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Plot Summary of Dark Challenge
"Julian Savage lives up to his name. The prince of the Carpathian people sent him to the United States to protect humans and Carpathians from vampires. This, he had done all his life, but now, a new threat is forming: a group of human vampire hunters who think Carpathians are also the undead. The prince has sent Julian to warn the mortal singer, Desari, and her troupe that they may be targets.

When Julian finds them, he discovers the musicians are Carpathians who escaped a similar attack centuries before. Only children at the time, they clung together to survive, and will not easily admit an outsider like Julian, even if he is one of their kind. But Julian is determined to save Desari, for he's attracted to her.
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Kayelle Allen, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Dark Challenge
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age/status: - magical being
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - invisibility - can read emotions - can change shapes - can talk to animals - fire/lightning/weather cntrl - mind reading - mind control - super strength - can fly - is very quick
How sexual is this person? - very picky
Sex makes him - more demanding
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful - sensitive - a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - magical being
Profession/status: - musician
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - is very quick - can change shapes - can talk to animals - mind reading - mind control - super strength - can fly - invisibility - can read emotions
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 3-4 sex acts
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