Book Review: Dark Magic
(The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 4)
by Christine Feehan
1.0 out of 5 stars Gross and offensive
I have read and enjoyed the Carpathian novels in the past, about 5 or 6 of them, but this one truly disgusted me.
Gregori the Dark one has engineered Savannah in the womb by making his blood part of hers when he helps her mother Raven. He has also tricked her into intimacy for years as a child by posing as her beloved pet wolf. Really pervy.
We are told that Carpathians cannot live without their lifemate and so he will go over to evil if he does not have her. He is so close to the edge he might as well be over it. He has waited twenty three years for her after all-though after a thousand of not turning bad we find this hard to believe.
Despite Savannah’s continuous protests, he takes her as his lover and partner. But there is no tender lovemaking-he nearly rips her to pieces in every sense of the word in an appalling scene which goes on for over 50 pages!
I do get the blood part, really, but the gratuitous violence and rape in this book is simply not what I expect from a romance.
Nor does his terrible behavior get mitigated in anyway when he uses his saliva with all of its Carpathian healing properties to ‘heal’ her and of course make the moves on her at the same time. Really graphic, take my word for it.
There is just too much nonconsensual sexual activity in this book for any sensible modern woman reader to be comfortable with. I gave up after 100 pages, the book was so crude, violent and graphic in its portrayal of his betrayals and rape of the heroine. I will not even go into the terrible repetitive writing, with the use of hunger, need and erotic used about 4 times on every page. The shocking violence should be enough to deter any true seeker of a romantic read. 343 words
