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kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
First in the Warriors of Poseidon paranormal-romance series revolving around the Seven, an elite guard for the High Prince of Atlantis. The couple focus here is on Prince Conlan and Riley Dawson, a social worker.
My Take
This start to the series introduces us to the series' characters along with their primary mission and the dangers that accompany that mission. And if I hadn't read a couple of short stories in this series, this is probably the last installment I would have read. Day is such a drama queen with the clichés running fast and furious. However, I did enjoy the shorties so I'll give it another couple of tries...fingers crossed.
I wish that Day would take a leaf out of J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series on language and male interrelationships; I have no objection to her warriors of Poseidon interspersing slang and formal language but if she's going to use slang, then use it. Not these half-hearted bits and pieces. Although, I did enjoy the fishy swearing and the movie references! Then there's the snarking the warriors do off each other. It's not enough. It feels so touchy-feely as opposed to male.
Day leads us to believe that Anubisa has some secret purpose in releasing Conlan and then...nothing. Did she forget she'd left that loose thread dangling?
The Story
Anubisa is certainly cocky. Letting Prince Conlan go so close to the time for his investiture as King of Atlantis after torturing him for the past seven years. Unless she foresaw that the High Prince of Atlantis would fall in love with a human and violate the rules. A violation that would result in total annihilation of the world.
Riley has had a miserable day. Shot by the boyfriend of one of her clients, almost raped on the beach by three muggers, and someone is talking inside her head. A someone who turns out to be 6-foot-6 of heavily muscled gorgeousness who just saved her ass. Conlan is shocked to find her, an aknasha, an empath who pulls at his heart.
Conlan is torn between the need to protect and study this empath and the greater need to retrieve the Trident of Poseidon from that traitor, Reisin. A difficult decision made worse when vampires continually attack Riley and the worry that Riley's empathic abilities can be used against the warriors.
The Characters
Riley Elisabeth Dawson is an empathic social worker concerned about righting the wrongs in the world. Her sister Quinn has taken a more aggressive approach to do the same with the shapeshifters. Interesting romantic tension Day is setting up between Quinn, Alaric, and Jack.
High Prince Conlan has been imprisoned by an evil goddess, Anubisa, for the past seven years. Heartsick because he could not free himself and worried that his mind may have been corrupted by the bitch. The Seven are an elite guard protecting each Court of Atlantis. Conlan's Seven include the King's Vengeance "Ven", Conlan's younger brother; Alexios had been a prisoner of Anubisa's; Denal is the youngest; Brennan was cursed with no emotions after doing the naughty with a Roman senator's daughter; Lord Justice; Bastien; and, Christophe. Alaric is the high priest of Poseidon and cousin to Conlan; they had been fast friends raising hell around the kingdom before duty called them. He remains in power as long as he is celibate.
Reisen is of another House of Atlantis and believes that it is time for Atlantis to take its rightful place as the ruler of all mankind.
Jack Shepherd is a weretiger and very interested in Quinn. He's part of the attacking group on Barrabas' stronghold when Quinn and her shapeshifters team up with the warriors. Daniel is a vampire informant providing Quinn with inside details.
Anubisa is the goddess of death and the mother of all vampires---emphasis on mother! And not in a good way. Lord High Vampire Barrabas, a.k.a., Senator Barnes, and leader of the Primus is killing off the opposition in Congress and the Senate in order to push through a new bill that will enhance vampire rights and reduce those of humans. For he intends to rule the world. Drakos is Barrabas' second-in-command but not one of his siring.
The Cover and Title
One of the rare covers that actually reflects the story! Who knew!? A very nice...hmmm...shirt-clad torso emerging from the blue-green waters with Hellenic ruins below in the deeper green waters. I like the pearl buttons...nice touch.
The title is certainly accurate, for with the vampires and shapeshifters announcing their existence to the human world and the covenant breaking, it is Atlantis Rising.
My Take
This start to the series introduces us to the series' characters along with their primary mission and the dangers that accompany that mission. And if I hadn't read a couple of short stories in this series, this is probably the last installment I would have read. Day is such a drama queen with the clichés running fast and furious. However, I did enjoy the shorties so I'll give it another couple of tries...fingers crossed.
I wish that Day would take a leaf out of J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series on language and male interrelationships; I have no objection to her warriors of Poseidon interspersing slang and formal language but if she's going to use slang, then use it. Not these half-hearted bits and pieces. Although, I did enjoy the fishy swearing and the movie references! Then there's the snarking the warriors do off each other. It's not enough. It feels so touchy-feely as opposed to male.
Day leads us to believe that Anubisa has some secret purpose in releasing Conlan and then...nothing. Did she forget she'd left that loose thread dangling?
The Story
Anubisa is certainly cocky. Letting Prince Conlan go so close to the time for his investiture as King of Atlantis after torturing him for the past seven years. Unless she foresaw that the High Prince of Atlantis would fall in love with a human and violate the rules. A violation that would result in total annihilation of the world.
Riley has had a miserable day. Shot by the boyfriend of one of her clients, almost raped on the beach by three muggers, and someone is talking inside her head. A someone who turns out to be 6-foot-6 of heavily muscled gorgeousness who just saved her ass. Conlan is shocked to find her, an aknasha, an empath who pulls at his heart.
Conlan is torn between the need to protect and study this empath and the greater need to retrieve the Trident of Poseidon from that traitor, Reisin. A difficult decision made worse when vampires continually attack Riley and the worry that Riley's empathic abilities can be used against the warriors.
The Characters
Riley Elisabeth Dawson is an empathic social worker concerned about righting the wrongs in the world. Her sister Quinn has taken a more aggressive approach to do the same with the shapeshifters. Interesting romantic tension Day is setting up between Quinn, Alaric, and Jack.
High Prince Conlan has been imprisoned by an evil goddess, Anubisa, for the past seven years. Heartsick because he could not free himself and worried that his mind may have been corrupted by the bitch. The Seven are an elite guard protecting each Court of Atlantis. Conlan's Seven include the King's Vengeance "Ven", Conlan's younger brother; Alexios had been a prisoner of Anubisa's; Denal is the youngest; Brennan was cursed with no emotions after doing the naughty with a Roman senator's daughter; Lord Justice; Bastien; and, Christophe. Alaric is the high priest of Poseidon and cousin to Conlan; they had been fast friends raising hell around the kingdom before duty called them. He remains in power as long as he is celibate.
Reisen is of another House of Atlantis and believes that it is time for Atlantis to take its rightful place as the ruler of all mankind.
Jack Shepherd is a weretiger and very interested in Quinn. He's part of the attacking group on Barrabas' stronghold when Quinn and her shapeshifters team up with the warriors. Daniel is a vampire informant providing Quinn with inside details.
Anubisa is the goddess of death and the mother of all vampires---emphasis on mother! And not in a good way. Lord High Vampire Barrabas, a.k.a., Senator Barnes, and leader of the Primus is killing off the opposition in Congress and the Senate in order to push through a new bill that will enhance vampire rights and reduce those of humans. For he intends to rule the world. Drakos is Barrabas' second-in-command but not one of his siring.
The Cover and Title
One of the rare covers that actually reflects the story! Who knew!? A very nice...hmmm...shirt-clad torso emerging from the blue-green waters with Hellenic ruins below in the deeper green waters. I like the pearl buttons...nice touch.
The title is certainly accurate, for with the vampires and shapeshifters announcing their existence to the human world and the covenant breaking, it is Atlantis Rising.
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
It was like the BBD with Atlantis thrown in. Hot immortals fighting for the humans and finding their soul mates..mmm herd that before. The story was interesting with the Atlantis and Poseidon's trident myth's being told. The writer knows how to use a thesaurus, which added more depth to the story. It was a bit more PNR than I enjoy reading. I like the love, but I love the story. SO, I will read the second one some day, but no rush.
annkniggendorf's review
3.0
[a:Alyssa Day|35023|Alyssa Day|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1251143528p2/35023.jpg]'s [b:Atlantis Rising|396929|Atlantis Rising (Warriors of Poseidon, #1)|Alyssa Day|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255986234s/396929.jpg|386403] is fun. It takes a certain chuzpe to mix Plato's vision/version of Atlantis (including Poseidon, sunken island(s), the trident...) with contemporary Easy Rider / biker gangish urban fantasy, but the result is a hilarious entertainment if one can stomach "real magic" (as in "violating the laws of physics, nature, and the universe[tm] magic") and thinking of an over six foot tall Atlantean prince being called Tarzan.
However, I found myself flipping over the sex scenes - not because they weren't hot (they were), but because the prose was too purple (and variant colored flashes of lights) for my tastes. A tad more down to earth (or ocean) would have done wonders for mood & effects there.
I'm definitely going to read the next book in the series when I need some cheering up, though! :-)
However, I found myself flipping over the sex scenes - not because they weren't hot (they were), but because the prose was too purple (and variant colored flashes of lights) for my tastes. A tad more down to earth (or ocean) would have done wonders for mood & effects there.
I'm definitely going to read the next book in the series when I need some cheering up, though! :-)
romancejunkie1025's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this series and can’t wait to read the rest of it. Thankfully they are all already written so the only thing getting in my way of finishing the series is all the other great books I need to read. :) Conlan and Riley were wonderful characters and together they leap out of the story and grab you by the throat. They are obviously made to be together and when they finally meet, the heat that flairs is enough to light the world on fire. If you haven’t picked up this series yet I recommend you do so ASAP and join me in the journey to Atlantis and back.
for full review see my blog at:
http://romancewitchreviews.blogspot.com/2014/01/mini-review-atlantis-rising.html
for full review see my blog at:
http://romancewitchreviews.blogspot.com/2014/01/mini-review-atlantis-rising.html
rallyk's review
1.0
I probably would rate it differently. Alyssa have a writing potential, but this copycatting is epic fail. Total copy of Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The copy style was so strong that made me sick... What we have?
a) A king of a spices which is supposed to be long gone hiding from people
b) A ordinary woman which is not so ordinary
c) Warriors which are loyal to their king and protect him. A long haired warrior, warriors with names like Vengeance and Justice o.O
d) A man who gave a vow to not sleeping with women...
e) A God watching over the people of Atlantis...
f) The symbol on their bodies remaining of a tattoo?
Sounds familiar?
Shall I keep going? This is not a book with its own life and style... Its a copy of a book published 2 years before this one, just Mrs. Day took the fangs away and put them in the bottom of the ocean. EPIC FAIL, EPIC.
a) A king of a spices which is supposed to be long gone hiding from people
b) A ordinary woman which is not so ordinary
c) Warriors which are loyal to their king and protect him. A long haired warrior, warriors with names like Vengeance and Justice o.O
d) A man who gave a vow to not sleeping with women...
e) A God watching over the people of Atlantis...
f) The symbol on their bodies remaining of a tattoo?
Sounds familiar?
Shall I keep going? This is not a book with its own life and style... Its a copy of a book published 2 years before this one, just Mrs. Day took the fangs away and put them in the bottom of the ocean. EPIC FAIL, EPIC.
bookloverchelle's review against another edition
4.0
Even though this is the first in the Atlantis series, this is not my first story by Alyssa Day. I actually started with a short story in a collection that included one of my favorite authors and discovered her there. From that novella I started to pick up the more recent Atlantis stories except I didn't start at the beginning so now I'm trying to get caught up. It was great to be re-introduced to characters I've already fallen in love with when I read their stories but to also see how it all began. I've always loved the tarnished hero who finds love and redemption through his heroine. And Riley really was my kind of heroine. She'd charge in to protect her man but maybe with one eye closed because she was pretty darn scared but she didn't let that stop her. Great read that makes me want to re-read what I've already got on my bookshelf.
angels_gp17's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed "Atlantis Rising". It was action packed, suspenseful, and romantic. So much goes on in this first book. We have vampires & were-critters living among humans out and about. We have Atlanteans sworn to protect humans, but they must stay unknown to the world. We have the warriors and their priest on a quest. Conlan the high prince and his 7 warriors are all supposed to marry Atlantean virgin's, but we have Conlan who falls in love with a very unique kind of human Riley.
Great Read! I plan to read the rest of the series.
Great Read! I plan to read the rest of the series.
read_with_miss_g's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
bookwife's review against another edition
5.0
okay. So I have.. 13 audio books checked out. Yes 13. I am a nut ball. But I can listen to books at work so yay me. But I was sitting at work and I couldn't decide what to listen to. I just had too many options. So I picked this one because I kinda thought it would be ridiculous. Atlantis and Warriors of Poseidon.. I don't know. I was thinking Mermen and shit. It was late on Friday when I started. But jokes on me because I freaking loved this book.
First off I love Riley. She was super sweet but she also stood up for herself. A lot of times characters are too 'strong' and it just comes off bitchy or they are too sweet and they end up a push over. Well Riley was a good mixture of both. She gets thrown into a crazy world with these He-man Atlantis Warriors and she holds her own. Which is a good thing because she has caught the attentions of Conlan, The Prince of Atlantis.
I like him as well. He makes a few mistakes, sure but who doesn't. Since they meet at the very start of the book I can't say what he was like before he met Riley but I will say that I like them together. I think they are defiantly stronger as a couple and I think that they will be great leaders. I am excited to see how they progress in the series.
I will definitely be going on with the series! There is so much going on with the vampires attacking and trying to take over and I love all the warriors. They are funny and so completely different so I am excited to learn more about them.
First off I love Riley. She was super sweet but she also stood up for herself. A lot of times characters are too 'strong' and it just comes off bitchy or they are too sweet and they end up a push over. Well Riley was a good mixture of both. She gets thrown into a crazy world with these He-man Atlantis Warriors and she holds her own. Which is a good thing because she has caught the attentions of Conlan, The Prince of Atlantis.
I like him as well. He makes a few mistakes, sure but who doesn't. Since they meet at the very start of the book I can't say what he was like before he met Riley but I will say that I like them together. I think they are defiantly stronger as a couple and I think that they will be great leaders. I am excited to see how they progress in the series.
I will definitely be going on with the series! There is so much going on with the vampires attacking and trying to take over and I love all the warriors. They are funny and so completely different so I am excited to learn more about them.
lucy_qhuay's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
This book was really interesting. Loved the mythological aspects in it.
I had never read a book about the myth of Atlantis before.
Also, I missed reading about a brotherhood of warriors like the Warriors of Atlantis.
I can't wait to read about Denal, the sweet young one and Alaric, Poseidon's priest, even though he was really pissing me off with his "I have the power of Poseidon on my side, so don't defy me, boy!" ways.
This book was really interesting. Loved the mythological aspects in it.
I had never read a book about the myth of Atlantis before.
Also, I missed reading about a brotherhood of warriors like the Warriors of Atlantis.
I can't wait to read about Denal, the sweet young one and Alaric, Poseidon's priest, even though he was really pissing me off with his "I have the power of Poseidon on my side, so don't defy me, boy!" ways.