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Title: Conquer the Night by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821766392 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85
Rating: 5
Summary: My first Shannon Drake book, but not my last!
Comment: This is the first work I have read by Shannon Drake, but I will be buyig the other books in the series. This book did have a lot of history, but it only aided in making this such a good book. Normally I'm not a fan of rape in a book, but you feel so bad for Arryn, that you understand his intentions. I enjoyed everything about this book. The only thing I can think of that annoyed me is that Kyra had red blond hair.. the woman on the cover has black hair..? .. Did anyone else notice that! Oops! I will be buying the other books in the series, as soon as I find out what they are! There was nothing wrong with this book. It was entertaining, it made me feel emotion, I was rooting for the characters, even Jay and Katherine. She did an excellent job writing this novel. I will be sending it to my mother to read... I reccomend you read it as well..
Rating: 2
Summary: Never Reached Its Potential.....
Comment: I have never read a Shannon Drake novel prior to this one, but it is obvious to me that she has an exceptional writing skill and she is excellent at character development. Regardless, her book bored me to death! It's hard to sum up its downfalls; they all appeared to be minor problems that contributed to leaving the story uninteresting and disconnected. The interactions between Arryn and Kyra was not described well whatsoever. I think Shannon Drake would have had better luck making their relationship more believable had she concentrated on heavily describing their emotions (especially their thoughts regarding one another when they were apart) instead of recounting pages and pages of dull historical events and information. I am not biased against history; in fact, I'm about to graduate from college with a Liberal Arts Bachelor Degree with a focus on History! Her recounts on history were too lengthy and blandly worded, and am I the only one who thinks she pulled half of her information straight out of the movie Braveheart? I don't know why, but that seemed to get on my nerves more than anything. Anyway, parts of the book are actually quite stimulating and entertaining---you just have to skip over a group of pages here and there.
Rating: 5
Summary: Conquer the night - actually 4 1/2 stars
Comment: Conquer the night was my 2nd Shannon Drake book. This is the story of Arryn Graham who is supposed to be a great-great-great grandson of the jarl who ruled the isle (in 'Come the morning'). It was a really informative yet entertaining read - packed with historical essence that made me love the medieval era. Ms.Drake describes all of the war scenes so very imaginably that I can envision them but some of these scenes are too horribly portrayed - such as how Cressingham is skinned. I love how Kyra argues with Arryn and that they gradually realize they fall in love with each other. There always be italicized texts that express thoughts of the characters and these make me better understand their true feelings. The scene of their departure from Seacairne is especially touching. All the secondary characters do their best job as well. The missing 1/2 star is for the unforgivable error... Kyra has red-blond hair but the model on the cover has very dark hair. How could this happen!?!?
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Title: Come the Morning by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821764713 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Seize the Dawn by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821767739 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Knight Triumphant by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821769286 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The King's Pleasure by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821758578 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Bride of the Wind by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0380763532 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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