Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ghosts, voo doo, and demons..., January 14, 2010
This review is from: The Taking (Seven Deadly Sins, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
In New Orleans, during the 1800s, a young Felix Leblanc makes a deal with a demon of greed to better life for himself and his mother. In doing so, Felix becomes an immortal as well and a bound servant to the demon until the end of time. Felix is a powerful voodoo practitioner and must use his talents for whatever his master demands. In the present date of New Orleans, the heiress named Regan Henry finds the courage to leave her mean husband, Beau Alcroft, right after attending a Christmas party. Felix's card reading helped Regan to make the decision she has been contemplating for quite some time. Regan buys a large house and locates an old journal by Camille Comeaux. Unknown to Regan, Camille had been a nineteenth-century client of Felix's. Camille's ghost haunts Regan's house and is more than just a bit dangerous. Regan is beset on all sides. Beau is trying to win her back. Her parents are trying to convince her to return to Beau. Regan and Felix are becoming close as they attempt to deal with Camille's ghost. And more is going on than Regan could ever believe possible. Regan soon finds her very life, if not her soul, is in jeopardy. *** THREE STARS! Ghosts, demons, voodoo, and hot bedroom scenes make up this Louisiana story. Camille's past is revealed bit-by-bit, mainly in Regan's vivid dreams, throughout the book. In my opinion, it is no different than flashbacks and the continuous jumping of time lines became irritating after awhile. I found this story to be intriguing, but it is not the author's best work. *** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Taking, March 26, 2010
This review is from: The Taking (Seven Deadly Sins, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
In the 1800s, Felix Leblanc makes a deal with a greed demon and gets what he covets the most: immortality, wealth, and the interest of the rich and beautiful women of New Orleans. His hedonistic existence crashes down around him when one of his clients comes to a bad end. Felix puts his greed behind him, but his deal with the demon can't be so easily revoked. Now, in present day New Orleans, Felix is a voodoo practitioner, and a successful one at that. But what used to bring him joy now just marks time. That is, until Regan Henry crosses his path. Regan is newly free of a horrible husband and has bought herself a mansion that holds more history than one would expect. The mansion is haunted and holds more danger to Regan than she knows. It's up to Felix to free Regan from the forces of evil which threaten to overtake her, and to do so he'll have to risk everything, even his burgeoning relationship with Regan. New Orleans is the perfect backdrop for this haunting tale of ghosts, voodoo, demons, and more. Erin McCarthy beautifully sets up the past versus present, greed versus love, and evil versus good in this fascinating tale. The Taking features two charming protagonists who have to take charge of their lives in order to overcome the obstacles that face them. I truly liked Felix and Regan and wanted them to be together, to overcome the odds stacked against them. Their love story was very much central to The Taking, but what intrigued me more was the supernatural world mixed in with modern day New Orleans. Ms. McCarthy made the world of The Taking come alive for me; parts of the story drew me in so that I felt I was really there with Regan and Felix. That, more than the romance, made The Taking memorable to me. The Taking is the third in Ms. McCarthy's Deadly Sins series, but as I have not yet read My Immortal or Fallen, I can safely say The Taking stands on its own. Though the protagonists from the first two Deadly Sins books didn't appear in this story, I will definitely be going back to read them because the world Ms. McCarthy has created in the Deadly Sins series is fresh, original and not to be missed! Shayna Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
voodoo! demon!, March 8, 2010
This review is from: The Taking (Seven Deadly Sins, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
excellent author --excellent reading. If you didn't read her previous book in this series --it's a must!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
|
