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Jacob (Nightwalkers): 1

Author: Jacquelyn Frank
Publisher: Zebra Books
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

8 reviews
Sales Rank: 26972

Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 3.9 x 1.3

ISBN: 0821780654
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780821780657
ASIN: 0821780654

Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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3 out of 5 stars

Worth a read and shows great potential for a new series June 18, 2008
I got this book based on a recommendation from Amazon whilst waiting for the next JR Ward & Kresley Cole installments of their Black Dagger Brotherhood & Immortals After Dark Series'. I'm not going to write a plot synopsis as what I enjoyed most about this book was that it has a different slant on things like new species, powers, and a different mythology/history of the "Nightwalker" species. It was fun being lead into a another world that does not focus on vamps.
I genuinely enjoyed this book and did find it very hard to put down.

This only reservation I had was that after finishing the book, it felt like I'd read an introduction to the series, and not a book that stands alone in it's own right. Don't get me wrong, I will be reading the next in the series, but the plot outside of the romance between the main characters could have been explored more thouroughly. To put it bluntly, the baddies could have been so much more bad! They did not have an ominous presence at all.

Overall, it's definately worth are a read and I am left looking forward to the second installment. The supporting characters introduced in this book look to give the readership a little more "bang for their buck" in the future installments of this series.

4 out of 5 stars

Some issues, but worth following October 8, 2007
I have mixed feelings about this one. Whilst I adored the world Frank created - Demons with elemental powers discovering they may be doomed to extinction because of their own racial prejudices - there were some aspects which felt very "same old, same old."

First, the good: I really liked Isabella, the heroine. She was intelligent and fiesty without being a charicature. I also loved the world-building, as mentioned, especially the idea of the Transformed Demons, the elemental powers and their relationships with Druids. Interesting stuff that will definitely see me buying the second book in the series, "Gideon." Secondary characters such as Legna (pronounded "Laina," BTW) and Noah were great and well-developed.

The bad: I really can't thoroughly and completely enjoy romances that are based on "primal, instinctive connections." By that I mean, the man sees the woman for the first time and decides in that split second she is "his," as if he were picking out a new pair of shoes or something. To me, even if the woman feels the same, it contradicts the idea of romance and reduces it to something rather less ... romantic.

For that reason, I didn't really like Jacob, the titular hero. Especially since, having decided Isabella was his, he spent a lot of time angsting over that decision, which seemed redundant when everyone around him agreed they were destined to be together - including Bella herself. Having said that, I loved his powers and role with Demon society, so he wasn't a complete loss.

Obviously my issues with "Jacob" didn't stop me reading and enjoying it, and as said, I'll be buying "Gideon" - I really liked him in this book, so am keen to see him in his own.

5 out of 5 stars

Definitely Recommended July 22, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful

I really liked this book especially after reading the disaster of Lynn Viehl's Night Lost. Jacob and Isabella are great characters, it is so refreshing to read a book about something other than vampires or werethings.

The story basically is; Jacob rescues Isabella as she falls out of a window, Isabella rescues Jacob from a transformed demon. He then takes her to his world and they fall in love, ahh! :)

If you enjoy supernatural romances then this is the book for you.

3 out of 5 stars

It has potential... March 9, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful

The story of Jacob the Enforcer and Isabella has all the ingredients of a great paranormal romance tale: a tall dark handsome hero, a feisty heroine, action, adventure, steamy love scenes. But despite all this, reading through it I kept feeling something was missing. That elusive spark that very few authors capture brilliantly wasn't there for me. Nevertheless I did persevere and read it through to the end. The beginning seemed promising although I didn't particularly like Isabella (I found all the hands on hips stuff really annoying) and I didn't think that Jacob was all that convincing. I felt that the author spent far too much time meandering around; building up to the end scenes through most of the book then rushing headlong into a semi-conclusion adding additional characters you will probably be seeing in other books as an afterthought. I don't feel that I got to know any characters very well and therein lay the problem I had with this story. They were all just characters in a book - they never jumped out of the page at me. Perhaps that will change as the series goes along. Perhaps I simply lack the necessary imagination needed to fill these characters with life. I don't know.
Having said this I must admit that Ms Frank does have a lovely lyrical way with words. She does not lack talent as a writer; she simply didn't draw me in like other writers of this genre have. Maybe I've been spoiled by J R Ward, Feehan and Kenyon - Ward in particular cannot be equalled or surpassed in my eyes.
I would recommend this book - if only to help fill in the gap between BDB novels.

3 out of 5 stars

I really wanted to like this February 23, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

Jacob is an Enforcer for the demons; when one of his species transgresses, it is he who brings them to justice. One night while out patrolling he saves Isabella's life, and suddenly it is he who is breaking the law.

So many people recommended this book that I really wanted to like it, but it just didn't grab me with that intensity.

The world of the Nightwalkers is an interesting one and having demons as the good guys makes a change from vampires and werewolves. (Although they refer to themselves as demons, they are more like elementals, each having a dominion over a certain elemental aspect - fire, mind, wind, body etc.) As an introductory book to a series it works quite well, we get an overview of the situation and meet many of the characters I expect will be popping up again in future books. The banter between Isabella and the various demons she meets gives her character just the hint of sharpness she needs.

However, I was always aware I was being told a story, and couldn't fully immerse myself in the world Jacquelyn Frank has created. I think partly because of the omniscient point of view - we know what every character is thinking, including the bad guys. So I never felt as invested in Bella's situation as I could have been. There are a couple of occasions where the author shies away from describing something. Either by having a character say "Don't ask me about it." Or by writing around the situation as when Bella is attacked at the beginning of the story. This also acts to distance the reader.

All the demons we meet are nice (not including the transformed); all the humans we meet are bad. There are no shades of grey here. It's a testament to the strength of the story that I still wanted to finish the book despite this.

If you like Sherrilyn Kenyon or Christine Feehan, I'd check this one out as a change from dark-hunters/vampires. If you prefer something with a deeper intense point of view, I'd approach with caution.

Gideon the second book in the Nightwalkers series is released in June 2007.