Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, Book 1) |
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Manufacturer: Roc
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780451460936
ISBN: 0451460936
Label: Roc
Manufacturer: Roc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2006-06-06
Publisher: Roc
Studio: Roc
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Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But when the bloodsucking Mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with revenge in mind, she's forced to turn to the vampire Senate for protection.The undead senators won't help her for nothing, and Cassie finds herself working with one of their most powerful members, a dangerously seductive master vampire- and the price he demands may be more than Cassie is willing to pay.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Paranormal Story
Comment: The book is about Cassandra Palmer, clairvoyant, seeing spirits. She is on the run from a vampire that killed her parents to get control of her. Wen Cassandra realizes that she is being used for financial and political gains, she runs away.
Then she gets an email that is of her obituary. She goes on the run, finds out her roommate is a vampire that was supposed to seduce her, and learns of her true calling, she is not just a clairvoyant, she can also travel through time and alter history.
I really liked this book. I really felt for Cassandra as everyone is trying to get her to do things, but not helping her understand what is going on. The book had great flow and character development. I would recommend this to anyone that likes the paranormal romance type books.
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Summary: Over enthusiastic author bogs down w/ too much plot
Comment: I wish that the author has shown a bit--okay a lot--more restraint in
the plotting of this book. As it is, there is so much going on in
this book that is hard to take in. In this first book alone, there is
more than enough plot for an entire series.
Not that the story or the supernatural world that Cassandra lives in
isn't interesting, quite the opposite. But as a reader, I din't get
to enjoy it very much because I was constantly being crammed with
plot, plot, and more plot (except for the abrupt and extremely
graphic--and long-- sex scene that seemed very out of place given the
tone of the rest of the book).
I would have liked to become more slowly immersed into the world
rather then getting thrown in and never being allowed to come up for
air. I would have read the rest of the series if the former had been
true rather then the latter, assuming that the graphic sex scene
hadn't been included. Oh well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A fun read, but doesn't live up to its potential.
Comment: Touch the Dark is an action packed sprint through an intriguing world of supernatural mayhem and disaster. The writing is quality and the plot interestingly convoluted, but the frenzied pace detracted greatly from the overall work. Instead of an immersive experience, the book feels like a series of overdone action scenes patched together with stilted plot exposition; it's a special effects action flick that never quite manages to entirely make sense.
Karen Chance did succeed in producing a page turner that's hard to put down, but it leaves a reader wanting in the end. I'd recommend this for a light read, the literary equivalent of prime time television, but anyone looking for a serious work of fiction should steer clear. Hopefully in the future Chance will refrain from a dizzying rush of action to let her impressive style and imagination take center stage.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Touch of...
Comment: SURPRISE!!! I'll be honest about halfway through I was wondering why a friend of mine kept going on and on about these books then...BAM...it came together! I was very pleased and surprised at how great Karen pulled all the "extra/filler stuff" together at the end! Thank goodness I have the next couple books in the series to keep reading. I do agree with a previous post about the chapters being to long, they really are. Here's hoping they get better and better!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Convoluted series
Comment: I really tried to give this book a chance. It took two tries to read and two weeks to finish. The plot is very convoluted and the chapters are way too long. I like plots like Kim Harrison's, Charlaine Harris', and Patricia Briggs', but this confused me and never became interesting. I even read the second book in the series hoping it would help me appreciate the first. However, I found the series itself, totally unappealing. I think the author could be very good tho. I will try one of her other series.
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