Customer Reviews

Forever and the Night

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[...]Aidan is a 200-year-old vampire who hates what he is - well, similar theme to all of Amanda Ashley's books so far, but Forever And The Night had the saving grace of not being Gothic, it seemed. But I couldn't come to like Aidan, because he was incredibly selfish and self-obsessed. For example, his friend Valerian, whom I did like, risked his own life on several occasions to save Aidan from the consequences of his own stupidity, and how does Aidan repay him? He refuses even to acknowledge that Valerian is a friend. He's extremely ungrateful and rejects all overtures of friendship and good advice.

Aidan doesn't want to be a vampire any more. He tells Valerian and Maeve that he can't see a single good thing about his vampiric state. I wanted to scream at him and tell him to wake up and stop lying to himself! Because of his vampire powers, and only because of those powers, he saved Neely's life several times. If he hadn't been a vampire, Neely would have been killed in chapter 3 of the book - end of story. He can travel through time and space, exercise mind control, has incredible strength: because of these things, Neely stayed alive. And Aidan claims that there's nothing good about being a vampire??

And then there's Neely - the ultimate thick-as-a-brick heroine. Other reviews have already commented on her behaviour. One thing to add: in the course of the book, she meets three vampires - Aidan, Valerian and Maeve - all of whom are kind to her and take steps to help her. And yet she's still terrified of all vampires??

And where's the romance? Aidan and Neely spend far more time apart than together, and much of the togetherness is in any case mental rather than physical. Aidan claims that he loves Neely and that he wants to protect her, both from the drug dealers and from rogue vampires - so what does he do? He leaves her alone and heads off on his crazy quest to become human again. He spends most of the book on that quest, which I found simply boring.

I can't say that I'm interested in reading any more of this series. As the other reviewer said, I too was looking for a vampire *romance* - not a horror novel. I don't read horror. But there was most definitely very little romance in Forever And The Night, and the vampire hero was tedious, to say the least. I just wish that Maggie Shayne would write more vampire romances!

'Forever and the Night' brought clarity to 'For All Eternity' for me. Having experienced Ms. Millers writing for the first time with the 2nd. book first, I knew the 1st. book would take hold of me with the same desire and joy that 'For All Eternity' had done. The all consuming lovemaking between Aidan and Neely left you desiring a vampire lover more than the first one had. With the love and tenderness that wove through the deceptions, anger and pain, your heart felt the sorrow Aidan felt and the great desire to have his wish, dream and most difficult request fulfilled. This story also drew me closer to Maeve and Valerian and to an understanding of these beautiful creatures of the night. SC.SanDieg

This isn't the first time that I've read anything by Miller. Unfortunately, it is the first time I've read one of her full length works and frankly, was not impressed or entertained in the slightest. First off, the characterization in this book was appalling. My biggest problem there was with the heroine. There was nothing very noteworthy at all about her, and I don't mean that she was a "Plain-Jane" heroine--she had no character whatsoever. There was absolutely nothing to explain why she did things. Why did she even love the hero? Why didn't she want to sacrifice everything to be with him? And how could they possibly be in love if they hadn't had one serious conversation with each other? In fact, they didn't have any conversations at all. There was absolutely no connection between these two as characters. They "fell in love" without knowing a thing about each other. There were no philosical discussions or even little tiny ones where they share little things with each other. There were almost NO conversing between them at ALL before they both mentally decided they were in love with each other. One reviewer gave this book five stars and claimed that many of the reviwers who disliked it were challenging the fact it had no horror in it - since it is loosely a vampire/paranormal/romance mix. I'm not complaining about the lack of horror. I'm complaining about the lack of romance and about how detached both the author seemed to be from the story, the characters were from each other and how the reader is made to feel throughout the book. Romance is more than a concept and adventures twirled into some semblance of a plot, the involvement, spirit, and personalities of the characters are neccessary to weave romance or ANY story for that matter. Forever and the Night - the story of Neely and Aidan--I'm sorry to say--wasn't romantic in the slightest.

This book had me spell bound from the beginning, so much so that I was upset when I found I was missing the second book in this series. Aidan's quest to become human again for the love of a female mortal who just happens to be running from her own demons--of sorts. I loved this book because of its vivid description of certain time periods and the costumes they wore and the quick action by Aidain. Actually, I thought that Lisette would show up a lot sooner than she did in the story, especially after finding out that Adian went to the brotherhood for help on his quest. This book was so good that I plan to read it a second time--after I finish the others in the series. I think they are definite keepers.

I read this book a few years ago when it first came out, andcould hardly wait for the other 3 that followed. All are EXCELLENTreads. Have been fascinated by the whole vampire legend since I read Dracula in the 4th grade, then got hooked on Dark Shadows as a kid. Though I don't read romances much, I'd definitely make an exception if Ms. Miller decides to add another to this series!

One of Linda Lael Miller's best books. I love the whole series. If you read nothing else this summer...

I read this book first of the series...I loved it so much that I bought the rest of the books and read them also before anything else..but yet I would like to read more in the series...I highly recommend them to anyone who likes the night and romance in one..really adds spice to ones life....

This is the first in a trilogy of vampire romace. Sounds a bit morbid, but they are wonderful romances. The others are Time Without End, and For All Eternity. Be sure to read them in order for the best read.

I Loved reading "Forever in the Night", It is so far the best vampire and romance book I have ever read. I couldn't even put it down during my classes.

I loved this book. It was wonderful from the first to the last page