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A series well worth getting hooked on (Fresh Fiction )
A grab-you-by-the-throat-and-suck-you-in sort of book with a tough, smart heroine and sexy-scary vampires (Bestselling Author Patricia Briggs New York Times )
A grab-you-by-the-throat-and-suck-you-in sort of book with a tough, smart heroine and sexy-scary vampires (Bestselling Author Patricia Briggs New York Times )
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Karen Chance has lived in France, the UK and Hong Kong, and currently lives in Orlando, Florida. She is the author of two previous novels in the Cassandra Palmer series, Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow.
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A weeping angel shattered in a crack of gray dust, sending its wings flying off in two directions. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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A weeping angel shattered in a crack of gray dust, sending its wings flying off in two directions. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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49 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cassie's back and I've been waiting impatiently. There is just something about this series that really works for me. I love the characters, I enjoy the dialogue, the descriptions are great and the historical detail is interesting, but I think the main thing for me is that the books are fun in genre that can take itself far too seriously.
Anyway on with the review, which is quite tough to write without giving important stuff away - a lot happens in this book!
'Embrace the Night' opens with Cassie in Paris with John Pritkin, the renegade war mage and on the trail of the Codex Merlini. She needs Merlin's spellbook to lift the geas which binds her (twice over) to Mircea the vampire and which is becoming more destructive. She also needs to fulfil her promise to the Fey King to recover the book.
As always this turns out to be a far from straightforward task. Cassie finds herself zipping backwards and forwards in the timeline, meeting earlier versions of Mircea and Pritkin, and causing chaos. There are some major revelations and betrayals along the way.
Cassie has definitely grown during the books. She is much more in control in this one. Deciding what needs to be done and doing it, but she's still really likeable. She won't leave Pritkin to die at the start of the book when they get trapped in the catacombs and rescues a group of children with mixed magical gifts.
I loved the idea of Cassie being forced to endure Pritkin as her personal trainer and him forcing her to go jogging and to learn to sword fight.
It'll be interesting to see where Cassie goes next - trusting people remains a big issue for her.
Then there's Pritkin. I love, love, love this character (and not just because he can speak Welsh!) At one point Cassie describes Pritkin as "smart and brave and sometimes strangely funny" and that's how I see him too.
He's such an intense character, always taking direct action - there's a wonderful straightforwardness to him, even though it's obvious that he has a number of very big secrets. Some of these secrets come out in this book. One of them - about who he really is - I thought was rather fitting, the other - about what he really is - I'm still not quite sure about.
His relationship with Cassie goes through some big up and downs, but he's the character that I like seeing at her side - there's an equality in their relationship which is absent when she's with Mircea. As much as Cassie likes Mircea (and vice versa) I can't shake the fact that, at its heart, their relationship is based on a little girl's crush. Whereas with Pritkin it's a constant tussle for control - their sword training session really epitomised this and was one of my favourite scenes - but deep down both of them seem to care about each other - whether it's trying to cure his caffine addiction or searching desperately for a spell to break the geas.
That said I do like Mircea and wasn't too unhappy with where the book took him and Cassie. I guess I just find scruffy, intense and direct sexier than tall, dark and suave.
The tone of this book seemed slightly different to the first two. Despite all the time shifting, there was a clear sense of progression towards the end goal - getting rid of the geas.
By the end of the book, it's clear that Cassie has accepted her powers and has a new sense of purpose. The final scene left me feeling that the first act of this story has ended, but there are going to be some much bigger fish to fry in the next installment, which I will be waiting for very impatiently.
Anyway on with the review, which is quite tough to write without giving important stuff away - a lot happens in this book!
'Embrace the Night' opens with Cassie in Paris with John Pritkin, the renegade war mage and on the trail of the Codex Merlini. She needs Merlin's spellbook to lift the geas which binds her (twice over) to Mircea the vampire and which is becoming more destructive. She also needs to fulfil her promise to the Fey King to recover the book.
As always this turns out to be a far from straightforward task. Cassie finds herself zipping backwards and forwards in the timeline, meeting earlier versions of Mircea and Pritkin, and causing chaos. There are some major revelations and betrayals along the way.
Cassie has definitely grown during the books. She is much more in control in this one. Deciding what needs to be done and doing it, but she's still really likeable. She won't leave Pritkin to die at the start of the book when they get trapped in the catacombs and rescues a group of children with mixed magical gifts.
I loved the idea of Cassie being forced to endure Pritkin as her personal trainer and him forcing her to go jogging and to learn to sword fight.
It'll be interesting to see where Cassie goes next - trusting people remains a big issue for her.
Then there's Pritkin. I love, love, love this character (and not just because he can speak Welsh!) At one point Cassie describes Pritkin as "smart and brave and sometimes strangely funny" and that's how I see him too.
He's such an intense character, always taking direct action - there's a wonderful straightforwardness to him, even though it's obvious that he has a number of very big secrets. Some of these secrets come out in this book. One of them - about who he really is - I thought was rather fitting, the other - about what he really is - I'm still not quite sure about.
His relationship with Cassie goes through some big up and downs, but he's the character that I like seeing at her side - there's an equality in their relationship which is absent when she's with Mircea. As much as Cassie likes Mircea (and vice versa) I can't shake the fact that, at its heart, their relationship is based on a little girl's crush. Whereas with Pritkin it's a constant tussle for control - their sword training session really epitomised this and was one of my favourite scenes - but deep down both of them seem to care about each other - whether it's trying to cure his caffine addiction or searching desperately for a spell to break the geas.
That said I do like Mircea and wasn't too unhappy with where the book took him and Cassie. I guess I just find scruffy, intense and direct sexier than tall, dark and suave.
The tone of this book seemed slightly different to the first two. Despite all the time shifting, there was a clear sense of progression towards the end goal - getting rid of the geas.
By the end of the book, it's clear that Cassie has accepted her powers and has a new sense of purpose. The final scene left me feeling that the first act of this story has ended, but there are going to be some much bigger fish to fry in the next installment, which I will be waiting for very impatiently.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love the Cassandra Palmer Series. After waiting impatiently for this book to be released, I found myself unable to put it down, just like its two predecessors. Again, I find myself transfixed by these books following the lives of a range of intriguing characters and trying to keep up with the the complicated love life of a heroine who seems to fall head first into some very interesting situations, not to mention the laps of several male characters. Anyway if you liked the previous books, you should enjoy the latest instalment!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
cassie is trying to save mircea, who is being driven mad by the spell that connects the two of them, and her nemesis pritkin the war mage is hiding a secret. the end was an intricately woven explanation of the "geis~spell~timeline" plot, i loved it. it was like spell suduko for the readers brain. yes, i know i am biased because i really enjoy karen chances writing, but this series is getting better book by book.
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not the most brilliant book in the series
The story-telling quality is good although it has some annoying tendencies like trying to paint the female protagonist as stupid in an effort to create more drama in the story. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Cherry
Brilliant Read!
This was another brillant book by Karen Chance, I just could not put it down. Its exciting from start to finish.
Published 24 months ago by BCurious
The 3rd (final?) book in the Cassie Palmer series from Karen Chance.
The 3rd (final?) book in the Cassie Palmer series from Karen Chance.
Cassandra thought she'd just been in the wrong place at the wrong time... Read more
Cassandra thought she'd just been in the wrong place at the wrong time... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2010 by Rebecca
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I quite enjoyed this book it takes you into a new world. I really liked her jokey style of writing making the serious situations a little lighter. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by D. Beer
Brilliant
Brilliant story. Very fast paced and very funny. The rest of the series just gets better as well.
Published on 16 July 2009 by J. Green
Dark times ahead for Cassie Palmer
'Embrace the Night' definitely leaves the reader wanting more! It's also hands down the best book of the series so far. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2009 by Persephone
Mircea
When I read this book I kinda broke one of my rules. I read this book without having read any of the other books in the series, which I think is kinda like reading the last page in... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2009 by LadyDamned
Loved it :)
I read the first two books to this series a fair while ago, so when i recieved this as a christmas present, i was a bit dubious as to whether i would enjoy it, mostly due to the... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2009 by Mrs. B. J. Skeef
amazing
This series had had me hooked from the 1st book they keep getting better this is a great book and i cant wait for the next one when it come out. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2008 by TLN
Another excellent story about Miss Palmer
EMBRACE THE NIGHT starts a few weeks after the events of Claimed by Shadow, with Cassie and Pritkin searching for Merlin's Codex, which Cassie needs to life the geas that binds her... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2008 by Elizabeth
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