Helpful Score: 3
This is book 3 in the series. It's characters are the Wyr Rune and Vampire Queen Carling. Truthfully I didn't like it as much as the first two. The first book was outstanding. Something just didn't click for me with the plot and characters. I missed the magic between them.
Helpful Score: 3
I liked this book. It wasn't all sweet sunshine and happiness, that is true. Carly wasn't charming or sweet like the previous two heroines. She had a harsh childhood and because of it was a harder person. She built emotional walls to protect herself. Some people might not like her because in the last book she told harsh truths. Despite that, I liked Carly. All of us haven't had a happy life, and we are not all sweet people. That doesn't mean we don't deserve a happy ending. Rue makes her a better person. I think love does that for us all.
Helpful Score: 2
Well, authors can't hit home runs 100% of the time. This one is forgettable.
Rune has been called by Carling to pay her the favor he owes her. Grumpily he appears. The favor is paid rather quickly but Rune finds out Carling is dying and decided to stick around an help her find a cure.
In Storm's Heart Carling was a bad ass take no prisoners alpha female with immense power. Here she is weak and is as dull as mud. Rune didn't have much personality in the first two books and he doesn't grow one for this one. There is very little action and the continuous dialogue quite boring. I also didn't find there was any chemistry between the two.
There are somethings that happen, however, that set things up for Oracle's Moon. We meet the djinn and the Oracle and Rune and Dragos have a confrontation that will spill over into future books.
If you read the first little bit of the book then read the last bit of the book, you probably will get all you need for the next one. The rest really isn't worth the time.
Rune has been called by Carling to pay her the favor he owes her. Grumpily he appears. The favor is paid rather quickly but Rune finds out Carling is dying and decided to stick around an help her find a cure.
In Storm's Heart Carling was a bad ass take no prisoners alpha female with immense power. Here she is weak and is as dull as mud. Rune didn't have much personality in the first two books and he doesn't grow one for this one. There is very little action and the continuous dialogue quite boring. I also didn't find there was any chemistry between the two.
There are somethings that happen, however, that set things up for Oracle's Moon. We meet the djinn and the Oracle and Rune and Dragos have a confrontation that will spill over into future books.
If you read the first little bit of the book then read the last bit of the book, you probably will get all you need for the next one. The rest really isn't worth the time.
Helpful Score: 1
So, back in the previous book, Rune had pledged a favor to Carling in exchange for saving Tiago's life. Now, it's time for him to pay up.
Rune was an intriguing character from the previous books and I was looking forward to his story. Man, was it disappointing. I didn't particularly care for either character. Carling, the vampire (oops I mean vampyre!) was eh and Rune was pushy, bossy. The whole not trusting Dragos was stupid, weird, and didn't make any sense what-so-ever. This is someone that has been in Rune's life for centuries. Someone, that before all this, he trusted completely, and was partt of his family (for all intent and purpose). It didn't wash. Stupid Rune.
I also found this a bit boring and hard to really get into. The 1st book was good, the 2nd less so, and this one even less so. Not feeling #4 per the synopsis (although both characters (Grace and Khalil) were in this one and look to be interesting- but the last 2 were disappointing and were about characters I previously found interesting). I have too many books I *want* to read, and to read one I'm lukewarm about? Nah. I'm done.
Rune was an intriguing character from the previous books and I was looking forward to his story. Man, was it disappointing. I didn't particularly care for either character. Carling, the vampire (oops I mean vampyre!) was eh and Rune was pushy, bossy. The whole not trusting Dragos was stupid, weird, and didn't make any sense what-so-ever. This is someone that has been in Rune's life for centuries. Someone, that before all this, he trusted completely, and was partt of his family (for all intent and purpose). It didn't wash. Stupid Rune.
I also found this a bit boring and hard to really get into. The 1st book was good, the 2nd less so, and this one even less so. Not feeling #4 per the synopsis (although both characters (Grace and Khalil) were in this one and look to be interesting- but the last 2 were disappointing and were about characters I previously found interesting). I have too many books I *want* to read, and to read one I'm lukewarm about? Nah. I'm done.
Wyr Sentinel Rune is called upon fulfill his debt to Carling, one of the oldest and most powerful Vampyres, in this installment of the Elder Races by Thea Harrison.
Rune Ainissesthai is a powerful Wyr- a gryphon shifter, and Dragos's First in Command. He is large and imposing, and his a bad boy vibe combined with his good looks and blond locks make for an irresistible hero. Towards the end of Storm's Heart, in order to save his friend and leader's life, Rune is forced to strike a bargain with Carling Severan, Vampyre Sorceress and Queen. At a time of Carling's choosing, Rune must grant the ailing Queen a favor.
Carling summons Rune to her home on an enchanted island off the San Francisco coast. Once he arrives, he realizes that aside from her personal assistant and her dog, Carling is alone. She is "fading" due to what is believed to be a disease that affects only the oldest of Vampyres. Her episodes are getting longer, and she is worried that her life will soon be at an end. She struggles with remembering what it means to truly live, although that quickly changes with just one kiss from Rune, who soon realizes that Carling is his mate.
Once Rune discovers that he is being pulled into Carling's episodes, he realizes that his actions within them are creating changes in the present. He refuses to believe that Carling is actually fading, and because he cannot bear to lose her, they set out together to discover a cure for her disease. Unfortunately, there are those within the Vampyre council that seek to take away Carling's power, and they will do whatever they can to stop Rune from succeeding in his task...
This book had its good and bad moments for me. It seemed to take a long time for the plot to pick up, and I really didn't feel pulled into the story fully until almost the very end. The ending action was over almost before it began, and the solution to Carling's problem seemed to come far too easily to be believable. I almost thought that I'd missed something- that's how fast it blows by. The story also had a bunch of rather long, drawn out time travel discussions that caused the middle of the story to lag.
I did enjoy getting to see into Carling's past, as it helped to give a little depth to what I otherwise felt was a rather stiff character whom I had a hard time connecting with. Rune was a lot of fun. I enjoyed his easy-go-lucky attitude, his Bob Marley shirts, and his protectiveness of Carling.
One thing I did not like was how it seemed that Rune really wanted to change the way that Carling dressed. His constant criticism of her caftans seemed uncalled for, and he was only happy once he had changed her.
I am looking forward to reading the following book in this series, since Khalil, the djinn demon character that helps Rune and Carling, was by far more interesting for me, and his story (Oracle's Moon) is coming up next.
Rune Ainissesthai is a powerful Wyr- a gryphon shifter, and Dragos's First in Command. He is large and imposing, and his a bad boy vibe combined with his good looks and blond locks make for an irresistible hero. Towards the end of Storm's Heart, in order to save his friend and leader's life, Rune is forced to strike a bargain with Carling Severan, Vampyre Sorceress and Queen. At a time of Carling's choosing, Rune must grant the ailing Queen a favor.
Carling summons Rune to her home on an enchanted island off the San Francisco coast. Once he arrives, he realizes that aside from her personal assistant and her dog, Carling is alone. She is "fading" due to what is believed to be a disease that affects only the oldest of Vampyres. Her episodes are getting longer, and she is worried that her life will soon be at an end. She struggles with remembering what it means to truly live, although that quickly changes with just one kiss from Rune, who soon realizes that Carling is his mate.
Once Rune discovers that he is being pulled into Carling's episodes, he realizes that his actions within them are creating changes in the present. He refuses to believe that Carling is actually fading, and because he cannot bear to lose her, they set out together to discover a cure for her disease. Unfortunately, there are those within the Vampyre council that seek to take away Carling's power, and they will do whatever they can to stop Rune from succeeding in his task...
This book had its good and bad moments for me. It seemed to take a long time for the plot to pick up, and I really didn't feel pulled into the story fully until almost the very end. The ending action was over almost before it began, and the solution to Carling's problem seemed to come far too easily to be believable. I almost thought that I'd missed something- that's how fast it blows by. The story also had a bunch of rather long, drawn out time travel discussions that caused the middle of the story to lag.
I did enjoy getting to see into Carling's past, as it helped to give a little depth to what I otherwise felt was a rather stiff character whom I had a hard time connecting with. Rune was a lot of fun. I enjoyed his easy-go-lucky attitude, his Bob Marley shirts, and his protectiveness of Carling.
One thing I did not like was how it seemed that Rune really wanted to change the way that Carling dressed. His constant criticism of her caftans seemed uncalled for, and he was only happy once he had changed her.
I am looking forward to reading the following book in this series, since Khalil, the djinn demon character that helps Rune and Carling, was by far more interesting for me, and his story (Oracle's Moon) is coming up next.
