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Shadow Game
: I am such a big fan of Christine Feehan. Discovered her early and wait impatiently for each new book. I think her Dark series is sexy,taut,different and totally consuming. I enjoyed The Scarletti Curse almost as much. However, Lair of the Lion and now Shadow Game almost seem like they were written by somebody else.Again, this was a major disappointment!
 I'm fairly new to Christine Feehan's books and have not read her Dark series, but after reading Shadow Game I'll definitely look for anything this author writes! Her characters exist in a world of lies and deception, brought together on a level that is both elemental and sensual. Ryland and Lily are memorable for both their strengths and their vulnerabilities...this was a page turner from the very beginning and it's going to be difficult to wait for Feehan's next book in this series.
 An avid reader, I found that Lily Whitney and Capt. Ryland Miller made for an interesting weekend. The book seems more wordy than some of her others; however, the characters are very like her Carpathians: caring and responsible for others, sensual and psychic. (Should I have capitalized sensual? mmmm....) They meet because Lily's father has been experimenting on Miller and his men in order to form a secret military group with enhanced psychic abiilities. The experiment has gone drastically wrong and Dr. Whitney calls in his daughter to assist him. I won't say more, the teaser is already on this website.... I can see Lily and Ryland as parents of a psychic woman who becomes the lifemate of a Carpathian. I can see additional novels being written about Capt. Miller's men. (Am I psychic or what?) Please keep writing, Ms. Feehan. I promise that I will keep buying and reading.
Author has constructed a plot with as many layers as an onion, and each of these "layers" has been lain out as advanced psychic powers, the experimenting on men from an elite military squadron. The men, lead by Ryland, are separated and caged like lab rats in an underground facility where they have learned to communicate with each other telepathically, a talent Lily has had since birth. In true romance form, Lily and Ryland share an instant attraction, which leads to a few intriguing sexual liaisons, which aren't all that believable. Interesting concept, but is need of an occasional need of other alternatives and of the consequences of those ideas suggested as it does begin with a fast pace, but fizzles three-quarters of the way through. This isn't the best novel I've read this month, but it is a book worth considering if you don't value your time and have a couple of hours you wish to squander. With some changes and better dialogue this might make a passable film, but would require work on the authors part.
Shadow Game is not a book that I would normally pick up and buy based on the cover (front picture or the brief on the back). But I love Ms. Feehan, and I have to have everything she writes so of course I gave it a shot. Once again, I was not disappointed. This story follows Lily, the brilliant daughter of a brilliant scientist who is experimenting with enhancement of psychic abilities. When Lily is asked for her input on the project she immediately senses something is wrong, and once her father is killed, has to help set things right. Captain Ryland Miller and his team of men (the men Lily's father experimented on) are held captive and being killed one by one. When she realizes Ryland is next on the list Lily has to get them out of there before it is too late for the both of them. This book was yet another page turner, and I am looking forward to future Ghost Walker novels (hopefully the next is Kaden's ;-)). I couldn't put this book down until I had read it from beginning to end. Ms. Feehan knows how deliver, and this book will not disappoint!
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