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I found this book to be boring and I had to make myself finish it.
A vampire romance novel that has strong overtones of JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The state of the art mansion where they all live together, the nightclubbing, the warrior vampires, the computer expert vampire, the silent angry vampire, the handsome sexy vampire, the leader who really isn't looking to lead, the bonding, their devotion to their life mates are all very similiar to Ward's books, but there are enough differences to keep the vampire mythologies distinct. In this series, the vampires are descended from a handful of warrior aliens who crash landed on earth a long time ago.
If you've read the BDB series, you're going to find this a poor second choice because Adrian is no JR Ward. I think I would have enjoyed this series a lot more if I hadn't read the Black Dagger Series first.
The story takes a long time to get going. It's very slow in the beginning and only kicks up the pace in the latter chapters. It lacks the humor and camaraderie found in the Black Dagger Brothers. Even the worst BDB book is more interesting to me than this book. What Adrian does wrong is to tell instead of show. It's more interesting for a reader to come to a conclusion on her own rather than having it spelled out by the author. The cliched romantic dialog is straight out of some mass market romance book. It was so corny and laughable.
I really didn't understand the conflict between the hero/heroine in this story, nor did I care much about them either. Their character development was lacking. Their connection to each other isn't explained well. The heroine is very annoying. She finds out that he has repeatedly lied to her, tried to control her mind, had sex with her when she was asleep, but she continues to profess her great love for him. Ugh. How can you root for a heroine that's that stupid? She has a paranormal ability that is mentioned early in the book, but isn't used or explained again. The love scenes were just fine - nothing special or interesting considering he's a 900-year old vampire.
Sometimes the first book in a series isn't the best so I'll give Adrian another chance. I'm planning to read the next book to see if her writing improves, but if it doesn't draw me in, I'm done with this series.
A vampire romance novel that has strong overtones of JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The state of the art mansion where they all live together, the nightclubbing, the warrior vampires, the computer expert vampire, the silent angry vampire, the handsome sexy vampire, the leader who really isn't looking to lead, the bonding, their devotion to their life mates are all very similiar to Ward's books, but there are enough differences to keep the vampire mythologies distinct. In this series, the vampires are descended from a handful of warrior aliens who crash landed on earth a long time ago.
If you've read the BDB series, you're going to find this a poor second choice because Adrian is no JR Ward. I think I would have enjoyed this series a lot more if I hadn't read the Black Dagger Series first.
The story takes a long time to get going. It's very slow in the beginning and only kicks up the pace in the latter chapters. It lacks the humor and camaraderie found in the Black Dagger Brothers. Even the worst BDB book is more interesting to me than this book. What Adrian does wrong is to tell instead of show. It's more interesting for a reader to come to a conclusion on her own rather than having it spelled out by the author. The cliched romantic dialog is straight out of some mass market romance book. It was so corny and laughable.
I really didn't understand the conflict between the hero/heroine in this story, nor did I care much about them either. Their character development was lacking. Their connection to each other isn't explained well. The heroine is very annoying. She finds out that he has repeatedly lied to her, tried to control her mind, had sex with her when she was asleep, but she continues to profess her great love for him. Ugh. How can you root for a heroine that's that stupid? She has a paranormal ability that is mentioned early in the book, but isn't used or explained again. The love scenes were just fine - nothing special or interesting considering he's a 900-year old vampire.
Sometimes the first book in a series isn't the best so I'll give Adrian another chance. I'm planning to read the next book to see if her writing improves, but if it doesn't draw me in, I'm done with this series.
