Comments on: REVIEW: Kiss of a Dark Moon by Sharie Kohler

By: emoboy

emoboy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:44:29 +0000

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By: DS

DS — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:36:39 +0000

Underworld is part of a movie series– there’s at least two, where vampires and werewolves are two species who are at war. The werewolves are called Lycans. There is always the possibility (and sometimes the reality) of a hybrid vampire/werewolf strain.

Thinking about it, I doubt if the book is associated. It’s probably just the similarity in names and the vampire/werewolf combination that made me think of Underworld.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:51:53 +0000

I have no idea. I am not familiar with the Underworld Universe.

By: DS

DS — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:47:22 +0000

According to Wikipedia AD 70 was the year that a bishopric was established in Avignon. However, I generally find when a story makes me do research that it isn’t compelling enough to keep my interest.

Is this book related to the Underworld Universe?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:34 +0000

I read the first book about the brother and his well-boinked wife. I was planning to get this one, now I’m wondering if I should bother. I hate not reading all the books in a series. Crap!

By: MCHalliday

MCHalliday — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:28:55 +0000

So then I’m scratching my head, wondering about when the Bible was penned; whether in AD 70 Cristophe would have known about the story of Lot and Sodom since the original old testament was all in Hebrew and wasn’t translated into English until AD 1100s or something like that and whether this was set in what is now known as the Middle East…

I wondered, too. As the name ‘Cristophe’ is Greek in origination, I began my research there.

Koine, the language of the New Testament (Septuagint) was used in Greece from 4th C B.C. to 4th C A.D. Septuagint is the western name of the ancient Koine Greek version of the Old Testament translated in stages between the 3rd to the 1st century BC. So, I presumed Cristophe might be Greek or in Roman occupied territory. But I wanted to be convinced and researched further, discovering the Siege of Jerusalem by the Romans took place in 70 AD. It seems more than coincidence the Prologue occurs in that year and the book is set in that area. And entirely likely, Cristophe would be versed in the New Testament.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:46:38 +0000

He’s not directly involved other than the book involves the descendants of the Marshan family. I couldn’t tell where the setting of the book was, i.e., in what we know know as the Middle East/Cradle of Civilization. That part of the world building was left unknown. It did seem to be our reality with Lycans interjected into it. same tv show references and so forth.

By: Susan/DC

Susan/DC — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:39:16 +0000

Was anyone named Christophe in AD 70? So soon after Christ’s death, I don’t think Christopher, in any its various forms, was a name. If I’m wrong, I’m happy to be corrected. Is there a reason this character was named for his love of Christ? He’s not mentioned in the rest of the review, so does he disappear, or would telling be a spoiler?

Also, I think AD 70 was the year the Second Temple fell and the diaspora of the Jews began, so it’s a date with real religious meaning. Doesn’t seem like it has any relation to this book, however, although a clever author might be able to make something of that.

By: KMont

KMont — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:17:14 +0000

Huh. I put this one on my Wish List at Amazon the other day. I’m over paranormal romances that are frustrating and nonsensical though. Bah.

Love the term sequel bait. Was sequel bait too obvious? I suppose so since he commandeered your attention more than the hero. Hate that. More bah.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:28:08 +0000

The hot guy is this Lycan who doesn’t want to give in to the moonrise urges so he locks himself away for 2 days in seclusion. He’s super rich and has a research group working around the clock to find a cure for himself. I swear, whenever he was onstage, my heart stuttered a bit. Which made emo hero all the less sexy.

And yes, he is sequel bait.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:26:06 +0000

So who did the hot guy who wasn’t the hero turn out to be? Was he sequel bait?

By: Barbara B.

Barbara B. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:51:37 +0000

Thanks for once again taking one for the team, Jane. This sounds like a mess! Very nonsensical. Plus I took a vow about 10 years ago to never read another book with a character, male or female, named Kit/Kat/Cat. I just can’t.

By: Tae

Tae — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:10:49 +0000

wow… I don’t think I want to read this, but I do want to know what happens. Is there somewhere I can go to just read a synopsis?

For some reason mixing vampires and werewolves turns me off. I love vampire novels and I like werewolf novels, but they’re both? I can’t suspend my belief enough for that.

By: orannia

orannia — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:03:48 +0000

Thank you Jane! I’m sorry – I’m not sure if my response to your review is very appropriate (I couldn’t stop laughing :) As for the quote:

He caught her wrist in a brutal grip, stopping her. The touch of his hand burned her there, a manacle of fire, singeing her sensitive flesh.

I was fine with the first sentence, but the second lost me. The only way I can see Kit feeling a burning sensation is if Rafe was giving her what I think of as a Chinese burn…