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As a guardian for his colony, Julian Sawyer travels to Earth to bring back the Chosen - women who possess energy potent enough to help revitalize his people. The stunning, silver-clad beauty who strides into his club one night radiates a sensual magnetism unlike any he's encountered, and Julian realizes that Asia Callahan is not just Chosen, she is his kindra: his one true mate. For months, Asia has tracked the beautiful and mysterious Julian across the country, convinced that he's behind the disappearance of her sister and a dozen other women. She's prepared to believe he's a ruthless killer, but when she presents herself as bait, she discovers that the truth is far more shocking. Taken to a strange, hazardous realm she never knew existed, Asia will face the ultimate choice - between abandoning the life she's always known, and forsaking a passion as dangerous as it is powerful.
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From Jacquelyn Frank, the phenomenal star of paranormal romance and New York Times best selling author of The Nightwalkers and The Shadowdwellers series, comes a brilliant new series set in a dazzling new world of unstoppable desire and danger.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
At last, a strong heroine,
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This review is from: Hunting Julian (Paperback)
I have read and enjoyed all Jacquelyn Frank's paranormal romances and noticed how the writing and the storylines tightened and improved as the two previous series progressed. I don't mind an author practicing her craft on my $9.99. All of her previous books have been worth my investment in money and time. In fact, I have reread them.
I think this is her best book yet. The premise of the novel and,I assume,of the new "Gatherers" series is another world "Beneath" earth in which the inhabitants live off the emotional energy of others. We humans get our energy from food and from the sun, but the inhabitants of Beneath must drink from the source; orgasms, anger, fear etc. It's an imaginative concept but the strengths in this book are a satisfying and entertaining story and the two main characters, particularly, Asia, the female. Unlike so many feisty, hotblooded heroines who end up melting like a grilled Velvetta sandwich as soon as the alpha "male" fastens his dominating eyes on her, Asia is actually tough, strong and capable throughout. She tells Julian she is not girly, she will never be needy, and she never succumbs to the pressures of a standard boy-girl dance. Julian is the one who has the needs, who wants more of a commitment than just fast, hot, terrific sex. Sometimes I wonder if the author was not having fun reversing the roles with these two characters. Asia cannot figure out what Julian wants, while he wants her to love him and to respect him in morning. Nonetheless, he is alpha enough to satisfy any demands of a reader of romances and eventually true love wins out. Although I actually was worried for awhile this would be the one romance in which the guy and girl didn't end up together. But the author never pulls Asia's teeth, which is a pleasant change on the usual.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing short of amazing!,
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This review is from: Hunting Julian (Paperback)
i absolutely love all of the books with this author. I never thought Id replace my old favs, but I have!
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2.9 out of 5 stars (40 customer reviews) 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to the author's usual high standards.,
By D. Davis - Published on Amazon.com
Hunting Julian tells the story of Julian, who must gather special women to save his people, and Asia, who is his kindra - his soul mate.
Many of this author's books deal with this very theme - a woman who finds herself in a world she didn't know existed (literally or figuratively, depending on the story), a man who needs her love to be complete, and their trials and tribulations as they find their way to each other. In this case, however, somehow the chemistry between the two never clicks and the happily ever after feels contrived rather than deeply emotional. Asia's reactions are completely normal given her situation - she's been kidnapped by the man she believes has killed her sister. In fact, they're probably more "true to life" than you usually find in paranormal romance, where the heroine often completely accepts what should seem impossible with relative ease. That said, she still seems unsympathetic and is hard to connect with. She is convinced that she is unworthy, which isn't an unusual belief, but that deeply rooted conviction leaves her willing to doom an entire people because she doesn't want personal connections. That makes her really, really hard to like. Julian comes across as a strangely submissive personality, with periodic eruptions of insanity. He brings his soul mate to a new land, doesn't tell her enough to keep her protected from either her new environment or their mutual enemies and then does some other things that I won't discuss, as they're probably too far down the spoiler road. Although he's described as sexy and caring, in many respects he comes across as neither. I gave the book two stars, despite the flaws, because the world itself is very intriguing and the culture is complex and richly imagined. I will buy the second book in the series, but I'm desperately hoping that it returns to Ms. Frank's high levels. I would NOT recommend this book. Pick up any of her others, but leave this one. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Strong Female Lead or Selfish B**tch?,
By Lauren Cross - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hunting Julian (Paperback)
I personally am going to have to go with selfish b**tch. And the ironic part here is that Asia continually calls herself selfish and cold throughout the entire book. She even has the gall to feel guilty about being so selfish that she's dooming an entire race (and more importantly her own soulmate). But does she bother to do anything about it? No. Not really. She does, however, vastly enjoy standing around yelling at hapless Julian about all her problems. (Which she created in the first place by attacking him, I must say.)
And the girl's not too bright to boot. I mean, hello. She's supposed to be some expert at survival and the first thing she does after finding out she's on an unknown alien planet is to go running (RUNNING!) out an open door without looking to see what might be awaiting her first. (I was a bit disappointed the nets didn't just give away and save us all the headache of dealing with her.) This character had zero redeeming qualities. And PDA, anyone? The two main characters were gasping and grasping in the most public places possible throughout most of the book (as in, in front of hospitalized children). It made me embarrassed for them. I did enjoy Julian in the way that Frank switched the normal male/female roles-- his original and sole concern being their soul connection, hers being sex. I like how he could be physically protective and yet come off gentle and unhardened when dealing with emotions. Some reviewers thought this made him a pushover, but I just thought it made him a product of his culture. The world Frank has created is somewhat interesting. But she tends not to stick to her guns. I mean, how many people in this dimension speak English? Whole heck of a lot, I can tell you that. Basically, everyone Asia meets. The monsters and perils of the world are not well-fleshed out enough to be interesting, and we have plenty of unanswered questions (Jewel?). Maybe it will get better as we go along in the series, but this is highly disappointed considering the rich worlds Frank usually creates. 8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
it was ok,
By C. Stone "Reese" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hunting Julian (Paperback)
For those that are familiar with Ms Frank's work this is not the same as the NightWalkers series nor is connected to the Shadow people. Instead readers are taken to an all new world "Beneath" earth. Hunting Julian reminded me of the futuristic novels of the 90's. Alien like race searching for earth women to breed or to save their race in some way. In fact it brought to mind Marilyn Campbells stories of old with the Terrans living in earths core. This is not a negative though. Frank does a great job of describing the world and as always the side characters are intriguing and make your curious about their untold stories.
Asia's character reminds me a lot of Dae from the shadow dwellers only without the likeable factor. She was rough and tough but didnt know when to quit. Julian whom I adored made a lot of idiotic mistakes. He left Asia with a person in the story that he knew had a grudge and would be very negative toward Asia which of course sets the plot for the story and then he insists repeatedly that she cant go home so get over it. Once I got through some of these holes for lack of a better word this was ok. I didnt feel a great connection to the characters and there didnt seem to be a romance or passionate love affair between the two. Julian met Asia, decides she's meant to be his life mate, Asia disagrees-a lot, they have sex which in the beneath world feeds energy to the people,they fight some more and then Asia agrees to stay with Julian. Thats how it read to me, very bland in comparison to the other great stories by this author. There are some great moments and then some predictable moments so I will follow this because as I mentioned, Frank does a wonderful job of making you eager to hear about her secondary characters. Hopefully their stories will be more exciting. So 3 stars for interest and good job of world creating |
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