Curse the Dawn: A Cassie Palmer Novel

Karen Chance

Apr 2009 · Cassie Palmer Book 4 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

“Karen Chance takes her place along with Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, and J.D. Robb.”—SF Revu

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Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under.

The Vampire Senate does support Cassie in her position, but their protection comes with a price: an alliance with the sexy master vampire Mircea, who has claimed Cassie as his own.

But even the vampires will have trouble keeping Cassie alive now that the self-styled god Apollo, the source of the Pythia’s power, has it in for her in a big way. To save her life—and the world—Cassie’s going to have to face down her creator…

Ratings and reviews

The series so far has been likable and I found myself enjoying it, even if the pace was like running through the bushes at 100mph without pushing any of those low hanging branches aside. Still I found myself hoping the main vampire, Mircea, would truly bite the dust and that Casandra would grow up a little and stop whining and complaining. For a heroine of an Urban fantasy, I was surprised by all her complaining through out the series (there is a great deal) and found myself rolling my eyes a lot. I think some of the major players need a bit more character development and feel a little two dimensional to me. If I remember correctly the whole deal was so she could find her father, but then that plot line fell flat and was never mentioned again as though the author simply forgot about it. I’m hoping in the next book it is revisited along with the possible Cassandra/Pritkin relationship.

Enough action to keep the pages turning. Love scenes to melt am iceberg. I cannot recall the last book that had me laughing outload and gasping "No she didn't ". Karen Chance writes with imagination, flair, and wicked humor. This was my favorite in the series so far. I recommend her books to anyone. She delivers across the usual boundaries of genre. Thank you for the hours of pure enjoyment.

I thoroughly enjoyed the humor, hijinks and hot heat delivered in Curse the Dawn. I've read it many times!

About the author

Karen Chance has lived in France, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, but always comes back to America. She currently lives in Central Florida, the home of make-believe, which may explain a lot.