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Brilliant Rosamund Hill has lived her life buried in academia, discounting the legend of the Chosen as a myth-then Aaron Eagle shows up at her door. With the promise of a love that will defy fate itself, Rosamund is forced to confront the truth about the Chosen...and the dangerous man who sweeps her into a world of dark secrets.
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Christina Dodd is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels have been translated into twelve languages. She lives in Washington with her husband and two dogs.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a silly story!!!,
By Astrid (Tecumseh, ON.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Storm Of Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)
It seems to me that almost every romance writer rushes to cash in on paranormal type of story. It is very popular now and many are worried to be left without a piece of the pie.However to have a nice body on the cover of the book does not guarantee a good read and this book is no exception .It is simply dumb or directed to the stupid audience.I think Ms. Dodd forgot that paranormal romance reader is quite sophisticated and well trained on series by Feehan , Cole or Ward , naming few.That said, maybe for author will be better to stick to whatever she has written before and try not to damage her reputation more than necessary.
For those , who collect her books , please wait to next summer, to your neighborhood garage sales , where you will be able to buy it for quoter .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book,
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This review is from: Storm Of Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought this book after reading the first one "Storm of Visions" and was very pleased with it. It takes up where the first one leaves off, we get to know the characters better and the story is great.
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3.1 out of 5 stars (25 customer reviews) 23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the first in the series, but you need to have read the first one,
By Sandy Kay - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Storm Of Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)
This wasn't my favorite Christina Dodd romance but it was so much better than Storm of Visions (Chosen Ones, Book 1), it seemed marvelous in comparison. In fairness, part of the problem with the first book is the reason I strongly suggest you read the first book before you read this one: Ms. Dodd put all the background of The Chosen, The Others, how the current group of Chosen were selected and why they are hiding out, etc. into the first book. That didn't leave much space in the first book for a good romance; not repeating it all in the second book meant much more time for Rosamund and Aaron. But it does mean that if you haven't read the first book, you will miss a lot of what's going on in this one.
The other reason I liked this book better was that Aaron was a better "hero" for me than Caleb was in the first book. We learned in the first book that Aaron is a thief; now we learn about his powers so we know what made him such a successful thief. Rosamund is a more difficult heroine to love; she's not the strong and capable woman romance readers love to root for. She's socially inept, clueless about men, doesn't care about her appearance, and is burdened with both guilt over her parents' deaths and the need to protect herself against the pain of loss. If you want a perfect heroine, you aren't going to get her in this book. From looking at some of the other reviews, it appears people love her or hate her. Sometimes it is nice to have flawed characters so she was an OK heroine for me. Although there is much more time given to the romance in this book, I wished there had been more about emotional development (growing respect/affection for each other, etc.) than just a developing physical relationship. I always want to feel the couple falling in love, not just read about the hots they have for each other. Speaking of the physical, readers who love the steamy stuff will get a very steamy limo ride scene and sex in a closet during a party. This wasn't the perfect romance but there is a lot of adventure/paranormal fantasy added to the mix and that made it an entertaining reading for me. I'm glad I didn't quit the series after the first book and I am looking forward to the next one in the series. 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Horrible. Just horrible,
By J. Blake - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Storm Of Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)
I had recently read an excerpt of Storm of Shadows and liked it enough that rushed right out to buy it, plus book 1. I have read and enjoyed other Christina Dodd books, so I thought, " "WhooHoo! A new series to enjoy!" but, wow.. the only word I can now come up with is "disappointment".
I ended up skimming most of the book after the half way point. I didn't think the characters were developed (plus Rosamund was *annoying*) nor was the plot tight for being written by such a seasoned and successful author. Maybe it was just not my cup of tea, but after reading other great paranormal authors, Illona Andrews, Jeaniene Frost, Patricia Briggs, Richelle Mead and the like, this story was... well... just weak. I wish Ms. Dodd the best with this series, but I won't be buying anymore. 8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty bad,
By JJDax - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Storm Of Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)
The worst romance novel I've read that's been written this decade. First I must say I never read the first book in the series and have never read Dodd before. Now, why I hated this book: The characters had no depth. I didn't care about any of them. They had no chemistry and I could never figure out why they became attracted to each other aside from Dodd telling them they were. There seemed to be no reason for anything they were doing. It might have been better off as a comic book since that's what the premise seemed to be -- group of super-powered super-heros are to save the world from evil-doers... though what evil they do other than try and burn down the good guys' cover business was not really disclosed. Dodd seemed to be modeling her librarian as more extreme version of Dr. Brennan from Bones for her librarian but instead of quirky she came up with irritatingly dense and naive. There is no limit to the stupid things this woman does. She is like every stupid character in every horror film you've ever thought "NO don't go in the basement!" to all rolled into one. The hero is just plain bland, bland, bland; the most generic alpha-male hero I've ever read in a romance novel. His character is Native American, though why she didn't just make him average suburban white boy since his background doesn't affect anything he thinks or does I couldn't say. Half of the novel is just him thinking about how he doesn't really like yet wants her, and her being oblivious to EVERYTHING while researching a prophesy so that the superheros know something (what I'm not sure, I guess that's in the second half which I don't plan on reading). Anyway, sorry for being so harsh but I feel a little gypped.
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