Product Description

Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by a high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death. Someone shares one of his past lives. Back then, she was his victim. Today, she is his savior. Her name is Mona Lisa.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128301 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 304 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780425225547
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
In Sunny's third seductive tale of magic and romance (after 2007's Mona Lisa Blossoming) among the shape-shifting alien race known as the Monère, young mixed blood Queen Mona Lisa embraces her sexuality as a means of healing. Unfortunately, she makes a serious mistake by sleeping with Dante Morell, a rogue Monère man struggling with madness, and accidentally becomes pregnant. Not only is Mona Lisa now demon-tainted but she's also engaged to Lord Halcyon, the Demon Prince of Hell. Further conflicts ensue as she begins to remember killing Barrabus, Dante's ancestral father, during her former life long ago in Sparta, and touching off a terrible curse. Suspenseful twists promise more heart-throbbing surprises in the next installment of this haunting erotic fantasy series. (Jan.)
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About the Author
Sunny is a former physician and the wife of novelist Da Chen.

Customer Reviews

Entertaining, but lacking
The third book in the Monere series, and definitely a steamy one. I like the characters, but I feel sometimes my least favorite character is Mona Lisa. I want her more fleshed out. I also wish she could commit to someone or at least the same few someones. Are we just going to keep seeing her discover new men she wants, only to discard the previous ones? It also seems like Amber is becoming less of a character and getting pushed further out. He seems very 2D when he does make an appearance.

One particular thing I found quite annoying, was the way things were summarized from previous books. Every time something needed to be clarified it felt forced. Like, here, let's stop the story so we can tell you what happened, and now back to the story. There was no flow at all in that regard. I understand the need to try to make it a stand alone book, but it was done very poorly.

Overall, I did enjoy the book, I read it very quickly, but I did feel something lacking with the story and the characters. I am curious what will happen with Dante in the future. Will he be continued as an important man in her life, good or bad? Or will he get tossed to the side of the story like the rest have been?

We shall see in 2009 I suppose.

Well, at least the blatent rip-offs have tapered off
Overall, I do like the Monere' series. At first, I was afraid nothing else would come out as "Mona Lisa Rising" incorporated so many blatent lifts from other authors & series I thought Sunny would be sued.

That said, with each book, a bit more of the long & convoluted history of the Monere' comes to light.

In "Craving", Mona Lisa has to deal with the increasing desire to get pregnant. Being a Mixed Blood (only 3/4 Monere'), makes a resolution to this problem a major issue. Who could father her child, and why he should/shoudn't, was entertaining to read.

The continuing sub-plot with Halcyon was handled well. Her lingering feelings over Gryphon wasn't quite...authentic enough. She welcomes Dontaine & even Dante into her bed w/ the ease of Anita Blake - which is not a compliment for either lady.

The biggest problem I have with this series, and "Craving" doesn't do any better than pts 2 & 3, is that the author repeats various key points of the Monere' and Mona Lisa's problems - repeatedly in the same book no less. While I understand that one doesn't want to lose readers new to the series, seeing the same phrasing in *every* book gets old. Which is sad, because the *characters* she has created, for the most part, are well-developed, and develop more in each book. But the *story* doesn't seem to be moving along much.

I will have to think twice about picking up the next book, especially as it is a year before it comes out.

Can you really do this?
Can you rip off the work of recent writers, mush them together into your own barely distinctive re-imagination and get published? Anne Bishop should get more than a tiny mention in the author acknowledgments, she should get a percentage of the profit. Same thing with Laurell K. Hamilton.

I read the three Mona Lisa books hoping that things would grow away from the obvious comparisons, but I get the same sense of outrage from all three.