Dark Desire (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 2)

What jacques goes through really gets to you. This story is about a love that stands through thick and thin. Jacques needs Shea just as much as she needs him. This novel is well written and filled with enough drama for an emotional roller coaster ride.

Write on, read on
N.M. Phillips

Dark Desire happens aproximatelly 25 years after Dark Prince, the first book of the series, and is the story of Jacques Dubrinski and Shea O'Halloran. He is your standard tormented anti-heroe, uber-dangerous and sexy, and she is the flawless woman (beautiful, compassionate, intelectually perfect) who will fall for his flaws and heal him. Not that there is any other chance: she is his lifemate, whether she wants to be or not, so it's a done deal and the reader knows that just by reading the intro.

So much perfection, clichés and predictability take a heavy toll on any book.

The romance happens in unbeliavable situations at times, which takes quite a toll on the story. The concepts of sharing of blood and sex, when being described as so intimate by the author, should be more carefully placed on the story instead of being used so repeatedly and many times without another reason than: "That's just how Carpathian males are" or "It's that kind of book, so people want to read about romance."

Dark Desire is still a lot better than its predecessor though, because the characters are better writen, the story is there and there is actually a plot. The writer took much better care of building a story and a background to the characters. Unfortunately, the dialogues remain repetitive, and it's fairly easy to tell where it is heading. Read the first book, and you've read them all in terms of how the relatioship develops between the two main characters. Thus, the chances of buying a third book are remote.

All in all though, it's still enjoyable, but do not expect any sort of intelectual stimulation from this book.

Jacques is a tormented/tortured hero, and Shea is a heroine clearly in over her head, but the two make for a wonderful story. I can't wait to read the newest book in the series.

For all of us who miss the Buffy the Vampire Series and believe that there ARE other species of goodness out there this is the series to read. I enjoyed the storyline, the passionate love and connection between the couple and hope that others discover this series.

I thought this was one of the best Dark series books. The story was very dramatic and pulled you right in. I couldn't stop reading it. In her other books, the Carpathians are strong men, although they are ready to turn to the dark side or kill themselves just before they find their lifemates. In this book, the hero Jacques, has been buried alive and tortured for 7 years. He's basically insane when Shea finds him, and can't remember any of his family including his brother Mikhail and best friend Byron when they try to help him. It was an awesome book and quite different from the rest of Feehan's books.