becomes necessary to accept help from someone he beats himself up over it to an irritating degree. Jewel comes off a bit like a fourteen year old. She is insanely naive (even through her experiences seeing the surface) and throws herself at Gray again and again even when he is hot and cold with her.
It was frustrating watching Gray come up with excuse after excuse of why he couldn't be with Jewel. I personally thought the whole living in two different worlds excuse was good enough, but obviously not. For a while there every couple pages he would come up with something new and be totally serious about it. It really added melodrama to the story. I was also really frustrated that Jewel losing an ability with Gray was brought up but it was never really explained why that happened.
Even though I didn't enjoy the characters that much I did enjoy the world. I liked the take on Atlantis and all the explanations of the beings that lived there. There was a lot of action in this book and it was very fast paced.
I read this book quickly and found it very readable, but I can't really say that I'll ever want to reread it. I found both of the characters very shallow. Right from the start Gray comes off as a bit of an old fashioned control freak. He always has to be the one to save the day and if it becomes necessary to accept help from someone he beats himself up over it to an irritating degree. Jewel comes off a bit like a fourteen year old. She is insanely naive (even through her experiences seeing the surface) and throws herself at Gray again and again even when he is hot and cold with her.
It was frustrating watching Gray come up with excuse after excuse of why he couldn't be with Jewel. I personally thought the whole living in two different worlds excuse was good enough, but obviously not. For a while there every couple pages he would come up with something new and be totally serious about it. It really added melodrama to the story. I was also really frustrated that Jewel losing an ability with Gray was brought up but it was never really explained why that happened.
Even though I didn't enjoy the characters that much I did enjoy the world. I liked the take on Atlantis and all the explanations of the beings that lived there. There was a lot of action in this book and it was very fast paced.
December 23, 2010
The second book in the Atlantis series. Atlantis is a world hidden below the ocean by the gods to contain all of their creations before the humans. The only way in is to discover one of two secret portals...guarded by men that can change into dragons and are ordered to kill all who try to come in.
Grayson James has managed to sneak through these fearsome guardians (not sure how) in search of the mythical Jewel of Dunamis. A jewel that has the power to tell the future, read minds, and separate lies from truth. His company wants to get the jewel before some government can get ahold of it and use it to their advantage during a war. Now, this reason seemed a little far fetched, because if no one can get to Atlantis to retrieve the jewel, then how can they use it? But, OK, I went with it.
Grayson soon realizes that the Jewel of Dunamis is not a gem, but a beautiful woman that is being held against her will by the demoms (one of the many creatures living in Atlantis), to take advantage of her gifts. This being a romance, sparks fly when they meet and Grayson must find a way to rescue her and keep her with him always.
I really enjoyed a lot of the tensions between Atlantean races the author allowed to spring up throughout the story. From dragon men, mermaids, gorgons, minotaurs, demons and vampires, they all had reasons for wanting the jewel in their hand and their reactions to her were unique and real. I enjoyed her character very much, while I found Grayson a little dull. It was a great read to follow up the first book, Heart of the Dragon, and parts of the storyline stem directly from the events that ended the first in the series (which I have found is unusual in romance series).
3.5/5
Grayson James has managed to sneak through these fearsome guardians (not sure how) in search of the mythical Jewel of Dunamis. A jewel that has the power to tell the future, read minds, and separate lies from truth. His company wants to get the jewel before some government can get ahold of it and use it to their advantage during a war. Now, this reason seemed a little far fetched, because if no one can get to Atlantis to retrieve the jewel, then how can they use it? But, OK, I went with it.
Grayson soon realizes that the Jewel of Dunamis is not a gem, but a beautiful woman that is being held against her will by the demoms (one of the many creatures living in Atlantis), to take advantage of her gifts. This being a romance, sparks fly when they meet and Grayson must find a way to rescue her and keep her with him always.
I really enjoyed a lot of the tensions between Atlantean races the author allowed to spring up throughout the story. From dragon men, mermaids, gorgons, minotaurs, demons and vampires, they all had reasons for wanting the jewel in their hand and their reactions to her were unique and real. I enjoyed her character very much, while I found Grayson a little dull. It was a great read to follow up the first book, Heart of the Dragon, and parts of the storyline stem directly from the events that ended the first in the series (which I have found is unusual in romance series).
3.5/5
March 25, 2010
This is a hard book to rate. I thought the first 100 pages and the last 30 pages were awesome! Other than that, I felt that the middle of the book was slow and that the h/h didn’t have much chemistry. The only other problem I had with this book was the swearing. Now, I’m not a prude, and I don’t mind swearing. However, this felt like it was swearing for no reason, that Ms. Showalter had some type of quota and put them in whenever she felt like it. I believe that swearing needs to be put only in certain places to stress the importance of certain things in the story. I did not feel the cursing was put in the appropriate places in this story.
I was happy to see Darius and Grace at the end of this book though, it is always fun seeing other characters in a series.
There were no surprises in this book, which was a pity. On the back of the book the summary already tells you that the heroine is Jewel, she is also the Jewel of Dunamis, she is a prophet of sorts and knows all about everything (except herself). And that the hero, Grayson (Gray) James is a human who is an agent of the OBI (Otherworld Bureau of Investigation), which has sent him to Atlantis to obtain (for the American government) the Jewel of Dunamis or to destroy it. So, after Jewel and Gray meet the bulk of the story is them trying to get from point A to point B without much excitement. I read books to be entertained, so a story usually succeeds as long as it’s not too boring. Unfortunately, I found this story a little too boring. If I re-read it’ll be the first 100 pages and the last 30 pages for me.
I was happy to see Darius and Grace at the end of this book though, it is always fun seeing other characters in a series.
There were no surprises in this book, which was a pity. On the back of the book the summary already tells you that the heroine is Jewel, she is also the Jewel of Dunamis, she is a prophet of sorts and knows all about everything (except herself). And that the hero, Grayson (Gray) James is a human who is an agent of the OBI (Otherworld Bureau of Investigation), which has sent him to Atlantis to obtain (for the American government) the Jewel of Dunamis or to destroy it. So, after Jewel and Gray meet the bulk of the story is them trying to get from point A to point B without much excitement. I read books to be entertained, so a story usually succeeds as long as it’s not too boring. Unfortunately, I found this story a little too boring. If I re-read it’ll be the first 100 pages and the last 30 pages for me.
February 21, 2012
4.5
I’m so annoyed I have to give this 4.5 stars and not 5! The very last scene is just not worthy of 5 no matter how much the rest of the book is worth. The final scene is the pinnacle and this one, although a perfect ending, was not well presented. Arg!
This was quite a cute story aside from the horrible life of the heroine prior to the hero’s entrance. Jewel/Pru/Blaze and other hilarious names is the very much coveted Jewel of Dunamis, one of the most powerful entities in Atlantis. Grayson James is an OBI agent sent in through the “secret” portals by his commanders to steal the Jewel. What the humans on the surface, who make up OBI, don’t know is that the Jewel is a living breathing human being, and one Gray finds himself instantly attached to.
Together they traverse Atlantis one step ahead of every ruler who wants to get their hands on Jewel, mainly the evil Demon Queen, Marina, who currently lays claim to the girl. Gray is determined to free Jewel from her lifelong enslavement and Jewel is determined to find some way to keep the man she has been waiting her whole life to have.
I’m loving this Atlantis series, it’s so imaginative, fun and sexy. Those are the best descriptors for it –at least the best ones I can come up with at the moment. Showalter knows how to show readers a good time and I can’t wait to read the next instalment.
I’m so annoyed I have to give this 4.5 stars and not 5! The very last scene is just not worthy of 5 no matter how much the rest of the book is worth. The final scene is the pinnacle and this one, although a perfect ending, was not well presented. Arg!
This was quite a cute story aside from the horrible life of the heroine prior to the hero’s entrance. Jewel/Pru/Blaze and other hilarious names is the very much coveted Jewel of Dunamis, one of the most powerful entities in Atlantis. Grayson James is an OBI agent sent in through the “secret” portals by his commanders to steal the Jewel. What the humans on the surface, who make up OBI, don’t know is that the Jewel is a living breathing human being, and one Gray finds himself instantly attached to.
Together they traverse Atlantis one step ahead of every ruler who wants to get their hands on Jewel, mainly the evil Demon Queen, Marina, who currently lays claim to the girl. Gray is determined to free Jewel from her lifelong enslavement and Jewel is determined to find some way to keep the man she has been waiting her whole life to have.
I’m loving this Atlantis series, it’s so imaginative, fun and sexy. Those are the best descriptors for it –at least the best ones I can come up with at the moment. Showalter knows how to show readers a good time and I can’t wait to read the next instalment.
November 18, 2014
I normally wouldn't have sought this out on my own, but it was selected for my fantasy book club. (I have this thing about covers with shirtless muscled men raising a red flag as far as quality in a book, and in this case, my bias was entirely correct). I live for a good action-packed and sexy pulp-fantasy romp, but this ain't it, folks...
Maybe this book deserves more like 2.5 stars. It started out strong. The hero was amusing with some good one liners that made me laugh. The descriptions of the creatures, settings, and trappings of Atlantis were interesting. But the interaction between the hero and love interest soon became very tiresome. Lots of hokey innuendo. Lots of he's so BIG and masculine and she's so delicate...drivel. Not much real substance. They escape from the demon queen and traipse around the woods and cities for most of the book, not much really happens. The end battle/climax involving the clasp of 3 royal armies lasts about 2 pages. The author's lack of knowledge of actual weapons, war, and self-defense tactics is pretty obvious.
Half way through I began thinking this is getting to be like a Harlequin romance novel...only after finishing the book did I realize it indeed was published by Harlequin. So I guess it was better than most Harlequin drivel, but in a lineup against other actually good well-written plot-driven books, its just plain drivel.
Maybe this book deserves more like 2.5 stars. It started out strong. The hero was amusing with some good one liners that made me laugh. The descriptions of the creatures, settings, and trappings of Atlantis were interesting. But the interaction between the hero and love interest soon became very tiresome. Lots of hokey innuendo. Lots of he's so BIG and masculine and she's so delicate...drivel. Not much real substance. They escape from the demon queen and traipse around the woods and cities for most of the book, not much really happens. The end battle/climax involving the clasp of 3 royal armies lasts about 2 pages. The author's lack of knowledge of actual weapons, war, and self-defense tactics is pretty obvious.
Half way through I began thinking this is getting to be like a Harlequin romance novel...only after finishing the book did I realize it indeed was published by Harlequin. So I guess it was better than most Harlequin drivel, but in a lineup against other actually good well-written plot-driven books, its just plain drivel.
August 7, 2011
I love Gena Showalter. The worlds, people, creatures, relationships all seem so real.
There are only two things I'll throw stones at her for.
1. This book, possibly this whole series. After this book, I don't have the desire to continue reading them. It was WAY too sexual. I don't mind sex in books...obviously- I mostly read paranormal romance these days. BUT this book just grated on my nerves. I had to push myself to finish it. All the main characters thought about was sex sex sex. Arg! I mean it was in every paragraph. A look, a caress...I want her, I have to have him now. Bla, bla, bla, barf! It just wasn't believable and it took away from the plot 100%.
2. In every book she uses the word 'and' when she should use 'to'. These are not specific phrases but examples.... "try and kill him" "try and walk away"... you get the point. She does this a lot and every time I sigh just a little bit more. Damn you Readers Digest for pointing out a "way to sound smarter". Thanks to you, I now notice this mistake constantly in books.
There are only two things I'll throw stones at her for.
1. This book, possibly this whole series. After this book, I don't have the desire to continue reading them. It was WAY too sexual. I don't mind sex in books...obviously- I mostly read paranormal romance these days. BUT this book just grated on my nerves. I had to push myself to finish it. All the main characters thought about was sex sex sex. Arg! I mean it was in every paragraph. A look, a caress...I want her, I have to have him now. Bla, bla, bla, barf! It just wasn't believable and it took away from the plot 100%.
2. In every book she uses the word 'and' when she should use 'to'. These are not specific phrases but examples.... "try and kill him" "try and walk away"... you get the point. She does this a lot and every time I sigh just a little bit more. Damn you Readers Digest for pointing out a "way to sound smarter". Thanks to you, I now notice this mistake constantly in books.
December 20, 2010
This is my first time reading anything by Gena Showalter, and I doubt it will be my last. I absolutely loved the world that built in this book! The characters were so interesting (both the good and the bad) that I couldn't help flying through the pages.
The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 is because I felt the ending was sort of rushed. There were a lot of things that weren't explained fully enough (for me, anyway). Maybe some of the answers are in the next book? At any rate, I'd love to keep reading this series!
The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 is because I felt the ending was sort of rushed. There were a lot of things that weren't explained fully enough (for me, anyway). Maybe some of the answers are in the next book? At any rate, I'd love to keep reading this series!
June 7, 2009
I loved this book. Gray was the perfect man. His sense of humor and him just being a pervert had me cracking up. His attitude just made him sexy and hot. It was just so sweet at the end how he just wanted to protect her and treat her like he had never treated any other woman. It was just sweet. He turned into such a thoughtful guy. And just reading some parts just had me smiling from ear to ear. It's a great book!
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