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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780425211601
ISBN number: 0425211606
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: September 05, 2006
Publishing house: Berkley Trade
Sale Popularity Level: 15234
Studio: Berkley Trade
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A smoldering debut novel exploring the passion, hunger, and danger that can break loose in the moonlight.
From the time she was a child, Mona Lisa knew she was different-but she never knew how different until a man of otherworldly beauty appeared during her night shift in the ER. Gryphon is hurting and hunted and he attracts her as no man ever has before. He is a Monère, one of the children of the moon-and what's more, so is she.
Long exiled from the moon, the men of the Monère serve-and mate with-imperious Queens who can channel the rays of their far-off homeland. Gryphon believes that Mona Lisa is a Queen- perhaps the very first of Mixed Blood ever known. But her introduction to the nighttime court of the Monère, simmering with intrigue, casual lust, and calculated cruelty, is far from smooth.
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I'm a HUGE fan of LKH and Anne Bishop. So, when I saw on the cover the name of one of my favorite authors I figured I'd give it a try. It is true that I read the entire book in one day, which suggests that it is a good read. But, I couldn't help but feel like it was a complete rip off of Anne Bishops blood jewel trilogy (AMAZING series), and a mix of LKH Anita Blake and Meridith Gentry series. I could pick out phrases and key words that LKH uses regularily in her books. There was even complete scenes and backgroud ideas directly from her books as well.
And, lets not forget about the whole ruler of hell/ Girl that found her way in hell when no one else has... aspect ... COMPLETE RIP OFF!!!
With that said .... 2 of my favorite authors who do an exceptional job of writing mashed together makes an interesting read. Yet, Sunny does not have the litterary flare that the original authors do.
It is a good read when your favorite authors are between novels.
BUT....
I highly suggest reading the following first:
Laurell K. Hamilton .. even after the smut
Anne Bishop
Kim Harrison
Stephenie Meyer
J R Ward... The very first three books are pretty good
and a little series that I recently discovered called
The Looking Glass Wars
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I bought book 2 at a bargain book store and almost didn't read it when I read the reviews listed for book one, but I went ahead and ordered book one anyway. I'm glad that I did--the story of the Monere was an interesting and thrilling ride. I enjoyed it immensely and found it to be a fast read.
I was a bit taken aback by the obvious 'borrowing' from Anne Bishop. But, after giving it some thought here's what I've come up with. The title High Lord of Hell and the term Demon dead are just that...titles and terms. Her use of the name Janelle is REALLY obvious, but no other similarities between Anne Bishop's Janelle are present. The other thing is Mona Lisa's healing gift which can only be accessed through sexual interaction; this is definately borrowed from Laurell K. Hamilton, but again not exact enough to be plagerism.
I'm giving this book 4 stars because I would have really liked to see Sunny come up with her own terms and titles. She is very creative and can clearly write a good story...it just seems wrong in a sense to 'borrow' from two really successful writers.
I would recommend these books because there really good, there a fast read and the story itself is unique, only a small portion, maybe 5 or 6 pages in all have the borrowed terms, so definately worth reading. This is the very first book I've ever read about children of the moon.
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Ok, she is similiar to Laurell K Hamilton. But what a way to go! I just find all the different love interests interesting, plus their new talents make me want to know more. I enjoy her writing is dark, edgy and thrilling.
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I'd give it 4.5 stars if Amazon allowed half stars. It had a good story and some good characters which is unusual for erotica. I plan to read more of this series. Story brief: The Monere people have powers and magic abilities humans don't have. The Monere live among humans, but humans don't know they are different. Queens rule territories. Mona Lisa was part Monere and part human and was left in an orphanage at birth. When she is 21, she meets Gryphon and realizes an unusual power exists between them. She stays with him and starts learning of the Monere world and is later accepted as one of the queens. She is in danger several times during the story. I enjoyed the side story about Prince Halcyon. I was surprised with the relationships Mona Lisa eventually had with Gryphon, Amber and Halcyon. I found that creative. I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't go into any more detail. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: ten. There are some references to rape and one semi-graphic rape scene. Setting: current day New York City and Bennington, Minnesota. Genre: erotica and paranormal romance.
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I honestly couldn't finish this book. This is partly because I was disgusted by the fact that it read like poorly written Anne Bishop fanfiction and partly because the sex was too boring to carry an erotic novel.
Anne Bishop created a lavish, unique universe. Sunny copied bits of it here in an obvious manner that I am not the only one to notice. I have read a lot of fantasy and urban fantasy, and Anne Bishop's world stands out as truly unique among all of them. This is not a case of taking a general, vague idea (such as vampires and werewolves) and putting a unique spin on it--this book blatantly copies ideas, words, descriptions, titles--even _names_.
Frankly, I am a little surprised that this book doesn't have legal problems.
And, at the end of the day, the book wasn't nearly as good. I don't know where people got the idea that graphic or edgy sex is automatically erotic, but I have read kisses that were more steamy than some of the blatant, mechanical, detail laden sex scenes in this book.
Every time I criticize books like this I get accused of being a prude, which is hardly the case. I read and enjoy erotica--when it is erotic. All the dirty words in the world won't make a scene hot--and when a book has no cohesive plot and rests entirely on the sex, the sex had better be hot.
I can get better erotica than this online, and I can do it for free.
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