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Take (Scars of the Wraiths)

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By Nashoda Rose

This is Five Hearts of Fantastic I tell you, I am not a big reader of paranormal that include Witches, Ghosts, Immortal Warriors and Vampires. This book has those and it even had a glossary at the start to explain where they all fit.  For a novice like myself I did find the glossary helpful in the first few chapters and then the book just took on a journey of its own that I became consumed with and completely entangled in this amazing world.

I admit at the 70% mark at a particularly critical part of this story for Jasper and Max I put my ipad down and walked away as I was so scared as to how this book would end.  It took me two hours to walk back, sit down and finish the journey with them, this point in time also made me fall in love with Xamien, Holden and Guise even more.

Nashoda Rose, please I want a book on Xamien, Holden and Guise – those guys are amazing and just leapt off the pages at me and held their own against the chemistry of Max and Jasper. The connection between Max and Jasper was just off the charts hot and heavy I mean I could not put this down.

I adored the relationship of Xamien and Max and the all encompassing protection he offered this beautiful girl. To even comprehend the years of turmoil she endured at Drakes hands, we received snippets of but I did not need to known any more as her pure fear of Drake the Vampire you could feel in the words Nashoda wrote. This is one of my highlight books so far this year as not my normal genre but I would pick this up again and re read it, over and over.

Take

My rating: 5 Hearts

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Vampire Next Door

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By Angela Snyder

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Meet Jane Doe.  Badly beaten and left for dead in the woods, she wakes up from a three week coma with absolutely no memory of who she is, where she came from or what happened to her.  The only memory she has is the voice of her surgeon, Dr Jack Walker, talking to her in her dreams.

Jack felt an instant connection with his patient and would spend every night talking to her before heading home after a long day at work.  When she comes to, he ends up being the only friend she has.  But he’s still her doctor and any romantic relationship could land Jack in a lot of trouble.  After months of physical recovery, no-one has ever come to claim her and she’s left with nowhere to go.  But now that Jack’s not her doctor any longer, he quickly proposes and gives her everything she could ever need.  Most importantly, she’s happy.

Until her happiness is ripped away from her.

Flash forward a year later and while Jane is still grieving, she learns she’s about to get a new neighbour.  Enter Sebastian.  Mysterious and rich, there’s just something about him that feels familiar and sets her heart (amongst other things) racing.  The pair very quickly fall in love, but there are those that seek to destroy that love any way they can.

Vampire Next Door was a fairly quick read, taking me about four hours to finish.  The book kept me engaged and there wasn’t any event or character that had me rolling my eyes in annoyance or disbelief.  Overall, I really enjoyed this book, however there are a couple of things to be mindful of.

The book has massive skips in time and moves very quickly, especially until Sebastian enters the scene.  Once he’s there the story slows down a bit, but towards the end the time lapses reappear.  This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes the story moved so fast it was like ‘Bam Bam Bam’ between events.

It’s also a little predictable and by the end I was left feeling like a few things were unresolved.  How did Jack’s family feel about discovering who murdered him?  Elizabeth seemed to give up too easily.  Did Jane end up asking Sebastian to turn her?  Again, these issues aren’t major, but if they had been addressed I think the book would have felt more whole.  More complete.

Sebastian:  “I promise it’s great.  I’m just not used to solid foods.  I try to stick to a strict liquid diet.”

Vampire Next Door

My Rating:  4 Hearts

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Master For Tonight: Book 1

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By Elaine Barris

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Master For Tonight is about Julian, a vampire who stumbles upon Kate and is instantly in lust.  He spends the next six months keeping watch before he finally decides to make his move.  He uses his vampire mojo to convince her to let him into her house and her body.  After some reluctance, Kate agrees to every wicked promise Julian makes and has a sex filled night she’s not likely to forget.  Until Julian’s maker (Evangeline) orders him to wipe Kate’s memory and punishes him for his betrayal.  After suffering at the hands of Evangeline for weeks, he’s finally able to return to Kate, but doing so puts her life in more danger.

This book ends in a cliffhanger, so you’ll need book 2 to find out what happens.  I’m assuming book 2 could be the finale, but I could be wrong.

So I’m not really sure what to say about this book.  My Kindle tells me that this book should be about a four hour read, but it took me three days to finish it.  I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it either.  It just wasn’t one of those books that grabbed me to the point of not being able to put it down.

I would have preferred if this book ended with the HEA for Julian and Kate, and perhaps book 2 be about Reese and Mazzie.  I guess because it took me a few days to finish, I felt it dragged out a little too long, and then to get to the end and find a cliffhanger?  Not what I was expecting.

From what I’ve read, Master For Tonight is Elaine’s debut novel.  I thought the book was really well written and I don’t recall reading any spelling or grammar mistakes.  The sex scenes were hot, with my favourite being the spanking scene towards the end.

I liked Julian and Reese, but I sometimes felt Kate was a little erratic.  And Mazzie towards the end annoyed me, but I suspect there’s a reason for that, one you’ll find out about in book 2.  And Evangeline, what a crazy bitch.  Seriously.  It’s like watching those movies where you say to yourself “If you’d just killed her when you had the chance none of this mess would be happening right now.”.  Of course, then you’d have no story either, so Rock, meet Hard Place.

Please be warned that there are a couple of sensitive scenes involving Julian and Evangeline.

Master For Tonight: Book 1

My rating:  2 Hearts

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