Robin M. (robinmy) - , reviewed on 9/5/2015 + 2104 more book reviews

On the eve of her debut to society, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is told by her Aunt Eustacia that vampires exist. She is also informed that she is a Venator, a person who has inherited the ability to slay these vampires. At the ball, Victoria is busy both hunting her first vampire and hunting a husband. Just when the Marquess of Rockley shows interest in her, she must make her excuses and rescue a damsel in distress. As Victoria and another Venator, Max, work with Aunt Eustacia, they find that evil vampire Lilith the Dark has come to town in search of a rare book that could destroy mankind.

This is the first book in the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. Colleen Gleason has written her own version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer set in Victorian England. I've had this book for years and wish I hadn't waited so long to read it. Victoria is a great heroine who sees becoming a vampire hunter as allowing her freedom to do what other women cannot do. She also has some interesting men in her life, starting with Phillip de Lacy (Rockley) who is looking for a wife, Maximillian Pesaro who doesn't think she should be carrying the stake for the Gardella family, and the mysterious Sebastian Vioget who lives in the slums of the city and may be helping the vampires against the Gardellas. I look forward to the next book in the series. My rating: 4 Stars.

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