A review by melodicfate
Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
4.0
***SPOILERS!!!***
4.5 stars.
Oh man, you guys. This. Book. I felt so awful for Lara, the heroine. Tormented, forced to give blood to her seemingly evil father, Razvan(boy, things are sure different than it first appeared), and treated as less than human by her grandfather. Yeah, she went through a lot, and therefore, had quite a lot of trauma. Nicolas, her lifemate, did a lot wrong, including taking her blood before realizing she was his lifemate. And then he got all arrogant and pulled the whole "you can't leave thing", going so far as to chain her to him so she wouldn't be able to get away. Yeah...not cool, Nicolas. And then. AND THEN! He paid for it in the most heart-wrenchingly awful, yet beautiful way possible. He went after Lara's spirit when she tried to commit suicide rather than feel like a prisoner, and when he found Lara's spirit and saw she was reliving past childhood traumas, the dude relived it all with her. Nicolas would never have understood Lara had this not happened, and he became an awesome man. So yeah, I loved this couple.
This story picked up on plotlines concerning why the Carpathians are having issues revolving around having children and keeping them alive, as well as what's up with Xavier. And that romance between Lara and Nicolas, where he helps her with her trauma, and he learns that no, he's not always right.
This is one of my favorite books in the series. Lara played an integral part in helping save Carpathian children, and I'm sad that in order to keep playing that part, she couldn't be converted in this story. I mean, I know she and Nicolas will make it, but still. While I understood and completely agreed with it, I want to see them complete the whole ritual. Overall, this book was in turns sad, funny, and parts just made me happy.
4.5 stars.
Oh man, you guys. This. Book. I felt so awful for Lara, the heroine. Tormented, forced to give blood to her seemingly evil father, Razvan(boy, things are sure different than it first appeared), and treated as less than human by her grandfather. Yeah, she went through a lot, and therefore, had quite a lot of trauma. Nicolas, her lifemate, did a lot wrong, including taking her blood before realizing she was his lifemate. And then he got all arrogant and pulled the whole "you can't leave thing", going so far as to chain her to him so she wouldn't be able to get away. Yeah...not cool, Nicolas. And then. AND THEN! He paid for it in the most heart-wrenchingly awful, yet beautiful way possible. He went after Lara's spirit when she tried to commit suicide rather than feel like a prisoner, and when he found Lara's spirit and saw she was reliving past childhood traumas, the dude relived it all with her. Nicolas would never have understood Lara had this not happened, and he became an awesome man. So yeah, I loved this couple.
This story picked up on plotlines concerning why the Carpathians are having issues revolving around having children and keeping them alive, as well as what's up with Xavier. And that romance between Lara and Nicolas, where he helps her with her trauma, and he learns that no, he's not always right.
This is one of my favorite books in the series. Lara played an integral part in helping save Carpathian children, and I'm sad that in order to keep playing that part, she couldn't be converted in this story. I mean, I know she and Nicolas will make it, but still. While I understood and completely agreed with it, I want to see them complete the whole ritual. Overall, this book was in turns sad, funny, and parts just made me happy.