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

This was a very good book and I highly recommend it. I use to be a Julia Garwood fan now all I can dream of is carpathian men. It is hard for me to imagine how anyone could not like this series.

I won't go into the details of the story because the reviewers before me have done an excellent job doing that. I can only add what I think about this book. Dark Desire is not a literature piece; the writing is very simple and lacks style. It is definitely not a book for enlightenment. But that does not prevent it to be extremely entertaining; I have to agree with the other reviewers that the story is captivating. Once you start the book you won't be able to do anything else until you finish it. There is always something going on. There isn't a page where you can say "ok, I'll stop here and continue later". I have to warn you: you won't be able to stop. It is a very enjoyable book.
Like I said before, some of the writing is quite bad, but the author can still express intense feelings and relationships between the characters. And this is one of the things that make the book so addictive, you end up attached to the characters and their stories and want to know what happens with them.
I encourage you to read Dark Prince first since that's the first book in the series, and Dark Desire is the second. It's good to read Dark Prince first because many of the characters from that book reappear in Dark Desire and you will be able to understand them more if you previously read the first book. But, although you'll get more out of the story by reading the books in order, you will still be able to enjoy it if you just read it by itself.
I give this book 5 stars because although the writing is quite poor, this is just a book to enjoy and live the moment. And for that it is excellent!
Finally, I have to say that the book has many "scenes" of passionate love, so if you are one of those who "blush" easily, maybe this book is not for you...

My daughter and I are so excited that we found Christine Feehan. We have recently finished purchasing all of her "Dark Series". I believe that in itself is the best rating that I could give her.

We found that each of her books are a fabulous read, although Dark Desire so far is my favourite. It holds you. You feel the charactors, you envission the settings. I found I couldn't/wouldn't put it down, so for a few days the house work was ignored. These books are a must buy!!

IT'S A WONDERFUL STORY, I'VE ENJOYED A LOT READING IT, AFTER THIS AND "DARK PRINCE" I NEEDED ABSOLUTLY MORE...I'VE BOUGHT
EVERY BOOK OF CHRISTINE FEEHAN.

My only gripe about this novel is that it is much too repetitive. I swear phrases and sentences are used 4 or 5 times too much. I don't understand why Feehan does this - maybe to add more pages.

Other than that, the idea is good, I thought the characters were fine, and the writing is fine in some instances as well. If Feehan could just stop hammering the same thing over and over again it the novel would be better.