Author: Keary Taylor
Length: 225 pgs
What to say, what to say…
This was pretty middle of the road for me. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t a gripping pageturner. I did like the vampire world built here, how there are “born” vampires versus “bitten” vampires, and those who are born don’t know they’re born until they die as humans and find themselves resurrected five days later as a vampire. There’s an interesting history regarding the vampire King and his cursed bride who is reincarnated every few years, and a unique heirarchy regarding hundreds of different “Royal” houses spread throughout the world.
Unfortunately the book, while it introduces this information, mostly revolves around the main characters and their semi-forbidden insta-love. My biggest problem was that I didn’t really connect with the characters at all so being invested in their relationship wasn’t something I felt. As a result the extenuating circumstances working against them were less than thrilling since I didn’t really mind either way what became of them. Their road to romance is identical to many other books in this genre, so there was nothing unique that made this pair of characters stand out or root for them.
There’s a cliffhanger at the end that I liked and which will probably push many readers into reading at least the second book. This one seems to focus more on setting up events for the books to come. I liked it but didn’t love it, and probably won’t continue the series. But if you’re into non-erotica, YA PNR this is probably right up your alley.
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