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Sam Chase, a US foreign agent attached to Iraqi-based embassy, is forcefully transferred to a CIA dark ops group. Plagued for years by her special gift of remote sensing, the US government now demands her to apply the skills she's always to denied to solve a series of strange incidences--grave robberies at Arlington, voodoo, missing dead bodies--that points to the supernatural but of the dark sort. Along with her are three other women, also special like Sam.

To make the situation even more challenging is the intrusion of Lance 'Bear' Rutledge, a forensic investigator for the DoD, who completely rejects any hocus pocus theories, even as strange things happen right before his eyes. As he and Sam, along with the other women, delve deeper into who is behind the dark magic, the dangers increase, from both the living and the dead.

Dark Nights, Dark Dreams is an intelligent and thoughtfully written book and the author is quite skillful but the story itself, and the characterizations, are poorly conceptualized and its execution is disjointed and unfocused. For me, there was no real tension, excitement or that special something, nothing original or different from other books in this genre. I've read this story, and read better versions of it.

The main problem was that Russe couldn't decide what to make this book about and what exactly to focus on, and it reads like it. Others were forgiving but it was just distracting to me. Bear and Sam come off forced when together or flat everywhere else and while there is some character development, it's not enough to make them memorable or interesting. Both are--externally--emotionally vacant and detached, but--internally--lonely searching souls, and it never progresses out of that box. Their differences and similarities are just too disparate and counterintuitive, so their 'attraction'/'romance' is just a big, 'what the...huh???', and its muddled dappling here and there was just inserted in there for reasons unknown to me, Russe, Sam and Bear.

Confusedly, the last quarter suddenly shifts focus, jumps about and includes more of a secondary character's POV, which, I think, was meant to help move the plot along and wrap things up quickly, but also as an unnecessary ploy to introduce the next woman likely to be featured in the 2nd installment. It just feels 'off'. Secondary characters give a little more dimension to a rather lackluster, very slowly building plot and make the main characters less wooden. The mystery/thriller/supernatural element is very detailed, well researched, and somewhat overly complicated with little payoff.

The first in this series is not badly handled, in general, but the plot just crawls along at a.........snail's.............pace. By the middle part, I cared less and less and by the end, I was just glad it was over. I'm not sure I'll continue with this series though it does have promise and could get better. Maybe.


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Dark Nights Dark Dreams Sisterhood of the Sight Signet Eclipse Savannah Russe 9780451225665 Books Reviews

With a shortfall of State Department volunteers willing to work in Iraq, Foreign Service specialist Sam Chase is stunned that she is being loaned to the CIA although she understands why. Sam's ability to see the future and being warned by an inner voice, some say a guardian angel, has kept her safe. The CIA has assigned her to a new Top Secret cell with special paranormal skills.

Sam is assigned to help DOD forensic investigator Lance "Bear" Rutledge, who cannot believe they dump a civilian on him based on a mumbo jumbo fraudulent talent; he scorns psychic ability as either a ruse or a mental case as he believes in the facts. Another cell mate voodoo priestess Rina Martus warns that stolen corpses are being converted into an army of zombies. As Bear, who assumes Rina is a fruitcake, and Sam search for the army of the dead.

Darkwing Chronicles' vampires aside, the first of four "Sisterhood of the Sight" psychic romantic suspense thrillers is a superb paranormal tale as the heroine and her partner confront peril from beyond. The story line is fun from the moment Sam and the bear meet; as she is living proof of what he scorns as ridiculousness. Falling in love interferes with the mission so neither wants to act on their desire, but both need to act on their passion for the other. Savannah Russe opens up her new series with a winner.

Harriet Klausner
Sam has a secret ability she's been hiding from the world for as long as she can remember. This ability has kept her out of countless bad situations, and even saved her life a few times. Still, Sam is reluctant to trust the visions she has, or the voice in her head. She's even more reluctant to let others know about her ability.

Sam is shocked to find out that the CIA has found out about her ability, and even more shocked to be forced to work for the agency. Without any warning, her whole world is turned upside down. She's removed from Iraq and sent home where she's assigned a case to work, three room-mates who have their own strange abilities, and a DOD liaison by the name of Bear Rutledge.

As the case unfolds, drawing her deeper and deeper into supernatural danger, she is forced to rely on her companions and her own odd ability in order to survive.

Savannah Russe, author of Dark Nights, Dark Dreams, has crafted an intriging supernatural thriller. Her characters are believable, written with depth and imagination. The storyline is fairly original, fitting quite nicely into the niche for supernatural thrillers. For the most part, the novel clips along a fairly fast pace, with only a few "flat" passages throughout the book. It will be interesting to read the rest of the Sisterhood series to see how Russe develops the secondary characters into something more.

If you like Russe's writing style, but would like to read something a little less "dark", check out the books she's written under the name of Lucy Finn.
Sam Chase, a US foreign agent attached to Iraqi-based embassy, is forcefully transferred to a CIA dark ops group. Plagued for years by her special gift of remote sensing, the US government now demands her to apply the skills she's always to denied to solve a series of strange incidences--grave robberies at Arlington, voodoo, missing dead bodies--that points to the supernatural but of the dark sort. Along with her are three other women, also special like Sam.

To make the situation even more challenging is the intrusion of Lance 'Bear' Rutledge, a forensic investigator for the DoD, who completely rejects any hocus pocus theories, even as strange things happen right before his eyes. As he and Sam, along with the other women, delve deeper into who is behind the dark magic, the dangers increase, from both the living and the dead.

Dark Nights, Dark Dreams is an intelligent and thoughtfully written book and the author is quite skillful but the story itself, and the characterizations, are poorly conceptualized and its execution is disjointed and unfocused. For me, there was no real tension, excitement or that special something, nothing original or different from other books in this genre. I've read this story, and read better versions of it.

The main problem was that Russe couldn't decide what to make this book about and what exactly to focus on, and it reads like it. Others were forgiving but it was just distracting to me. Bear and Sam come off forced when together or flat everywhere else and while there is some character development, it's not enough to make them memorable or interesting. Both are--externally--emotionally vacant and detached, but--internally--lonely searching souls, and it never progresses out of that box. Their differences and similarities are just too disparate and counterintuitive, so their 'attraction'/'romance' is just a big, 'what the...huh???', and its muddled dappling here and there was just inserted in there for reasons unknown to me, Russe, Sam and Bear.

Confusedly, the last quarter suddenly shifts focus, jumps about and includes more of a secondary character's POV, which, I think, was meant to help move the plot along and wrap things up quickly, but also as an unnecessary ploy to introduce the next woman likely to be featured in the 2nd installment. It just feels 'off'. Secondary characters give a little more dimension to a rather lackluster, very slowly building plot and make the main characters less wooden. The mystery/thriller/supernatural element is very detailed, well researched, and somewhat overly complicated with little payoff.

The first in this series is not badly handled, in general, but the plot just crawls along at a.........snail's.............pace. By the middle part, I cared less and less and by the end, I was just glad it was over. I'm not sure I'll continue with this series though it does have promise and could get better. Maybe.