"All families have secrets. Some families have secrets that can kill...."

By: Lara Parker

Genres: Graphic Novel

Posted: October 27, 2013

All families have secrets. Some families have secrets that can kill....

A painting has disappeared, wreaking havoc in the lives of the Collins' family. Quentin's werewolf curse is only kept under control through that painting and now he is at the mercy of the moon. Little does he realize that the vampire secrets. To save his family, David Collins will have to team up with Jacqueline, who is the reincarnation of the witch who originally cursed Barnabas and made him a vampire.

Barnabas Collins is the one who pilfered the painting. Unfortunately, Dr. Nathanial Blair has come to the Collins' family to demand a séance or he will expose the family

WOLF MOON RISING is the third in Lara Parker's Dark Shadows books. I would highly suggest reading the earlier books or being more familiar with the characters and plotline of Dark Shadows than I am before starting this book. Initially, I was quite confused about how the plethora of characters fit together but luckily Lara Parker begins to fill in the gaps for readers like me who took the plunge late in the series. The relationships are still a bit as we have characters who are reincarnated and others who don't age, so readers should note that there are a couple relationships within the family that may be troublesome to some readers.

Lara Parker does a great job at creating the atmosphere I expected from a Dark Shadows book. The cast of characters included in the book is quite helpful for those who aren't Dark Shadows aficionados and need a bit more description about who the characters are. WOLF MOON RISING is an interesting read!

Book Summary

The first all-new Dark Shadows novel in years, written by Lara Parker, one of the stars of the cult classic TV show!

When a portrait is lost that has maintained Quentin Collins’s youthful appearance for over a century—and has also kept his werewolf curse at bay—Quentin begins to dread the full moon.

Meanwhile, David, the sixteen-year-old heir to the Collins fortune, has fallen in love with Jacqueline, a young girl living at the Old House who is the reincarnation of Angelique. David and Jacqueline are swept back in time to the prohibition era of the Twenties, where David uncovers the dark secrets of the Collins family history.

Most threatening of all, Dr. Nathanial Blair, an expert in the paranormal, has come to Collinwood because he suspects they are harboring a vampire. Fortunately, Barnabas Collins has returned to his coffin after a disastrous flirtation with life as a human. Nevertheless, what Blair discovers places the entire Collins family in jeopardy.

Dark Shadows by Lara Parker

Dark Shadows

by: Lara Parker

Tor Books
August 1, 2013
On Sale: August 20, 2013
Featuring:
400 pages
ISBN: 0765332590
EAN: 9780765332592
Kindle: B007VM9IMG
Paperback / e-Book

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