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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425214497
ISBN number: 0425214494
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: March 06, 2007
Publishing house: Berkley
Sale Popularity Level: 24009
Studio: Berkley
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Eleven thousand years ago, before the seas swallowed the Atlanteans, Poseidon assigned a few chosen warriors to act as sentinels for humans in the new world. There was only one rule-desiring them was forbidden. But rules were made to be broken...
When she calls... Riley Dawson is more than a dedicated Virginia Beach social worker. She's blessed with a mind link that only Atlanteans have been able to acess for thousands of years. Being an 'empath' may explain her wistful connection to the roiling waves of the ocean, the sanctuary it provides, and the sexual urges that seem to emanate from fathoms below...
He will come. Conlan, the High Prince of Atlantis, has surfaced on a mission to retrieve Poseidon's stolen trident. Yet something else has possessed Conlan: the intimate emotions-and desires-of a human. Irresistibly drawn to the uncanny beauty, Conlan soon shares more than his mind. But in the midst of a battle to reclaim Poseidon's power, how long can a forbidden love last between two different souls from two different worlds?
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I really enjoyed the book. It just took several times of starting the book for me to be able to get into it though. I started, then stopped, and would try to come back, only to be confused and bored. I finally realized that it must be read in one sitting in order for the book to make sense. Since I already have the second, I'll start that one and then review it.
But hey, all in all, it's a pretty decent read.
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I absolutely loved this book! I can't wait for the subsequent one to come out! I think the series is terrific and the author, Alyssa Day, has a lot of fun stuff on her website - including excerpts of the books. I checked these out from the library but plan to buy them now, so I can collect the entire series. Great book!
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I had heard of Alyssa Day, but just never read her books. so i read this one...and really liked it!!!! i read it in one day and truely enjoyed it, i was just sad to see it end. yeah there is a negative view of vampires, but it isn't a big deal. i mean all books have their own perception about vampires.
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This book was great! If you have ever imagined Atlantis really existed, or if you enjoy reading stories with supernatural characters in them, this is the book for you! The story begins with Conlan, prince of Atlantis, searching for a stolen artifact. His search takes him to our heroine, who also posseses some psi powers. The attraction between them is instant, as the hero saves her from a possible rape on the beach. Their chemistry continues, but there are some major hangups before they can have their happily ever after. I won't spoil it for you, but the story was excellent! I can't wait to read the second one, the mail can't get it to me soon enough! Great job Ms. Day! Keep up the excellent work!
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Conlan is the high prince of Atlantis. After being tortured by Anubisa the vampire queen for seven years he has finally returned home. Only to find that Poseidon's Trident has been stolen and he must reclaim it. Riley Dawson (an empathic social worker) gets caught in between the vampires and Conlan's Atlantean Warriors. She and Conlan are drawn towards one another, but Conlan must remain loyal to Atlantis and Riley is human.
I've read the other reviews and can't help but wonder if I've read the same book. It's generally not a good sign when within the very first two pages I am already mentally editing the text - and this continues throughout the book.
Riley is always speaking before she thinks, and worse sometimes acting before her brain is out of park. On p66 she's musing about how she and her sister Quinn are like twins - "ten months apart was close enough to be almost twins". Well no it's not, not unless your mother had the longest pregnancy on record. And once we meet Quinn it quickly becomes clear that Riley doesn't know her sister at all, which makes her 'twins' statement even more ridiculous.
Both she and Conlan are so two-dimensional, that you just don't care about them. Conlan has been viciously tortured for seven years by the vampire queen. But the only reason we're aware it's happened is because every so often he either tells someone, or somebody else mentions it. Because we have little emotional connection to the characters when horrific things happen to them it just doesn't horrify. Riley yelling "Stay away from my boyfriend!" along with Conlan's "Die you foul hellspawn!" just made me want to throw the book at the wall.
To go with our two-dimensional hero and heroine we have a 2-d villain. Anubisa chews the scenery, kills her minions and is appalling. But I don't care because I don't understand why she is that way - she just is.
After the other Warriors turn up there is an improvement in the storyline, mainly because the other Warriors are far more interesting than either Conlan or Riley. How I wish the book had been about them, with Riley and Conlan as a sub-plot.
The frustrating thing is that it isn't all bad. There are flashes of humour between the characters that made me smile. And some of the interactions between the Warriors are very well written - especially Denal, Bastien and Brennan. The problem is that Conlan and Riley should be the most interesting thing in the story and they aren't. There is a good story here, but you have to work hard to find it.
Consider it if you're really stuck for a new paranormal series.
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