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

an okay beginning.

it was okay for the beginning of the series. it seemed like it dragged on though there were a couple places it seemed it could have ended.
i dont much care for the female character in this one, Raven she seemed whiney and weak. whats wrong with strong girl characters didnt like her.

Good story, poor narration

I love Ferhan, but the narrator was just irritating. The voice she used for the heroine was shrill and petulant rather than determined and rebellious. Almost ruined the story for me

Love all of her series

I have enjoyed each of her series. Extremely entertaining, captivating and unique. After reading the books now I am listening to them on audible. On my way to work and back home. Never disappointing.

Terrible Narrator Great Book

The Dark Series are great books. A lot of people are trying to compare these with the Dark Hunter Series by JW Ward and should not. Totally different era’s! Both great series. But the Narrator definitely ruined this as an Audiobook with ALL of the characters. I would highly suggest reading the actual hard copy of the book first!

loved this!

I thought it was great! the voice was great and kept me enthralled with the story.

Bad Heroine Portrayal

I have loved this series by Feehan since the first book came out, but the voice this narrator used for Raven is not the headstrong, ultimately culture-shocked Raven of the story. It sounds whiny and weak-willed. Not confused. Not a woman in a wildly strange and foreign situation. She's just plain whiny. That voice wipes away the headstrong, defiant streak that follows this character through this story and the rest of the series.

The 2nd time around is just as good or better

Christine Feehan is Awsome, I did not think she could make this story any better, but I was wrong. The narrator is great too, you will not be disappointed.

Good book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Great start to the series - good storyline - took a bit to get past the long drawn out sex scenes but ffwd works well.

Dark Prince

I was VERY disappointed with the audio version of this book!!! More than half the book, the narrator made Raven sound as though she were crying, and a weakling!!! I bought this book, thinking it would have five additional hours of dialog. No such luck. There was a few places that included deleted dialog, but the added time was mostly due to her reading it slower!
Its a shame that Abby Craden did not read the character of Raven better, she has a nice voice, but did not use it, nor protray Raven's character as the strong woman she was in the books.
I wonder if Christine has hear this, and if so, what she thinks...

What a female lead...

If you're looking for longer length of listen and somewhat exaggerated drama, then this book will work for you.

The story started off with a strong initial pull which was effective. However, the female lead descends from promisingly strong to almost insufferably whiny, obstinate and obtusely difficult which in turn made her weak. Ironically, her 'innate need' for self preservation was the very thing that continuously caused her to put herself -along with those bound to protect her- in harm's way.

I managed to get through the entire book, with effort, in the hope that somehow Raven would find her true inner strength and become the ally and partner to her hero, that she proclaimed herself to be.

No Spoilers, so I will not reveal whether or not my hope was realized. If you like a true damsel, completely reliant on her hero, while inadvertently hurling obstacles in their way throughout the story, then you will enjoy this book.

Note on Narrator - While her overall narration was very good, with accurate inflection and effectively dramatic pauses, I found her portrayal of Raven an unfortunate addition to my annoyance with her character, with a high pitched, whiny, breathy voice.