 | Title: The Lost Code
Sexual Content: Rating:
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying. |
Showing posts with label Atlantis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlantis. Show all posts
21 May 2012
Posted by
Abigail
at 6:00 AM
Labels: 1st in series, 1st person, 3 bats, Atlantis, Dystopian YA, Kevin Emerson, middle grade, Paranormal YA, Review
Labels: 1st in series, 1st person, 3 bats, Atlantis, Dystopian YA, Kevin Emerson, middle grade, Paranormal YA, Review
18 September 2011
 | Title: Oceanborne
 Sexual Content: Several sex scenes. Sexual assault. References to rape. Rating:
Okay – A few good points, but with significant flaws. Library/swap/borrow if you want. |
Description
Katherine Irons returns to a realm of elemental power, ambition, desire, and tenderness in Oceanborne...
An Irresistible Tide
Elena Carter has loved the sea all her life. As an underwater archaeologist, she works with it every day, cajoling it into giving up the treasures and mysteries of its past. But when she pulls a handsome stranger from the water in the midst of a storm, she realizes there is much she still has to learn. Taking shelter from the tempest, they experience sensual awakenings, pleasures different from any they have felt before. But the stranger, her intoxicating Prince Orion, disappears, leaving nothing but an ancient artifact.
Reluctantly returning to her landbound life, Elena finds more pieces to a puzzle that baffles her even as it hints at greater discoveries yet to be made. She longs to feel Orion’s arms around her just one more time, and to ask him about the secrets hidden in the deep, secrets inextricably bound up with Orion and their unquenchable passion. But who—or what—is he? And once she has known the touch of the sea, can Elena return to the world she left behind?
Review
OCEANBORNE, the second book in Katherine Irons paranormal romance series, Seaborne, unites three of my absolute favorite things: Atlantis, archaeology, and mermaids. Unfortunately, it doesn’t unite them very well.
My experience reading OCEANBORNE went something like this: “Ooh…a new mermaid paranormal romance. Sweet, the protagonist is an archaeologist! And it involves Atlantis!!” I snatched the book up, thrilled to have so many things I love all in one book before I even started reading. By the end of the first chapter, my enthusiasm had dimmed a little just based on the author’s tendency to overwrite and the use of some fairly annoying Atlantean slang. Then the archaeologist was introduced and I lost still more excitement. Elena was not a strong heroine, but then again, Orion wasn’t a strong hero, so at least they fit in that sense.
Elana is in her mid thirties, feeling pressure from her loser boyfriend to get married and pop out a few kids. She’s not ready, but is fine with dating this guy even though he’s a pushy jerk. She meets Orion and instant lust is shared by all. Orion, is arrogant and quite proud of his sexual prowess (which we are reminded of constantly), but being with humans is a huge taboo for Atlanteans, so he fights his inexplicable attraction to her. Sort of. What he does is work her up into a supernatural sexual frenzy when she tries to run away from him and pretty much does everything except have actual intercourse with her so that he won’t have to feel guilty, then he wipes her mind and dumps her at a dock. Super classy, right? Once was bad enough, but since Orion has all the self control of an eight year old, he sexes her up again and then rewipes her mind.
During all this, there are a couple other plotlines going on involving several various attempts to undermine and overthrow Poseidon's reign, and another about Elana’s boyfriend trying to find her and make her marry him. Neither one is particularly intriguing, but they did help distract from the increasingly large plot holes involving time travel, little girls with inexplicable magical powers, Fairies, and missing people who turn out not to be missing.
Overall, despite several exciting concepts, OCEANBORNE suffers from overwriting, lapses into silliness, numerous plot holes, and unnecessary characters. If you want to read a paranormal romance about Atlantis, I’d suggest picking up Alyssa Day’s Warriors of Poseidon series and throwing OCEANBORNE overboard.
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Posted by
Abigail
at 6:30 AM
Labels: 2 bats, 2nd in series, Atlantis, Katherine Irons, Mermaids, Paranormal Romance, Review, Seaborne
Labels: 2 bats, 2nd in series, Atlantis, Katherine Irons, Mermaids, Paranormal Romance, Review, Seaborne
03 June 2011
 | Title: Vampire in Atlantis
 Sexual Content: Several graphic sex/sensuality scenes Rating:
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying. |
Description
The most unexpected of all allies to Poseidon’s warriors has proven to be the fiercest—Daniel, a vampire and Night Guild mage. But even the strongest alliance can be destroyed when an 11,000 year-old desire is reborn…
A vampire’s oath, a maiden’s quest…
Daniel, vampire and ally of the Warriors of Poseidon, has fought on the side of humanity—even against his fellow creatures of the night—for more than 11,000 years. But the crushing weight of futility and the reality of always being starkly, utterly alone has forced him to finally give into despair. He took the first step into the sunlight that would destroy him—and instead walked into Atlantis.
And the blackest of magic that could consume them both…
Eleven thousand years ago, Serai was one of a group who agreed to be placed into magical stasis to ensure the future of the Atlantean race. When a dark sorceress steals the gemstone that protects her sleeping sisters, she awakens to a vastly changed world—and the one man she could never, ever forget. And with an ancient evil tracking their every step, the long-lost lovers must battle both the darkest of magic and the treacheries of their own hearts.
Review
If there was ever a better titled book for me than VAMPIRE IN ATLANTIS, I haven’t heard it. I’m obsessed with Plato’s fabled island (I have an entire section of my bookshelf devoted to books about it) and I live and breath vampires. In Day’s Warriors of Poseidon series, Atlantis still exists safely under the sea, it’s warriors charged by Poseidon to protect humanity and recover the stones from his trident to raise Atlantis once again.
In VAMPIRE IN ATLANTIS, 90% of the story takes place in Arizona with vampire Daniel and mage Serai searching for a powerful Atlantean stone that Seria is bound to. I did wish that more of the story had taken place in Atlantis, although I’m sure that’s true of the previous books. The quest is as much about a second chance at love for Daniel and Seria after lies separated them for millennia, as it was about recovering the stone. They fell sweetly in love once and were torn away from each other. The romance that rekindles when they are reunited displays just how deep that initial love was. There are thankfully very little misunderstanding obstacles to overcome, just insecurity and feelings of unworthiness that I found endearing on both sides.
Yes, there are six previous books in this series that I haven’t read (yet), and yes, there are lots of characters who pop up from those books, but rather than feeling like I was missing crucial back story, I’m just motivated to go back and read them all (especially Justice’s story in ATLANTIS UNLEASHED). There are also two other new romances in the book that spark to life, possibly to be further explored in future books.
Overall, VAMPIRE IN ATLANTIS is full of strong, fierce warriors to whom honor is a part of their souls. The women they love are no less impressive adding their own strength and courage to the battles they face. Specifically, Daniel and Seria’s love story is as passionate and romantic as I could hope for. I’d still like to spend more time in Atlantis, and the story might have had a better pace with a few less side plots and POVs, but I’m looking forward to the next Warriors of Poseidon book, HEARTS OF ATLANTIS, which will be published on January 3, 2012, and to catching up on the previous books in the meantime.
| 1. Atlantis Rising 1.5. Wild Hearts in Atlantis in Wild Thing anthology 2. Atlantis Awakening 2.5. Shifter’s Lady in Shifter anthology 3. Atlantis Unleashed 4. Atlantis Unmasked 5. Atlantis Redeemed 6. Atlantis Betrayed |
Posted by
Abigail
at 12:01 AM
Labels: 3 bats, 7th in series, Alyssa Day, Atlantis, Magic, Paranormal Romance, Review, Vampires, Warriors of Poseidon
Labels: 3 bats, 7th in series, Alyssa Day, Atlantis, Magic, Paranormal Romance, Review, Vampires, Warriors of Poseidon
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