Dark Prince

Author's Cut Special Edition

By: Christine Feehan

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Enter the enchanting world of the Carpathians, where dark adventure, mystery, and love await, and the desires of two daring hearts unite in one irresistible passion.

A telepathic hunter of serial killers, Raven Whitney helps to catch some of the most depraved criminals. But her work keeps her from getting close to others, and has drained her body and spirit. In need of rest and rejuvenation, she embarks for a vacation far from home.

Mikhail Dubrinsky is the prince of the Carpathians, the powerful leader of a wise and secret ancient race that thrives in the night. Engulfed by despair, fearful of never finding the mate who can save him from the encroaching darkness, his soul cries out in loneliness - until the day that a beautiful voice full of light and love responds, softly soothing his pain and yearning.

From the moment they meet, Raven and Mikhail are helpless to resist the desire that sparks between them. But just as fate unexpectedly brings these life mates together, malevolent forces threaten to destroy them and their fragile love. Yet even if they survive, how can these two lovers - Carpathian and human - build a future together? And how can Mikhail bring Raven into his dark world without extinguishing her beautiful goodness and light?

©2011 Christine Feehan (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

I loved it!

What a great introduction... I think this is my new favorite series! I want more.

Dark Series

What did you love best about Dark Prince?

This is my first book from Christine Feehan even though I know she's been writing for a good while. This is a big series & when do you want to get into a series so large? I'm hopeful. The concept is different enough that you don't feel like it's a story that's been batted around before. The good guys are good & the bad guys die.

How could the performance have been better?

The performance would be better with a different narrator. I will make sure I don't listen to any other series with Abby Craden narrating.The narration by Abby Craden lacks a lot, especially with female characters. It just sounds so put on, gushy and fake. She narrates book 2 in this series also so, I'll give it 2 more books. The lead lady "Raven" sounds so helpless most of the time it's silly. She must be the stupidest woman alive. Whatever happened to women with a clue? Maybe I'll give it one more book.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

My reaction.... yawn. I'm hoping the next book is better. This book was written in 1999. It has potential.

Great beginning to a wonderful series

I love Christine Feehan and every book she writes. Her Dark series is by far my favorite, this is not my favorite of the series but I think it's the best start to a series that I've read or listened too. I definitely think the editors cut is better then the original as there is a lot that is left out. It was truly amazing to go back and start the whole series over again to see how far it has come. Raven & Mikhail are some of my favorite characters throughout the entire series and it was nice to revisit them. The story does take some time to actually take off but there is a lot of backstory that needs to be put in. I think most people who like this type of paranormal romance will love Christine's take on Vampires and that there is a good and evil side just like in all aspects of life. This is a book I can read again and again and never get enough!

Grrrrrrr!!!!!

Lord have mercy! I wanted to clime into the book and smack raven!!! Yes, C.F did her job!

AMAZING!!

This is an Amazing Love Story. It has humor, action and a great love story. Christine Feehan is an Amazing Author!!

Could have been so much better

To start with...the narrator was absolutely fantastic! I have a soft spot for Phil Gigante but Abby Craden was even better because she was able to do an excellent job even with the male voices. FANTASTIC!
The story line was good and could have been great. Truthfully, if I hear "possession" one more time - I am going to puke! If you're a female who enjoys being "possessed" by a male, then go for it. It irked me to no end. The heroine is smart but stupid, Mikael gentle but possessive. How idiotic. She kept saying she has a mind but acted like a stupid ditsy girl. He kept saying he wants to accommodate her independence but when it came down to it, it was "do as I say or I will take over and do it for you!"
I really like the story but was greatly annoyed by the two main characters. I had also listened to another Feehan novel (out of sequence) with a similar annoyance ( so, I haven't learned my lesson!) and this one seemed to be the first of the series. But, it was added very recently. It made the whole storyline a little confusing for me.
Overall, if you can manage the cons, there is none better than Feehan to write those steamy scenes. But, beware of being 'possessed'.

not able to go beyond the 1st of the 3 sections

I was really looking forward to this book. It started great and within literally 5 min the hero was in love and in another 2 minutes the heroin was returning the sentiments. Oh ppppppppppp--lease. Soooo goofy. Literally nothing happened the entire first third. A little sex and I guess we should all be good to go. No twists necessary after that. I really tried but I was board out of my mind. So decided to stop torturing myself. I deleted the book from my phone. Phew. Now on to something with an actual story.

does not Flo

the story starts on chapter 6 then some chapter later starts over. the story is ok once it starts over

i loved it

i really loved it nice and long voices were done very well. i am going to start the next book now..

awesome

it was an awesome book start to finish. highly recommend the entire series. read all of the books already. now just enjoy listening to them on the way to and from work.