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Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter, Book 1)
written by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Studio : St. Martin's Paperbacks
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date : 2006-11-28
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Released : 2002-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780312979973
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 209 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.85
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Product Description |
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Dear Reader,Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day.As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She alone bothered to take me out of the bedroom and onto the world. She taught me to love again.But I was not born to love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace--the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two-thousand-year-old curse?Julian of Macedon |
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Holy Green Guacamole, Batman! Put that book down! |
Whoa. I was actually shocked by how bad this book was. After a long stint of Kresley Cole, I guess I've been spoiled. Regardless, after having other Cole fans recommend Kenyon to me, I expected at least something above a High School level. Let me ... let me just write out one tiny little dialogue scene for you:
"Only on the outside," he said in a voice so low she wasn't sure she heard it.
"What was that?" She asked.
"I'm only human on the outside," he said louder. She caught the anguish in his gaze.
Pfffff. What's that? You didn't hear my emo loud enough? LET ME SPEAK MY EMO A LITTLE LOUDER.
Julian is constantly either whining about his tortured past, or trying to jump Grace, two extremes that don't really sync up. Boo hoo, I'm a sex slave for all eternity! Now let's have sex!
Then there's Grace, the chubby, never-had-an-orgasm SEX THERAPIST that is still tearing up over a college boy who used her and left her. Was his name Jeremiah, and did he work in the library? I think I know that guy! Oh, also her parents died. Yeah, you just keep hitting that Ben & Jerrys to eat away your sorrows.
The worst part about it is that I bought the next 2 books too, and I don't think I could force myself through them. Americancivilwar should require an IQ test before allowing people to leave reviews! |
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I skimmed most of it.. |
It started off good. I found the writing style to be interesting and funny, and I was intrigued about the plot.
But when Cupid and a million other Greek Gods entered the story it all got rather ridiculous. I wasn't sure whether it was meant to be a comedy or drama. Plus all the characters did was whine about their past. C'mon people, it was a very long time ago, lets just move on.
All the romantic scenes were boring. Grace "moaned" A LOT.
I skimmed about 60% of the book.
But, that being said, I will pick up the second in the series out of curiosity. Just to see what it is like. |
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in love with it |
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I was engrossed with this book from start to finish. It was hot, and steamy just the way I like it:) |
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Disappointing |
This is a rather lackluster introduction to a fabulous series. It was the first one I read, and was nearly my last because it was so uninvolving. Kenyon learned to develop her characters' depth much better in later books. This introduces characters and the paranormal world explored more in the rest of the Dark-Hunter/Dream-Hunter series, and I recommend reading it for that reason alone.
Grace, the heroine, is surprisingly dumb and dull for a sex therapist. Aside from the statement in the book that she is a sex therapist, nothing of her profession shows in her character or behavior. She could just as well be the town librarian or a waitress. The idea of a sex therapist and a "dream lover" getting together should have been more exciting, especially in light of the fact that Julian, the lover, is filling the role against his own will and inclinations. Things pick up somewhat towards the end, but it's too late to make this a recommended read in it's own right. Take it out of the library or buy it second hand - then move on to the next books in the series, which are much better. |
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A Romance with Substance |
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I LOVE Sherrilyn Kenyon. This girl can write a romance! And not just a romance...there is such a great story behind it. A plot, a world, a reason...emotion. The hero, Julian, is.... so unspeakably erotic that he has totally taken my innocence, haha, and yet he is terribly deep. What he has gone throgh...makes me want to clutch him to my bosom and tell him it will all be OK. Kenyon knows how to make a background story, how to give a character depth, how to make a romance more than just sex and flattering phrases. Read Fantasy Lover! Lose yourself in this gripping, tantalizing, fantastic series starter. |
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