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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I don't know what this was. Kenyon says its a breather from her other world...it was an OK story...there really was no lead up to the sex...I felt like it was just there and there really was no suspense...I didn't believe for a minute that the heroes wouldn't win. Overall just OK. Aiden is the world's most popular movie star (even beating out Brad Pitt as world's sexiest guy!) whose fame has brought him to be wronged by everybody and his brother, forcing him into early retirement. Leta is a dream goddess wronged by Zeus and the god of pain, Dolor, leading her to curse Dolor and retire them both to a millennium in stasis. When Aiden's insane and imprisoned brother makes a blood sacrifice to bring Dolor back Leta is determined that she will not allow Aiden to become a victim. Now she must use her womanly wiles to gain the trust of a man who has sworn never to trust again. This certainly wasn't one of the more impressive books by this author. It seemed to me that it would have worked out much better if Aiden's redundant whining about how he got screwed over by everyone he ever loved, which went on for pages, was pared down and this had been simply left as a short story. I will say that once the characters and plot actually got moving towards the end it did get a bit better, but it was really a case of too little too late. I found the little Christmas excerpts interesting, I'm especially looking forward to Aimee and Fang's story (I'm certainly interested in seeing Nicholette eat a little crow) and, of course, Nick's predicament always gets me as well. Overall, the main story felt either like it was something the publisher rushed the author to complete or a short vignette that the powers that be ordered into something more than it should have been. Either way, padding a story out with pages of insipid feeling sorry for yourself woe certainly doesn't work for me. Typically I adore Kenyon's stories and am very glad this is not one of the first I read by her or I might have missed out on some really good stuff! Aidan O'Conner is tired of his life, he's tired of people sponging off him and he wants away from the world. Leta is a goddess who is on the run from the world of dreams and Aidan can help her fight the evil. The two of them spark off each other and the story is pretty predicatable but this series entertains me. I read this book because it's a Dark-Hunter book. Not being of a Harlequin mindset, I hated this installment of Dark-Hunter/Dream-Hunter lore. The writing was unbearably shallow, the story formulaic and rushed. Since it does nothing to move the larger DH story along, you will luckily miss out on nothing except the hour or two you waste reading it. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312947054, Mass Market Paperback)Ever think Scrooge had it right before the ghosts ruined his life? Meet Aidan O’Conner. At one time he was a world-renowned celebrity who gave freely of himself and his money without wanting anything in return...until those around him took without asking. Now Aidan wants nothing of the world—or anyone who’s a part of it. When a stranger appears at his doorstep, Aidan knows he’s seen her before…in his dreams. Born on Olympus as a goddess, Leta knows nothing of the human world. But a ruthless enemy has driven her from the world of dreams and into the home of the only man who can help her: Aidan. Her immortal powers are derived from human emotions—and his anger is just the fuel she needs to defend herself… One cold winter’s night will change their lives forever… Trapped together in a brutal winter storm, Aidan and Leta must turn to the only power capable of saving them—or destroying them both: trust. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:54 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Aidan was a celebrity. After being betrayed by those he loved and trusted he gave it all up for a solitary life. When Leta shows up he recognizes her as the woman from his dreams.
Aidan does not trust Leta but he can not send her out into the brutal snow storm. With nowhere to go they must learn to trust each other and enter into the world of dreams to defeat the enemy. (