ambrosiarising's review against another edition
4.0
I love Sunny. She is probably one of the most brain stimulating writers I have red in a long time.
The only thing i didn't like about this was the way they took out Gryphon. Also, Amber is my favorite male in this book (makes me wish he was real. All big and manly-like hahahaha) and now they've totally lessen his role. Hopefully he'll make a comeback in the later books.
Halcyon's scene with Mona Lisa in the Suburban after he was bitten was breathtaking, mind-blowing, and extremely tasty.
EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS!!!!
The only thing i didn't like about this was the way they took out Gryphon. Also, Amber is my favorite male in this book (makes me wish he was real. All big and manly-like hahahaha) and now they've totally lessen his role. Hopefully he'll make a comeback in the later books.
Halcyon's scene with Mona Lisa in the Suburban after he was bitten was breathtaking, mind-blowing, and extremely tasty.
EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS!!!!
rclz's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this book. Lots of sex but a good plot and good character development. I like the world she's put together. We get more info with every book and the world just gets fuller. I don't know why it's taken me so long to get back to this series.
sewcialist_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
Book Two of the series
I'm still impressed. I requested holds on the rest of what is currently (as of 2008) published from my library.
I'm still impressed. I requested holds on the rest of what is currently (as of 2008) published from my library.
cbevan24's review against another edition
I'm DNFing this book. I've been trying to read it for a couple of months now and I think it's time I admit to myself that I have no interest in continuing to read the series. I am neither invested in the characters or the story anymore.
thenia's review against another edition
3.0
This book picks up where [b:Mona Lisa Awakening|50781|Mona Lisa Awakening (Monère Children of the Moon, #1)|Sunny|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1266459749s/50781.jpg|49589] left off, with Mona Lisa arriving to her new home and base of her kingdom as the new and only Mixed Blood Monère Queen.
It's a fast read with ups and downs, and familiar and new characters. Mona Lisa manages to combine prudishness with tricks belonging in a skilled courtesan's arsenal. She is still growing into herself and her new role, developing her abilities and learning to control them.
I'm looking forward to reading how Mona Lisa deals with in [b:Mona Lisa Craving|1274345|Mona Lisa Craving (Monère Children of the Moon, #3)|Sunny|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1266760764s/1274345.jpg|1263307].
It's a fast read with ups and downs, and familiar and new characters. Mona Lisa manages to combine prudishness with tricks belonging in a skilled courtesan's arsenal. She is still growing into herself and her new role, developing her abilities and learning to control them.
I'm looking forward to reading how Mona Lisa deals with
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Gryphon's death after her initial breakdowncbevan24's review against another edition
I'm DNFing this book. I've been trying to read it for a couple of months now and I think it's time I admit to myself that I have no interest in continuing to read the series. I am neither invested in the characters or the story anymore.
elliotvanz's review against another edition
3.0
I picked this up because I needed something to read at work, and it looked like a swift mind-candy urban fantasy. Awkward... Let's be clear: this is porn. I have nothing against porn (in book form). In fact, if you're looking for good smut this will likely fit the bill. It is about one third sex, one third ZOMG Crisis!, and one third odd transitions between the two. To me it read as straight up Anita Blake fanfic. It was sort of weird actually. I kept waiting for characters from that series to show up. The voice, pacing, characters...all of it, really, was so straight up Laurel K. Hamilton it actually made me sort of miss that series. So if you want to read something super steamy and you dig LKH this will make you happy. If you want more story than sex, don't go here.
brownbetty's review
3.0
This book is ttly ridonkulous, but if sex-vampires from the moon sounds good to you, then presumably you won't mind. It's smut, and nothing but, with a slight veneer of plot.
On the matter of the plot, and to grant it far more attention than it's due, in the world of this book, the afore-mentioned sex vampire women can gain power and ability from the people they sleep with, like STDs which use their powers for good instead of evil, and the people they sleep with will gain the same. Obviously, therefore, it only makes sense to adopt a Pokémon attitude toward sexual partners, or at least sexual partners who might have skills one doesn't. In the book, the sensible thing to do is kill one's partner after sleeping with them, to prevent them from sharing one's skills with the next woman-vampire they sleep with.
I dunno, it seems to me there would be no such thing as a rare skill in this world, except the book's Sue-ish protagonist is constantly discovering she has multitudes of unique and rare skills, so clearly someone is being sexually selfish.
RIDONKULOUS.
Warnings for: rape, attempted rape, mind-control, fetishization of skin colour, ridiculutude, and possibly other things.
On the matter of the plot, and to grant it far more attention than it's due, in the world of this book, the afore-mentioned sex vampire women can gain power and ability from the people they sleep with, like STDs which use their powers for good instead of evil, and the people they sleep with will gain the same. Obviously, therefore, it only makes sense to adopt a Pokémon attitude toward sexual partners, or at least sexual partners who might have skills one doesn't. In the book, the sensible thing to do is kill one's partner after sleeping with them, to prevent them from sharing one's skills with the next woman-vampire they sleep with.
I dunno, it seems to me there would be no such thing as a rare skill in this world, except the book's Sue-ish protagonist is constantly discovering she has multitudes of unique and rare skills, so clearly someone is being sexually selfish.
RIDONKULOUS.
Warnings for: rape, attempted rape, mind-control, fetishization of skin colour, ridiculutude, and possibly other things.
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