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[Schola]

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The AAR review is pretty hard on The Dark Highlander, giving it a D---and from the plot and what I know of Karen Marie Moning, I'm willing to bet that the reviewer got it right. :lol:

Still, we all have different tastes and different levels of what we're willing to tolerate in our recreational reading. Is there anyone who really liked this book and would recommend it?
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[Danielle B]

I read this book years ago when I was just a newbie to romance and I don't remember much about it but I don't remember it being horrible. My main issue with it was that it was the middle of the series and didn't do a very good job of standing alone. I enjoyed it enough to pick up the first book in the series though but it's still sitting in my TBR mountain...

[Schola]

Thanks, Danielle. I've already read its "twin" book, Kiss of the Highlander, so I should be okay with the story.

Since most AAR readers don't seem to be big Moning fans, I checked out the message boards at her own Web site. No surprise that The Dark Highlander was well received by her fans, though they all agree that it's smouldering and sinister rather than sweet.
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[Linda in sw va]

Bombed for me, didn't like the fake Scottish accent (the use of 'lassie at every opportunity') or the heroine. I kept it for a while though because I liked the cover. My first and last KM Highlander book.

Linda
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[Jane A]

[willaful]

I find her books somewhat aggravating, but readable. They're "that sort of thing" books - ie., you'll like them if you like that sort of thing.
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[Schola]

[Retrograde]

It's kind of samey and predictable, and in my mind I lumped it in with Cian's and Adam's stories because they all follow a similar format. I think Kiss of the Highlander is really the best of the bunch. On the surface it's not much different from the others, but what sets it apart is a charm that I found sorely lacking in The Dark Highlander. That's not to say that it's not readable, but it's not all that satisfying either.

[Schola]

Yeah, I agree that charm is the greatest strength of Kiss of the Highlander. It probably won't be in Dark Highlander, given how deliberately dark Moning wanted to make it, but then again, I can't expect her to write the same book over and over, can I?

[Neen]

Wow, I am amazed that anyone does not completely adore Kiss of the Highlander. This book is one of my favorite romance novels...I could re-read it a million times (and probably have)....I also think The Highlander's Touch is fantastic. I agree that the Dark Highlander is not as great as some of the others, but it is certainly not a D-. I am shocked! Moning's new Fever series, although not technically true "romance," is fabulous. She has come a long way as a writer, which is evident in this series. I think her heroes are among the sexiest written by a romance author.
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[Diana]

I glommed them a few years ago and honestly couldn't at this point differentiate one from the other. I'd call them cheerful, cheezy fun in an over the top Kenyonesque kind of way. They're still selling very well according to Amazon's romance rankings. As is Kenyon.
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