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Manufacturer: Jove
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780515143188
ISBN: 0515143189
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-06-26
Publisher: Jove
Studio: Jove
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Feehan kicks off episode five of her popular Drake Sisters series -- concerning a septet of paranormally gifted sibs -- with everything her fans have come to expect: action, gunplay, danger, bad guys, good guys, gorgeous women and magic. All that's missing are her spicy love scenes; those come later, and their promise is enough to keep pages turning. On top of that promise, however, is the intriguing mystery of the supermodel slasher, who attacks shy-but-smoldering Hannah, one of the sisters, at New York's annual Fashion Week. Hunky Sheriff Jonas Harrington, a longtime family friend, is fresh from a life-threatening encounter with the Russian mob when he witnesses, on live TV, Hannah getting cut down by a madman with a knife. After the sisters rush to her side, saving her with their combined powers, Jonas vows to hunt down the assailant--but his unrequited love for Hannah complicates matters. This winning series entry is sure to please devotees and shouldn't provide much difficulty for curious newbies.
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Summary: Really like this series....
Comment: I really enjoyed Jonas and Hannah's story. I thought the character development was very good as well as the descriptive nature of the storyline. I felt like I was watching that television during the attack (hope that isn't a spoiler).
I love the relationship of the sisters and how they include Jonas in that circle of family.
I also like how Ms. Feehan knows how to take secondary characters and make you yearn to know more about what is going on there! I remember having that feeling about Jonas and Hannah in previous books and now I am just dying to find out what Ilya and Joley are always hissing at each other about :)
Now, I'm even wondering what lies ahead for Jackson and Elle. I think it takes a lot of talent to create very intesting main characters and develop your secondary characters so that readers bond with them as well.
Ms. Feehan is truly a talented writer. I love her books and look forward to reading many many more :)
I also like that lots of people have taken time to post their reviews here...both minor stars and major stars....we need all reviews so we can choose wisely as we fill our hours with reading :)
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Summary: Love it
Comment: I never thought I would be the one buying the cheap romances, but Christine Feehan's books are more than just erotic sex. There is intrigue, suspense, mystery, and magic wrapped up in those pages. This makes two books that I have read of Christine Feehan's. The first that I read was Oceans of Fire (book 3 in the Drake series). I was disappointed in that book that something didn't erupt with Hannah and Jonas. I was also disappointed with not knowing more about Ilya and I thought maybe that something could have happened with him and Joley. After reading this book I realize that she spreads her stories out just giving us a little bit each time. Each book follows a different sister so all of my disappointments in the first book that I read are gone. In this book I was a little disappointed that Aleksandr didn't participate more considering it goes back to his Russian heritage and because he is more than capable of helping. Hannah has so many great sisters that it is difficult to get in tune with each in ever story, but I think that is important so that a reader can pick up in the middle of a series and understand what is going on and Feehan tends to miss that important detail. I think each story should explore each character a little bit more than it has instead of just focusing on the main character of the story. Either way, I loved reading the book. It makes a great day at the beach book.
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Summary: Awesome Read
Comment: This book is a great addition to the drake sisters series and is an awesome example of what christine feehan can accomplish.
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Summary: No what I thought
Comment: Let me start by saying I love Christine Feehan and have for the past 4 years. My favorite is her ghostwalker series but this past year having caught up with her ghostwalkers and carpathians I decided to start on the drake sisters. For me the first two book were kinda slow but I loved the third, oceans of fire, and kept reading bc i thought the sisters were great!! Of course everyone was waiting for this story and while it was good, i was let down in the sense that the relationship between hannah and jonas did a complete turn around from what we had seen in the past. It was still good but it just wasnt the same fun loving interaction that had always been. That being said even though she had been leading up to it in other books, it also seemed to happen a little too fast to be real. Honestly, the book was good, but certainly not her best especially since the build up had been coming for the past 4 books.
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Summary: the emotion shines; the backstory slows it down
Comment: This is the 5th story and 4th full-length novel in the Drake sisters series. The first was a novella. In order, they're "Magic in the Wind" (in Lover Beware), The Twilight Before Christmas (Drake Sisters, Book 2), Oceans of Fire (Drake Sisters, Book 3), Dangerous Tides (Drake Sisters, Book 4), and Safe Harbor.
The seven Drake sisters all have magical abilities. This story focuses on Hannah, who's a supermodel. Though appearing in public is very difficult for her, she pushes herself to do it because she thinks it's what her sisters want and she doesn't want to let them down.
Jonas is a long-time family friend, the local sheriff, and sometime government operative. He's also always been in love with Hannah, but thinks she's too good for him, and hesitates to expose her to the danger of his jobs.
Danger finds her anyway, when a crazed killer attacks her with a knife on national television, as Jonas watches, horrified, from the other side of the country. She's saved by the mysterious Prakenskii, who has powers of his own, and designs on sister Joley.
I very much enjoyed this story. Jonas's tendency to bark orders when he's worried rather than explain his concerns is even more pronounced here--understandably so, since his emotions are out of control. The danger to Hannah and the way the various suspense plots come together were exciting enough to hold my attention.
I loved the emotional aspect, which is where I think this story shines. Jonas demonstrates that beneath the bossy exterior, he truly loves and understands Hannah--in fact, he understands her better than her sisters, and admires her courage in continuing a career that takes so much out of her, even while he's nagging her to quit because he knows she's not happy. Hannah's journey of self-discovery is lovely to see--she finally realizes that her sisters love her for herself and want her to be happy, and she takes responsibility for having hidden her unhappiness to try to please them.
Her post-attack trauma is, of course, what accelerates her growth, and it's very realistically done. She doesn't get over it right away--people don't. And that touches on a societal concern I have about people being expected to recover instantaneously from trauma or grief or whatever. Instead, she recovers gradually, and the reactions between Hannah, her sisters, and Jonas were true and emotional.
My problem with the book was that it could really have used a good editing. The repetition and backstory slowed down the pace to a crawl in spots and seriously interfered with my enjoyment. It's probably better to read this book at a skimming pace--reading to get the gist of the story rather than reading every word. Which is so odd. In some books, Feehan's writing is so lush and rich that not only do I read every word, but I slow down my reading to savor them. This isn't one of those.
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