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Dark Curse (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 16) | 
 enlarge | Author: Christine Feehan
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 495
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.8
ISBN: 0425223434
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425223437
ASIN: 0425223434
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling queen of paranormal romance.(USA Today)
Born into a world of ice, slave to her evil father, Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a child. Only by escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would she survive to claim her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker
Now, Lara is in search of the source of her nightmaresthe cold, dark corners of her childhood just on the edges of her memory. Only one man has the power and the will to help her: dangerous, arrogant Nicolas De La Cruz.
Together, Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their pastsand discover a passion that neither has ever known before.
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 Another great series bites the dust October 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like everyone who loves Feehan I thoroughly enjoyed the early books. The characters stand out vividly in my mind and I could tell recognize each one of them by a brief description. In the last few books the characters all run together and Lara and Nicholas are the worst. She's a whiny cry baby and he's just bland period. And I am so sick of the whole mage line of the story. But the foreign language part is the worst. I have always loved the words the men used to bind their mate. Now the whole rhythm and beauty of their chant is broken because she is obsessed with this new language. It pulls you out of the story and adds nothing but losing your place as you skip it to find English words again.
I thought it would be so interesting to find out why they were losing children but instead it was just boring. So many parts of the book were boring. I read steadily through the first third of the book and then just started skimming and skipping pages. I never do that!
I know people complained that the early books were too much alike so she had to add some new elements but I find the early books much more interesting. When I need a Feehan and Carpathian fix I'll just stick with the first eight or ten books. I still love re-reading those books. The books after Destiny I'll never open again. Once was more than enough for such forgettable and boring reads. But Oh, Gregori, Julian, Darius, Jacques, Lucian, and Gabriel? Now those were the days.
 Excellent return to the Carpathian world in Dark Curse October 9, 2008
Christine Feehan's 16th book in the Carpathian Series introduces Lara Calladine, a ice cave explorer who has come to the Carpathian mountains to discover answers to her frightening past. Nicholas De La Cruz encounters her at the local inn, and knows she is his other half and his future. Their story has many exciting twists and some welcome new developments which will intrigue Carpathian fans, and this novel also marks a definite return to the great storytelling of Christine Feehan. For those who thought the series was getting too far off track or getting boring, this book is classic Carpathian and yet new and fresh. If you have not read Christine Feehan this is a great book to start with, and if you love it, you can go back and read the rest of the series. Also included in this book is more development of the Carpathian language -- of great interest to the author and probably limited reading audience -- there if you do like that sort of thing but does not detract from the story.
As always, another great read October 8, 2008
I enjoy all of Christine's Dark books. The series is fantastic. This book really gave us a big clue to what has been happening all of these years. It kept you in suspense throughout. There was plenty of romance as well as mystery, adventure, and action. I'm anxiously waiting the next book, because this one left us with somewhat of a cliff hanger.
As always, Christine introduced us to some new characters, but did an excellent job of bringing old characters back. She also gave us a deeper look into some of the character's personalities. Great read and if you are like me you can't wait for the next book.
DARK CURSE October 8, 2008
As always Christine Feehan really knows how to keep your interest. Looking forward to her next book.
 ONLY THE ENDING STUNK October 8, 2008
I liked the book/story until I came to the last line in the story and turned the page expecting the next chapter to start. But....... it just ended! When I turned the page, I entered CF's long Appendix's, which were interesting the first 5 times I read thru all of them. But now I wanted more of the story, or at least for the story to end at a place that felt like an ending. Absolutely no sense of completion. I realize that CF wants to do more sequels, but she's never just "ended" a story line in the middle of an action scene!
I genuinely liked the story up till that point. Lots of answers are starting to be revealed about several previous plot lines, she's introduced new characters that I know we'll see again, and I had no problem with Lara and her issues as some of the reviewers did. Nor the way Nicolas responded and reacted to her. Everything was believable for me.
I just hope that CF reads all these reviews and doesn't leave her readers/fans in such a state of "What's Happening?" again!
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