5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
NO WAY!, March 12, 2003
By A Customer
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but someone has to step forward with a true review of this book. Come on people! Why didn't somebody warn me before I paid what I did for this book? At least I only bought the first book and not the rest of the series (shudder). This book reminded me so much of one of those really bad Harlequins (you know the ones I'm talking about) that I turned back to the front to check the publication date. I thought I had gotten a hold of a 1980's reprint or something.
Let me be more specific.
Charity Starr is supposed to be a brilliant Chemist/Astrophysicist, and yet she says and does the dumbest things throughout the whole book. For example: allowing her sleazy boss and dishonest co-worker access to her top secret, "dangerous if it gets in the wrong hands" project; constantly trying to escape protection even though she knows she is the target of a kidnapping plot, etc., etc. During a fire in her lab I quote Charity on page 178: "Irrationally she thought, Hawk's honey will melt if we don't get out of here." I couldn't believe it. Once when Charity got mad at Hawk, she actually kicked him in the shin. Wow!
Just two more things that bothered me about this book (among many) and I will stop. Charity used her ESP to find a dead body, and she was so upset that it turned her on and she had to have immediate sex with Hawk. Hawk insists that Charity take one of his professional bodyguards with her, who then walks right into a trap and lets the kidnappers take her away. I could go on and on, but you should get the idea. This book is going right into the discard pile; and, again, I wish someone had told me.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tears Of The Hawk, May 16, 2002
This review is from: Tears of the Hawk (Paperback)
Charity Starr has hidden the psychic power she was blessed with at
birth. Denying it, fighting it, until the time comes that she
can fight no longer.
As a scientist, her research into harnessing the vast reaches of solar
power has drawn the attention of the wrong people, and the
kidnapping attempts on her are increasing. During one such attempt to
kidnap her, and the information she carries, her enemies
are sent scurrying by security specialist Hawk Adams. Hawk's strength,
passion, and his own psychic bond with Charity will
draw them deeper into the passions raging between them, even as the
danger begins to draw closer to her.
Charity fears the strength of her gifts when she's in Hawk's arms, and
her inability to hide from the empathetic power she
possess. As Charity's research progresses, and betrayal comes with
increasingly regularity, she's forced to admit her need for
Hawk's protection and his warmth. But nothing can halt the plans
against her, and as her enemies move steadily closer, the
love binding them will intensify, and strengthen the power she will need
to save not just herself, but Hawk as well.
Tears Of The Hawk will keep you turning page after page, drawn into the
murky depths of a shadowed plot of revenge and greed
even as Charity and Hawk are drawn closer together in their need for
each other. Ms. Clark has blended Earth magic, and
passion to create a deeply moving tale of love and danger. Will Hawk
succeed in saving the woman he's waited a lifetime to
hold? Or will Charity's stubbornness, and her inability to accept the
gifts she's been given be their ultimate downfall?
Three stars for the heat and passion that fill the pages of this book,
and a story that will warm your heart long after you've lain it
down again. Despite the feeling of being through many of the scenes,
Ms. Clark has still yet managed to hold true to her
characters, and to keep them on a steady course that leads them through
love, danger, and an awakening of the powers held by
both Charity, and Hawk as their hearts and souls awaken to each other,
and bond in a way that neither will ever be free of.
Shadoe Simmons
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous Paranornal Keeper!, February 9, 2003
Hawk Adams violent dreams are keeping him awake again, and while walking in the park in the early dawn hours, he finds Charity Starr attempting to fight off a couple of thugs trying to kidnap her. Charity, a renowned scientist, is wanted for her solar energy research. Charity has kept a tight reign on her empathic powers for many years, and while recovering in the hospital, realizes Hawk has a psychic link with her, one so powerful if could destroy her. Will Hawk ever be able to completely trust a woman again, and what is this special feeling of protectiveness he has for Charity? Numerous kidnapping attempts are made on Charity, and with each attempt it is clear these people aren't giving up. Through the process, Hawk and Charity learn to trust, heal one another, love and protect. This is an outstanding story of intrigue, and the passion builds as the relationship between Charity and Hawk intensifies. This was an excellent read, and the mix of paranormal was so well blended in to the story. I did not want this book to end, but knowing that Book IV of "Sons of Earth and Wind" was released in January gives us more of the same to look forward to! Grab the first three in this series and enjoy!
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