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The Dark Highlander (The Highlander Series, Book 5) Review

The other MacKeltar brother returns, but this time as the lead in the darkest most interesting Highlander novel Karen Marie Moning has written yet.

Yes, interesting. Though the other novels have many love scenes, and the primary plot is how two people are going to fall in love (as is the plot of every romance novel), this was the first book where I was more engrossed in the fantasy than the love. Daegus MacKeltar, a man who cared for his brother so much as to use his Druid magic to go back and prevent his brother's death, is now possessed by thirteen dark druids. This is because he used the stones that can be used to travel to the past for his own "personal" reasons, and not for the greater good. Though this is debated throughout the book, it doesn't entirely matter since the issue remains of the thirteen souls of dark druids that reside within his body, slowly taking him over day by day. That is, until he meets Chloe Zanders, a kind woman who describes herself as a bit of a "nerd" because of her obsession with history and ancient relics. Little does she know, the man who she is strongly attracted to is an ancient relic himself, since he traveled to modern times to watch over his brother.

There was a lot more information about the fae in this book, which is a good set-up for the other series Moning writes. I read the Fever series before this one, and this book was a little more similar, but only in the sense of the darker side of love making that was shown, and the mystical fantasy that surrounded the plot. I didn't consider the romance as central as the previous highland novels since I was more interested in seeing how Daegus resealed the dark druids than how he and Chloe got together. Daegus was my favorite highlander from even the previous book. He seems to have a lot more to him than just meets the eye, and that was before he had thirteen dark druids inside of him!

Though it is not necessary to read these books in order since each one can stand alone, this is the one book that I would recommend reading the previous book before starting this one. Kiss of the Highland is about Drustan MacKeltar, the brother of Daegus MacKeltar (main character of The Dark Highlander). It just helps with the flow of the series if you read Kiss of the Highlander before Dark Highlander since one occurs before the other and the story slightly continues. I highly recommend this series. I only have one more book to read, and I have yet to get bored of them.

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The Dark Highlander (The Highlander Series, Book 5) Overview

Journey to a world of ancient magic, breathtaking sensuality, thrilling time-travel.... Journey to the world of The Dark Highlander. Crisscrossing the continents and the centuries, here is a novel as gripping as it is sensual--an electrifying adventure that will leave you breathless....

I am Dageus MacKeltar, a man with one good conscience and thirteen bad ones, driven to sate my darkest desires…

From his penthouse lair high above Manhattan, Dageus looks out over a glittering city that calls to the darkness within him. A sixteenth-century Scot trapped between worlds, he is fighting a losing battle with the thirteen Druids who possess his soul, dooming him to an eternity of sexual pursuit. When Chloe Zanders, student of antiquities, is drawn into his world, she finds the insatiable alpha male an irresistible lure.Before long, she is caught up in an ancient prophecy that will sweep her back into time to medieval Scotland. Plunged into a world of timeless magic and dark seduction, she will soon face the challenge of a lifetime: fighting thirteen evil spirits for the heart of one irresistible man....

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Customer Reviews

My Favorite Thus Far! - J. Kaye -
The author's sense of humor dominates book five of the Highlander series as Dageus MacKelter searches for a way to lift the curse that has plagued him. It's a series that leads him to Chloe Zanders, an endearing character I cherished from beginning to end. She has an insatiable obsession for Scottish relics. It's this obsession mixed with her natural-born curiosity that lands her in trouble when taking a rare tomb to his apartment. It's then she discovers Dageus is a thief who has been stealing rare tombs. He claims he is only to study and he'll return them all as soon as he's done, but Chloe has a hard time believing it. Yet, she finds herself wanting to. She also finds him hard to resist and as much as Dageus doesn't feel he has a future to offer, he can't seem to let her go.

THE DARK HIGHLANDER ended up my favorite in this series so far. It's packed with too many cherished parts to list. As always, Phil Gigante makes a phenomenal narrator. I love his ability to change his voice from each character....he captures each personality beautifully.

Sexy but a little souless - Emerald -
The Dark Highlander is a time travel romance with a Highland hottie who wants to get rid of his internal Druid demons. His cute, curvy sidekick comes along to help.

I'm bummed. This is the first book of Karen Marie's vastly popular paranormal series involving Scottish Highlanders I've ever read. And I didn't like it!

The story starts out in modern New York, and it's way, way too slow. The author has a tendency to write a scene, and then follow with another passage describing the same exact action, just through the other character's POV. That sort of thing totally messes up the pacing. I felt like I was treading water.

Sure, the hero Dageus is strong and handsome, but I never saw his nobility-- until the climax at the very end of the book. The threat of the Druid demons was completely unrealized. He was worried about them, but I never truly understood why. The demons didn't really do anything... to anyone... Dageus was, however, forced to have a lot of sex to "control" those Druids inside him. Sounds like a pick up line, doesn't it?

The story picks up when he and the heroine return to Scotland of the present, and then the past.

For awhile, I liked Chloe the heroine, a Kansas archaeologist who loves her relics, especially if they are hunky and Scottish. But ultimately, she proved to be childish. I was especially annoyed by her choice which precipitates the climax.

Now to the climax. This was the best part of the book! This scene was really cool and well-drawn. Big paranormal confrontation between good and evil. Exciting. Yay!

And, sadly, the impossible situation was resolved by deus ex machina.

Decent Read - Book Snob -
This was an okay read. The plot picked up in the 2nd half. I was a little disappointed in the caliber of the writing but still a good book to read at the beach.

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