Cynthia F. (frazerc) reviewed on 12/3/2009 + 672 more book reviews

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The latest entry in the Castle of Dark Dreams. Like the others it's fun - the landscape peopled with unusual characters with strange problems and a sense of humor. Sparkle Stardust and Ganymede reprise their cosmic troublemaker roles although Sparkle is undergoing an identity crisis - in her attempts to swim out of the shallows of her character she actually goes shopping at WalMart. We have a new bunch of hunky guys [loosely speaking] to replace Eric, Brynn and Conall. There's Bain [demon lord], Edge [cosmic troublemaker specializing in death] and of course our hero, Dacian, a nightfeeder with severe anger management issues. Tuarin [Dacian's brother and misguided villain from Wicked Nights] and Eric [the hero from Wicked Nights and a friend of Dacian's in the past] both show up along with their wives.

The heroine is Cinn - a botanist with a penchant for developing truly weird plants and the source of the sex energy feeding Jessica and Sweetie Pie plants in the previous books - is hired by Sparkle to devlop more plants of interest. At least that's what the contract she signed says... But why is there a mostly naked man with fangs chained to the wall and some weirdo claiming to be a wizard in the hall? And then there are the talking cats...

Sparkle explains: âSo here's the deal. Yes, vampires do exist, along with lots of other nonhumans. Edge and I are cosmic troublemakers. My specialty is creating sexual chaos throughout the universe. Edge is the cosmic troublemaker in charge of death. You can guess what he does. Bain is a demon, and yes, Holgarth is a real wizard.â She held up her hand to stop Cinn from interrupting. âLet me finish.â

Cinn had no intention of interrupting. No way could she talk with her jaw dragging on the floor.

And that's before she finds out there's a very pissed off Celtic goddess after her...

Castle of Dark Dreams
1. Wicked Nights (2005)
2. Wicked Pleasure (2006)
3. Wicked Fantasy (2007)
4. My Wicked Vampire (2009)

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