Customer Reviews

Rejar (Timeswept)

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4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

It seemes to me that the author didn't have enough words to finsih the story so all she did was throw in a couple extra love scens. I have nothing against them, but really they weren't that good. I've read a lot of romances some with not sex some that were noting but porn dressed up a little. This book falls in between. Not good but not really bad. There were a few parts that I really liked but overall get it from the library before you spend your money.

I've read all 3 of the Matrix of Destiny books and have to say, of the 3 this is the worst. That is a stretch considering the other 2 aren't particularly good either. Mine to Take was the best of the 3 and I'd only give it 3 stars.

I am reading Dara Joy's fantasy series all out of order, yet loving them. This is (I believe) the second book and I actually liked it better than a later one I read -- I loved Rejar, a "familiar" who's altered form is a cat. He was cool as an odd-eyed cat and stunning as an odd-eyed man. Totally an Alpha-male type so if your bent does not run that direction, stay away. I did feel that Rejar was a little too forceful at times and some sex scenes were not sensual but almost violent. I did like the many "cat" references and the little licks Rejar gave Lilac when she stirred while he was sleeping. Since he was sprawled all over her (just like a cat) the little licks by her ears were to comfort and settle her. Cute!

Although many reviewers did not like Lilac, I did. She was not very bold but I don't think a man like Rejar would have endured a woman who stood up to him, "soul/life" mate or not. This was after all Regency England and not a modern society. She really did not like Nickolai (aka Rejar) and was as rejecting as she could be. Forced into marriage, Lilac relishes the sexual awakening but guards her heart. Of course a crisis (illness) forces both Rejar and Lilac to reexamine their feelings and admit love for each other.

The secondary characters (Traed and Aunt Agatha) were interesting though not really well fleshed out. What did Jack the bottle green dressed groomsman/coachman add to this story? Anyway, all in all a fun story to read - very light on storyline, sometimes confusing when descriptions of Rejar's real world is mentioned. (I DO hate the name Rejar - though pronounced Ray-jhar, I still keep thinking he was interrupted during a canning process and had to be re-jarred??) Others will most likely enjoy meeting people from earlier books which I have on my list to find and read. I hope Traed's story is one of the books I have missed. Fun afternoon reading!

...If that's even a word. I must admit, Rejar was not as good as Knight of a Trillion Stars or Mine to Take, but it is still a good read. You can't help but fall in love with Rejar, although I would recommend reading the series in order.

Rejar is a Familiar (the book adequately explains what Familiars are) and he falls into a vortex that bends time, space, and dimension and ends up in Regency England during the 16th century or so. There he finds the woman that everyone else on this webpage seems to deem a genuine loser: Lilac. Then the story develops how they come together as man and wife, the obstacles that face them and how they deal with them.

I guarantee that you cannot help but love all of the Aviarans and Familiars that you will encounter in this book. I can almost guarantee that you will not like the heroine at all, though the time period she was living in and her family shaped her "boringness". During her period in time, sex was taboo and because of her personal vendetta against men, she put Rejar through a lot. Well, if you're anything like me, I hate to see a good man suffer. That is why I do not like her too much at all.

But yes, back to the review. This is a good book; an interesting read.

This is a time travel novel, but not in the traditional sense. Rejar does travel through time, but he is a familar (shape-changing cat) from what I believe is another planet. Kind of confusing because the term familiar, usually refers to a witches cat not a "species". He is a likeable character, but his love interest Lilac is not. She is simple, dull, and lacks any sense of adventure. The book was just strange.

I really enjoyed the other two Dara Joy books I have read, Knight of a Trillion Stars and Mine to Take. I liked the women in those books. I just wanted to slap the female lead in this story. What on earth does Rejar see in her???? She has no imagination or sense of adventure. She was totally boring.

I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of the fantasy romance. I picked up Joy's other novel Mine to Take on a whim, and liked it well enough to read the rest of the series (3 books, so far). The first book in this series is Knight of a Trillion Stars. Rejar is the second of the group. I had a few problems with this book. It feels like a series of 2 or 3 really well-written, inspired scenes weaved together with a whole lot of crap. Most of the book is typical romance fare. The fantasy elements aren't exactly seamlessly integrated (actually, they stick out like hunter's orange) and it makes for a jarring read. The sensuality in the book is completely overblown and forced. And speaking of forced, there are scenes that bent the line into rape. Even though they are explained away as being part of Rejar's alien nature, it's still using sex to dominate and punish. All in all, I was constantly having to push through this novel. The good scenes do not make it a worthwhile read. I enjoyed the other two books in this series, and I hope that this was just a bad fluke.

Rejar is another great book by Dara Joy. It is the follow up to Knight of a Trillion Stars but it does stand on it's own. It is very Hot and although it has a fantasy , science fiction theme, it also takes you back to Regency England too. Like her other books it is really steamy. For those of us that like our romance hot, Dara Joy doesn't dissapoint.

Although the concept of a sexy familiar traveling through time sounded very appealing, I was so disappointed. I understand that there must be some sort of tension in a love story, but the heroine Lilac was so irritating I couldn't understand why Rejar just didn't say forget it! I felt absolutely no chemistry between the two characters at all. I guess Lilac was supposed to be a spitfire living under the strict mores of Regency England, but she just seemed like an immature brat. In fact, she acted so much like a child I found the sex scenes disturbing. It was like Rejar was trying to seduce a little girl.

I think this book got a BAD RAP!!!!!!! I REALLY enjoyed this book!!!!!!!!! I loved the relationship between Lilac and Rejar! It was only fitting that he find someone who wasn't falling at his feet. I loved the embroidery scene!!! I think all the women who found the intensity of certain scenes upsetting need to review them again and compare them to other scenes in say (early Johanna Lindsey). There were NO rape scenes in this book!! Rejar was just very intense in the way he made love. He could not hurt her... that would have meant hurting himself. His whole purpose when he made love was to gain the pleasure being reflected back from his partner.