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3.0 out of 5 stars
3 1/2 stars- Followers of this series will be satisfied with the culmination of this trilogy, October 8, 2008
This review is from: Come The Night (Mass Market Paperback)
Come the Night by Susan Krinard
Mass Market Paperback Release date October 1, 2008
3 ½ Stars
It's difficult feeling like an outsider. Add being a werewolf who isn't `pure.' Now you understand Ross Kavanaugh dilemma. Come the Night is the third in the vampire/wolf trilogy by Susan Krinard. The two previous books are: Chasing Midnight and Dark of the Moon.
In Come the Night, Krinard explores the relationship between two people from two different worlds that fit the "opposites attract" adage. Ross meets Gillian Maitland in an England hospital while recuperating from a war injury. Ross accidentally discovers that Gillian is a loup-garou or wolf and to her surprise, he discloses that he is one, too. But Gillian's excitement is short lived when Ross reveals himself only ¼ wolf.
Because Gillian is from a prominent were-wolf blood-line, she is expected to carry the tradition by marrying someone to carry on the pure genes of her race. Because of this, she leaves Ross without an explanation.
It is now 10 years later, Ross lives in New York where Gillian finds him while hunting for her son. Gillian doesn't want Ross's help but trouble follows her. The passion the two had together is rekindled but Gillian feels duty bound to return to her old life again.
This book was a solid read. But after reading the book I was left with a vague feeling of disappointment because Ross and Gillian didn't work well as a couple. Gillian was too rigid and cold. This made it difficult to like her. I could understand her, but it made me wonder what the appeal was for Ross.
Susan Krinard's description of New York in the twenties was interesting and fun to read. Overall, followers of this series will be satisfied with the culmination of this trilogy.
Reviewed by Cez at Bookaholics Romance Book Club
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A Miss, December 30, 2008
This review is from: Come The Night (Mass Market Paperback)
I won't go into detail about the plot, but just give my thoughts on the book. It took a long time to read this book. At first I thought it was just because of the holidays but after finishing it I'm not sure I'd have read it that much faster any other time.
It's a little too long and a bit repetitive in the way the author has the hero and heroine coming together then separating again and again. And I'm not a fan of the plot device of the central characters never telling each other how they feel until the very end. I liked Ross our disgraced hero, but Gillian didn't inspire me at all. In fact, for most of the book I wasn't sure I liked her very much. And after all the misunderstandings and betrayals and doubts they got together a little too quickly and easily at the end. All in all it was a disappointment. It could have been a much better story.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
diasappointing, November 7, 2008
This review is from: Come The Night (Mass Market Paperback)
This is so slow moving that although I'm halfway through (220 pages), nothing has happened. Gillian, the heroine has no backbone, and is totally downtrodden. It's hard to understand how the hero Ross can still love her. I peeked ahead, and the end was downright creepy, and not in a good way. I'm not sure at this point that I'll even finish this, and I've loves most of her other work
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