After Dark
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After Dark
by Authors:
Jayne Castle
Released: 05 September, 2000
ISBN: 051512902X
Mass Market Paperback
Sales Rank: 84,413
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Average Customer Rating: 
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Customer Review #1:
 Liked It, But Didnt Love It
Let me begin this by saying that I am a huge fan of Jayne Ann Krentz in all of her various incarnations -- as Jayne Castle, Amanda Quick and herself -- and I really, really wanted to love this book. However, the relationship between the two main characters, Lydia and Emmett, didnt grab me the way that the relationships between Amaryllis and Lucas, Zinnia and Nick, and Orchid and Rafe did (and certainly not the way the relationship between Molly and Harry in Absolutely, Positively did). I just didnt care whether Lydia and Emmett were together at the end of this book. More character development would have helped -- if I knew them better, I probably would have cared more about them. Also, issues were dangled before us (what happened to Lydia during her Lost Weekend, why did Emmett join/restructure/leave the guild, whats the deal with Emmett and his nephew) but werent resolved, which I always find annoying.Which brings me to my next point. It may just be me, but I find the paranormal activities in the Dead City stories (Charmed and After Dark) to be very hard to follow. I liked the way the focus/talent abilities in Amaryllis, Zinnia and Orchid reflected the characters personalities and drove the stories along, but I find the tangler/hunter abilities, as well as the ghosts and illusion traps in the Dead City books to be very confusing and distracting. I keep getting bogged down trying to figure out what the heck is going on when one of the characters sees a flash of green light. Personally, Im hoping that the next Jayne Castle book is set in New Seattle, New Portland or New Vancouver. All that being said, however... read the book. Dont stay up all night to finish it like I did, but definitely check it out. Jayne Ann Krentz books are like pizza -- even when theyre bad, theyre still pretty good.
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Customer Review #2:
Pretty Good
Im a big Jayne fan and look forward to all of her books, though my personal preference is for the Amanda Quick period pieces. After her three former futuristic novels about Harmony, all of which were excellent, After Dark was a bit of a letdown. The characters and the plot just werent as solid as her previous efforts, and I found myself wanting more details of both than she supplied and wished shed tied up all the loose ends. Exploration and resolution of her experieces during the Lost Weekend would have made this a much better book than it was. I would agree with other reviewers that the novel is richer if youve read the three preceeding ones. With those disclaimers, however, this is still worth reading, because even less-than-the-best Jayne is better than most other romance writers, and she creates a nicely imaginative world for the reader. I particularly liked the Fuzz creature. All in all, not her best work, but certainly a decent effort.
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Customer Review #3:
 I love her harmony books!
Was lucky I read After Dark and After Glow at the same time, so I had the whole tale there. I presume there will be another AFTER book, since she does trilogies these days. And I will be eager for it.This is Jayne Anne at her best. She is so fresh and has such power in her writing, much like her writing of about 10 years ago. The characters are so strong and funny.
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