Christine Feehan - Bio and AOM Challenge

[Kelley Anne]

The author that we are spotlighting in August is Christine Feehan.

According to her website:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan has over 40 novels published, including four series. Each of her four series has hit #1 on the NY Times. Her debut novel Dark Prince received 3 of the 9 Paranormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature for 1999. Since then she has been published by Leisure Books, Pocket Books, and currently is writing for Berkley/Jove. She also has earned 7 more PEARL awards.

She is pleased to have made numerous bestseller lists including the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Bookscan, B. Daltons, Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Waldenbooks, Ingrams, Borders, Rhapsody Book Club, Washington Post, and Walmart. She has received numerous honors throughout her career including being a nominee for the RWA’s RITA. She has received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times and the Borders 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

She has been published in multiple languages and in many formats, including large print, palm pilot, e-book, and hardcover. In October of 2007 her first manga comic, Dark Hunger was released in stores. This was the first ever manga comic released by Berkley Publishing and it made #11 on Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller’s List. Her ground-breaking book trailer commercials have been shown on TV and in the movie theaters. She has been featured on local TV, appeared on the The Montel Williams Show, and her book Dark Legend was featured on the cover of Romantic Times Magazine.

Her website is www.christinefeehan.com

As always, this thread is for anyone that wants to discuss Feehan in general.

Also, this thread is for the Author of the Month Challenge! For anyone that's new to the group, the AOM challenge is to try to read one book/short story by the author that we are spotlighting that month. It's just a fun way to either get to know a new author, or if you are already a fan, re-read an old favorite.

Here are the books that she currently has released:

Dark Series
Dark Prince
Dark Desire
Dark Gold
Dark Magic
Dark Challenge
Dark Fire
Dark Dreamers
Dark Legend
Dark Guardian
Dark Symphony
The Only One
Dark Melody
Dark Destiny
Hot Blooded
Dark Secret
Dark Demon
Dark Celebration
Dark Possession
Dark Curse
Dark Slayer
Dark Peril (Release date Aug 31)

Drake Sister Series
Magic in the Wind (Drake Sisters, #1)
Lover Beware
The Twilight Before Christmas
Oceans of Fire
Dangerous Tides
Safe Harbor
Turbulent Sea
Hidden Currents

Ghostwalker Series
Shadow Game
Mind Game
Night Game
Conspiracy Game
Deadly Game
Predatory Game
Murder Game
Street Game

Leopard Series
Fantasy
Wild Rain
Burning Wild
Wild Fire

On this thread let us know if you want to participate in the challenge and what book you are planning on reading. Then when you are finished, let us know how it was!

Any questions, please let me or Jess know! Thanks and have fun!

[Kelley Anne]

AOM Challenge Participants

[Kelley Anne]

For me personally, Feehan is a pretty new author for me to read. Every time that I went to any store, including every grocery store, one of her newer books, Wild Fire, kept catching my eye. So about a month or so ago, I finally decided to give her a shot. I flew through the Leopard People series, wishing that there were ten more already released! Then I started in on the Ghostwalker series. I just finished Murder Game earlier today, so I'm sure that at the very least I'll read Street Game this month. I also downloaded the audio book for the first Drake Sisters book, so that will probably be the next of her series that I race though! As for her Dark Series, I have to admit that the list of books already out does scare me just a bit! I have so many books already on my TBR pile that I'll never get around to them if I get started on this series!

[Levi]

I love Christine Feehan! I have read the Drake sisters series and loved it ... also I agree with you Kelley about the amount of books in the Dark series but I have been reading one every now and again to slowly get through it ... started awhile back and and still going ... but it is worth it :D ... I haven't tried the other series' so I think this month I will try the Leopard series :)

[Mary X]

I love CF. I have several in my TBR. I can probably fit one in this month. If I can get to my books during the move and unpacking.

[Danielle]

I've read Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters series and the Ghostwalker series and loved them all. I started reading the Carpathian series first and fell in love so I read the first 17 books almost one after the other and I ended up getting burnt out and haven't read anymore in a very long time so I'm going to read .

[Jess]

I'm going to try to read the next book in the Carpathian's series. I forgot where I am though, I need to go look it up.

[Sarah]

I think I've got a copy of Wild Rain somewhere. I'll try that.

[Darcy]

If my library cooperates I will read her newest book in the new series a spin off of the Drake Sisters, .

[Carolyn F.]

I really like her books. Sometimes the dialogue is a little drama(tic) but I enjoy them. I do have to take breaks between her books though.

[Angelika]

I just recently bought Wild Fire so, although I have some others I haven't read yet, I will go with this one.

[Patricia]

Well I have read every book except her Ghostwalker series and I think I will try it.

[Sandra J]

Okay. I'm in. I read Dark Prince and "Dark Hunger" in an anthology and liked them. I have Dark Secret in the TBR pile, so I'll read that.

[Nichole ~Bookaholic~]

I just started the Ghostwalker Series...read the first one last month so will read and will hopefully get through this series by the end of the Month....

[Chrissy315]

I'll try the 1st one in the Drake sisters series Magic in the wind.

[Jayded]

I have read all of her Dark series, not so keen on the others for some reason. My DTB library is in disaray and I don't have any of hers on Kindle, but if I can find it I will read Dark Desire which has always been my favorite.

[DarkHeart "Vehngeance"]

Well, I've read and loved almost all of her Ghostwalker books (was unsure about the hero of Murder Game and had to put Street Game down after 100 pages, because I didn't think I was ever going to like that hero either). I've got a few of the Dark books, but I found them to be only okay. Males too overbearing, women too wimpy for my liking. I recently picked up a couple of her Drake Sisters books though, so maybe I'll give one of those a go this month.

[Jayded]

DarkHeart "Vehngeance" wrote: "Well, I've read and loved almost all of her Ghostwalker books (was unsure about the hero of Murder Game and had to put Street Game down after 100 pages, because I didn't think I was ever going to l..."

The males are definitely overbearing. Many of the women are not wimpy though, especially in her later books, she actually has some female hunters now. But they are definitely not for everyone.

[Literary Ames]

I've only read one of her books before, Dark Demon. I know it's like #16 in the series but I was unaware of that at the time. Oh and the woman wasn't wimpy, she was a hunter of some kind. Anyway, I liked it but was a bit too daunted when I realised the series was so long.

I did try to read Shadow Game the other day, got a few pages in but wasn't in the right mood so I put it down. I'll try again in the next few days.

[Kelley Anne]

Shadow Game took me a bit to really get into it. By far I think that it's the weakest book in the series, but still good enough that it made me want to keep reading the series!

[Literary Ames]

That's good to know, Kelley Anne. Thanks!

[Sarah]

I'm going to have to try another book. I started Wild Rain and didn't like it at all. I'll try either Shadow Game or Twilight Before Christmas next. I'm a little wary of Ms. Feehan after trying two now and not liking either. :(

[Jess]

I'm reading which is a new series but is linked to the Drake Sisters series.

[Jess]

Sarah ~Sehrenity~ wrote: "I'm going to have to try another book. I started Wild Rain and didn't like it at all. I'll try either Shadow Game or Twilight Before Christmas next. I'm a little wary of Ms. Feehan after trying two..."

Shadow Game is probably the worst book out of the Ghostwalkers series. So if you don't like that one, at least try the second!!

[Darcy]

Jess wrote: "I'm reading which is a new series but is linked to the Drake Sisters series."

Make sure to let us know how that one is.

[Danielle]

I decided to read instead of Dark Curse.

[Jess]

I enjoyed it, it was written in a very similar format as the Drake sisters. I really loved loved loved Lev, the main male character. He was such a bad-ass but had such a soft spot for the female lead Rikki. she was an interesting character because she has a few.. differences. I won't say too much because it'll ruin part of the story. I liked their chemistry together, they were pretty hot.

[Sarah]

Looks like this author is a fail for me. I'm going to have to start skimming Shadow Game, or maybe just read the last chapter to see what happens. It's not the worst thing I've read, but everything is so ridiculously melodramatic. I'm just not enjoying it. I might try another in the series, since you guys have said Shadow Game is a weak start, but I'm not going to rush out to find one.

I've tried 3 of her books, and I have only finished one (and that was the Magic in the Wind short novella!) Feehan just isn't for me, I guess. But I'm glad I tried. :)

[Darcy]

You can't say that you didn't try Sarah!

[Sarah]

That's what I like about this group; we get recommendations for new authors all the time. Some we like, and some we don't.

[Darcy]

I know what you mean. I will try anything.

[Literary Ames]

Sarah, I understand what you mean about Shadow Game being melodramatic but I made it through it. Once I got past the first 20 pages it got easier. The plot was good but the romance was a bit over the top.

[Jess]

I really didn't like Shadow Game, something about it just rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe Feehan received feedback because the other books weren't like that at all.

But like you said Sarah, we get recommendations all the time and some we like and some we don't like. As long as you gave it a try, which you definitely did. She just isn't the right author for you then.

[Sarah]

**spoiler for Shadow Game**

LOL, guys! When I got 90+ pages in and realized that the hero was still in a cage and the only real contact between the couple was dream-walker sex, I lost my dang mind. I was willing to buy the pemise--which is a pretty cool plot--but I just couldn't hack it.

I'm looking forward to trying again next month with a new author. There have been so many good picks in this group, and it's fun seeing what's up next!

[Kelley Anne]

Sarah - I'm glad that you gave her a shot! Not every author is for everybody! There are several extrememly popular authors that I just can't get into. I've tried several times but the just don't work for me. You certainly gave it a great try!

[Danielle]

Finished and I liked it but I've read a lot of her books and it just seemed very similar if you know what I mean. I was expecting a new series and this book is just an addition to the Drake Sisters.

[Jess]

Sarah ~Sehrenity~ wrote: "**spoiler for Shadow Game**

LOL, guys! When I got 90+ pages in and realized that the hero was still in a cage and the only real contact between the couple was dream-walker sex, I lost my dang mi..."

lol I told you!! It was really not good. But the second book kicked it into gear and didn't suck.

[Jess]

Danielle wrote: "Finished and I liked it but I've read a lot of her books and it just seemed very similar if you know what I mean. I was expecting a new series and this book is just ..."

She did say it was a spin off series, but I know what you mean. She is a very formulaic writer. Many of her books are similar.

[Sandra J]

I enjoyed Dark Secret which followed the novella "Dark Hunger." There were an awful lot of similarities to Dark Prince. I liked these well enough. I will probably pick up another one eventually. I don't feel any need to read the entire series.