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 : Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, Book 1)
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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780451460936
ISBN number: 0451460936
Label: Roc
Manufacturer: Roc
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: June 06, 2006
Publishing house: Roc
Sale Popularity Level: 6502
Studio: Roc




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Product Description:
Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But when the bloodsucking Mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with revenge in mind, she's forced to turn to the vampire Senate for protection.The undead senators won't help her for nothing, and Cassie finds herself working with one of their most powerful members, a dangerously seductive master vampire- and the price he demands may be more than Cassie is willing to pay.



Customer Reviews
User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Worth a re-read
I thought that this book started out a little slow, but then it grabbed me and wouldn't let go. A great very first read and worth AT LEAST one re-read.



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - A bit slow at very first but then picks up speed quickly
I discovered this series through Amazon's "recommended reads". I found my mind wandering in maybe the very first third of the book. It then became extremely entertaining. I liked it enough to order the 2nd and 3rd books in the series before I got to the end of the book --- so I could start reading them immediately upon finishing this one.



Rated by buyers 1 out of 5 stars - The heroine is a bit self centered
I think the problem I have with this series is with Cassandra. She's tends to be a bit whimsical and self centered. As if the entire universe owes her one and she's entitled to collected from anyone she meets.

So you will have conversations like
member of group: "you almost got me killed!!!"
cassandra: "suck it up"
--two minutes later--
cassandra: "watch what you're doing! you could have gotten me killed!!"
and the person she is talking to is presumably expected to cower.

She will claim not to want the responsibility of Pythia but at the same time use the power, and then complain about her powers.

Likewise, although she won't answer any questions, all other characters are apparently supposed to "answer my question!" or "tell me something useful", "start making sense or else"

She will chase after the bad guys by herself, then when all hell breaks loose, she'll blame the people who show up to save her, and not take any responsibility.

I think the concept and the plot of this series is good, but it's just so hard to read any scenes with Cassandra in them.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Great Paranormal Story
The book is about Cassandra Palmer, clairvoyant, seeing spirits. She is on the run from a vampire that killed her parents to get control of her. Wen Cassandra realizes that she is being used for financial and political gains, she runs away.

Then she gets an email that is of her obituary. She goes on the run, finds out her roommate is a vampire that was supposed to seduce her, and learns of her true calling, she is not just a clairvoyant, she can also travel through time and alter history.

I really liked this book. I really felt for Cassandra as everyone is trying to get her to do things, but not helping her understand what is going on. The book had great flow and character development. I would recommend this to anyone that likes the paranormal romance type books.



Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Over enthusiastic author bogs down w/ too much plot
I wish that the author has shown a bit--okay a lot--more restraint in
the plotting of this book. As it is, there is so much going on in
this book that is hard to take in. In this very first book alone, there is
more than enough plot for an entire series.

Not that the story or the supernatural world that Cassandra lives in
isn't interesting, quite the opposite. But as a reader, I din't get
to enjoy it very much because I was constantly being crammed with
plot, plot, and more plot (except for the abrupt and extremely
graphic--and long-- sex scene that seemed very out of place given the
tone of the rest of the book).

I would have liked to become more slowly immersed into the world
rather then getting thrown in and never being allowed to come up for
air. I would have read the rest of the series if the former had been
true rather then the latter, assuming that the graphic sex scene
hadn't been included. Oh well.

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