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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everone HAS to read this book!!!!, 1 Jun 1999
By A Customer
These books are totally out of this world, I just can't put it into words, I didn't know there was anyone else who felt this way about the books! They're spellbinding, you find yourself being totally wrapt up in Jenny's struggles, and you can't stop wishing it was you! I would SO have stayed with Julian, he's one of the only characters in a books like these that I've fallen for completely!The other characters are totally three dimentional too. My favorite is Dee. She's a real roll model, model beautiful, strong and confident, Michel is seriously, loveble like a nicer version of Tom, and Audrie is perfect for him. I wish Lisa had said more about Zach, he was really puzzling, and Summer made things interesting, being so innosent and sweet but ending up the way she did. But I have to say Julian is a real heartbreaker, if you read these books, you WILL fall in love with him, and you will want to read this book again and again. Julian's a bit like Ash, from the Night world books, only a thousand times more impossibly gorgeous! Lisa, this is an amazing trilogy, I won,t say it changed my life, but I find myself modelling the guys I go out with on Julian! I think I probably read this book-well 13 or 14 times a year and have done ever since I was 12 (NOW 16). I never get bored of it, and never will! Lisa it would probably make me and a lot of other people really happy, if you could find time to write another one about these guys, I promise you EVERYONE would buy it!!!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS TRILOGY WAS TOTALLY ROCKIN!!!!!!!, 13 Sep 1998
By A Customer
The Forbidden Game is the best set of books I have ever read. (And the Night World rulz too! Please read my review of Daughter of Darkness and e-mail me if u like it) It is wonderfully written and draws you straight into it so you can feel the emotions of all the charcters. I had always loved the Night World. I remember one day looking at the back page and thinking about all the times I had seen an advertisment for the books. Since my bookstore didn't carry it, I had to order it. I recieved the large book complete w/ all 3 stories. From the opening page I was unable to put it down untill the end. Throughout the book I found myself falling in love w/ Julian. (Just like Ash in Daughters of Darkness) Julian was a cocky, smart mouthed trouble maker, but like a hurt child underneath it all. A hurt child that could strike out w/ lethal accuracy. Handsome and slick as a cobra, he lived a life full of excitment, and sadly, etched w/ pain. He was amazing and loveable despite his hard exterior through most of the book. The chacacters were great and well formed. Jenny is a strong herione and that makes the book great. Dee was a great charatcter w/ her goddess looks and strong mind. In real life she would go far. Audrey was of course was the fashion diva, but it went deeper that that. She was a young lost women w/ a heart of gold. Micheal was a wonderful character. Cuddly like a teddy bear and completly lovable. Audrey has good taste. Zach sounded like a wonderful artist and a terrific abstract thinker. A brain as fast as a whip and a heart that was warm underneath all his protective ice. Summer was the sweet flower, and the poor child was small but had a heart w/ the determintaion of a little lion just learning to be brave. And of course how could we forget Tom. The arrogant Tom Locke who was taught a very important lesson. You never no what you have untill you lose it. I have to say my favorite part is in the last book, in the cavern after Jenny almost drowns. How she resisted Julian then, I will never know. It was the most amazing transformation of Julian throughout the entire book. I could see his haunted eyes in the firelight as I read that part over and over again. This was also the first AND ONLY book to ever make me cry. The end was very sad, and as I look back, I see it was enevitable. Like Jenny said, Julian was too dangerous to live. But he was a spirit of fire that would live on forever, even after death. I laughed, I cried, I was amazed. The Forbidden Game are the best series I have ever read. Each time I read it, it's like the first time. An emotional rollercoaster all over again. A true masterpeice. My best regards and wishes to L.J. Smith for the excellent series.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It draws you in time after time..., 27 Jul 2004
I first read this book years ago, long before the different covers for the Forbidden Game trilogy were ever even imagined, a time when Point Horror's were the new, dangerous books in childrens' lives as the darker side to any fairy tales or urban legends they had heard of.As the final part in the trilogy, this book is fantastic and leaves you desperate to turn each page, absorb every word and hold your breath until you sadly reach the end of one of the best children's books I ever read in my childhood. Yet years later, I still go back to the world where Julian was a mysterious yet beautiful creature that tore your soul with his cruelty yet made you want to know more about him. In a word, L.J. Smith makes you feel like Jenny, the girl Julian has loved like an obsession since he first laid his azure gaze upon her. I won't say anymore because this is a book where you start at the beginning and you will never want to skip ahead for fear of missing out on a story that will change your imagination forever.
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