Customer Reviews

Deeper Than the Night

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

This book was so bad, I had to finish reading it out of morbid curiosity - rather like watching a cheesy B grade movie. Other reviewers thought this book and their love was profound? I find that incredible! The characters were shallow, nondimensional. The dialogue was boring. The sex nearly put me to sleep. The bad guy was ridiculous. The only character I found interesting was the little girl who believed in monsters and read horror novels. I agree with other reviewers that the constant back and forth between devotion and pushing away got tedious, but then, the whole book was tedious.

I guess what I am really annoyed with, is that this book contains no personality. Some of her basic concepts were good, like the whole alien thing, but the writing was so vanilla it almost seemed as if there was a deeper satire that I somehow couldn't quite catch.

I surely will never waste my time reading anything by this author again. Even bad romance is more exciting than this slop.

I loved the book, I read more than 5x. I actaullay cried when Kara first left him. If only men would have feeling's like that...deep profound love, for one woman only.

AMANDA ASHLEY really CAPTURED MY HEART

I read other reviews first and see a lot of people were disappointed that he was not a vampire- I can relate a little to this. Yet, from his world he really could be deemed such, so I guess it's all in how you view it- I finished it in one day and give it five stars... If nothing else it is a page turner! :-)

Author of: www.lunarayo.com

Alexander Claybourne lives alone in an isolated house in a small town. No-one sees him during the day. He doesn't socialise, and no-one knows anything about him. There are rumours that he is a vampire. One day, an eight-year-old girl, Gail Crawford, comes to him and asks him to save her sister, in a coma in hospital following a road accident. Since he's a vampire, as she believes, then if he gives her some of his blood she will live.

Is Alexander a vampire? Does his blood have mysterious qualities? He doesn't actually know what his blood will do to Kara, but feels compelled to help her all the same. And once he has done so, he feels drawn to her and unable to stay away. He visits her, and they talk on several occasions - and fall in love.

But when Kara gets out of hospital and is sent for further blood tests, Alexander realises that by giving her his blood he might have saved her life, but he has caused problems not only for Kara, but also for herself. They have to go on the run, in fear of their lives. And Alexander has to tell Kara the truth about himself - will she still want him?

Yes, he's not a vampire: he's an alien, as many other reviewers have pointed out. (Oh, and this happens not very far into the book; certainly not close to the end, as other reviewers claim). Umm... so what? That made no difference to me. My two-star rating isn't because Alexander isn't a vampire; it's because of the quality of the book. Making him an alien was definitely different, and in a better book it would have made for a very interesting storyline. As it is, Ashley's alien is, as Kara herself says, something of a cross between Superman and the Highlander (not a lot of originality in characterisation, really), though he doesn't seem to possess much of Superman's morality. This alien is predisposed to violence, and a lot of it.

Why didn't I like this book? Well, the weak, whiny characters were a major part of it. Take Kara: she kept changing her mind about whether or not she trusted and loved Alexander. And when he told her that he was an alien, she actually ran away and threatened to turn him in to the doctor she knew would cage him like a labrat and would drain his blood for financial gain. Is being from another planet such a dreadful thing that Alexander deserved to be treated worse than an animal?

Then there's Alexander: throughout the book, one minute he is telling Kara that he loves her and will never let her go, and the next he is telling her to leave him, to go away, that they can't be together. They even undergo a marriage ceremony according to the rites of his planet, and he explains that in his culture the custom is marriage for life: a soul-bond. And then the next day he tells her that she has to leave him and start a new life without him?! Make up your mind, man!!

Then there's the thriller/danger plot. For me, that went on too long, was too brutal and really wasn't interesting. I'm interested in the romance, not extraneous elements. If you want a love story, this isn't really for you. If you like thrills and danger and struggles to escape, then maybe it is. This plot simply occupied far too much of the book for my liking.

Ashley has simply never written anything else as good as Embrace The Night, and on recent evidence she's not going to.

I loved the book, I just couldn't let go. I read it the same day, Alex is a man in very women's dream, I even cried, when Kara first left him. if only men would have feeling's like that...deep profound love, for one woman only.

AMANDA ASHLEY really CAPTURED MY HEART

It was a great book I'm 13 but i loved it Alex is any gurls dream guy.I fell in love with that book. At the end i'm like i wish i could have no pain haveing babys and live forever and with a cute guy like that OK you people reading this Remember my name i'm writeing a book "Jennifer Powell" ttyl

this book it not what it seems. At first its simply a tale of a lonely man who is thought to be a vampire coming to the aid of a lovely young woman he doesn't know to help her live. Then it suddenly becomes a thrilling mystery and thriller novel. There is a lot of action in this book that has the hero, Alexander and the heroine, Kara running for their very lives several times. I enjoyed this book so much I read it in one setting.

The story is that Alexander is asked by Kara's little sister to try and help Kara. Kara has been in a terrible car accident and is not doing very well. He refuses but later finds himself in her hospital room giving her some of his blood. It works and she recovers and he can't stay away from her. He tries but they are now bonded together. She is facinated by Alex and soon finds herself in love with the mysterious man. She knows that there is something different about him but when she finds out what it is she can't handle it at first. Then she realizes that no matter what he is she loves him and that he loves her and they have to be together for the rest of their lives.

all druing their discovery of love they are chased and captured by a evil man who wants their blood for healing miracles at high prices. He is doing everything he can to capture them and use them for his own glory and fame.

This story is exciting, fast paced, tender, loving, touching and full of suprises. I loved it and can't wait to read others by this author.

... I most say that I loved the story from the first page 'till the last .I fell in love of Alex ,'cause he was always son tender and deep and generous ...he is the kind of man that a most women are always looking for... ...the love they shared was more important to me. What I liked the most was the trust they had in each other ,all the sacrifices that they were able to make for the happiness of the other .Kara's sister was very charming ,smart and very helpful.

I found this book very romantic ,but it gets you worried because all the walls they have to break just to be together.

oh my goodness! i was soo disappointed with this novel.. like the other readers, I sincerely thought I was getting a vampire romance.. but lo and behold, it was actually an alien, sci-fi thing! i, again like the other readers, had to re-read and re-read the lines when Alex actually tells Kara he is an alien and NOT a vampire. they way they fall in love was too fast and a little annoying, even I wouldn't have minded that.. but all the alien and "experiments" really put a damper on this romance. i read Ashley's "Midnight Embrace," a TRUE and fairly recent VAMPIRE romance and was very pleased with it. The only excuse I can give for this poor novel is that it was published in 1996.. but still.. anyway, I also thought that Alex, though cute and charming, was a little too sensitive and insecure.. each time it was like does she love me? why? i wish he would stop pitying himself, also Kara was no better.. how could she trust a stranger so readily and easily? the book was frustrating to finish just because it was soo tackily written.. then only thing that kept me going was seeing Kara get pregnant.. i wish Ashley wrote more about her pregnancy and the birthing experience.. but no.. anyway, if you TRULY like sci-fi and a lot of melodrama.. here's a novel for you!

Since many give it away in their reviews, yes he is an alien and not a vampire, So What?! I thought it was a unique twist to make him an Alien. But, if you are a Die Hard Purist, and must have Vampires all the way, I suggest that you try one of Ms. Ashley's other books such as "Shades of Grey" "Embrace the Night" Or her newest "Midnight Embrace" "A Darker Dream" is also very good too. I personaly love all of Amanda Ashley's books but make up your own mind. And, if you don't want to buy a book for fear of "wasting" your money check it out from the library first, and if you like it, and want to add it to your personal collection, then go buy it. But please if you are not a "Purist" then read this book and judge for yourself.