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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425219775
ISBN number: 0425219771
Label: Berkley
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Page Count: 448
Printing Date: February 05, 2008
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Beautiful Charlie Newcomb is being hunted by vampires, for she is the link to a medical miracle that could be invaluable to the night stalkers. Her only protection is her guardian, Ethan. But will he be enough to save her when darkness falls?
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Charlie Newcomb has finally put her life back together with a lot of hard work and she is close to finishing her schooling for the subsequent step. The night she is almost attacked by three vampires has Charlie thinking twice about what her life now consists of. Why would they pick her out?
Ethan McCabe has been a guardian for several hundred years and he has never been distracted from his assignments. However, after shadowing Charlie for a while now, Ethan is highly attracted to her, and that has nothing to do with his Guardian duties. Guardians are to protect and Ethan feels an overwhelming need to protect Charlie from the vampires and demons hunting her that has everything to do with being a man.
Ethan and Charlie have discovered that the link between her and the vampires is her sister and the research she is currently doing. Ethan and Charlie are slowly figuring out the intricacies of the Seattle vampire community and the fierce determination of the demon that wants Charlie. As they discover exactly who is hiding the demon within and just how complex the scheme really is, will Ethan and the Guardians be enough to protect her from the new reality of her life?
Demon Night is the highly complex and intricate story of Charlie and Ethan and how they come to have their forever. Charlie has messed up her life and just now has about claimed it back correctly. Ethan made a decision that led to his becoming a Guardian and he has not forgotten why he had to make that decision. Ethan and Charlie at very first try to ignore the feelings that are springing up between them, but you just cannot ignore the red-hot passion once it has taken over. I was once again intrigued by a plot from Ms. Brook that included not only danger from several angles that seem to include some folklore but also never let you lose track of the romance. Demon Night will take you on a wild roller coaster ride that paranormal lovers will not want to miss.
Jo
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Meljean Brook has now written three full length novels about three couples with conflicts that could have not been more distinct. Her characters are extremely complex and Demon Night is no different.
In fact Charlie Newcomb is likely to be one of the most complex heroines I have seen in a long time. Extremely flawed and with a pathological neediness which has led in the past to such a destructive behaviour that has completely destroyed her voice and a promising career as an opera singer and her self-esteem, landed her in jail and has almost ruined her relationship with her sister. She is a recovering alcoholic who works as a bartender - as self-punishment and as a reminder. She is self-aware that her needs may take over at any moment and fights her natural instinct to rely too much on other people, specially her sister. And is indirectly because of her sister that she gets into something that will change her life forever. Jane works at a lab doing Blood research and the lab is covertly taken over by Demons who want to investigate further about the paranormal qualities of vampire blood. Some of the vampires that work for the lab are sent to capture Charlie in order to use her as leverage for her sister to keep on working, but the attack fails because Charlie has been watched.
Ethan McCabe or Drifter, used to be an outlaw in the Old West. He has become a Guardian when he sacrificed himself to save his brother's life. When he is given the task to look after Charlie he is wary to start with over her neediness even if his protective instincts scream for him to help her. Right at the start he lays out straight to her in what a I thought was a blunt, uneasy and unusual conversation in a romance novel: that he is there for protection and that is all, she is not to rely on him, because she may do so too much: this is a moment of utter humiliation and hurt for Charlie for she stands there with her soul bared in front of him, and he sees through her.
And that is how these two start out: with a line that is not be crossed. But the line is faint and it shifts and once things start changing between them, it is with awe that Ethan realizes that Charlie is much stronger than he ever thought and is with some despair that he understands that he will give anything she asks for but she will not ask anything of him. Even it all she wants now is for him to need her - because you see, Charlie may come across as a revoltingly weak person, but her strength lies in knowing herself and how she functions and now on the path to becoming whole again she is more likely to chop her own arm off than to succumb to her own needy instincts.
Even though each book has its own central couple with their struggle for happiness the overall storyline that began in Demon Angel is still unfolding: Hell is still closed, Demons are still on the lose, Guardians are being trained by the SI. Most of all, there still a lot of unrest in the vampire communities all over the world as a new threat looms in the horizon and which goes by the name of Nephilim. To say more about them would be major spoilage , so I will refrain myself and only say that I have a gut feeling that Meljean Brook is preparing us for a major showdown in the future by laying out with every book, the players on both sides.
If I have one grudge about the book is that I became a bit impatient with the way Charlie dealt with her insecurities about Ethan in the end but I am aware that other readers were very satisfied with the way the book ended - I was too but thought it took too long for them to get there but that does not signify; for in the grand scheme of things, it has been over two weeks since I finished reading this book and it is still with me. The books that remain are the important ones, right? THIS is what I look for as a reader and what Meljean Brook has given me three times in a row.
Ana
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I have liked all of Meljean's books and I did like this one. It did start grating on me a little at a little over half way through though. I tired of Drifter's grammer. I mean this guy was a cowboy 150 years ago and has never picked up better grammer? With him continually calling Charlotte "Miss Charlotte" and using "Miss" in front of other females names, I felt I was in a Gunsmoke series (Miss Kitty). His usage of ain't, I reckon, and all the other "homilies" wore on me after awhile, I felt the only thing missing was "gol darn". I did like the story itself overall. I guess I'm the "odd man out" in reviewing this book!
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Meljean Brooks writes some of the best paranormal romance out there. I look forward to each new book. The love story between Charlie and Ethan was slow in building. The love scenes are always well written. This book also contained a very good mystery. I highly recommned this book and anxiously await the subsequent one.
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Dear Meljean,
Thank you so much for writing romance. I'm sure you could have easily made a name for yourself in urban fantasy or science fiction, but I'm so incredibly happy that you chose romance because...wow.
Honestly, I didn't think you, or anyone for that matter, could top `Demon Moon'. Uh...I love you Colin! Yet `Demon Night' blew me away and the characters left me absolutely breathless.
Charlie Newcomb, once vocalist extraordinaire, destroyed her life in excess and is now a recovering alcoholic living in a crumbling apartment in Seattle. Although, the old apartment building has its perks and his name is Ethan McCabe. The slow crooning of his southern drawl gets not only Charlie's heartbeat fluttering but mine as well. Life has beaten Charlie down plenty of times but this woman is the very definition of survivor. The inherent neediness of her nature terrifies her, yet her methods of suppressing it are incredibly impressive.
After a narrow escape from attacking vampires, Charlie is saved but whom she thinks is her guardian angel. The proof, she believes, is the lone white feather left at the scene of the crime. A spinner of tall tales, Charlie relates the story to her neighbor Ethan and accuses him of being said angel. Ethan confirms nor denies her belief.
Ethan "Drifter" McCabe, Guardian of human life with a set of very sexy wings, is no angel. One look at his impressive stature, whisky-amber eyes and come hither smile, and you would just know that the man had to work for the devil because he is sex in angels' clothing. Besides the eventual steamy hot love scenes only confirm that although he is working for a much higher source, he is a man through and through. And there is only woman who can "fuzz" him up and that's Charlie.
At very first Ethan's emotional recoiling from Charlie, due to her known neediness, angered me. I was much appeased though when Charlie landed a few punches and he finally saw who she was; an absolute selfless warrior with unending loyalty to those she loves.
Ethan's desire, and ironically his NEED, to provide for Charlie nearly brought me to my knees. Let me tell you, Drifter is one smooth talker. And when he looses his tight control, you're in for one wild ride.
The action is intense; the antagonists are literally beings from hell and the love between Charlie and Ethan is beautiful. I urge anyone who has not already given Ms. Brook a shot to get your booty in gear and not only pick up `Demon Night' but glom her entire backlist as well. You will not be disappointed.
Oh, and one final thought for Meljean, I am so buzzing over the revelation regarding Michael. I had to go back and reread it a few times. I'm not sure yet what to think of it but I'm dying to know his story. Oh, two thoughts, please tell me you'll be posting the two main characters in your subsequent novel `Demon Bound'. I must know, you don't even understand!
Sincerely,
Ashley
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