Dark Predator

It amazes me how Feehan can make each couple so unique throughout this series. I loved that the hero was born with so much darkness in him already that he can’t even experience emotions/color without being continually joined to his lifemate. To write someone who is so completely on the edge as the hero is and make him believable was really well done. I also loved that the heroine didn’t wallow in self-pity from the injury caused by the vampire. I thought this couple were great together and i will definitely read this again. A few reviewers have seen the hero as abusive, but I didn’t see that at all. I saw a desperate man who was dealing with demons and the culture shock of living in an age that was alien to him. And i thought the way he dealt with that, and how the heroine dealt with him, was really well written.

I first have to admit I almost didn’t purchase this book due to quite a few bad reviews. I love the Dark Series and realized, no matter the end result, I would not skip the all powerful Zacharias! I do not regret my decision as this one is just as good as all the ones before.

Zacharias is ancient, powerful and set in his ways. He has lived in a kill or be killed world for a thousand years without emotion. When he realizes he has a lifemate, he doesn’t adjust and conform immediately as all the others have. He doesn’t realize that he can feel emotion or remember his past. He only sees himself as The Hunter, an ice cold killing machine who doesn’t tolerate disobedience without punishment. I expected him to make huge mistakes where his lifemate was concerned as he has stayed away from civilization and the other Carpathians for centuries. Overprotective, Harsh and unapologetically demanding, he falters, but in a way that makes you feel sad that he doesn’t understand what he is doing wrong. From cheering him on to shaking my head, I rode the roller coaster of events and emotions waiting for Zacharias to learn how to truly love.

This book wouldn’t have worked if you didn’t get to read Zacarias’ point of view so much. He is just so domineering and controlling and scary!!!

But from inside his head, looking at his motivations and his very real love of Marguerita…well this story just comes alive! I love their relationship, and I love how the give and take flows between them. He tries so hard to be everything Marguerita deserves but he can’t change the kind of man he is. He doesn’t seem to get that this is the other half of his soul, she can handle this Carpathian, no matter how much of a jerk he can be!

I love this book because i fell in love with Zacarias and Marguerita. Their relationship certainly wouldn’t work for everyone but it seems to fit the two of them perfectly. I love seeing them make those big mistakes and finding out they love each other enough to forgive, especially when they understand the other person’s point of view. It’s truly a beautifully crafted story in that regard.

If you can handle a domineering man straight from the Stone Age falling in love with a beautiful lunatic (Zacarias’ words not mine ), then give this story a try!

I have been a big fan of this author for years, and the “Dark” series has always been my favorite. Like many others who have left reviews on the latest ‘Dark’ books, I have been very disappointed in the direction this series has been moving.

From the very first book (Dark Prince) I was hooked and I greedily devoured each edition as it came out. But then the story line started changing, and it was no longer just about Carpathians finding their lifemates. This series has grown complicated, and the dwindling Carpathian race is plagued with enemies. It’s no longer a matter of Carpathians vs Vampires (and, of course, the “society”). There is a lot going on in the Dark series now, and I confess that I miss the “old days” where the finding and wooing of lifemates was the paramount issue.

I’m sure Ms. Feehan has this series carefully planned out, and even though an ever increasing number of enemies and complications plague the Carpathian race at this point, I still can’t wait to see how it all ends. Hopefully, the “good guys” win….the “bad guys” lose….and the Carpathian race will continue and flourish, as it deserves to do. So while I have not always enjoyed every book in this series, I can certainly recommend this one. It gave me the type of ‘Dark’ story I first fell in love with…where the arrogant alpha Carpathian males meet their match in the women who were pre-destined to be the ‘light to their darkness.’ Those are the stories that touch my heart.

Loved this series when it first came out. But Christine Feehan has lost the life in her writing (maybe she just lost her enthusiasm for this series?). Whatever the reason, the later books are less,,, not as compelling, less consuming or riveting. And sometimes there are whole paragraphs taken from earlier books. It’s very sad when authors resort to rehashing their plots and words again and again.
I enjoyed the premise of this series. the originality of her creation, their society, world, everything about it. As her books continues, it just got darker and darker. Not to my taste at all. I hung with it a long time, but the later books in the series, didn’t leave me feeling like reading them was worth it.

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