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| View Larger Image | The Hunted (Vampire Huntress Legends)
by L. A. Banks
| | List Price: | $7.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 13712 | | Studio: | St. Martin's Paperbacks | | | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 592 | | Publication Date: | June 13, 2005 | | Publisher: | St. Martin's Paperbacks |
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Product Description
Each millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way. Several gruesome deaths, starting with an American research team, have come to Damali's attention in Brazil. The nature of the deaths leads Damali to believe that the killer is anything but human...
Unknown to Damali, the life of Master Vampire Carlos Rivera was saved by a most unlikely group: a band of monks also dedicated to fighting the Dark Realm. In exchange, they want Carlos to help stop the inhuman murders plaguing Brazil-and they will use Damali as bait if they have to. Reunited, Damali and Carlos give in to the erotic passion they have fought for so long. Together, they are a powerful force. But Damali has made a terrifying enemy who won't rest until the beautiful Neteru is dead...
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 36 reviews)
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Did not like this book much 
I did not even finish it. I did not like the way it was written (the expressions they used). Did not hold my interest.
July 23, 2008 | |
This book started it all for me 
Once i read this book i had to go get the first 2. I love the huntress series. Carlos and Demali steam up the pages. This is a must read.
March 15, 2008 | |
So worth your time
Where should I start with L.A Banks vampire huntress series, well I must say the Minion was the introduction to the series was not bad,was no page turner same goes for the Awakeing. If these two books won't important to the series I would say skip It. Now the Hunted Is the book you want to read and from there Is where the real action starts you can't finish It fast enough to start the others. These books are so worth your reading time minus the Minion and the Awakeing.
October 07, 2007 | |
Nice story, but... 
My friend recommended this book to me. I love Vampire tales and I was very excited to find a series written by an Black author. My library didn't have the first two books, so I dove into the "The Hunted."
Well, I'll start off with saying that I didn't finish the book. Here's why:
Even though I enjoyed some of the fight scenes, they seemed sort of unrealistic. I just couldn't get into them and for some reason it seemed as if the author left something out.
I enjoyed reading the story through Carlos' point of view. I found myself skipping over the Huntress' (I can't remember her name. For Shame!) parts of the story. Like some of the other readers, I was a little displeased by the use of slang. It just seemed strained to me. Like the characters were trying so hard to sound real and natural, that the result was completely unnatural and fake. However, from the parts I read, Carlos' part was so much better. Everything from his speech patterned and the general writing seemed much better. I began to wish he was the lead character so I can see how his side of the story ended. But, since I skipped around so much, I just gave up and dropped the book off at the library.
But, I did like some things about the book. I did like how her version of vampire politics and structure. It wasn't my favorite, but it did well for the story.
July 02, 2007 | |
[3.5]--You'll love some passionately and hate others intensely
Again, Ms. Banks has created an outstanding work of fiction. The Hunted is another great installment to this series. A slightly more bulkier novel but it is surprisingly a fast and tense read. Due to real life, I was forced to put the book down, and each time I did--no matter where I had closed the pages--I was left on the edge of a cliff, my attention focused on the next time I would be able to read this book. She is able to bring her own unique spin to the vampire mythos to fruition with "The Hunted."
This book was sexier, darker and grittier; finally allowing the passion between Damali and Carlos to explode in one of the best love scenes I've ever had a chance to read; upping the ante on Carlos' "life" and his deals; exposing more of the Neteru's heritage; and upping the tension between Damali and Carlos, Carlos and his enemies, The guardians and their chosen paths; etc, etc. The Hunted has taken Banks' series to an entirely different level where your emotions will be sure to run like a predator, unless you are dead. Damali is near to coming into her own; in this novel, she being forced to deal with things and situations that she formerly shielded herself from due to certain circumstances. She is all Neteru in this book and I can't wait until I read "The Bitten."
Once again, however, the dialogue is the major sticking point for me. While it's dynamic and true to life, I find it a bit tedious after a while and hard to follow when more than one character is "speaking". To me, there is very little in the way of personalization and uniqueness to the characters with regards to the dialogue.
But, overall, I admire Ms. Banks' contributions to vampire fiction and look forward to many more great books in the Vampire Huntress series.
April 04, 2007 | |
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