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Update: Ms. Turner has announced she will not finish the series and is no longer writing. Personally I'm not surprised. I liked this series but after being promised for four years that she was putting out the next installment, I figured she didn't have a publisher any longer. Her excuse is that she doesn't like to write any longer. To each their own and I wish her nothing but the best. Definitely skip these two books or you will be mad because she leaves book two in somewhat of a cliff hanger leading into what was supposed to be Oktober's book. Now on to authors that will actually finish a series!

Previous comment: Both books in this series are really good, however I'd never recommend them to anyone. Jennifer Turner puts out a book once every three to four years (if that). She has promised Oktober's book, the next installment, for over three years now with no end in sight to actually getting the book. I can't even imagine, after all this time, how she could still have a publisher, if she even does. This series will never get finished so I wouldn't bother starting it. There are other authors out there that great series too and actually get their work published on a regular basis. I recommend Teresa Gableman's "Protector Series" or Rebecca Zanetti's "Dark Protector's". You'll get your next installment in a reasonable timeline and the storylines are as good if not better than Ms. Turners.


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Eternal Hearts Jennifer Turner 9780982432112 Books Reviews

I felt this book was not quite as good as Eternal Seduction, perhaps because the heroine was not as tough; however the ideas were once again original. This book focuses on Drake, who is not your average supe.

After reading so many paranormal romances they all seem to blend into one another, however this series shakes things up a bit. Whatever you expect when reading about vampires and werewolves will be overturned as you learn about Drake.

As others have mentioned, I was hoping to find a bit of a reference to Logan and Kerestyan from Eternal Seduction, and I was a bit disappointed that this didn't occur (there is a small reference to Kerestyan, but it is in name only).

Overall I thought the book was well written and worth the read. I am looking forward to the next book which is centred around Oktober. I would love to read a book based on Odin too ) There is also a new parallel series coming out soon too. Check out the website [...] for more info.
4.5 stars - This is the second in what I hope will be a long and richly evolving series, by an author who has jumped right near the top of my read-anything-she-writes list.

I thought the first book in this series, Eternal Seduction, was a most enjoyable read despite a vague plot that petered out at the very end. I really liked the characters, especially the unusual heroine, and the book presented a well-conceptualized new mythology. (I agree, you really do have to read it before you read this second book.)

Eternal Hearts has some old and some new main and supporting characters, most of them intriguing and well-drawn -- the villain is the weakest of the bunch. It expands the mythology, and has a better-developed storyline and plot than book one. The author is already pretty masterful with dialogue, and has a fine wit. I think she may need to get comfortable with a more ruthless or graphic darkness (and sensuality) -- not just to build and sustain the suspense level over the course of a series, but to heighten the contrast to the humor and the softer side of the characters she portrays so well.

Definitely recommended.
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The only thing exiled fledgling Toni Tutoro wanted was to be allowed back into Chicago, the city where she'd been born and raised. Almost four years ago the brutal slaying of her human family set the new Warrior on a path of revenge and destruction that ended the life of six humans and almost broke the Veil, what vampires call the cloak of secrecy surrounding them that keeps their existence hidden from humans. The Lord of Chicago, Christian Locke, has ultimate authority on whether she stays or goes, and she's willing to do anything, give anything, live by any rule, just to be able to come home.

Contract killer Drake Black is a seething mass of aggression who doesn't trust vampires, especially female vampires, so when his boss specifically gives him a protection contract on a fledgling fanger back in town, Drake is more than a little put out. But he doesn't exactly have veto authority on the jobs he's given. Reluctant and bitter, Drake takes the contract to keep Toni safe until Lord Locke decides her fate, but it takes exactly fifteen minutes with the sultry Toni to realize that she's not like any other vampire he's ever met. Maybe because she's so young, maybe because her life has been so difficult, Toni is still so very human in so many ways, and it is that humanity that calls out to a dark, lonely place in Drake and offers him comfort.

What he assumed would be an odious task has turned into a pleasure for him. What she assumed would be a pride-pinching trial for her...well...is still a pride-pinching trial, but with yummy Drake Black beside her to make the time pass a little easier. Neither realize the scope and depth of the Machiavellian games of the Ancients; neither notice the political warfare being waged behind closed doors, pushing Toni closer and closer to a dangerous killer even as it pulls her and Drake apart. The cold truth is, Toni may have finally come back to Chicago...just to die there.

I was blown away by Eternal Seduction, the first book in the Darkness Within series, when I read it in May of last year, and I reread it just this past March as my anticipation grew for the release date of Eternal Hearts. Parts of the book lived up to my expectations and hopes, but unfortunately, they were small parts. There's a legitimate danger of falling into the oft-mentioned sophomore slump when a new series is cranking up, and I think that is what happened here. I still say with confidence that Turner has the writing chops to be a wildly successful author with a fresh, exciting voice who writes easily readable narratives and unique characters in an original world, but there were some problems in this book that I didn't see in it's predecessor.

There was an almost absolute dearth of exposition, so very little of the world was explained, terminology went undefined, and characters were light on previously established development. I read the first book in the series, reviewed it, and read it again in less than a year and yet I still felt lost when I stumbled across the unique terminology, history, and mythos of the world and creatures that Turner created. I wouldn't recommend a reader start the series with this book, but even if you've read the first one, you may want to refresh your memory before starting this one.

The main characters weren't as well defined and unique as Kerestyan and Logan, and neither Drake nor Toni were quite as appealing. Logan's emotional detachment and damage coupled with an odd sort of fatalistic strength and flawed valor were hugely attractive and really set her apart in the first book, and I loved the role reversal of Kerestyan being the love-struck and fully invested one in the relationship. Drake and Toni weren't equally complex or original and Toni in particular had the emotional equilibrium of a sugar-hyped thirteen year old with ADD. Secondary and ancillary characters didn't fair as well, either, and with the sole exception of Odin, who was just as wonderfully humorous as he was in the first book (and just as underused), none really had any presence that made them stick out in my mind. Well...there was Oktober...but that was not in a good way.

The plot also gave me some problems. It was all over the place in this book and had a few threadbare spots that teetered dangerously close to being actual plot holes. I appreciate an author who layers plot threads and weaves them together into a full, three dimensional story that has life and depth, but in this case I felt like there were a few too many threads and none of them seemed to be woven together in as cohesive and tight a whole as we saw in the first book. It threw off the pacing and timing of the book in several places and some sections just seemed awkward and misplaced. Plus there a ton of secrets and veiled motivations that involved almost every primary, secondary, and ancillary character in the book. Each of those had to have their own big reveal moment, so by the end they had lost the power to surprise or have significant impact. When looked at in total all those threads and surprises and secrets ended up seeming like a muddled mess of cross-purposes and conflicting agendas.

Despite those issues, there were some truly fun moments in this book, and I did really like Drake. I wish his dichotomy had been played up a little more from the beginning, but I enjoyed him very much, and I liked him and Toni together. There romance was a bit fast to develop for my taste, but it was thorough and filled with genuine emotion that improved both characters, and had a sexuality that appealed. The whole romance plot arc was the strongest part of the book for me. I thought the inevitable conflict between them was realistic and true to the characters, the resolution pleasantly portrayed, and the culmination of their journey through the book completely satisfying.

Oddly enough, though, it was the epilogue that showed off Turner's brilliance and originality. In the epilogue we see what had been mentioned and alluded to in the first book and in several places in the second. It was my favorite part of the whole book because it framed and explained with perfect clarity the overall concept of the series even as the horror dawned. There is something chilling and deeply disturbing about the scope of the game when you start to really ponder it, absorbing with brutal understanding the inherent pettiness of it all - and how little concern for the...pieces there is in it. Beware the boredom of gods and monsters. That way lies horror and death.

I sincerely hope is that there is a much shorter wait until the third book in the series comes out. This one may not have appealed to me personally as much as the first, but there were parts I liked and enjoyed, and the world and the concept for the series arc is still very unique, fresh, and interesting, and several characters are definitely worth their own moments of long reader attention as leads in their own books. I look forward to whatever is coming next.

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Update Ms. Turner has announced she will not finish the series and is no longer writing. Personally I'm not surprised. I liked this series but after being promised for four years that she was putting out the next installment, I figured she didn't have a publisher any longer. Her excuse is that she doesn't like to write any longer. To each their own and I wish her nothing but the best. Definitely skip these two books or you will be mad because she leaves book two in somewhat of a cliff hanger leading into what was supposed to be Oktober's book. Now on to authors that will actually finish a series!

Previous comment Both books in this series are really good, however I'd never recommend them to anyone. Jennifer Turner puts out a book once every three to four years (if that). She has promised Oktober's book, the next installment, for over three years now with no end in sight to actually getting the book. I can't even imagine, after all this time, how she could still have a publisher, if she even does. This series will never get finished so I wouldn't bother starting it. There are other authors out there that great series too and actually get their work published on a regular basis. I recommend Teresa Gableman's "Protector Series" or Rebecca Zanetti's "Dark Protector's". You'll get your next installment in a reasonable timeline and the storylines are as good if not better than Ms. Turners.