Mona Lisa Craving (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 3) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sunny (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2008

Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by a high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death. Someone shares one of his past lives. Back then, she was his victim. Today, she is his savior. Her name is Mona Lisa.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Sunny's third seductive tale of magic and romance (after 2007's Mona Lisa Blossoming) among the shape-shifting alien race known as the Monère, young mixed blood Queen Mona Lisa embraces her sexuality as a means of healing. Unfortunately, she makes a serious mistake by sleeping with Dante Morell, a rogue Monère man struggling with madness, and accidentally becomes pregnant. Not only is Mona Lisa now demon-tainted but she's also engaged to Lord Halcyon, the Demon Prince of Hell. Further conflicts ensue as she begins to remember killing Barrabus, Dante's ancestral father, during her former life long ago in Sparta, and touching off a terrible curse. Suspenseful twists promise more heart-throbbing surprises in the next installment of this haunting erotic fantasy series. (Jan.)
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About the Author

Sunny is a former physician and the wife of novelist Da Chen. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (January 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425217450
• ISBN-13: 978-0425217450
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #910,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A family practice physician and Vassar graduate, I was finally pushed into picking up my pen by the success of the rest of my family. Much to my amazement, I found that, by golly, I actually could write a book. And that it was much more fun than being a doctor. As an author, I have appeared on Geraldo at Large and CNBC.

When I'm not busy reading and writing, I'm editing my husband's books, New York Times bestselling author Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for my young actor son, Michael Chen.

Mona Lisa's story continues in March 2011 with MONA LISA ECLIPSING. For contests, excerpts, and more information please visit my website at www.sunnyauthor.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but lacking, January 10, 2008

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M. Olivier "reign" (Austin, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mona Lisa Craving (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

The third book in the Monere series, and definitely a steamy one. I like the characters, but I feel sometimes my least favorite character is Mona Lisa. I want her more fleshed out. I also wish she could commit to someone or at least the same few someones. Are we just going to keep seeing her discover new men she wants, only to discard the previous ones? It also seems like Amber is becoming less of a character and getting pushed further out. He seems very 2D when he does make an appearance.

One particular thing I found quite annoying, was the way things were summarized from previous books. Every time something needed to be clarified it felt forced. Like, here, let's stop the story so we can tell you what happened, and now back to the story. There was no flow at all in that regard. I understand the need to try to make it a stand alone book, but it was done very poorly.

Overall, I did enjoy the book, I read it very quickly, but I did feel something lacking with the story and the characters. I am curious what will happen with Dante in the future. Will he be continued as an important man in her life, good or bad? Or will he get tossed to the side of the story like the rest have been?

We shall see in 2009 I suppose.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Companion Short Stories-Must Read for Continuity, December 31, 2008

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Legequotidie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mona Lisa Craving (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 3) (Paperback)

I was confused at events alluded to in the second and third books in this series, and discovered that Sunny's Mona Lisa short stories are not parallel additions to the Mona Lisa series, but must-reads for continuity. The two stories are found in two separate short story compilations (Over the Moon and On the Prowl). Read 'Mona Lisa Three' in Over the Moon between Mona Lisa Awakening and Mona Lisa Blossoming, then read 'Mona Lisa Betwining' in On the Prowl after Mona Lisa Blossoming but before Mona Lisa Craving. While Mona Lisa Three adds more dimension to the series, Mona Lisa Betwining' is necessary to understand the opening of Mona Lisa Craving.

I recommend Lucinda, Darkly after all of these novels, though, as an independent story line, you could read Lucinda's tale at any point after her introduction to the Mona Lisa world (which occurs in the short story 'Mona Lisa Three').

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I expected more., July 28, 2010

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Zombie Unicorn (Sunnydale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mona Lisa Craving (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 3) (Kindle Edition)

Since the author copied good ideas from Anne Bishop and Laurel K. Hamilton, I expected a good plot. But all the heroine does in EVERY book is get kidnapped, repeatedly, and have (badly written) sex drowned in flowery purple prose.