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Mona Lisa Blossoming (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 2) Mona Lisa has finally accepted what she really is-a Mixed-Blood of the Mon re, the children of the moon. Stronger, faster, and more beautiful than any human, they are the origins of Earth’s darkest legends-and Mona Lisa is their newest Queen.
Accompanied by her loyal cadre of warriors and kin, Mona Lisa is entering her territory of Louisiana for the first time. She slowly learns the erotic and savage customs of the Mon re elite-though some of her new subjects are uneasy at being ruled by a half-human. Her reign is threatened by enemies old and new, and she is ensnared in the thrall of dark forces she cannot deny. In a hidden world of animal passions and unrelenting lust, Mona Lisa soon grasps the tremendous power she must command if she is to hold her realm together-and if she is ever to come into her own.
Customer Review: I couldn’t look away
I have read two of these books (Awakening and Blossoming) and found that at times it felt like I was driving by a car wreck. I knew that I should look away and pay attention to the road, but I had to rubber neck.
I read some of the passages to my partner and he begged me to stop. No, he begged me to stop. The writing in these books is at times uneven and riddled (just riddled) with cliches. I am not sure who the audience is for these books. At first I thought the author might be trying to fill the void left by Anne Rice’s departure in the genre, but saying this is not fair to AR. AR is a sharp, witty writer and her books are well-researched. These book feel like a cross between teenage market books and Harlequin. The descriptions of sex are laughable…hilarious.
I bought these books at the university bookstore’s “damaged” penguin sale and I think the 99 cent price (plus my 10%) discount was the right price to pay. I know this is a harsh review, but I feel that the books deserve it.
Customer Review: Another story in the complex society of the Monere
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Mona Lisa has survived multiple threats against her, fought fellow Queens to defend herself and her men and her friends, and defeated a group of rogue males. She’s found her orphaned brother she never knew and taken him in. That’s all before the book even starts! Now Mona Lisa has come to Louisiana to take her seat as the new Queen of the territory. Little did she know her greatest battles were just beginning.
Now Mona Lisa must adapt to being a leader of hundreds, deal with the subjects who don’t necessarily think they need to follow a Mixed Blood Queen, protect her family, learn the customs of her new life, and juggle her multiple lovers. When it becomes apparent she has new enemies to fight in addition to her powerful old ones, she must prove once more just how formidable an enemy she makes. Possibly even worse, her inner beast she has been fighting for years wants to be loosed and Mona Lisa is not sure she can control it. What’s a Queen to do?
Mona Lisa Blossoming picks up shortly after Mona Lisa Awakening concludes. As such, keep in mind that while this book does stand alone for the most part, many references are made to events from the previous book and is easier understood having read the prior novel. And whatever you do, do NOT read the novella in the anthology On the Prowl before reading this book! I read that book before this one and as a result a huge event that occurs at the end of Mona Lisa Blossoming was completely ruined for me. Since I already knew what happened I lost out on the shock factor that makes the conclusion so important.
Once again Sunny’s skill at world building is exquisite. She draws her readers into the world of the Mon re so we feel as if it is real and we will run into one of Mona Lisa’s people down the street. The societal interactions between “classes” plays as big of a role as the characters do since everything they do is based on where they fall in ranking.
The title of this book is quite appropriate to the story as well. For in this installment of the series, we see Mona Lisa come into her own and blossom into the powerful Queen that she is. Also, having discovered her animal form and how the change affects her, Mona Lisa is terrified of her “beast.” She must come to accept her animal nature before she can assume the power and authority due to her. However, the plot does suffer here and there, with more emphasis placed on telling us what is happening rather than showing us.
Mona Lisa Blossoming is every bit as dark, sexual, and graphic as Mona Lisa Awakening, so sensitive readers may again be greatly disturbed by some of the scenes. The violence is very detailed and the sex scenes extremely explicit. Also, as hinted at earlier, the end of this book is full throttle, very shocking and very upsetting, and most definitely not a happy ending. However, intuitive readers will pick up on the fact that the conclusion may not be quite as final as you would think and may get your curiosity bubbling to the surface.
Character interaction is what I find so captivating about this series. There is so much interplay between everyone that I often wish the story wasn’t told in first person so I could get into the heads of everyone rather than just Mona Lisa. I’d love to know what some of these folks are really thinking and feeling about their arrangements. Amber and Gryphon are back, along with several more men who are oh so enticing. Best of all though, my favorite character, Prince Halcyon, gets more “screen time” here to develop his relationship with Mona Lisa. I adore his character and would love to see him grow an even more personal connection with Mona Lisa. Yet some of the other characters I love seem to fade into the background and I miss getting to see them further developed.
Mona Lisa Blossoming is another good addition to the Mon re series though there is still plenty of room for improvement and further development of the story.
Kelley A. Hartsell, October 2007. All rights reserved.
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