Helpful Score: 10
I had somehow managed to miss this title, until I read QUICKSAND, Iris Johansen's newest release featuring Eve Duncan. Megan Blair plays a small role in that book, so I searched out PANDORA'S DAUGHTER to get her story. I'm glad I did.
Megan is a doctor who feels empathy for her patients that's beyond normal. When she finds out that a real bad guy named Molino is after her, her world comes crashing down. There are revelations about her Uncle Phillip, memories of her mother's death, and the arrival of Neal Grady, a man who may hold the key to the powers that Megan has.
This was a good, quick read that I really enjoyed. I also like stories that revolve around the paranormal, so this fit right in. I'd love to see more books featuring Megan and Grady (who is a force to be reckoned with!), along with Jed Harley and Renata, two other characters introduced in PANDORA'S DAUGHTER.
Megan is a doctor who feels empathy for her patients that's beyond normal. When she finds out that a real bad guy named Molino is after her, her world comes crashing down. There are revelations about her Uncle Phillip, memories of her mother's death, and the arrival of Neal Grady, a man who may hold the key to the powers that Megan has.
This was a good, quick read that I really enjoyed. I also like stories that revolve around the paranormal, so this fit right in. I'd love to see more books featuring Megan and Grady (who is a force to be reckoned with!), along with Jed Harley and Renata, two other characters introduced in PANDORA'S DAUGHTER.
Helpful Score: 7
Pandora's Daughter & Stalemate are so similar to her other books I had to keep checking if I had already read it. I love recurring characters but would like different stories. She is putting the same scenes in her books again & again. How many times can she have a male character tell a female how how he is for her and how much he wants her as the world around them is chaotic? I put down PD a third of the way through it because it was as if I had read it already, just as Stalemate was the same story again. I won't be in a hurry to pick her books up unless they're at a library sale cheap. Too costly to buy a book you've "already read" and put it down.
Helpful Score: 6
I love Iris Johansen and she did not let me down with this book. She makes you feel for the characters and the story line keeps you entertained til the end. It's got a bit of mystery and adventure with some paranormal psychic spun in. Definitely a must read.
Helpful Score: 4
A wonderful book. My first Iris Johansen and I am looking for more. This book has suspense and great characterization. You won't want to put it down.
Helpful Score: 3
Loves this book! I read it 3 times. It keeps you interested and is not like any other read!
Helpful Score: 3
I enjoyed the hard-to-quantify possibilities of extra senses presented in this book. Great plot and enjoyable read.
Helpful Score: 3
A great read! Especially if you are interested in paranormal talents plus mystery.
Helpful Score: 2
Not one of Iris Johansen's better books but the characters were intersting enough to make me care what happens to them. Worth while to read incase these characters come up in later books. More of the sci-fi/psychic genre, but had enough mystery and suspense to keep me wondering what will happen. My favorite thing about this authors books is how minor characters in one book become main characters in another while the book can stand alone and one does not need to have read any previous book by this author to be able to follow along.
Helpful Score: 2
WONDERFUL!! Definately a page turner. I didn't really want it to end!
Helpful Score: 2
A MUST read. I found this book to be one, if not the best of Johansen's books. I couldn't put it down. I liked it even better than one of the Eve Duncan books.
Helpful Score: 1
GREAT SUSPENSE
Helpful Score: 1
Enjoyed this a lot. Good suspense, interesting paranormal (psychic) influences, a little bit of romance. A real page-turner, keeps you fully engrossed from the first to the last page.
Helpful Score: 1
I think this book had tremendous potential, but fell short in my opinion. I could not quite understand why Megan spent the majority of the book denying her gifts. I also did not like the romantic relationship or the way it developed. This book started out strong, seemed to flounder through the middle, was highly predictable in so many ways and ended with a whimper. Read it if you're bored, but there are many much more interesting books available.
Helpful Score: 1
this was a great read. does any one know if there is a second one. it would make a great series
Helpful Score: 1
Megan Blair has heard voices all of her life. She struggles to ignore them until suddenly someone wants to kill her. The mysterious and sexy Neal Grady who she knew as a child comes back into her life to help her. Shocking secrets about her mother and about her own "special" talents are revealed and megan knows she will never be the same. Another fun and interesting read from the master Iris Johansen
Helpful Score: 1
this makes my second book,i love it, keeps you setting on the edge.thank you so much...
Helpful Score: 1
This book disappointed me. I guess I was expecting something different. The characters actually annoyed me.
Not the best book she has written but I love Iris Johansen's books so much that if you are a fan, I would definately read this book.
Orphaned at 15 and raised by her Uncle Phillip, Megan Blair is an Atlanta pediatrician who hears terrified voices. Revelation comes when childhood friend Neal Grady, who is now a shadowy government agent, arrives to apprise Megan of her psychic powers. And to warn her: Molino-the relentless villain who killed Megan's mother, believing her touch killed his son-is targeting Megan next. Molino thinks Megan was born to an ancient Sephardic family of psychics, and plans to force her to reveal the location of the Ledger, a book that contains the family's secrets and finances. He then plans to kill her, if Megan, Neal and Neal's sidekick, Jed Hartley, don't find him first.
This book started out slow and maybe a little confusing. Once I got into it though I couldn't put it down.
Great. I could not put this down.
This book was very interesting.
I loved everything about it!
This book was very interesting.
I loved everything about it!
great read I just love her books.
Was a good suspense.
A light, fun read that is both a mystery and a romance. I particularly enjoyed the discussion about the Pandora myth: "...Pandora was given gifts from all the gods and that's why her name was Pandora, which means all gifts. Hermes gave her cunning, boldness and charm. Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo gave her musical ability and the power of healing. Hera gave her curiosity. The Zeus threw in mischief and foolishness." There is more discussion but this give you an idea of how it flows. Good read.
This book was great. I didn't know it had anything supernatural in it until I started reading it. It was a nice surprise.
Megan Blair has heard "voices" since she was a little girl, but when her mother is murdered when Megan is 15, a family "uncle" takes her in and the voices seem to disappear. As an adult, she is now a physician in the ER, but has trouble blocking out her extreme emotions concerning her patients. After being run off the road and narrowly missing death, an old childhood friend, Neal Grady, comes into her life. Megan finds out she is a descendant of a family of psychics reaching back to the middle ages who are constantly being hunted (for the lack of a better word) by people who either think psychics are "freaks," or who want to use their psychic powers for their own devices/evil. Megan also finds out her mother was a "Pandora" psychic who killed a man that was beating and gang-raping her. Now she is in the fight for her life as the brother of the murdered man has been searching and found Megan for revenge.
While I like the premise of this book, with the psychic skills (it has potential to be refreshing and new), it falls seriously flat. A romance between Megan and Neal develops and really has no business being in the book, as it serves no purpose. The constant referring to psychics as "freaks" becomes redundant and frustrating to the reader. The psychic powers that are touched on and used could have been honed and featured more, yet they are only touched on, so what exactly is the point? All-in-all, a waste of time for me, but I could see how women who enjoy romance novels with a tinge of danger would find this an entertaining read.
While I like the premise of this book, with the psychic skills (it has potential to be refreshing and new), it falls seriously flat. A romance between Megan and Neal develops and really has no business being in the book, as it serves no purpose. The constant referring to psychics as "freaks" becomes redundant and frustrating to the reader. The psychic powers that are touched on and used could have been honed and featured more, yet they are only touched on, so what exactly is the point? All-in-all, a waste of time for me, but I could see how women who enjoy romance novels with a tinge of danger would find this an entertaining read.
Great Book.. I was hooked early on. I never read Johansen before, but picked this up because of the paranormal aspect and was not disappointed. A must read.
Was shocking to find out who was Pandora suoer good book done in 2 days to hard to put down
Great book! I have loved all her books and this one sure does'nt disapoint.
Easy read. Very action packed keeping you on the edge of your seat. I could not put this down.
