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Taut and gripping, Natasha Rhodes's prose is that precious thing: the stuff you just can't put down... --- Dan Abnett, bestselling author of Horus Rising
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Kayla Steele is a woman with a problem. First of all, she's trying to hold down her job at the perfume counter of a large department store, whilst staying on top of her pile of mounting bills. As if that wasn't enough, she's also on a mission to learn the Dark Arts so that she can avenge the death of her boyfriend and bring down the cabal of supernatural entities that is stalking the streets of LA. Then, of course, there's the dead boyfriend himself, Karrel Dante. She's really got no idea where that relationship is going at the moment...
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Kayla Steele has lived in California for a year. She works at a cosmetic counter with a horrible boss and a snobby co-worker. All Kayla wants is for her boss to leave her alone and for her boyfriend, Karrel Dante, to ask for her to marry him. Karrel's job with the American Humane Society often takes him away from her. But tonight Kayla is positive that Karrel is going to pop the question to her. So when Kayla's world crumbles from beneath her feet, she is totally unprepared.
Karrel Dante has a secret life. Working for the AHS is only a cover story. In truth, he is one of a ultra-secret government team that hunts down werewolves. The Hunters, as they are called, keep the werewolf numbers down and stops the cops from getting any bodies. So far they have been successful. On the night Karrel plans to propose to Kayla, he is betrayed by one of his own and murdered. Rightfully fearing that the werewolves or vampires would go after Kayla, Karrel makes a bargain with The Other Side.
Kayla finds herself attacked by, if she can bring herself to believe it, werewolves. She is rescued and taken to a secret underground base by a group of people who say they were friends of Karrel's. Kayla has been marked for death. If she has any hope of survival, Kayla will have to take a crash course in the Dark Arts and learn fast!
**** I have read at least one other book by the author, Natasha Rhodes, and believe this tale has more potential for her to explore her talents. When writing a book within a series, such as "The Nightmare on Elm Street", an author must deal with writing within boundaries which already exists. This is the first book in the "Kayla Steele" series, so Natasha Rhodes has the opportunity to think outside-the-box. I believe this book sets a solid foundation on which the author can build and expand upon. As the reader, I could watch as Kayla's super natural blinders are pulled from her eyes and she deals with the unbelievable. I learned about the non-human creatures as Kayla did.
My biggest problem is that even though the foundation is set and humanity is saved by the ending, the author closes the book with five or six MAJOR plot threads dangling. Readers are left wondering, and more than a bit frustrated, until the next book is published. ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
Karrel Dante has a secret life. Working for the AHS is only a cover story. In truth, he is one of a ultra-secret government team that hunts down werewolves. The Hunters, as they are called, keep the werewolf numbers down and stops the cops from getting any bodies. So far they have been successful. On the night Karrel plans to propose to Kayla, he is betrayed by one of his own and murdered. Rightfully fearing that the werewolves or vampires would go after Kayla, Karrel makes a bargain with The Other Side.
Kayla finds herself attacked by, if she can bring herself to believe it, werewolves. She is rescued and taken to a secret underground base by a group of people who say they were friends of Karrel's. Kayla has been marked for death. If she has any hope of survival, Kayla will have to take a crash course in the Dark Arts and learn fast!
**** I have read at least one other book by the author, Natasha Rhodes, and believe this tale has more potential for her to explore her talents. When writing a book within a series, such as "The Nightmare on Elm Street", an author must deal with writing within boundaries which already exists. This is the first book in the "Kayla Steele" series, so Natasha Rhodes has the opportunity to think outside-the-box. I believe this book sets a solid foundation on which the author can build and expand upon. As the reader, I could watch as Kayla's super natural blinders are pulled from her eyes and she deals with the unbelievable. I learned about the non-human creatures as Kayla did.
My biggest problem is that even though the foundation is set and humanity is saved by the ending, the author closes the book with five or six MAJOR plot threads dangling. Readers are left wondering, and more than a bit frustrated, until the next book is published. ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Shopping last Saturday I wandered into my little corner of paradise in the bookstore and happened across this lovely understated book cover, entitled Dante's Girl. Quick read through of the back cover and sold on the concept that it needed to be bought and added to collection of growing number of books.
Started reading book Sunday afternoon, since then did not put it down until Wednesday night when alas the masterpiece came to an end with a frustrated "I have to wait till WHEN for the next one?!" (Excluded are many expletives that I may have shouted at the time).
The book is an amazing literary piece, a page-turner with cliff-hangers at various ends of chapters making you wish you didn't have to sleep, eat or go to work just to finish the book and be in just as much of the know as the author. The characters are completely believable, which in a sci-fi fantasy/ horror book you have to give credit for, and you definitely get involved with their lives (experience some emotional chain yanking in this one). Tension, twist and turns, some definitely graphic descriptive gory scenes and vivid seductive happenings makes this book a fast pace read and never leaves you feeling like you have to try and plod through essays of who's who while giving you time in places to catch up with everything happening just as Kayla does.
Ending of the book lads and lasses leaves you with an urge to knock on Natasha's door asking quite nicely, "When is the next one out, I need to know what happens" etc. Some major plot happenings are going to leave you guessing until the next book, but if it's anything like the first it is definitely going to be worth the wait.
The most stand out comparison, in my eyes, of a writer in this genre would have to be Kelley Armstrong; like Kelley, Natasha writes vivid accounts of her werewolves and the wolf characteristics, but there is an interesting turn of events with her wolves people, read to find out. For fast pace reading we are looking at Jim Butcher, Simon R Green and Kim Harrison, especially with the little humorous quips the writers sprinkle their books with.
All in all people, this was an amazing read, I know of at least five people who have already gone out to read it on recommendation of yours truly. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.
Caroline
Started reading book Sunday afternoon, since then did not put it down until Wednesday night when alas the masterpiece came to an end with a frustrated "I have to wait till WHEN for the next one?!" (Excluded are many expletives that I may have shouted at the time).
The book is an amazing literary piece, a page-turner with cliff-hangers at various ends of chapters making you wish you didn't have to sleep, eat or go to work just to finish the book and be in just as much of the know as the author. The characters are completely believable, which in a sci-fi fantasy/ horror book you have to give credit for, and you definitely get involved with their lives (experience some emotional chain yanking in this one). Tension, twist and turns, some definitely graphic descriptive gory scenes and vivid seductive happenings makes this book a fast pace read and never leaves you feeling like you have to try and plod through essays of who's who while giving you time in places to catch up with everything happening just as Kayla does.
Ending of the book lads and lasses leaves you with an urge to knock on Natasha's door asking quite nicely, "When is the next one out, I need to know what happens" etc. Some major plot happenings are going to leave you guessing until the next book, but if it's anything like the first it is definitely going to be worth the wait.
The most stand out comparison, in my eyes, of a writer in this genre would have to be Kelley Armstrong; like Kelley, Natasha writes vivid accounts of her werewolves and the wolf characteristics, but there is an interesting turn of events with her wolves people, read to find out. For fast pace reading we are looking at Jim Butcher, Simon R Green and Kim Harrison, especially with the little humorous quips the writers sprinkle their books with.
All in all people, this was an amazing read, I know of at least five people who have already gone out to read it on recommendation of yours truly. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.
Caroline
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
this is normally the sort of book i would read the back and see that the author is also the person who wrote the Final Destination series of films and not want to buy it. i was very surprised upon reading it, as i found it to be very much accross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rachel Morgan from the Kim Harrison Hollows series and several others.
a very good book for anyone who is interested in werewolves and vampires though.
a very good book for anyone who is interested in werewolves and vampires though.
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Could have been so much better
I'm afraid I have to agree with those that gave this one star, though I gave it two stars because it had potential to be better. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2008 by Amy T
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And not in a good way. The book starts out promisingly enough but soon looses itself to big moments and cliches. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2008 by Anwen Peng
Very poor
Writing this review because I couldn't believe that the average was 5 stars.
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This book is very poor. Read more
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