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Holistic Guidance - Claimed by Shadow (Cassandra Palmer, Book 2)
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List Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: Roc
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780451461520
ISBN: 0451461525
Label: Roc
Manufacturer: Roc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 374
Publication Date: 2007-04-03
Publisher: Roc
Studio: Roc
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Editorial Reviews:
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Clairvoyant Cassie Plamer has inherited new magical powers-including the ability to travel through time. But it's a whole lot of responsibility she'd rather not have. Now she's the most popular girl in town, as an assortment of vamps, fey, and mages try to convince, force, or seduce her-and her magic-over to their side. But one particular master vampire didn't ask what Cassie wanted before putting a claim on her. He had a spell cast that binds her to him, and now she doesn't know if what she feels for him is real-or imagined...
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Summary: Good sequel to a great story.
Comment: This is the second in a series of four books (the fourth is not yet published). The action is almost non-stop(seems to be the norm), along with a plethora of vampires, black and white mages (magic), Fairies, humor, and anything else that can be thrown into the mix. Cassandra Palmer is now the Pythia whether she likes it or not. That makes her the head Seer of the world, and just about everyone wants her dead unless she sides with them. There is a war going on between the black mages and the Vampire Senate, court intrigue, humor, and Murphy's Law to name a few things. Her trusty side-kick is a ghost and they have to put up with an acerbic mage. What else could a lady want? A good book that I highly recommend.
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Summary: confusing but a solid story
Comment: ok i know i sound confusing but hear me out.
this book was confusing in the fact that the time shifts were not real clear, and kept shifting back and foward with no warning to the reader.
The story line was` a good one though and if you can stick with it, you'll like it.
I just wish the author was a little more mature in the thought process of her plots.
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Summary: Claimed by Shadow by Karen Chance
Comment: The second book in the Cassandra Palmer Series by Karen Chance is full of crazy drama and great paranormal characters.
Cassie is on a major tear to find and punish Tony, the vampire that ruined her family years ago. With her new powers as Pythia, although not fully realized, Cassie is even more a target for the shady elements of paranormal society than usual and trouble is never far from poor Cassie. Within the first few pages Cassie (and her new friends the Three Fates) practically destroy a casino and almost get captured/killed by the Silver Circle.
Her one ally in this book is Pritkin, the slightly trigger-happy war mage of the Silver Circle. Pritkin helps Cassie as she travels through time in an attempt to save Mircea, the vampire who protected her throughout her youth, from Myra, the sybil who had been heir to the Pythia before falling in with Rasputin. Without Mircea protecting Cassie from Tony, Cassie's not sure she'd have made it to adulthood -- not to mention a flood of other possible changes in their timeline. To protect the timeline as well as herself Cassie has to save Mircea at least twice in the past.
This wouldn't be a major problem except for the geas that was placed on Cassie by Mircea that draws them together - and keeps other men away. Since Cassie has the geas in the present but Mircea doesn't have it in the past seeing Cassie there unintentionally casts the geas back onto Mircea. By the time Cassie sees Mircea again in the present the geas has practically crippled Mircea with the need to be near her - it's physically painful to both of them to stay away.
To add to the drama, the power of the Pythia wants to fully exert it's office over Cassie and to do that it has been making every man seem like a delicious dish. She first realizes this when she is absolutely attracted to Pritkin (lol). Cassie does assume the full office of Pythia with Tomas, which I wanted to happen in the first book early on but not so much by the second book.
I liked this second book much better than the first because the characters were already established and the plot could just move forward. Cassie's life is hectic and dangerous and Cassie does not want the power of the Pythia which means she's perfect for the job. I can't wait for the next book.
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Summary: Very strong sequel
Comment: I rarely find authors who really grip me from first to last in a book. Most fizzle out with a strong opening that steadily goes downhill, or a nice ending to an otherwise blah book. The Cassandra Palmer series is the exception. All of the books start strong and stay that way throughout, making for a very enjoyable read. I really liked the first in the series and was happy to see that the sequel had all of my favorite characters back and in better form than ever. Love Billy, Cassie's crazy ghost sidekick, and of course, Mircea the master vampire. Pritkin is even starting to grow on me, which was a surprise. I have Embrace the Night in my tbr pile and will shortly be getting to it as I really want to know where this series is going.
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Summary: Loved it--but complicated
Comment: I love this book. Karen Chance has great ideas and such. I love her characters. But in some parts of this book, I had to re-read because it's was confusing. It seemed bundled together.
But overrall... Great novel. I recommmend it.
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