Frustrated with her father’s demand she find a mate, Tawny
does, but it’s not one that will receive her family’s blessing. Plus, her new
love has no memory of his past…even his name.
Discovering an unconscious man who may be vampire, in the neighbor’s
yard leads werewolf Tawny Howls down a love path that’s not going to make her
father happy. She senses this man is different, but that doesn’t stop her
attraction. Werewolves and vampires are traditional enemies, and it doesn’t
help when he remembers nothing about his prior life.
Awakening to find a beautiful woman hovering over him, he remembers nothing of his past life. When Tawny decides to call him David, he’s fine with the name and the attention he receives from his nurse. But why does the scent of the prey she hunts excite him more than the food she cooks?
Can the strong attraction between a shifter and a vampire overcome years of distrust for each other’s species? Will the discovery of his true identity ensnare them in a battle that endangers their lives, in an effort to save mankind from Demon rule?
Awakening to find a beautiful woman hovering over him, he remembers nothing of his past life. When Tawny decides to call him David, he’s fine with the name and the attention he receives from his nurse. But why does the scent of the prey she hunts excite him more than the food she cooks?
Can the strong attraction between a shifter and a vampire overcome years of distrust for each other’s species? Will the discovery of his true identity ensnare them in a battle that endangers their lives, in an effort to save mankind from Demon rule?
My Review:
I received this book in exchange for an honest
review.
*WARNING! This review contains mild spoilers, so
read at your own risk*
I love the world in the DEAD series. Each book adds
more and more details to it and the paranormals just keep growing. Now angels,
witches, shifters, and humans are joining the fray.
The overall plot is very interesting. Each book has
a resolution to the conflict in it, but also lays the foundation for the
overall plot in the series, the war against the demons and evil. Something that
interests me is that this series is starting to have more and more ties to
religion. Heck, David’s a vampire preacher who was saved when God sent him an
angel. Satan and Beelzebub make appearances, they’re fighting evil demons, and
David keeps quoting the Bible. In fact, Satan insinuates that vampires don’t go
to Heaven, which I have a problem with. We have a cast of good vamps who fight
against evil, yet they’re all doomed because of something that happened to them
against their will? How messed up is that? Hopefully, future books will provide
an answer. This book raises another question for me that I want to see answered.
If vamps and shifters and demon hunters live so long, then what happens if they
mate a human? If a werewolf mated a human, would the werewolf not age, but the
human would? How would that work out? Anyways, moving on.
As for the characters, I liked David. He was an
interesting character, a preacher turned vampire who never gave up fighting
evil. I enjoyed seeing flashbacks to when he was human and was changed; it
definitely helped me judge him character-wise. I will say, out of all the male
leads, David is my favorite, though Bobby or Rahund just might replace him. As
for Tawny, she’s probably my least favorite female lead. I like that she’s
independent yet cares about her family. I just didn’t click with her at all. It
seemed like I barely got to spend time with her. David was much more in this
story than she was. She wasn’t in this book very much, which is odd seeing as
the book is supposed to be about her and David. As for all the secondary characters, this book
introduced a couple of new ones, my favorites being the nephilium Rahund and
the werewolf Bobby. I definitely want to read a book about Bobby and Evan, and
Rahund as well. Bobby is a sarcastic alpha male who also has been dedicating
his life to fighting evil. Sexy, right? And I spent most of the book feeling
sorry for Rahund and hoping that he’d get a happy ending (and maybe his own
book). I also liked Lila, Tawny’s mom. She reminded me so much of my mother
that I just started laughing at things she said or did exactly like my mom. All
the characters from previous are still there as well, and are as wonderful as
ever.
However, this leads me to a complaint I’ve had
consistently. This isn’t romance. It’s a thriller/action book with romantic
elements. The blurbs lead you to believe the romance is the big focus, but it’s
not. The romance feels thrown in to me, like the author just decided to add it
for the hell of it. If you removed Tawny and the romance, this book would still
work and you probably wouldn’t notice it was missing, which is a definite
indicator that this is more of an action/thriller than a romance. Don’t get me
wrong, I love all the action and the fight against evil, it’s just that I was
expecting much more focus on the romance, and as the books went on, the romance
lessened in each one. On top of that, the main characters, the ones mentioned
in the blurb, aren’t the focus either. In this one, poor Tawny got pushed to
the side in my mind. David was huge in this book, but aside from the beginning,
Tawny wasn’t really in it much. Between all the action, drama, and secondary
characters, Tawny and the romance felt like afterthoughts.
All in all, I like the way the story is going,
things are getting excited and I can’t wait to see where we go from here. I
just think that the blurbs need to be better written and not as misleading as I
think they are. I would definitely recommend this series to everyone, it’s a
good Halloween read :)
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BIO:
Award winning author, Lizzie T. Leaf started life in
Kansas, continued her growing in North Carolina, and currently shivers through
the winters in Colorado. She has
numerous e-books in varying lengths and her first print book, Struck by Lightning, won dual 2007
Beacon awards, in addition to being a finalist in two other contests.
In addition, Making
Christmas, a Christmas Historical novella set during the Civil War won Love
Romances Café Best Historical for 2011 and is a finalist in the Aspen Gold for
Best Novella.
Beyond
Magic, the first book in the Magical Love series won the
2012 Award of Excellence Best Paranormal/Fantasy/Sy-Fi, and is a finalist for
Best Paranormal in the Aspen Gold. Winners
are announced in mid to late October.
Since
discovering the fun of writing paranormal, she plays with creating vampires,
faeries and other immortals. Her current focus is the DEAD series. Musa Publishing has re-released the first
four novellas in the series and DEAD Hot,
a new novella, is scheduled to release in October. Emerging
Magic, the second novel in the Magical Love series will also release in
late October or early November with Passion in Print Press.
When not creating mischief for paranormal beings,
she can be found exploring the other genres she wants to write. She also serves as the 2012 President for the
Heart of Denver Romance Writers.
Lizzie loves to read, spend time with her family and
travel with her best friend husband during her free time, on which most of
friends ask…“what free time?”
ONLINE LINKS:
Website www.lizzietleaf.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/lizzietleaf
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I skimmed your review since it has spoilers. This looks like a great read overall. Thanks for sharing.
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