"An unexpected twist in Christine Feehan's Dark series."
Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted March 15, 2016
Romance Paranormal | Romance Erotica Sensual
For fans of author Christine Feehan's Dark series,
whatever you expected to happen to Gabrielle and Gary ...
think again. I was so surprised at the twists and turns
this book took that at first I was saying to myself ... "No
she can't do this," then as I read on I saw that Ms. Feehan
certainly did make a few DARK PROMISES with this one.
Gabrielle wants peace; she was never cut out for violence
and fighting. Her plan is to marry Gary and have them go
off somewhere to enjoy peace ... as humans. But Gary is no
longer Gary Jensen. He has some of the strongest Carpathian
blood in him and is now a true brother of Gregori
Daratrazanoff. Things do not go quite as she plans. In fact
the truth is very shocking to this young woman when life
hands Gary an unforeseen surprise. Needless to say, I was
blown away by the unexpected maneuver in this series.
DARK PROMISES takes us back to the mountains and the
monastery found in DARK GHOST, where ancient Carpathian men
are hanging onto their honor...and one of them has a very
important role to play in Gabrielle's life. There is also
an added side story which involves Trixie Joanes who
arrives in search of her granddaughter Teagan
(from DARK GHOST who is now lifemate to Andre). Trixie is
an
intriguing older woman and a grandmother, but she also
finds
that life holds a number of surprises for her ... vampires
are real and deadly, and there are gorgeous hunks who claim
lifemates despite having been shot by them with a vampire
staking gun.
DARK PROMISES is fast paced, dark, edgy and completely
unexpected. I didn't have any feelings toward Gabby, who
was introduced quite awhile ago in DARK DESCENT. She just
seemed to be there doing research, but in DARK PROMISES we
get
peeks at her past giving us a long needed understanding of
her personality and why she always seem sort of withdrawn.
Might sound silly, but if I have one complaint it would be
that with three couples involved there seemed to be an over
abundance of sex. I guess I am used to a little more action
with the men trying to protect the women from vampires and
and/or human hunters, but there was little of that.
I do love the Dark series but DARK PROMISES does
leave a number
of things a bit up in the air. I can't really say what
those things are without giving too much away, but I guess
I
can say I wondered what happened to Gary and why the Prince
or Gregori didn't come back to the monastery to check up on
things. That said, and perhaps hoping for some answers,
DARK PROMISES is on my TRA shelf, and I can't wait to get
my hands on
the next offering by Ms. Feehan.
SUMMARY
Lovers challenge destiny and risk their lives in the new
Carpathian novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling
“queen of paranormal romance.”* Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the
man she’s
engaged to nearly lose his life when it isn’t even his
fight. Once Gary was a gentle and very human
researcher. Now he’s a fearless and lethal Carpathian
warrior with the blood of an ancient lineage coursing
through his veins—a man Gabrielle still needs and dreams of
with every breath she takes. All she wants is a life far
away from the Carpathian mountains, far from vampires and
the shadows cast by the crumbling monastery that hides so
many terrible secrets. But Gabrielle soon learns that
promises made in the dark can pierce the heart like a
dagger. And she isn’t the only one in
search of answers in the corners of the unknown.... Trixie Joanes has come to the Carpathian
mountains in search of her wayward granddaughter, fearing
that she has been lured there by something unspeakable.
Instead, Trixie has stumbled onto the path of a desperate
woman on the run. And they’re all fated for the lair of a
mysterious ancient with revenge in his soul and the undying
power to make bad dreams come true.
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