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Dark Celebration (Carpathians 14) (Paperback)

by Christine Feehan (Author) "Stars glittered across the night sky and the moon spilled light, illuminating the trees below and turning leaves a glistening silver ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books (25 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749937076
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749937072
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 249,123 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels...Feehan creat[es] a romance that feels both destined and believable.' Publishers Weekly"

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'Carpathians are an immortal race of beings with animal instincts and the ability to shape shift. Every Carpathian male is drawn to a life mate: a woman - Carpathian or human - able to provide the light to his darkness. Without her, the beast within slowly consumes the man until turning into a vampire is the only option.' "Dark Celebration" is a must-have book for Christine Feehan fans everywhere. It is a unique story that reunites all the Carpathians from Feehan's bestselling series for a brand new adventure. This is a reunion to remember and a novel to treasure.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmm !, 9 Oct 2006
By Talias Mum "shaz" (Millom, Cumbria, England) - See all my reviews
I think I see what Christine Feehan is doing. It seems to me that she is trying to re-establish our conection to her Carpathians. Dark Demon has opened up more avenues to explore and now using this book the author is reuniting her other carpathians and their lifemates to move the reader forward in sharing the struggles and joys of her characters. Even when Christine Feehan writes a duff it's still a good duff. I liked the concept of all those gorgeous males together in one spot, and I always suspected that Dimitri was going to be for Skylar. I thought the running joke about Gregori "THE DARK ONE" playing the role of Santa was great and waited with baited breath for his reaction to the idea. The plot was very thin and really there was no place for this book to go. This book was vehicle to allow us to touch base with the characters of the other books in the dark series and as such it's done the job for me because I'm re-reading mine in order and no cheating and going for my favorites first. I have rated this book three stars because although it does what the label says and cebrates the dark series it cheats the reader by sticking a useless appendange of the Carpathian language in the back of the book, who cares! The recipes don't bother me I can use them. Come on Chritine put up or finish it now with grace.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A holiday treat indeed!, 3 July 2007
By Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Northern Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This book finally brings my favorite couples together. This book was great and long overdue. This makes `Dark Celebration' a great introduction for new readers and a treat for those who have followed the series intently. Don't expect it to be all bright and cherry because Christine Feehan likes it dark in this particular sequence.

As the story opens, the Carpathians are in grave danger of extinction, not only from their enemies but also from the propensity of Carpathian women to have miscarriages. At Raven's suggestion, the Carpathians are gathering for their first community holiday event; but to her life mate, Prince Mikhail, it presents an excellent opportunity for their enemies to strike. Feehan brings us up to date with familiar couples, Raven and Mikhail, Desari and Julian, Shea and Jacques. She introduces the early stages of a possible new love story between Skyler and Dimitri. Feehan adeptly shifts between danger and humor, cooking disasters and passionate sex, as the group fights vampires and a dark mage, their oldest enemy. This book is everything that we have been waiting for. Having all our favorite characters together plus the added addition of an underline story that includes Skyler & her possible life mate has me counting down the days until this book is released.

`Dark Celebration' feels more like an evolution book setting the table for some upcoming series (thank goodness). The plot is pretty tame and the best part is that no couple takes charge of the story line. Still this is well written and will help newcomers obtain a deep understanding of Carpathian customs, lifestyles, and natural enemies while long term fans will know that the treats of 'Dark Desserts.' Keep it coming Christine.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable, 23 Oct 2006
By val (UK) - See all my reviews
I think some of the other reviews are rather harsh. This book does what Ms Feehan says -it brings together a lot of previously met characters in a celebratory setting and gives you glimpses of their current lives. Its rather like a box of chocolates-you dont know what you will get next.I think it works rather well,in fact it turned out better than I expected it would. There is a sort of over-arcing story and several new ideas and themes have been setup not to mention two new lifemate scenarios.Im looking forward to see what Ms Feehan does with Manolito and MaryAnn. I would have given it 4 stars but the appendices with the language and recipes are a waste of time.Ms Feehan is not JRR Tolkein after all
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5.0 out of 5 stars celebrate!
a joining of all the couples and single carpathians at xmas. the women are asked to cook dishes for the night in the way of humans, some to disastrous results, which is funny... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gem

5.0 out of 5 stars dark celebrations
I found this book to be a mixture of the dark and desperate times that the Carpathian race find themselves in but with a bit of humour that had me giggling.
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. Joyce Beckett

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Celebration (Carpathians 14) Christine Feehan
Dark Celebration (Carpathians 14)
Excellent read. Read all the books in the series and counting down until the next is released in September 09.
Published 11 months ago by Christa Macdonald

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Celebration
If you read all the other 'Dark Carparthian Stories', 'Dark Celebration' is a book that you will read more than once. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Angela Warmington

4.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Reunion! Definitely one of Feehan's best!
I really enjoyed this book. I've never read the series in any particular order, but I wanted to save 'Celebrations' last because it was meant to be a 'special' book, bringing all... Read more
Published on 3 July 2007 by Imani

5.0 out of 5 stars Celebration
This book was a wonderful catch up on all the that the old members of the Carpathian Race had been doing and of how the new members were coping with there new life. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2007 by J. Cowling

5.0 out of 5 stars The reunion
I would recommend this book to the fans of the dark series, because as the author explained, this book is about the reunion of carpathians. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2007 by Claudia

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Celebration
What a fantastic book, this was the second book by Christine Feehan the other being Dark demon. Dark celebration shore kept me on the edge of my seat as did dark Demon. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2007 by Ms. D. L. Bateson

4.0 out of 5 stars I would definitely recommend for fans of the series
I feel some of the reviews were a little harsh; i found this book very easy to read, although it had many different characters it didnt become overcomplicated and it gave us an... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2007 by Mimi A.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Fantastic Dark Book
What the other reviewers say is true, this book isn't like the other books. If you read on Christine Feehan's website when she first said she was having this book published, she... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2006 by Mad for Paranormal Romance

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